Unwarranted Freezing Of Bank Accounts A Growing Concern Implicating Financial Hardships On Businesses And Individuals: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court highlighted the growing concern of Indian businesses and corporate entities owing to unwarranted freezing of bank accounts by the investigating authorities in a mechanical manner implicating significant financial hardships on the concerned parties.The bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Garg opined that such actions were frequently predicated merely on allegations or suspicion...

AP High Court Orders Police Protection For Indian Cement Ltd Amid Labour Agitation, Says It Cannot Be 'Left To Bleed'

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the State authorities to extend effective police protection to Indian Cement Limited (petitioner), a subsidiary of UltraTech Cements, in light of escalating tensions and disruption of operations caused by contract labourers, allegedly upon the instigation of a local politician.Taking serious note of the law and order situation prevailing in the...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses Father's Habeas Corpus Plea For Custody Of Minor Child, Suggests Alternate Remedy U/S 13 Of CPC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in its Gwalior Bench dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a father based in USA, seeking the custody of his minor son. The Bench comprising of Justice Anand Pathak & Justice Rajendra Kumar Vani deliberated on whether an order passed by the Foreign Court directing the mother to produce the child before it would render the custody of the minor...

Karnataka High Court To Have Portraits Of Dr BR Ambedkar In All Court Halls

The Karnataka High Court has decided to display the portrait/photograph of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in all court halls of High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru and Benches at Dharwad and Kalaburagi and District Judiciary of the State. Referring to the full court resolution dated 26.04.2025 in which it was said that in view of the representations submitted by the General Public, Advocates, Forums...

Constitution Protects Slum Dwellers, They Have An Equal Right To Live With Dignity, Safety And Basic Standards Of Living: Bombay High Court

In a landmark ruling, the Bombay High Court while observing that the Constitution of India is a 'living framework' held that the people living in slums or informal settlements are protected by the Constitution. The High Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Regulation 17(3)(D)(2) of the Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR) 2034, which provides for rehabilitation of...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Upholds Penalty Against District Court Clerk For Delay In Relaying Important Information Requested By HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Thursday (June 19), upheld a disciplinary action initiated against an Executant Clerk, serving in the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, for causing undue delay in relaying essential information requested by the High Court. The disciplinary proceedings stemmed from an incident that occurred in June 2016, when the petitioner was required to submit...

Madras High Court Issues Notice On Scriptwriter's Plea Claiming Nani's HIT 3 Movie Is An Unauthorised Adaptation Of His Work

The Madras High Court has issued notice on a script writer's plea alleging that the recent movie starring Nani is an unauthorised adaptation of his story. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy issued notice returnable by July 7, 2025, and adjourned the plea. The notices were ordered on a petition filed by Vimal @ Vimalavelan, who was a script writer and an author. Vimal had sought...

Minor Rape Victim Cannot Be Forced To Continue With 'Unwanted' Pregnancy: Bombay High Court Allows 12-Yr-Old Girl To Abort 29 Week Foetus

Observing that it cannot force a rape victim to carry her 'unwanted' pregnancy, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently allowed a minor girl to abort her nearly 29 weeks foetus under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act.A division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Sachin Deshmukh said by forcing he girl to continue with the pregnancy, the State would be 'stripping' her...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 09 - June 15, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 206 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 213]Anirudh Prataprai Nansi vs Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 206Rekha P Thapar vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 207Santosh Savlaram Morajkar vs Sumitra Savlaram Moraskar, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 208M/s. Krishna Constructions vs Subhash Uttam Dalvi, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 209Ankur Narayan Panwar vs State of...

Asst Commissioner Can't Issue Blanket Ban On Vehicles Entering Madurai: Madras High Court On Mandatory Pass For Murugan Conference

The Madras High Court recently modified a condition imposed in the conduct of the Murugan Conference of Madurai, mandating that all vehicles coming for the conference obtain a pass to enter Madurai. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice K Rajasekar held that the Assistant Commissioner could not have passed such a blanket prohibitory order as the officer did not have...

Use Of Premises As Homestays Or Hostels Cannot Be Permitted Without Permission From Authorities: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court recently held that operating premises as a Home Stay or Paying Guest (P.G.) hostel without proper registration and mandatory permissions from the authorities is illegal and cannot be permitted to run a business. The Court offered the 8 guests residing in such premises to make alternative arrangements within one week. Justice Mauna M. Bhatt observed, “…considering...

Beneficiary Of Fraud Can't Be Supported By Public Money: Calcutta HC Restrains State From Paying Stipend To Staff Whose Jobs Were Cancelled By SC

The court noted that by providing stipend to those whose appointments were deemed fraudulent by the Supreme Court, the State was attempting to overreach the order of the Apex Court.