Man Agrees In Gujarat High Court To 'Re-Marry' Wife As Per Customs In Her Native Place

In a peculiar case before the Gujarat High Court, a man seeking production of his wife stated to be detained by her parents, agreed to visit her native place and re-marry as her the customs there.The couple got married in the absence of their families and the woman's family–belonging to Rajasthan, were desirous of performing certain marriage rituals in their native place in the presence of...

Repetition Of Old & Overruled Arguments Not Sufficient To Reopen Concluded Adjudications In Review Petition Assailing Arbitration Order: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke has held that repetition of old and overruled arguments is not enough to reopen concluded adjudications as the review proceedings under Order 47 Rule 1 r/w Section 114 of CPC challenging an arbitration order cannot be equated with the original hearing of the case. The scope of review is very limited. Brief Facts of...

Meghalaya High Court Directs State To Form Committee Under Animal Birth Control Rules To Address Street Dogs' Menace

The Meghalaya High Court recently enlarged the scope of a PIL seeking directions for appropriate measures to control the menace caused by stray dogs in Shillong, to the State of Meghalaya. The division bench of the Chief Justice I. P. Mukerji and Justice W. Diengdoh further directed the State Government to take steps within four weeks to form a Committee in terms of rule 4 of Animal Birth...

High Court Allows Withdrawal Of Delhi Govt's Plea Against LG Appointing Prosecutors Of Choice For Arguing Farmers Protest, Delhi Riots Cases

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed the withdrawal of a petition filed by then AAP-led Delhi Government against an order of the Lieutenant Governor, overturning the Cabinet's decision to appoint a panel of prosecutors of its choice to argue cases related to Farmers Protest and Delhi Riots.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela heard the...

Allahabad High Court Rejects Pleas Challenging Appointment Of First Woman VC Of Aligarh Muslim University

The Allahabad High Court has upheld the appointment of Professor Naima Khatoon as the first woman Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from the panel of names recommended by the University to a Visitor.The bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh observed that “We are informed that in the history of the University for well over a century no women has ever...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: May 12 - May 18, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 170 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 179Nominal Index: Rishi Kumar AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 170D S Veeraiah AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 171Ashok AND Fayaz Aahmad. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 172Anil Kumar S B AND Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 173Arbaz Khan AND State of Karnataka....

Common Practice To Not Reflect Casual/ Daily Wage Worker In Employment Records: Rajasthan High Court Upholds Grant Of Award To Such Employee

Rajasthan High Court has upheld an order of the Tribunal under Employees Compensation Act granting compensation to a daily wage worker (respondent) who was injured during his employment but was not appearing in the Employees State Insurance Register or the attendance register of the employer-appellant.While agreeing with the reasoning of the Tribunal that the employee could be a...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 12 – 18, 2025

NOMINAL INDEX Elvish Yadav vs State of UP and others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 168 Jahid vs. State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 169 Kusum v. Anand Kumar And 3 Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 170 Mohd. Talha v. Uoi Thru. Its Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 2 Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 171 Vignesh S. Shishir vs UOI and others 2025 LiveLaw...

Constitution Alone Is Supreme, Legislature, Executive And Judiciary Have to Work Together for the Constitution: CJI Gavai

Amid claims being made that about the 'supremacy' of the Parliament over Judiciary, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Gavai on Sunday cleared the air over the said controversy and made it clear that 'Constitution of India' alone is supreme. The CJI said, "On being asked about the issue of who is Supreme, whether Judiciary or Executive or the Parliament? I can say that the Constitution of...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 12 To May 18, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 535 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 576NOMINAL INDEXArun Kumar Jindal v. CBI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 535 M/S Mahesh Fabrinox Pvt. Ltd v. Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 536 Anjali Birla v. X Corp. and Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 537 Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pvt Ltd. v. MMTC Ltd. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 538 Goethe-Institut E.V. v. Abhishek Yadav & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw...

Interim Relief U/S 9 Of Arbitration Act Must Be Sought With 'Reasonable Expedition': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court bench of Justice A. S. Chandurkar and Justice Rajesh Patil have held that an applicant under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”) must approach the court with reasonable expedition. Delay of several years without adequate explanation is a material factor that militates against the grant of such relief. The court observed that...

Madras High Court Orders Interim Stay On Declaration Of 2025 NEET UG Results

The Madras High Court has stayed the declaration of results for the NEET UG 2025 examination.Justice V Lakshminarayan on Friday ordered an interim stay on the declaration of results on the plea filed by a group of students seeking re-examination. Noting that the students must be given an opportunity to present their case, the court ordered interim stay. The plea was filed by a group of...