Family Court Has No Power To Issue Lookout Circulars For Enforcing Maintenance Orders: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a Family Court has no power to issue a Look Out Circular (LOC) while executing an order passed under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which relates to maintenance for wives, children and parents.Justice Lalitha Kanneganti observed that maintenance orders under Section 125 CrPC create a civil obligation enforced through judicial orders. If a party defaults, the remedy available is execution of the order through attachment of property, issuance...

Surrendering Weapons Without Firing Is Cowardice, Brings Moral Disgrace: J&K&L HC Restores Dismissal Of Constable For Failing To Repel Attack

Holding that police personnel entrusted with public safety cannot abdicate their duty in the face of militant violence, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that the failure of police guards to retaliate a militant attack and their act of surrendering service weapons without firing even a single round amounts to a serious act of cowardice bringing moral disgrace to the police force as a whole.A Division Bench of Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar set aside the...

Plea In Madras High Court Challenges Recent HC Collegium Recommendations, Alleges Favouritism & Bias

A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the recent recommendations made by the High Court Collegium. The public interest litigation filed by Advocate A Prem Kumar, an advocate practising in Thiruvannamalai, alleges that the collegium has recommended candidates having strong political affiliations or favouring one specific political party ruling the Centre. It has...

Convict Must Remain Behind Bars Until He Is Close To 'Sunset Of Virility': P&H High Court Commutes Death Penalty In Rape, Murder Of 5-Yr-Old

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded to Virender alias Bholu, convicted for the rape and murder of a five-and-a-half-year-old girl, to rigorous imprisonment for life with a minimum of 30 years' actual incarceration without remission with 30 lakhs of fine to be paid to the victim's family. The Court acquitted convict's mother convicted by the Trial Court under Section 201, 120-B IPC, observing that "Kamla Devi s only fault is that she was trying to...

Sexual Exploitation Of Women On False Marriage Promise A Growing Tendency, Must Be Nipped In Bud: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the tendency of sexually exploiting women on the false promise of marriage and finally refusing to marry her is growing in society, which must be nipped in the bud. The observation was made by a Bench of Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava, who rejected the anticipatory bail application of an accused booked under various provisions of Bharatiya...

RERA Relief Does Not Bar Arbitration Protection: Delhi High Court Sets Aside Commercial Court's Order

The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that homebuyers and investors are not barred from seeking interim relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996, solely on the ground that they had already previously approached the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA). A Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Shail Jain on 24th December, 2025 noting...

Employers Can Withhold Gratuity For Loss Caused By Employee; Disciplinary Rules To Prevail Over Gratuity Act: Calcutta High Court

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Lanusungkum Jamir and Justice Rai Chattopadhyay held that the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 does not override disciplinary rules allowing withholding or forfeiture of gratuity for pecuniary loss caused by employee negligence. Background Facts The respondent was a Presidential appointee to the Board of Directors of the MSTC Limited (Appellant). He served as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of MSTC Limited. A...

Employee Deemed To Have Switched From CPF To More Beneficial GPF-Cum-Pension If No Option Is Exercised By Cut-Off Date: Jharkhand HC

A Division Bench of the Jharkhand High Court comprising Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Rajesh Shankar held that beneficial pension scheme conversion is permissible even without an express option. An employee appointed prior to 01.01.1986 is deemed to have switched from the CPF scheme to the more beneficial GPF-cum-Pension Scheme if no positive option to continue under CPF was exercised by the prescribed cut-off date. Background Facts The employee was a Yoga Teacher...

Magistrate Order U/S 156 (3) CrPC For FIR Registration Not Open To Revision At Instance Of Prospective Accused :Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that a prospective accused has no locus to challenge an order passed by a Magistrate under Section 156(3) CrPC directing the police to register an FIR and investigate, by way of a revision petition. A Bench of Justice Chawan Prakash thus dismissed a criminal revision petition, noting that an order passed under Section 156 (3) CrPC is an interlocutory order and cannot be challenged in revision under Section 397(2) CrPC. It noted that at the...

Children Of Private-Sector Employees Studying Outside State Can Be Excluded From State Quota: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by Bonafide Himachali students who were denied eligibility for MBBS/BDS admissions under the State Quota.The Court held that even though the petitioners were Himachali and had qualified NEET they were not eligible for state quota as they had completed part of their schooling outside Himachal Pradesh due to their parents' private employment outside the State. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel remarked that: “With respect to the...

Following High Court Directions, UP Police To Email Instructions To Govt Advocates In Criminal Cases; 'Pairokar' System To End

The Director General of Police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh, has issued a mandatory circular directing all district police chiefs to send instructions in bail and other criminal matters via electronic mode to the Government Advocates in the Allahabad High Court. This move is in strict compliance with the High Court's directions issued on December 9. A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal had issued the direction, noting that under the current manual system, there are significant delays...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: November 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 370 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 409Nominal Index: Saroja Kondai AND Managing Director & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 370DEENANATH AND CHANDRAHAS & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 371THE LEGAL ATTORNEYS AND BARRISTERS LAW FIRM AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 372KARNATAKA PRADESH HOTEL & RESTAURANTS ASSOCIATION & ANR AND Union of India...