Kerala High Court Issues SOP For Paperless Operation Of 'Model Digital Family Court' In Sasthamkotta

The Kerala High Court has issued an office memorandum notifying an SOP consolidating the procedures for filing, case handling, viewing, production and retention of documents, service of processes, transfer of cases, and payment workflows governing Model Digital Family Court, Sasthamkotta.The SOP has been prepared by the IT Directorate of the High Court for implementation of a Model Digital...

Lawyer Who Brandished Sword In High Court Premises Gets Bail From Chandigarh Court

The Chandigarh Court today granted bail to Advocate Simranjit Singh Blassi, who was seen brandishing sword in the Punjab & Haryana High Court premises, following a physical altercation with the bar members on September 17.FIR was lodged under Sections 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 109(1) (attempt to murder), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 3(5)...

Court Hearing Appeal U/S 37 A&C Act Can Direct Furnishing Of Security Even Without Application U/S 9: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Arindam Mukherjee has held that while disposing of an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration Act, the Court is empowered under Order 41 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) to impose conditions and direct the respondent to furnish security for the loan as per the Agreement, even in the absence of a formal application under Section 9 of...

MP High Court Suspends Life Sentence Of Man Convicted For Murder, Directs Him To Plant & Nurture 10 Saplings

The Madhya Pradesh High Court suspended the life sentence of man convicted in a murder case, after noting that that he had spent over 10 years in custody and two of his co-accused having spent similar time in custody had already been enlarged on bail. The court further directed the appellant to plant and nurture 10 fruit bearing/neem or peepal saplings.The court was hearing a plea by...

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Supreme Court Appoints Ex-CJI DY Chandrachud As Mediator In Commercial Dispute

The Supreme Court on Friday (Sep.19) appointed former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud to act as a mediator in a dispute between two companies over ownership of 170,000 MT of iron ore in Sihora, Jabalpur. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan passed an order while hearing Euro Pratik Ispat Ltd.'s appeal against the MP High Court's decision, which reversed with the...

Supreme Court Orders Status Quo In Plea Challenging HP HC Judgment Which Set Aside Power Of Govt To Regularise Encroachments

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered status quo in a petition challenging the decision of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, which declared Section 163-A of the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1952, as unconstitutional.The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued notice in the matter.S.163A empowered the State Government to frame rules for the regularisation of...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: August 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 108 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 142NOMINAL INDEX:Mahesh Thakur v/s State of H.P. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 108Sanjay Kumar v/s State of H.P. & Others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 109United India Insurance Company v/s Sita Devi & Others., United India Insurance Company v/s Joginder Singh & Others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 110Archana Sharma v/s State of H.P. &...

CJI Calls For Central Agency To Filter Government Appeals Before Filing In Order To Reduce Pendency

Chief Justice of India Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on Saturday called for a Central agency to filter which judgments the government appeals before courts in order to reduce the pendency of matters before the courts.He was addressing the 10th All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), 2025.Justice Gavai said that over one lakh cases are currently pending before the...

Kerala High Court Proposes Minimum 45 Yrs Age, 10 Yrs Practice For Designation As Senior Advocate, Invites Suggestions From Bar

The Kerala High Court on Friday (September 19) issued a notice containing the draft High Court of Kerala (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2025 as per which one of the conditions for eligibility is that advocate should be 45 years of age. It has invited suggestions/objections on the same, which has to be submitted in writing to the Registrar General, High Court of Kerala, Ernakulam...

Detailed Inquiry Into Legality Of Transfer Of Property Cannot Be Adjudicated In Summary Proceeding U/S 7 IBC: NCLT New Delhi

The NCLT, New Delhi Bench, comprising Shri Manni Sankariah Shanmuga Sundaram (Member-Judicial) and Shri Atul Chaturvedi (Member-Technical), has held that a deeper inquiry into the legality of the transfer of property or allegations of fraud cannot be adjudicated in a summary proceeding under Section 7 of the IBC. The Section 7 application was filed by the financial creditor...

SC/ST Act | No Bar On Granting Pre-Arrest Bail If Substantive Offence Not Found To Be Committed: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently held that the bar against grant of anticipatory bail would not apply in cases where an offence under Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST is alleged if there is a prima facie conclusion that the substantive offence punishable by 10 years' imprisonment has not been committed.Justice Gopinath P. observed: “In other words, in cases where the allegation is that an...