Supreme Court Pulls Up Tenant Who Disowned Undertaking To Deposit Rent Arrears; Directs Cost To Be Paid To Punjab Flood Relief Fund

The Supreme Court recently deprecated the conduct of a tenant who tried to disown his undertaking given to the Court to deposit rent arrears by claiming that his advocate had given the statement without his instructions.The bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000 on the tenant. The cost has to be deposited in the Punjab CM's disaster relief...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Second Petition Challenging Newly Enacted 'Online Gaming' Act

The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice to the Union of India on a second petition challenging the newly enacted Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025 which seeks to prohibit 'online money games' and offering of bank services, advertisements related thereto.Justice B M Shyam Prasad issued notice to the Union on the petition filed by K Anand and another.During the...

Consultant (Legal Manager) Vacancy At IIFCL Projects Limited (IPL)

IIFCL Projects Limited (IPL) invites application for the post of Consultant (Legal Manager).Name of the Post: Consultant (Legal Manager) Essential Qualification and Experience • Degree in law/LL.B. from a national/international premier institute of India. Master's in law from a national/international premier institute of India will be preferred. • Minimum 6 years of total work experience in any field of law post enrolment in corresponding Bar Council of India. Min 2 years of experience of...

Assistant Manager (Professional Independence) Vacancy At KPMG India [Apply Now]

KPMG India invites online application for the post of Assistant Manager (Professional Independence).Name of the Post: Assistant Manager (Professional Independence) Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India Essential Qualification and Experience • A degree in LL.B./LLM • Post- qualification legal experience with a strong preference for considerable experience as in -house counsel, preferably for the Indian subsidiary of a multinational company or Indian multinational. • Considerable experience...

Shareholders & Guarantors Have No Locus To Intervene In CIRP Based On Private Unregistered MoU: NCLT Kochi

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Kochi Bench, comprising Justice Vinay Goel (Member-Judicial) and Madhu Sinha (Member-Technical), has held that any private agreement between the corporate debtors, borrowers, and guarantors is not binding on the financial institutions unless the institutions are parties to the agreement and have explicitly consented to...

Justice Vinod Chandran Recuses From Hearing PIL Seeking Probe Against Vedanta Group Over Allegations By Viceroy LLC

Justice K Vinod Chandran of the Supreme Court on Monday recused from hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking investigation into the allegations made by US-based short-seller Viceroy Research LLC against Vedanta group companies.The PIL, filed by Shakti Bhatia, was listed before a bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Atul S Chandurkar....

Safe Harbour No Shield: Chhattisgarh HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Flipkart-Linked Delivery Staff For Delivering Knives Used In Murder

The Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to quash FIR against employees of Elastic Run– a logistics company providing delivery services to Flipkart, which delivered a prohibited knife that was subsequently used as a weapon for committing robbery and murder.The specific allegation against the employees of ElasticRun— Dinesh Kumar Sahu (Senior Area Manager) and Harishankar Sahu (Delivery...

Supreme Court Dismisses BJP Telangana's Defamation Case Against CM Revanth Reddy Over Claim That BJP Would End Reservations

'If you are in politics, you should have a thick skin," CJI Gavai orally said.

Might Reconsider Decision Linking CLAT-PG Scores To Lawyers Recruitment: NHAI Tells Delhi High Court

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it is likely to reconsider its decision making scores of CLAT-PG a basis for recruitment of lawyers.The submission was made by NHAI's counsel before a division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. The Court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by lawyer...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 01 - September 07, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 292 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 297 NOMINAL INDEX Raja Mathan and Others v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (292) S. Vijay v. The Commissioner of Police, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 293 Thirumalaisamy v. The State of Tamilnadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 294 Women Lawyers Association of Nilgiris v. The Secretary and others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 295 K.J. Vinod...

Wife Blaming Husband's Family After Setting Herself Ablaze Amounts To Cruelty: MP High Court Grants Divorce

The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted divorce to a man sought on the grounds of cruelty under Hindu Marriage Act(HMA), observing that his wife had "in a moment of despair" set herself ablaze and later blamed his relatives for the same without being able to provide any reliable evidence. In doing so the high court, while setting aside the family court order, observed that the wife also...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 1 to September 7, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 356 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 359]Sanjay Shirke vs Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 356Tivoli Investment & Trading Co. Pvt. Ltd. vs The Assistant Commissioner of Income-Tax, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 357Nilangekar Taluka Eksangh Kruti Samiti vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 358Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. vs Inspector...