'Intransigence': Allahabad High Court Summons Top Forest & Horticulture Officials, Imposes ₹40K Costs For Failure To Geo-Tag Trees

Taking a grim view of the 'apathy' and 'intransigence' displayed by State officials in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed in 2013, the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Monday summoned top Government officials, including the Additional Chief Secretary (Forest) and the Principal Secretary (Horticulture), to appear in person.A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Abdhesh...

CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates First Fully Paperless District Judiciary At Kerala's Wayanad, Says It 'Democratises' Access To Justice

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Tuesday (January 6) virtually inaugurated the implementation of paperless courts in the judicial district of Kalpetta in Wayanad at the Kerala High Court Auditorium.This marks the first instance in which an entire district judiciary has become fully paperless in end-to-end functioning. All filings would be received electronically, scrutinised digitally...

Thiruparankundram Hill Row : Madras High Court Rejects Argument That 'Deepathoon' Was A Survey Stone

The Madras High Court yesterday upheld the order of a single judge directing the lighting of lamp at a Deepathoon (Stone Pillar) atop the Thiruparankundram hills. While doing so, the bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan rejected an argument of the appellants that the stone pillar was not a stone lamp but merely a survey stone erected during the British period...

No Presumption Of Wife's Earning Capacity At Interim Maintenance Stage: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a wife cannot be presumed to be earning or being capable of maintaining herself while considering grant of interim maintenance to her by the husband. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that a mere bald assertion by the husband that the wife is working and earning, without any proof to even prima facie support the said claim, cannot be of any help to him at...

Bail Is The Rule For Juveniles Even If Tried As Adults; Gravity Of Offence No Ground To Deny Bail Under JJ Act: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that bail is the rule for a child in conflict with law under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 (“the Act”) even if the Juvenile was being tried as an “Adult Accused” before the Children's Court.While setting aside orders that rejected bail application of the juvenile petitioner accused of murder, the bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand affirmed that the...

Writ Jurisdiction Cannot Be Invoked To Claim One Time Settlement Benefits: Kerala High Court Reiterates

The Kerala High Court has reiterated that borrowers cannot invoke writ jurisdiction to compel banks or financial institutions to extend the benefit of a One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme. A division bench of Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S dismissed a writ appeal filed by borrowers and upheld the decision of a single judge refusing to interfere with recovery...

Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part III [Citations 901 - 1350]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 901 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1350Civil Courts Not Prohibited From Granting Anti-Arbitration Injunction In Foreign-Seated Arbitration If Proceedings Are Vexatious: Delhi HCCase Title: ENGINEERING PROJECTS (INDIA) LIMITED Versus MSA GLOBAL LLC (OMAN)Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 901The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has held that Civil...

IIM-Ahmedabad Moves Gujarat High Court Against Order Quashing Expulsion Of Students

IIM-Ahmedabad has moved the Gujarat High Court challenging a single judge's order quashing the institute's expulsion of three students enrolled in Doctoral of Programme in Management course wherein it was held that the action was not in consonance with the procedure prescribed in the programme manual.During the hearing on Tuesday (January 6) the court orally asked the institute to show...

CGST |Tripura High Court Reads Down Section 16(2)(c), Shields Bona Fide Buyers From ITC Denial

The Tripura High Court has read down Section 16(2)(c) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, holding that while Input Tax Credit can be claimed only if the tax charged by the supplier is paid to the Government, the provision cannot be applied to deny credit to a bona fide purchaser for the supplier's default.A Division Bench of Chief Justice M S Ramachandra Rao and Justice S...

Hardcore Prisoner Can't Be Released On Emergency Parole Without Completion Of 5 Yrs Of Imprisonment After Latest Offence: P&H High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has declined to grant emergency parole to a life convict seeking temporary release on account of the death of his wife, holding that he did not fulfil the statutory requirement of completing five years of imprisonment after his latest offence, as mandated under the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022.However, taking a humanitarian...

Abu Salem Moves Bombay High Court Seeking 14-Days Emergency Parole Leave To Mourn Brother's Death

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (January 6) ordered the Maharashtra Government to file a reply to a plea filed by underworld gangster Abu Salem–convicted in the 1993 Mumbai Bomb Blast Case–who has sought 14-days 'emergency parole leave' in view of his elder brother's death. Salem, who is in prison for more than 2 decades now, has petitioned the division bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari...

Plea Of Delay U/S 29A A&C Act Cannot Be Used Selectively By NHAI When Extensions Granted In Similar Land Acquisition Cases: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that the National Highway Authority of India could not be permitted to raise the plea of delay and laches to defeat continuation of arbitral proceedings when extensions had already been granted and proceedings concluded in the cases of other similarly placed landowners. The court remarked that, having participated in the proceedings for almost nine years,...