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...

Income Of Parent Who Abandoned Family Need Not Be Considered For EWS Reservation: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently passed a judgment holding that if any of the parents abandons the family, the income of such parent need not be taken into account for granting EWS (Economically Weaker Section) certificate to the child.Justice N. Nagaresh was considering a plea preferred by a NIFT - National Institute of Fashion Technology aspirant (1st petitioner), who approached the...

Land Losers Not Prohibited From Claiming Enhanced Compensation In Absence Of Agreement Finalising Initial Determination: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) has held that compensation determined by the competent authority under Section 10(1) of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Rights of User in Land) Act, 1962 (the 1962 Act) shall be treated as a determination at the first instance when there is no agreement between the...

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...