Failure To Frame Specific Issue On Limitation Not Fatal; Courts Can Examine Limitation Suo Motu: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the question of limitation can be subsumed within the broader issues arising from the pleadings, and failure to frame a specific issue on limitation is not fatal, so long as no prejudice is caused to the parties.Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, while dismissing a writ petition challenging dismissal of a revision petition on the ground of...

Civil Court Can Order Police Assistance To Enforce Injunction Orders U/S 151 CPC: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that even though the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) does not contain a specific provision enabling police assistance for enforcing and implementing an order of injunction, still a Civil Court can invoke the inherent power vested in it under Section 151 to order police assistance, if other express provisions are found inadequate to give effect to an...

Sexual Assault By Husband's Family Members Also Form Of Cruelty Under S.498A IPC, Doesn't Warrant Separate Trial: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that sexual assault on a wife by family members of the husband is also a form of cruelty under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, 1860, and does not warrant a separate trial. Justice Amit Mahajan said that if allegations are made by the wife against such family members, it can also be part and parcel of physical cruelty as defined in Section 498A. The...

Passport Also Means Of Identification, Bail Condition To Deposit It Can't Be Imposed Routinely: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that courts may not impose a condition requiring deposit of passport while granting bail in routine manner, observing that "the passport, is not only required as a travel document, but is also required for other purposes especially as means of identification."Allowing a petition challenging a bail condition, the Court quashed the requirement...

Bar On Casual Elections Doesn't Apply To 'Indirect Election' Of Mayor Under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that elections to the post of Mayor–including election to fill a casual vacancy is an 'indirect election', and the embargo under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act would not apply to elections held at the end of term to fill this post. The State Election Commission (Respondent 2) had issued a notification on 04.12.2025 directing the...

Non-Obstante Clause U/S 13(2) Commercial Courts Act Prevails Over S.10 Delhi HC Act: Delhi High Court Dismisses Arbitral Appeals

The Delhi High Court Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela while dismissing an appeal under Section 10, Delhi High Court Act (“DHC Act”) and Section 13(2), Commercial Courts Act (“CC Act”) observed that the expression “any other law for the time being in force” used in Section 13(2), CC Act encompasses in its fold the provisions of...

High Court Asks Haryana Govt To File Fresh Affidavit On Teacher Shortage, Infrastructure Adequacy In Govt Schools

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State of Haryana to file an additional affidavit furnishing district-wise data on government schools strictly in accordance with the norms and standards prescribed under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry passed the directions while considering...

Delhi High Court Bar Association Hosts Third Edition Of 'Fight For Justice Awards 2025' To Honour Litigants

The Delhi High Court Bar Association hosted the third edition of “Fight for Justice Awards 2025” to honour litigants for their cases which have resulted in landmark rulings.The awards were presented by Supreme Court judge, Justice N Kotiswar Singh as the Chief Guest of the function. The award ceremony was hosted at The Stein Auditorium, Indian Habitat Centre. The organizers of the event...

'Serious Threat To Nation': Rajasthan High Court Rejects Pleas Of Life Convicts Seeking Premature Release In 1993 Train Bomb Blast Case

Rajasthan High Court dismissed the petitions filed by four convicts of the December 1993 serial train Bomb Blast cases presently serving life sentence, who had sought premature release and had challenged the rejection of their representations by the State Government. The division bench of Justice Sudesh Bansal and Justice Bhuwan Goyal observed that while exercising power of judicial review,...

If Not Punished, Sociopaths Like Him May Repeat Offence: Karnataka High Court Convicts Man For Making False Allegations Against Judges

The Karnataka High Court recently convicted one K. Dhananjay, for criminal contempt and sentenced him to four month imprisonment along with fine of Rs. 2,000 for making scandalous and unfounded allegations against judges and judicial institution as a whole. The court directed him to be taken into custody forthwith.The accused was convicted for making false and unsubstantiated allegations...

Fresh Arbitration Notice is Mandatory For Second Round Of Arbitration After Earlier Award Is Set Aside: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that a fresh arbitration notice under section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) is mandatory for initiating a second round of arbitral proceedings after an earlier arbitral award has been set aside even when the award was declared as a nullity due to invalid appointment of the arbitrator. Justice S. Manu while...

Termination Of MNIT Lecturer For Consensual Relationship With Student 'Shockingly Disproportionate': Allahabad High Court

Recently, the Allahabad High Court has set aside a 19 year old dismissal order of a professor of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad who was accused of emotional and physical harassment by an ex-student.Observing that the case could at best be of a false promise to marriage as the complainant had been in a relationship with the professor for 3 years after leaving...