Calcutta High Court Refuses To Interfere With Probe Into Fiasco At Messi In Kolkata Event, Says SIT & Enquiry Panel Can Continue

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused interim relief in three PILs arising out of the chaotic Lionel Messi event at Salt Lake Stadium on December 13, 2025. Petitioners, including Suvendu Adhikari, sought transfer of the investigation to an independent/central agency, alleging ticket profiteering, misuse of State machinery, and political shielding.A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen held that the State-appointed inquiry committee is prima facie valid,...

BNS | Stopping Person From Feeding Stray Dogs At Society Gate, School Bus Stop Not 'Wrongful Restraint': Bombay High Court

A person feeding stray dogs in crucial spots of a housing society like the entry/exit points, places where school bus stops etc. which are not 'designated spots' if stopped from feeding by other society members, cannot then file a complaint under section 126 (wrongful restraint) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), held the Bombay High Court last week. A division bench of Justices...

NDPS Act | Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Tanzanian Nationals, Cites Lack Of Materials Connected To Offence Except Financial Transaction

The Kerala High Court recently granted bail to two Tanzania nationals, who are accused under the NDPS Act after noting that they have no criminal antecedents and that the only material produced by prosecution in the Final Report to connect them with the offence was financial transaction.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas found that the rigour under Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act were diluted in the said circumstances. The grounds of arrest were not communicated...

Mumbai Air Pollution: Bullet Train, Metro Line 2B, New HC Site Among Polluters; Bombay High Court Calls For Issuance Of 'Stop-Work' Notices

After being informed that there were several major violations of the guidelines to prevent air pollution, by various construction sites in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, the Bombay High Court on Monday, orally asked the civic authorities to issue 'stop work notices' to all such violators, which include the construction sites of Bullet Train project, Metro 2B Line, proposed new High Court Building...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup December 15 - December 21, 2025

Nominal Index:Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology and another Vs Dr Robinder Nath Koul & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 319Abdul Majeed Parray & Ors Vs UT Of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 320Tafazul Fazili Vs Sabzar Ahmad Bandh 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 321UT of J&K vs Som Raj 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 322Vikas Dhar Vs Financial Commissioner Revenue & Ors 2025 LiveLaw...

'Murder Was Not Social Revenge, Convict Over 60 Yrs Old': Punjab & Haryana High Court Commutes Death Sentence In Beheading Case

Observing that the murder stemmed from personal animosity arising out of a family property dispute and not “social revenge”, and noting that the convict was over 60 years of age with no history of violent behaviour, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded to a man convicted of murdering and beheading his younger brother.While upholding the conviction under Sections 302 and 201 of the IPC, the Court found that the case did not satisfy the “rarest of rare”...

Central Institute Of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Lucknow Not 'Industry' Under Industrial Disputes Act: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, a constituent/ Institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi is not an industry under 2(j) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.Definition of 'Industry' under the Act of 1947 reads as"2(j) "industry" means any business, trade undertaking, manufacturer or calling of employers and includes any calling, service, employment, handicraft, or industry occupation or avocation of...

IBC Resolution Doesn't Extinguish Statutory Claims Left Open By NCLT: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has clarified that approval of a resolution plan under insolvency law does not wipe out claims that were specifically excluded and left open by the tribunal at the time of approval.A Division Bench of Justices Madhuresh Prasad and Supratim Bhattacharya, in an order dated December 8, 2025, dismissed an appeal filed by S.S. Natural Resources Pvt Ltd and upheld a demand...

Bombay High Court Rejects Mumbai Metro's Arbitration Request Application, Rules Settlement Agreement Supersedes Original Contract

The Bombay High Court recently rejected the Mumbai Metro One Private Limited's (MMOPL) request to have its dispute with Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) resolved by way of arbitration. The Court deciding that the arbitration clause in the original contract no longer applies to new issues emerging from the settlement, ruled that once a "full and final" settlement agreement is executed,...

Allahabad High Court Passes Split Verdict On Single Judge's Stay Of Arbitrator's Orders In Cooperative Society Election Dispute

A division bench of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court delivered a split verdict against challenge to an order of the Single Judge whereby it had stayed the order of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, who was acting as an arbitrator, by which election result of the Bahujan Nirbal Varg Sahkari Grih Nirman Samiti Ltd. (Petitioner) under the Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act 1965...

Res Judicata Not Attracted Where Issue Was Not Framed In Earlier Proceedings: Bombay High Court Partially Modifies Arbitral Award

The Bombay High Court has held that res judicata does not apply where the issue in earlier proceedings was neither framed nor directly adjudicated and that the court exercising jurisdiction under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) can modify an award by reducing the rate of interest where bad part of an award is severable from the good...

Not Purely Religious Or Voluntary: J&K&L High Court Holds Dharmarth Trust As 'Industry' Under Industrial Disputes Act

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the J&K Dharmarth Trust, by virtue of the systemic, organised and commercial nature of its activities, answers the statutory definition of an “industry” under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.Justice M A Chowdhary ruled that the Trust's operations cannot be characterised as purely religious or spiritual carried out in a selfless and voluntary manner and are therefore subject to labour law protections.This finding was made while...