Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 7, 2025 To July 13, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 81 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 89Nominal Index:Gopal Chand v/s Ramesh Kumar & another., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 81Nishant Mahajan & Anr. v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 82Rajesh Kumar Verma v/s Hon'ble High Court of H.P., Madan Kumar v/s Hon'ble High Court of H.P.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 83Deep Raj v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 84Anil Kumar...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 07 To July 13, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 760 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 783NOMINAL INDEXM/S LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED. Versus RAIL VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 760 CELEBI AIRPORT SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED v/s UNION OF INDIA & ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 761 Raheja Developers Limited v. Ahluwalia Contractors India Ltd 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 762 STATE v. YOGESH @ GOLU & ANR 2025 LiveLaw...

Failure To Examine Weapon Which Forms 'Vital Link' In Circumstantial Evidence Cases Is Fatal: Calcutta HC Sets Aside Conviction

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Prasenjit Biswas has held that failure to examine the weapon recovered and alleged to have been used in the commission of the crime is not always fatal but in cases based on the circumstantial evidence, it becomes a vital link to establish a connection between the weapon and the crime.The present appeal has been filed against...

DVAC Cannot Ignore Corruption Complaints Over Absence Of Documents, Must Gather Evidence Itself: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that the Department of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption should not brush aside complaints merely because of the absence of documents. The court added that the DVAC was a specialised investigative agency and must gather evidence across all departments. “The purpose of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Department is not to function as a post...

Bombay High Court Protects Singer Sonu Nigam's Right To Privacy, Directs Lawyer Sonu Nigam Singh To Use His Full Name In 'X' Account

Observing that the right of the citizens to free speech is not an 'unbridled' one, the Bombay High Court last week, while protecting the 'privacy' of Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam, directed a lawyer not to use 'Sonu Nigam' as the display name of his account on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).Single-judge Justice Riyaz Chagla asked the lawyer from Bihar, to use his full...

[S.151 CPC] Karnataka High Court Lays Down Guidelines To Be Followed By Trial Courts Before Granting Police Protection

The Karnataka High Court has said that the exercise of power by the trial Court to consider the application for police protection is an inherent power of the Court under Section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code. The trial Court may pass such an order as may be necessary for the ends of justice or to prevent the abuse of the process of the Court.A single judge, Justice Vijaykumar A. Patil held...

In Ongoing Property Dispute Between Siblings Rajasthan High Court Permits Temporary Public Access To Idol Of 'Shri Dwarkadhish Prabhu'

In a dispute regarding installation of the idol of “Shri Dwarkadhish Prabhu” in the Dwarkadhish Haveli in Nathdwara (“Property”), the Rajasthan High Court in an interim order has allowed temporary access to the public to pay obeisance to the deity only on the ground floor of the property where the idol has been installed.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand in his order said:"It is made clear...

Mutation Cannot Be Used To Alter Co-Sharer's Ownership, Only Clerical Corrections Permitted Under Standing Order 23-A: J&K High Court

Reiterating the narrow scope of Paragraph 100 of Standing Order No. 23-A, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a mutation entry cannot be used to delete the name of a co-sharer or to confer exclusive ownership.The Division Bench of Justice Sindhu Sharma and Justice Shahzad Azeem dismissed an appeal filed by the heirs of one Bishan Dass, while upholding the...

'Compulsory Retirement Not An Alternative To Disciplinary Action': Orissa High Court Sets Aside District Judge's Premature Retirement

In a huge relief to a former senior Judicial Officer, the Orissa High Court has set aside an order passed by the Government prematurely/compulsorily retiring him at the age of 55, instead of normal age of superannuation, i.e. 60.A Division Bench of Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad and Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo found the impugned order to be punitive and stigmatic, which was passed...

Period Spent On Furlough Not Counted As 'Eligible Service' For Claiming Retiral Benefits Under State's 2006 Scheme: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (July 14) dismissed an appeal by a former Revenue Inspector, challenging a single judge's order which had rejected the inspector's claim for retirement benefits sought under the State Government's Furlough Scheme, 2006.In doing so the court while upholding the single judge's order said that 2006 scheme stipulates that the period spent on Furlough...

Need Evidence To Ascertain Rent, Can't Do Guess Work To Calculate Mense Profit: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that coming to a figure which might be the rent of an area on its own, without any material, is not permissible in law.Justice Subramonium Prasad said mere guess work in thin air is no evidence and cannot be used to ascertain rent.“Mere guess work cannot be used for ascertaining the rent. This Court cannot make a guess work in thin air. Guess work cannot take...

Bombay High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Against Rahul Gandhi Over Remarks On Savarkar

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (July 15) refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to stop ignoring the contribution of right-wing leader Vinayak Savarkar to the freedom struggle.A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne noted that the Supreme Court had dismissed a similar petition filed by the same petitioner - Pankaj...