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Karnataka High Court Asks ED To Defer Personal Hearing In FEMA Case Against Café Coffee Day
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (January 21) deferred personal hearing scheduled for January 30 in respect of popular coffee chain 'Cafe Coffee Day' subsequent to a 2022 complaint lodged by the ED under the Foreign Exchange Management Act.Appearing for CCD, senior advocate Sajjan Poovaya submitted that the ED complaint was filed in 2022 for an alleged act in 2009 and delay would be fatal...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Order FIR Over Saket Court Staffer Suicide, Cites Ongoing Administrative Action
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to order FIR over a recent incident wherein a 43-year-old differently-abled ahlmad jumped to death and committed suicide at the Saket Courts, allegedly citing “work pressure”.Calling the incident unfortunate, a division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia remarked that they were conscious of the situation and that...
MMDR Act | Mining Lease Granted In Violation Of Rule 22-D Is Void Ab Initio; No Deemed Extension Permissible: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a mining lease granted in violation of the minimum area requirement under Rule 22-D of the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960, is void under Section 19 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act). Consequently, the Court ruled that such a void lease cannot be the subject of a 'deemed extension' under Section 8A(3) of the...
Kerala High Court Mourns Demise Of Former Judge Justice A Lekshmikutty
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (January 21) mourned the passing of Justice A. Lekshmikutty (81), who had served as judge of the High Court.The late judge started her practice in 1967 in Thiruvananthapuram and after almost two decades of practice, she was appointed as a Sessions Judge. In 2000, she became an additional judge of the Kerala High Court and thereafter, in 2001 as a permanent...
MACT | Can't Assume Deceased Not Earning Only Because He Is In Class 12th, Must Be Compensated As Unskilled Labour: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that it cannot be assumed that the deceased in a motor vehicle accident was not earning only because he was a student in Class 12th. It held that compensation for such deceased must be calculated by treating the deceased to be an unskilled workman. Justice Sandeep Jain held,“Merely because the deceased was studying in Class 12, it cannot be presumed that he...
Sunjay Kapur's Mother Moves Delhi High Court Against Priya Kapur, Karisma Kapoor's Children Over 'Fraudulent' Family Trust
Late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's mother, Rani Kapur, has filed a suit before the Delhi High Court against her daughter-in-law Priya Kapur and actress Karisma Kapoor's children alleging that they orchestrated a “fraudulent family trust” to unlawfully strip her of her entire estate.The 80 year old widow has alleged that the “RK Family Trust/Rani Kapur Family Trust” is fraudulent, null...
Lack Of Documents Not Enough To Reject Caste Claim; Burden Of Proof On Authorities Who Deny ST Status: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set-aside a government order whereby an individual was rejected Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, holding that the burden of proving that an individual does not belong to the ST category lies on the authority who disputes it.In the present case, the petitioner belonged to Konda Kapu caste (a listed ST community under Presidential Order, 1950) and his status...
Passport Authority Can't Determine If Accused Facing Criminal Proceedings Has 'Right To Travel Abroad': Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court recently held that the passport authorities have no authority to determine whether an accused facing pending criminal proceedings has a 'right to travel abroad'.In doing so the court held that such authority is only vested with the Trial Court which can impose appropriate conditions when application is made seeking permission to travel abroad. The court was hearing...
Gauhati High Court Weekly Round-Up : January 12 - January 18, 2026
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Gau) 4-9 ]X v/s Y 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 4Seema Chakraborty & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 5The State of Assam & Others vs. Ikbal Hussain Laskar 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 6HIMASHMI SAIKIA & Ors. v/s THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 2 ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 7The State of Assam & Ors. v. Dipak Gogoi 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 8Mahindra and...
Family Courts Must Recognise Valid Divorce Under Muslim Law: Rajasthan High Court Lays Guidelines To Recognize Extra-Judicial Divorces
The Rajashtan High Court has held that Family Courts are bound to recognize and declare dissolution of marriage, where a valid divorce had already taken place under Muslim Personal Law through 'Talaq-ul-Hasan' or 'Mubarat', and such relief could not be denied on "hyper-technical fronts".Considering the submissions by counsel for the parties that petitions seeking dissolution of marriage...
'Not Litigant's Duty To Act As Watchdog Over Advocate': MP High Court Recalls Ex-Parte Order Passed After Counsel's Non-Appearance
The Madhya Pradesh High Court allowed an application seeking rehearing of a second appeal on the grounds that the advocate abruptly stopped appearing in the matter and failed to inform the litigants regarding subsequent listings or his continued absence. The bench of Justice Pavan Kumar Dwivedi emphasized that when a litigant engages an advocate to represent him, then the former operates on...