Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: September 08 - September 14, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 299 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 305Nominal Index: Mrs Maheshwari M AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 299Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited AND Malathi B & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 300SRI HONNESHWARASWAMY DEVASTHANA JEERNODHARA SEVA SAMITHI TRUST (R) AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 301Chandrappa AND State...

'Undermines Fair Trial': PIL In AP High Court Questions Police Body Conducting Recruitment Exam For Assistant Public Prosecutors

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has admitted a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the Andhra Pradesh State Level Police Recruitment Board (APSLPRB), a police-run body, conducting the Assistant Public Prosecutors (APPs) examination and overseeing the recruitment process.The PIL, filed by a law clerk, argues that bestowing power to select APPs, who are meant to be independent officers...

'No Inherent Right Of Hearing': Bombay HC Dismisses Plea Challenging CCI's Order To Probe Asian Paints For Alleged Abuse Of Dominance

The Bombay High Court has held that a party has no inherent right of oral or written hearing at the stage where the Competition Commission of India (CCI) forms a prima facie opinion under Section 26(1) of the Competition Act, 2002. The Court clarified that the order at this stage is administrative in nature, and whether to afford a hearing lies within the discretion of the CCI.A Division Bench...

'This Is A Secular State': Karnataka High Court Rejects Pleas Against State's Invite To Banu Mushtaq As Chief Guest For Dasara Celebrations

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (September 15) dismissed pleas challenging State Government's decision to nominate author and Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq as the Chief Guest for the inauguration of the upcoming Dasara Festival in Mysuru.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi after hearing the arguments said:"We are not persuaded to accept that...

12-Year Limitation Rule Applies To Execution Petitions U/S 174 Of Motor Vehicles Act: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has clarified that execution petitions filed by insurance companies under Section 174 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for recovery of compensation, are subject to the twelve years limitation period under the Limitation Act, 1963.It held that even though the Motor Vehicles Act does not provide a specific limitation clause, the general limitation law cannot...

Existing Shop-Owners Can't Monopolize An Area: Rajasthan High Court Rejects Pleas Against State's Proposal To Open New Fair Price Shops

While rejecting petitions challenging government proposal to allot new Fair Price Shops in an area, Rajasthan High Court held that opening new FSPs was a policy decision in the prerogative of the State, and those running FSPs for about 20 years could not claim monopoly over an area.The bench of Justice Sunil Beniwal further opined that some FSPs having less than 500 ration card holders,...

S.125 CrPC | Muslim Woman Can Claim Maintenance After Divorce Unless Husband Makes Fair Provision For Her Future: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has ruled that a Muslim woman can claim maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) even after divorce, if her husband has not made a “reasonable and fair provision” for her future during the iddat period. Justice Jitendra Kumar upheld a Family Court order directing a Muslim man to pay his wife ₹7,000 per month, dismissing his plea that...

Orissa High Court Dismisses Challenge To Debarment Of Govt Teachers From Acting As Registrars Of Muslim Marriages

The Orissa High Court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions challenging the decision of the State Government to revoke/rescind the licenses issued in favour of serving teachers of government/aided schools to act as Registrars of Muslim marriages and divorces.Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad was apprehensive about feasibility on the part of such teachers to give “absolute commitment”...

Right Of Appeal Is Not A Fundamental Right, Legislature Can Designate Appellate Forum Based On Offence: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the right to appeal is a statutory right and not a fundamental, and thus the legislature can decide the appellate forum based on the subject matter of offences."As to the contention that the accused loses one appellate forum, this Court finds it without merit. The right of appeal is not a fundamental right; it is purely a statutory right created by...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: August 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 257 To 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 291NOMINAL INDEXOrders/Judgments of the MonthSohan Singh v Rajkidevi & Ors.; 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 257Manni Devi v Rama Devi & Ors.; 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 258Ram Kishan v Ram Dai & Ors.; 2025 Live Law (Raj) 259Raisuddin v State of Rajasthan, and other connected matters; 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 260Chandra Kant Ramawat v State of...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: August 2025 [Citations 909 - 1049]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 909 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1049NOMINAL INDEXVikas Garg v. Zee Media Corporation Ltd & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 909 RAJESH GAMBHIR v. STATE GNCT OF DELHI AND ANR 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 910 PJ v. PJ 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 911 MMTC LIMITED versus Ms. ANGLO-AMERICAN METALLURGICAL PTY LIMITED AND ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 912 RAMESH KUMAR JAYASWAL v. CBI 2025 LiveLaw...

Delhi High Court Raps Wife For Roping Husband's Relatives In Matrimonial Dispute Sans Evidence, Quashes Summoning Order

The Delhi High Court has quashed a summoning order passed against a husband's distant relatives while rapping the wife for roping them in the matrimonial dispute, without any cogent evidence.Justice Arun Monga said that the belated addition or introduction of the relatives, who were the husband's cousin and uncles, without a shred of independent evidence, was nothing but the...