'Custodial Torture Falls Outside Scope Of Duty': MP High Court Refuses Sanction Protection U/S 197 CrPC To Accused Police Officers

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that the protection granted to police officers from prosecution, Section 197 CrPC or Section 218 of BNSS, does not exist in cases of abuse, false arrest, custodial violence or false registration, and is only applicable where there is a 'reasonable connection' with official duty.The bench of Justice Rakesh Kumar Gupta dismissed the petition filed by...

Father Can't Be Denied Custody Due To His Inability To Produce 'Birth Certificate' Of Minor Child: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has recently held that a father cannot be denied the custody of his minor child merely because of his failure to produce 'birth certificate' in order to prove his paternity.While setting aside an order passed by a Family Court denying custody of a minor boy to his father, the Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra observed –“Keeping in view the legal provisions under...

MP High Court Dismisses Plea To Consolidate Cheating FIRs Against Adarsh Credit Co-operative; Imposes ₹5,000 Cost Over Repeated Filings

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking to consolidate FIR and conduct a unified investigation and trial into cheating and misappropriation allegations against Adarsh Credit Co-operative Society Limited (ACCSL). The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi imposed a cost of ₹5,000 on the petition observing that he had unnecessarily invoked the extraordinary writ...

Gujarat High Court Asks Dwarka Municipality To Inform On Steps Taken To Curb Menace Of Stray Bulls

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (December 8) asked Dwarka Municipality to inform on steps taken to curb menace of stray cattle/bulls in the area while hearing a PIL which claimed that several lives have been lost after being hit by such stray cattle. A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice DN Ray asked the Chief Officer of Dwarka Nagarpalika to file an affidavit "to...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: December 01 - December 07, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 410 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 419Nominal Index:SOUMYA W/O. LATE SURESH RAO AND RATNAKUMARI & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 410Jayna Kothari v. Manish Kumar & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 411LAKSHMAMMA AND THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 412KJ George AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 413SRI. RAMAKRISHNA HOUSE BUILDING...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds One-Year Service Requirement For PCMS Doctors Seeking PG Admission

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the Punjab Government's circular, which mandates that Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) doctors must complete at least one year of service before being permitted to pursue postgraduate (PG) medical courses under the non-incentive category.Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor said, "Though we...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To ED On WinZO's Plea Challenging Search, Seizure In PMLA Probe

The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a petition filed by an online gaming company, Winzo Pvt Ltd, seeking to declare that the search and seizure carried out by the ED at its office between 18.11.2025 and 22.11.2025 in furtherance of an investigation in a money laundering case is illegal and void.Justice Suraj Govindaraj issued notice and...

So Many Workers But No Drinking Water Or Sewage Facility? Delhi High Court Questions State Of Mundka Industrial Area

The Delhi High Court on Friday (December 5) expressed its concern after it was informed that there is no drinking water facility, no storm water drain or sewage lines and no Common Effluent Treatment Plants in the Mundka Industrial Area in the city. A division bench of Justice Prathiba Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora were hearing petitions including a suo-motu petition pertaining...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Revenue's Appeal In Avery Dennison Transfer Pricing Case, Upholds ITAT Order On Intra-Group Services

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the Income Tax Department's appeal against M/s Avery Dennison (India) Pvt. Ltd., reaffirming that no substantial question of law arises where the Transfer Pricing Officer's (TPO) conclusions are unsupported by cogent evidence and the issue stands settled in favour of the assessee in earlier years. A Division Bench comprising Justice V. Kameswar Rao...

Wrong Knee Operated? Chhattisgarh High Court Orders Fresh Inquiry Citing Violation Of State Clinical Establishments Law

The Chhattisgarh High Court has granted relief to a knee-surgery patient (petitioner) after a hospital allegedly operated on the wrong knee and conducted an inquiry into the same through an improperly constituted committee.The Court was dealing with a writ petition where the petitioner argued that the Committee– tasked with enquiring into her complaint regarding operation on the wrong...

Panchayat Poll Duty Death | Allahabad HC Says Covid Lab Report Valid Unless Proven Forged; Quashes Rejection Of ₹30 Lakh Compensation

Recently, the Allahabad High Court has held that a positive report regarding COVID-19 test by the Uttar Pradesh Covid Lab must not be doubted unless it is proved to be a forged document.Petitioner approached the High Court for compensation of her husband's death due to contracting COIVD-19 while being on panchayat election duty in 2021. Due to high fever and other COVID like...

Receiving Welfare Fund Benefits Not A Bar To Statutory Gratuity: Kerala High Court Upholds Abkari Workers' Right Against BEVCO

The Kerala High Court has held that retired abkari workers of the Kerala State Beverages Corporation Ltd. (KSBC) who were already paid terminal benefits under the State Abkari Workers Welfare Fund Act, are entitled to receive gratuity in terms of the Payment of Gratuity Act which is a statutory right.The Division Bench comprising Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Syam Kumar...