'Women, Children Go Missing; Nothing Is Done': Karnataka High Court Seeks 5-Year Data On Missing Persons

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to place on record the statistics for the last five years from 2020 to 2025, as regards the number of missing complaints received and how many such complaints are acted upon and persons are traced.Justice Suraj Govindaraj observed “Nothing is happening in the missing persons case, we don't know, close the case. This is...

Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Single Bench Order Cancelling 32000 Teachers' Appointments In Recruitment Scam Case

The Calcutta High Court has set aside a single bench order which cancelled the appointment of around 32000 primary teachers in the cash-for-jobs TET-Recruitment scam case.A division bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobroto Kumar Mitra passed the order, setting aside a 2023 decision by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, presently a BJP Lok Sabha member. "There must have been a...

Fundamental Right To Freedom Of Religion Can't Be Expanded To Affect Peaceful Atmosphere In Temple: Madras High Court

While granting relief to the Thengalai sect (Southern cult) to conduct the ceremonial worship at the Sri Devaraja Swamy temple in Kancheepuram, the Madras High Court recently observed that the fundamental right to freedom of religion cannot be expanded to affect the rights of the temple's office holders or to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the temple. The bench of Justice R...

Delhi High Court Affirms Order Declining Cancellation Of 'HP' Mark Opposed By 'HP+' Screw Manufacturer

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal by Ganraj Enterprises, a Maharashtra-based screw manufacturer that uses the mark “HP+”, against a 2022 order of the Registrar of Trade Marks refusing to cancel Land Mark Crafts Ltd.'s registration for the mark “HP” for identical goods. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, delivering the judgment on December 2, 2025, upheld the...

Invoking Bank Guarantee For Interim Release Of Vehicle Seized For Alleged Sand Transport 'Unjustifiable': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that a condition, which required furnishing of bank guarantee to get interim custody of a vehicle that was alleged to be caught transporting river sand from forest, is onerous.Justice C.S. Dias observed that the Apex Court decision in Shihab etc. and another v. State of Kerala and another [2016 (4) KHC 183] holds the field when it comes to...

Husband Is Wife's 'Protector'; His Burden U/S 106 Evidence Act To Explain Her Death On 'Higher Pedestal': Allahabad HC Upholds Life Term

Upholding the life term awarded to husband for killing his wife in 2015, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that a husband is presumed to be the "protector of his wife" and consequently, when established that he was last seen with her, his threshold of explanation under Section 106 Indian Evidence Act stands on a "higher pedestal than a normal person". A bench of...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL For Court Monitored Committee To Supervise Red Fort Blast Trial

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction for a Court monitored Committee to supervise all stages of the trial in the recent red fort blast case.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that the trial has not even commenced in the case and that it was a good piece of essay and not a...

Madras High Court Quashes Non-Bailable Warrant In Maintenance Case; Says Trial Courts Must Follow Sequence U/S 87 CrPC

While setting aside a Non-Bailable Warrant issued against a husband for not paying maintenance arrears, the Madras High Court recently highlighted the importance of following procedure while issuing such orders. Justice L Victoria Gowri observed that the object of Section 125 CrPC was social justice and the courts should ensure that the maintenance orders are implemented while...

Delhi High Court Closes Music Copyright Suit After Music Licensing Company Confirms Pre-1965 Songs Need No Licence

The Delhi High Court has disposed of a suit filed by Bignet Solutions LLP seeking a declaration that its use of pre-1965 sound recordings at a private event would not infringe Novex Communication Pvt. Ltd.'s copyright, after noting that Novex had categorically stated it does not claim any rights over sound recordings published before 1965. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the order...

Allahabad High Court Directs DGP To Issue Circular For Strict Action Against Negligent Cops Who Delay Instructions In Bail Pleas

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Director General of Police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh, to issue a circular to all district police chiefs that in case any negligence is found on the part of any police officer in providing instruction in bail pleas to the Government Advocate, then same shall be dealt with strictly A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal passed this order...

Rajasthan High Court Orders Mandatory Registration Of Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato Gig Workers; Asks Companies To Consider 15% Female Drivers

The Rajasthan High Court has issued sweeping regulatory directions for app-based transport and delivery platforms, making registration of all Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato drivers and other gig workers mandatory with the State Transport Department and the Director General, Cyber.Also underscoring the need for enhanced women safety, the bench of Justice Ravi Chirania further directed the State...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Suspend Prajwal Revanna's Life Sentence In Rape Case

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday rejected an application filed by convicted former Member of Parliament Prajwal Revanna, seeking suspension of life sentence imposed on him in the first rape case registered at the Holenarasipura Rural Police Station of Hassan District. A division bench of Justice K S Mudagal and Justice Venkatesh Naik T said,"Weighing the material on record, the gravity...