Excessive Delay In Deciding Trademark Registration Harmful: Rajasthan High Court Orders Registrar To Decide All Pending Pleas Expeditiously

The Rajasthan High Court directed the Registrar of Trademarks to decide all pending Trademark registration applications expeditiously, observing that it was expected of the authority to come up with a "strategy" to address the issue of "backlogs".The court passed the order while hearing a petition seeking expeditious decision on a 15-year-old trademark registration application of the...

Rajasthan High Court Permits Woman To Appear In Exam For Widow Candidates, Despite Objection By Deceased's Subsequent Wife

The Rajasthan High Court granted relief to a woman claiming to be the widow of a man, to complete her Diploma Course in Elementary Education under ST (Widow) Category, despite challenge to her status of “widow” by the subsequent wife of the deceased.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that the status of the petitioner as “widow” or “divorced wife” of the deceased could not be...

'Child's Right To Know Parentage Overrides Parent's Right To Privacy': Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld an order mandating a DNA test while emphasizing that a man's right to privacy can't override a child's right to know their biological parentage. The observation was made while dismissing a petition that challenged a trial court's decision allowing a child's plea for the comparison of his DNA sample with that of the man he claims to be his...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: July 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 222 To 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 256NOMINAL INDEXKailash v State of Rajasthan; 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 222Kiran Yadav v The State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 223Kumari Neelam v Jai Prakash Natani & Ors.; 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 224Shivsingh Meena v State of Rajasthan; 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 225M/s My Own Eco Energy Private Limited v Union of India & Ors.;...

'Attempt To Spoil Future': Rajasthan High Court Expresses Shock At School For Failing To Send Student's Improvement Exam Form To CBSE

The Rajasthan High Court expressed shock with a school for failing to send a student's examination form for writing improvement exam to CBSE despite three reminders, observing that the school's casual approach is an "attempt to spoil the future" and one year of the student's academic career.In view of the fact that the school had already compensated the student of Rs. 1.10 Lakhs and student...

Rajasthan High Court Stays BSc Nursing Counselling For Academic Year 2025-26 Until Further Orders

Rajasthan High Court has stayed the operation of the order of the single bench that allowed the Deepshikha Kala Sansthan (Regional Nursing College) to participate in the counselling for B.Sc. Nursing course for the academic session 2025-26 without having a valid No Objection Certificate and affiliation from the State Government and Rajasthan University of Health Sciences...

Permanent Lok Adalats Have No Jurisdiction On Matters Relating To Imposition Or Rate Of Tax: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court held that merely because the transport vehicle for carriage of passengers was mentioned in the definition u/s 22A(b) of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 (“Act”), Permanent Lok Adalat (“PLA”) had no jurisdiction to entertain an application regarding imposition of tax or the rate of imposition of tax in a particular matter.The division bench of Justice...

Defaulter Can't Escape Liability Citing Term End: Rajasthan HC Upholds Inquiry Against Official Initiated After Village Became Municipality

The Rajasthan High Court quashed the suspension of the Chairperson of a Municipal Board accused of misconduct, however it continued an inquiry initiated against her under Rajasthan Municipalities Act 2009 instituted after the concerned area was converted from a gram panchayat to a municipality. The court observed that inquiry initiated under either provisions of the Panchyati Raj Act or...

'Being Blind Can't Destroy Dreams': Rajasthan High Court Forms Panel To Help MBBS Student Who Lost Vision After 2 Years To Finish Course

The Rajasthan High Court constituted an expert committee at AIIMS Delhi to examine an MBBS student who became blind after completing 2 years of the course, and recommend appropriate modalities and methodologies to enable her to complete the course. Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that there were multiple people, in India and overseas, who became successful doctors despite visual impairment....

Blacklisting Order For Future Tenders Exceeding Reasons In Showcause Notice Violates Right To Carry On Business: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court held that an order of blacklisting beyond the scope of charges in the show cause notice was not only contrary to the principles of natural justice but also amounted to a denial of opportunity, affecting the right of business of the aggrieved party.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was hearing a petition by an insurance company, which was appointed as a Third...

S.102 CrPC | Can Bank Accounts Be Seized Merely On A Letter From Police? Rajasthan High Court Seeks Inputs From Bar Members

The Rajasthan High Court has issued a general notice inviting all the members of the bar to address the issue, “Whether the bank account of account holder can be seized only at the instance of a letter received from the Police (Investigating Agency) without following the procedure contained under Section 102, Cr.P.C?”The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was hearing a petition filed by...

Rajasthan High Court Extends Asaram's Interim Bail Till August 29, Orders His Medical Examination

In the background of Gujarat High Court's order in which the temporary bail of Asaram was extended till August 21 on medical grounds, Rajasthan High Court has also extended the bail granted to him in a 2013 rape case till August 29, 2025.Last month, vide its order dated July 8, 2025, the division bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur had extended the bail till August...