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Punjab & Haryana High Court Monthly Digest: November 2025
Nominal IndexChattan Singh v. The Deputy Commissioner-cum-Presiding Officer, Maintenance Appellate Tribunal, Mohali, District Mohali and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 423Pankaj Kumar v. State of Haryana and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 424Gurpreet Singh v. State of Punjab and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 425Amit Ahalawat v. State of Haryana and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 426Jagwinder Singh @ Jagga v....
Presence Of A Capable Parent Excludes Application Of 'Child In Need Of Care & Protection' Under JJ Act: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that a child who is being adequately cared for by her parent cannot be brought within the definition of a “child in need of care and protection” under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar, while allowing the petition, observed that the Committee's reasoning was fundamentally flawed.It said that “The reasoning adopted by...
Calcutta High Court Temporarily Bars Use of 'Liv.72' Mark Over Similarity With Himalaya's Liv.52
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday temporarily restrained Shimla Drugs Health Care Pvt. Ltd. and its associate from using the mark “Liv.72” for a health product, holding that it is deceptively similar to Himalaya Global Holdings Ltd.'s well-known liver health product “Liv.52.” A single bench of Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur observed that the long-standing trademark and packaging...
Delhi Air Pollution: High Court Asks GST Council To Decide On Lowering, Abolition Of GST On Air Purifiers 'At The Earliest'
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (December 24) directed the GST Council to convene a meeting and decide the issue of lowering or abolishing of GST on air purifiers at the earliest keeping in mind the prevailing air quality situation in Delhi and nearby areas. The court passed the order while hearing a PIL against 18% GST imposed on air purifiers and to declare the same as a medical...
RBI Circulars Restricting Co-operative Banks From Accepting Demonetised Notes Valid: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has rejected a bunch of petitions filed by primary agricultural credit societies seeking acceptance of the demonized notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 held by these societies, and upheld RBI's 2016 circulars barring District Central Cooperative Banks from accepting the demonized notes.The division bench of Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Anuroop Singhi...
Bombay High Court Stays Fraud Proceedings Against Anil Ambani Over Prima Facie Defective Forensic Audit
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed fraud classification proceedings initiated by Indian Overseas Bank, IDBI Bank and Bank of Baroda against Anil Ambani, founder and chairman of the Reliance Group, after prima facie finding serious defects in the forensic audit relied upon by the banks. A single-judge bench of Justice Milind N. Jadhav, while granting interim relief, held that the...
Civilian Awardees Can't Use "Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan Or Bharat Ratna" As Prefix To Their Names: Bombay High Court
The civilian awards such as Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Bharat Ratna cannot be used as a prefix or suffix to the names of the awardees, the Bombay High Court reiterated recently.Single-judge Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan while dealing with a petition involving a 2014 awardee Dr Sharad Hardikar, noted that he had used "Padma Shri" as a prefix to his name in the title of...
'Half Of DU Students Are There': Delhi High Court Orders Action Against Unauthorised Restaurants At Majnu Ka Tila
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (December 24) asked the civic authorities in the national capital to take action against various cafes and restaurants in Majnu ka Tila, located on the banks of the Yamuna river, operating without sanctioned building plans and safety measures. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was dealing with a...
Allahabad High Court Flags State's Lackadaisical Attitude In Tracing Missing Persons, Seeks Personal Affidavit Of Principal Home Secretary
Observing the lackadaisical attitude of State authorities in tracing out missing persons and being unsatisfied with the personal affidavit of the Commissioner of Police, Lucknow, the Allahabad High Court has order the State's Principal Secretary (Home), to file his personal affidavit detailing the action taken on a petitioner's complaint and disclose as to how many missing persons complaints...
Delhi Air Pollution An 'Emergency': High Court Asks Centre To Consider Temporary GST Relief On Air Purifiers
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday orally remarked that the authorities must provide exemption from GST on air purifiers, considering the air pollution situation in the national capital as an “emergency.”A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing a PIL to declare air-purifiers as “medical devices” and remove imposition of 18% GST...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 15 - December 20, 2025
Nominal IndexParkash Singh Marwah v. State of UT Chandigarh & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 483BHIM SINGH v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 484Pawan Kumar v. State of U.T. Chandigarh2025 LiveLaw (PH) 485Ashok Kumar Yadav v. Central Bureau of Investigation, Chandigarh 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 486XXXX v. XXXX 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 487Amritpal Singh v. Union of India & Others 2025 LiveLaw...
Central & State GST Authorities Must Coordinate To Avoid Multiple Adjudications On Same Issue: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court, applying the Supreme Court's Armour Security case, held that once proceedings are initiated by either the State or Central GST authority, parallel adjudicatory proceedings on the same issue are barred under Section 6(2)(b) of the CGST Act. The Court directed both authorities to coordinate and ensure that the assessee is not subjected to...