Bombay High Court Imposes ₹50,000 Cost On Petitioner For Challenging Reserved NCLT Order

The Bombay High Court recently imposed a cost of ₹50,000 on a petitioner for filing a writ petition against a National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) order that had merely been reserved and not yet pronounced.A division bench of Justices R I Chagla and Farhan P Dubash held that the petition was not maintainable before the High Court “Thus, the Order reserved has not yet been...

Serious Doubt That ED Clerk Assigned To Desk Work Can Serve Summons: Allahabad High Court Flags 'Improper' Service In PMLA Case

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) recently raised serious doubts over the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) action to serve summons in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged UP Police recruitment paper leak, though an Upper Division Clerk (UDC), who is typically assigned desk works. Granting anticipatory bail to the accused, Justice Subhash Vidyarthi observed that the service...

Externment Order Can't Curtail Liberty Or Livelihood On Unsubstantiated Grounds: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that an externment order cannot be used to deprive an individual of his or her liberty and right to livelihood, on the grounds which are totally unsubstantiated.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that Externment Order is not a judicial adjudication of an offence committed by an individual, but it lies in the realm of law and order in the context of escalation...

[POSH Act] 'Formation Of ICC Cannot Be Challenged After Receiving Unfavourable Result In Its Inquiry': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that once an employee has voluntarily participated in the proceedings before an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) constituted under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, they cannot later challenge the validity of its constitution merely because the outcome of the inquiry is unfavourable.A Division Bench...

'Higher Credence Is Given To Award Passed After Detailed Pre-Arbitral Process': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that arbitral awards passed after a detailed pre-arbitral process contractually agreed upon by the parties deserve a higher degree of credibility and judicial deference. The Court refused to grant an unconditional stay on the execution of an arbitral award in favour of the contractor, holding that mere disagreement with the arbitral tribunal's findings does...

Kerala High Court Conducts In-Camera Proceedings In Sabarimala Gold Loss Case

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (October 21) conducted in-camera hearing of the Sabarimala gold loss case. A notification in this regard was issued by the High Court's Registry on Monday (October 20).Accordingly, today, a Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar took up the matter in-camera. On the last hearing, flagging the issue of contradicting...

Orissa High Court Quashes 'Strange' Order By POCSO Court Denying Bail To School Principal Booked In Bailable Offence

The Orissa High Court has quashed an order passed by a Special Court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 ('POCSO Act') which denied bail to the Principal of a Higher Secondary School for failing to report alleged sexual harassment meted out to a minor female student by a Lecturer.While setting aside the impugned order, the Bench of Justice Gourishankar...

Orissa High Court Sets Aside Family Court Order Denying Visitation Rights To Father Pending Custody Battle, Orders Fresh Consideration

The Orissa High Court has recently set aside an order passed by a Family Court whereby the biological father was denied visitation rights to meet his son while the custody case is pending for consideration.A Single Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra gave much emphasis to the visitation rights of parents and underlined that such rights should be determined keeping in view the best interest...

'Unrelated Party To Contract Cannot Be Regarded As Veritable Party To Arbitration Agreement': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that an unrelated third party to a contract cannot be treated as a “veritable party” to the arbitration agreement and hence cannot be compelled to participate in the arbitral proceedings. The Court reiterated that the doctrine enabling non-signatories to be treated as parties to an arbitration agreement applies only where there exists a close relationship,...

Magistrate Order Summoning Accused Despite Cancellation Report Can Be Challenged In Revisional Jurisdiction: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that an order passed by a Magistrate issuing process or summoning an accused, despite a cancellation report filed by the police, can be challenged in revisional jurisdiction before the sessions court or the High Court.“Thus, it can be concluded that an order of a Magistrate issuing process or summoning an accused under Sections 200 to 204 Cr.P.C. does not...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: September 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 293 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 324Nominal Index:C Naveen Kumar & Other AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 293Deepa Angadi AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 294G Satyanarayana Varma AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 295Hareesh AND A S Umesh & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 296K J Jaljakshi AND...

'Transfer To Bihar Was Most Memorable Chapter In My Journey': Chief Justice PB Bajanthri Bids Farewell To Patna High Court

On the occasion of his retirement Patna High Court Chief Justice PB Bajanthri in his farewell speech last week said that his transfer to the high court in 2021 marked a memorable chapter of his judicial journey set upon the "enlightened soil of Bihar" which is the land of Lord Buddha who is a timeless source of wisdom. Beginning his farewell address Justice Bajanthri said,"Mahatma Gautam Budhh, Mahavir evam Magadh Samarajya ke mahaan paavan bhoomi ko main pranaam karta hoon…Aur aap sabhi ka...