Seizure Of Forest Produce & Vehicle Used To Commit Forest Offence Must Be Made Within 'Reasonable Interval': Kerala High Court Clarifies

The Kerala High Court has recently clarified that there is no need to simultaneously seize the forest produce and the vehicle used in committing a forest offence, however, there must be a reasonable nexus and a reasonable interval between the two seizures.The Division Bench of Chief Justice of Nitin Jamdar and Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan was considering a question referred by a Single Judge...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 18 - August 24, 2024

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 337 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 351]Jaykumar B. Patil vs Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 337Sashidhar Jagdishan vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 338Aditya Ramchandra Patil vs Yuvraj Bhivaji Patil, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 339Commissioners of Customs (Export) v. Bank of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 340Narendra Bhuva vs...

MP High Court Directs Release Of PG Medical Student's Original Documents Who Challenged ₹30 Lakh Seat Leaving Penalty

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order permitted release of the original documents to a postgraduate medical student who has challenged the enforcement of Rs. 30 Lakh as a seat leaving penalty by a medical college where he was admitted in MD (Physiology) Course.The student sought to withdraw from the course after receiving an offer to pursue a Ph.D at the University of...

Rajasthan High Court Restrains State Govt From Using Dilapidated School Buildings, Rooms; Directs Alternative Arrangements For Students

In the suo motu case concerning the collapse of ceiling and wall of a classroom, resulting in death of 7 children, the Rajasthan High Court restrained the State government from the using dilapidated school buildings/rooms, further directing the state to make alternative arrangements.In July 2025, the Court had taken suo motu cognizance of the incident in one of the Government Schools in...

Panchayat Polls Violence | Uttarakhand High Court Bars Media From Reporting Courtroom Discussions; Flags 'Growing Gun Culture'

Last week, the Uttarakhand High Court, while monitoring the law and order situation during the Nainital Panchayat polls, passed significant directions on media reporting and electoral violence. Amid disturbing incidents of abductions and even firing on August 14, a Bench of Chief Justice G Narendar and Justice Subhash Upadhyay restrained the media from publishing courtroom...

Bombay High Court Monthly Digest - July 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 246 To 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 315Ravindra s/o Laxman Narete vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 246Rupali P Shah vs Adani Wilmar Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 247Microfibers Pvt. Ltd. vs Yes Bank Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 248Dnyaneshwar S/o Vishnu Surywanshi vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 249M/s. Vivienda Luxury Homes LLP vs M/s. Gregory &...

Karnataka High Court Directs State Bar Council Not To Recognise Or Register Any New Advocate's Association Without Court's Leave

The Karnataka High Court on Saturday (August 23) in an interim order directed the Karnataka State Bar Council to not act on any pending applications or received applications for recognition and registration of a new advocates' association, without seeking leave of the high court. A single judge bench of Justice B M Shyam Prasad passed the order while hearing a petition filed by...

Mankind Pharma Entitled To Higher Protection Over "Kind" Family Marks: Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of 'Unkind' Trademark

The Delhi High Court has held that pharmaceutical company Mankind Pharma Limited is entitled to higher protection for “Kind” family marks, while ordering removal of “Unkind” mark from the Register of Trademarks. Justice Tejas Karia observed that merely changing the first part of the Impugned Trade Mark and using the “distinguishing family name or characteristic” is likely to...

Rajasthan High Court Quashes Challenge Against State Amendment Imposing New Motor Vehicle Tax On “Sleeper Bus”

The Rajasthan High Court rejected the challenge made to an amendment brought in by the Transport Department by which a new category of “sleeper bus” was added for levying motor vehicle tax, taking it out from the previous category without qualifying it for the exemptions available under other categories.The division bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur and Justice Anuroop Singhi held that...

Non-Legal Heirs Can Continue Prosecution On Complainant's Death Even If Legal Heirs Have Not Come Forward: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that even non-legal heirs of a complainant can continue prosecution of the complaint upon his death, even if his legal heirs are alive and have not come forward to prosecute.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath observed:“Section 302 of Cr.P.C. empowers a Magistrate to permit “any person” to prosecute the complaint. The word “any person” cannot be...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Police Circular Barring DJ, Sound Systems In Processions And Public Pandals During Gauri Ganesh & Eid-Milad

The Karnataka High Court on Saturday dismissed the petition filed by an officer bearer of Karnataka Light Music and Cultural Artists Association, challenging the decision of Police to prohibit DJ's and use of sound systems, in processions and public pandals, during Gauri Ganesh and Eid-Milad festivals. A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi dismissed...

Misrepresentation Of Marital History Amounts To Suppression Of Facts, Renders Subsequent Marriage Voidable: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a misrepresentation of one's marital history is not a trivial omission but a clear suppression of facts going to the root of a marriage, which renders a subsequent marriage voidable under Section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act.“Its concealment strikes at the very core of free and informed consent, rendering the marriage voidable under Section 12(1)(c) of...