Kerala High Court Closes Contempt Case Against News Channel Directors For Airing Scandalous Remarks On Judges, Accepts Their Apology

The Kerala High Court recently closed the suo-motu criminal contempt proceedings against Managing Director and Director of Malayalam web-news channel Karma News for publishing scandalous remarks against judges, after the duo tendered an unconditional apology. Accepting the unconditional apology made by the directors, the Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V....

Gujarat High Court Asks Authority To Decide Africa-Born Woman's Plea For Issuance Of Passport Claiming Indian Citizenship By Descent

The Gujarat High Court has asked the Passport Authority to decide a woman's plea for issuance of passport who though was born in Africa, but has sought relief on the ground of being Indian citizen by descent under Citizenship Act. During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel submitted before Justice Niral R Mehta that the petitioner would once again approach the Passport Authority under Section...

Delhi High Court Fines Woman For Dragging Aged In-Laws In Endless Litigation Despite Remarrying After Husband's Death

The Delhi High Court has fined a woman for dragging aged in-laws in Court through endless litigation even after the death of their son, all the while remarrying another man. Justice Arun Monga imposed costs of Rs. 50,000 on the woman for causing undue hardship to the in-laws and making them suffer the unnecessary litigation out of “sheer vengeance” and in blatant abuse of the...

IGST Act | Party Providing Services Under Bipartite Agreement Cannot Be Labelled As “Intermediary”: Rajasthan High Court

While hearing a petition against the decision of Department of Revenue by a company providing services to a foreign entity, Rajasthan High Court held that for someone to be called an “intermediary”, there had be existence of 3 parties in the contract, in the absence of which, the services rendered under a bipartite agreement could not be called “intermediary”.The division bench of...

Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest : August 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 120 to 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 138NOMINAL INDEXMahesh Langa v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 120Rajubhai Dalsinghbhai Ninama v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 121Sahdev Ranchodbhai Brahman v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 122Rathod Nareshbhai Mansukhbhai & Ors. v/s State of Gujarat & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (Guj)...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Settles 143 Cases In Lok Adalat, Awards ₹6.25 Crore Compensation

The National Lok Adalat at the Punjab and Haryana High Court today saw 143 cases settled out of 443 listed, with compensation worth Rs 6,25,61,176 awarded, mostly in motor accident claim cases.The exercise was held under the supervision of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Patron-in-Chief of the High Court Legal Services Committee, and Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal, Chairman of the Committee. Ten...

Mens Rea In Abetment Of Suicide Case Can Be Inferred From Successive Acts Of Accused, Not Just A Single Incident: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to grant pre-arrest bail to a man accused of abetting the suicide of a 16-year-and-11-month-old girl, observing that Mens Rea In abetment of Suicide case can be inferred from successive acts of accused, not just a single incIdent. It was alleged that night before the incident the petitioner had called the victim and in the suicide note it was...

Secured Creditor Can Seek Physical Possession Of Immovable Property U/S 14 Of SARFAESI Act Even After Sale: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Md. Shabbar Rashidi has held that a secured creditor can seek physical possession of an immovable property under section 14 of the SARFAESI Act even after the sale of that property to a purchaser.The present appeal has been filed against an order passed by the Single Judge in a Writ Petition by which the SBI was refused...

MP High Court Temporarily Suspends Live-Streaming Of Benches Hearing Criminal Cases After PIL Claims Misuse Via Reels & Memes

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (September 12), directed its Registry to stop the live streaming of all Benches hearing criminal matters until the next date of hearing in a PIL claiming misuse of live-streamed court proceedings via reels and memes. The order has been directed to be implemented w.e.f. September 15 (Monday). The court was hearing a PIL wherein the petitioner argued...

BSF Act Empowers General Security Force Court To Try POCSO Offences: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that the BSF Act empowers the General Security Force Court (GSFC) to try an offence under the POCSO Act.“Clearly, therefore, the BSF Act empowers the GSFC to try offences under the POCSO Act. These provisions, seen in conjunction with Section 42A of the POCSO Act, which saves the jurisdiction vested in other authorities under other statutes, defeats...

DGP Has Asked Investigating Agencies To Be 'Careful' While Issuing Letters To Banks For Freezing Accounts: State To Rajasthan High Court

While hearing arguments on seizure of bank accounts on a letter from the Police, the Rajasthan Government informed the High Court that guidelines have been framed by DGP directed senior officials to instruct Investigating Agencies to remain careful while issuing letters to banks for freezing bank accounts. The court was hearing a matter on the question 'Whether the bank account of account...

Retired Class-IV Employee Not Expected To Understand Terms Like 'Acquiescence' Or 'Delay': HP High Court Quashes Pension Rejection Order

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed the pension rejection order of a daily wage beldar worker, holding that pension cannot be denied on the ground that of delay in filing claim as a class IV cannot be expected to understand technical legal concepts like acquiescence or laches, and pension is a recurring right that cannot be defeated by delay.Rejecting the State's contention,...