Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Monthly Digest: June 2025

Nominal Index:Iftikhar Ashraf Trumboo vs Furqaan Ah. Rather 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 217Thakur Ashwani Singh vs State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 218Attiqa Bano Vs National Insurance Company Ltd 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 219Tahir Riyaz Dar vs UT of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 220Sajad Ahmad Khan Vs Union of India & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 221Bhole Bhandari Charitable Trust Vs Shri Amarnathji Shrine...

Bonafide Requirement Must Be Seen On Date Of Initiation Of Eviction Process, Not During Pendency Of Proceedings: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that the death of a landlord's son during the pendency of eviction proceedings does not affect the landlord's bona fide requirement for eviction, as the date for assessing such requirement is the date of filing the eviction petition and not during the pendency of the proceedings.The Court observed that eviction proceedings take time, and the landlord...

CJI Gavai Launches Live Streaming Facility In Bombay High Court

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Gavai on Saturday launched the "live streaming" of the Bombay High Court proceedings.As of now only the proceedings of the first five benches of the HC will be live streamed, which are:Chief Justice Alok Aradhe & Justice Sandeep MarneJustice Revati Mohite-Dere & Justice Dr Neela Gokhale Justice Mahesh Sonak & Justice Jitendra JainJustice...

J&K HC Acquits Man Accused Of Killing Wife By Setting Bed Ablaze, Says It Was Unexplained Why He Didn't Save His Son If He Was Present At Scene

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court acquitted a man convicted for murder, pointing to multiple shortcomings in the prosecution's case, including variations and contradictions in the initial report and testimony of key witnesses and conflicting accounts of the type of weapons used, the manner of assault, and nature of injuries.The court also expressed concern over the prosecution's failure...

MP High Court Directs State To Ensure Adequate Doctors Are Employed At Primary Health Centre Catering To Over 50K Rural Residents

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (July 3) directed the State Government to ensure that adequate number of doctors and paramedical staff are deployed at the Primary Health Centre at Rajnagar in Anuppur, which is stated to be catering to over 50,000 rural and tribal residents. During the hearing Advocate Siddharth Gontia appearing for the petitioner submitted before a division bench...

Disorderly Behaviour Becoming Frequent: Gujarat High Court Initiates Suo Motu Contempt Against Man Captured On VC Seated On Toilet Seat

The Gujarat High Court has initiated suo-motu contempt case against a man who was captured seated on a toilet seat during the court's online proceedings last month. In doing so the court observed that the "infamous video tarnishing the image of this Court" was widely circulated in social media and requires to be "immediately banned and deleted". The court, which in its order took "serious...

Gujarat HC To Hear 10+ Yr Old Criminal Appeals On Working Saturdays; 5600+ Cases From 1995-2014 Lined Up For Disposal

In a bid to tackle the backlog of decade-old criminal appeals, the Gujarat High Court has constituted Special Benches to hear such matters on working Saturdays. The arrangement, starting today, will continue at least till October 2025. According to an official notification issued in this regard by the Registrar (Judicial), a total of 12 benches (including 9 division benches)...

'Grave Offences Of Public Importance': Rajasthan High Court Denies Relief To 3 Booked For Forging Degrees, Impersonation In Govt Exam

The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a batch of pleas by three persons–including a woman–seeking quashing of an FIR accusing them of a "large scale conspiracy" involving fabrication of educational credentials and impersonation in public examination, observing that these were grave offences “of public importance”. Justice Sameer Jain ruled that the findings recorded by the Special...

Digital Technology Altering Face Of Crime; Circulation Of Indecent Images On Social Media Can Destroy Lives: Allahabad HC

Refusing to grant bail to a man accused of circulating indecent photographs of a woman via WhatsApp, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that when such images are shared on public platforms, they have the potential to "destroy lives". "Digital technology is altering the face of crime. Indecent pictures of a person when circulated on public platforms by social media can...

'Alarming Situation': Allahabad HC Flags Non-Functioning Of DRT Prayagraj, Asks Finance Ministry To Expedite Appointments

The Allahabad High Court on Friday took note of the prolonged non-functioning of the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) at Prayagraj due to a lack of a presiding officer. Terming the situation as 'alarming', it urged the Ministry of Finance to urgently fill up the vacant posts at DRT. A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Praveen Kumar Giri passed the order while hearing a...

Income Tax | Sales Tax Incentive Under Govt Scheme For Industrial Promotion Is Capital Receipt, Not Taxable: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has stated that sales tax incentive under a government scheme for industrial promotion is a capital receipt, not taxable.Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep V. Marne were addressing the issue of whether an incentive received in sales tax liability under a Scheme formulated by the State Government would be on the capital account, exempt from taxation, or on...

MP High Court Restrains State From Felling Trees In Nursery On Land Allotted For Proposed Construction Of Administrative Buildings

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order restrained the State Government from cutting or replanting trees claimed to be growing over land having a nursery in Mandla district, which has been allotted to construct administrative buildings. The court was hearing a PIL where the petitioner has challenged an October 1, 2024 order of District Collector, Mandla, claiming that a land...