Manjeswaram Election Bribery Case: Kerala High Court Paves Way For State To Prefer Appeal Against Discharge Of BJP's K Surendran

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday allowed the State government to withdraw the revision petition filed by it against the discharge of BJP leader K. Surendran in the Manjeshwaram election bribery case.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan observed that as per the decision in Xavier Raj v. State of Kerala (2025 (4) KLT 257), revision petitions against discharge were not maintainable and the only remedy is...

Delhi High Court Upholds Vires Of S.193(9) BNSS On Further Probe, Says It Does Not 'Camouflage' Accused's Right To Default Bail

The Delhi High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 193(9) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, saying that the provision does not act as a camouflage to an accused's right to default bail. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela dismissed a PIL filed by lawyer Yash Mishra which challenged the validity of Section 193(9)...

Telangana High Court Deprecates 'One-Sided Mud Slinging' By Lawyers, Litigants; Says Judges Can't Present Their Side Of Story

The Telangana High Court has accepted the apology tendered by three persons including two lawyers, who had sought to transfer a matter listed before a single judge alleging bias and non-hearing of the petitioner's counsel. While accepting the apologies, the high court, remarked upon casting of aspersions against a judge when the latter does not have a platform to present their side of...

Supreme Court Bars Arrest Without Permission In Fresh FIR By UP Police After Accused Assail Repeated FIRs As Means To Defeat Bail

In a matter alleging registration of multiple FIRs by State of Uttar Pradesh in order to defeat grant of bail, the Supreme Court recently directed that the accused shall not be arrested in any subsequent FIR without leave of the Court."...the petitioners shall not be arrested by the respondents in any of the FIR(s) which will be lodged hereinafter, without the leave of this Court" a bench...

Curtain Glass Affixed To Building Not Removable, Hence Not Liable To Central Excise Duty: CESTAT

The New Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has stated that curtain glass/ structural glazing affixed to building not removable, hence not liable to central excise duty. Justice Dilip Gupta (President) and P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member) were addressing the issue of whether the curtain glass fixed by the assessee in the form of works contract...

Conviction Of A Single Accused For Gang Rape Is Permissible If Other Accused Couldn't Be Apprehended: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a single person can be convicted for the offence of gang rape punishable under Section 376DA IPC (Section 70 BNS), even if the co-offender manages to escape trial.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta while dealing with an appeal against conviction observed,“One of the arguments of the Appellant is also that as the...

Kerala High Court Orders Strict Action Against Levy Of Excessive Locker Fees In Sabarimala

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (August 26) directed initiation of strict action against a tender holder in Sabarimala for charging locker fees, much higher than that permissible by the tender conditions.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K.V. Jayakumar was considering a suo motu case, which was initiated based on an anonymous complaint by a Telangana...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: July 2025 [Citations 720 - 908]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 720 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 908NOMINAL INDEXMINOR A THR HER MOTHER S v. STATE & ANR 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 720SANTOSH KUMAR SINGH v. STATE (GOVT. OF THE NCT) OF DELHI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 721Amazon Technologies Inc v. Lifestyle Equities 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 722Rasiklal Mohanlal Gangani v. State & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 723SHANKESH MUTHA v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR...

NEET-PG : After Two Claims Over Lone Radio Diagnosis Seat, Supreme Court Asks NMC If General Medicine Seat Can Be Converted

Given an "extraordinary" situation, the Supreme Court recently directed the National Medical Commission to consider if the General Medicine seat occupied by a NEET-PG candidate could be converted to one under Radio Diagnosis, as he had spent 6 months studying the said course before another candidate, who has a higher claim in the institutional reservation, became eligible for the Radio...

Kerala High Court Rules Out 'Privacy' Concerns Regarding AI Cameras Monitoring Traffic Violations In State

The Kerala High Court has ruled out privacy concerns raised against the State's AI-enabled 'Safe Kerala Project', which deploys automated cameras for traffic enforcement.The writ was filed by the leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan and MLA Ramesh Chennithala, stating that entrusting private contractors with sensitive driving data violated citizens' fundamental right to privacy. They claimed...

2025 LiveLaw (SC) 846 | DOGIPARTHI VENKATA SATISH AND ANR. VS. PILLA DURGA PRASAD & ORS

Order XXX Rule 10 CPC | Absence Of Proprietorship In Suit Not A Defect If Proprietor Is A Defendant: Supreme...

Order XXX Rule 10 CPC | Absence Of Proprietorship In Suit Not A Defect If Proprietor Is A Defendant: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed there is no distinction between suing a proprietorship in its trade name or in the proprietor's name, since the firm has no independent legal status and is inseparable from its owner. “Whether proprietorship concern is sued in its name or through its proprietor representing the concerned is one of the same thing.”, the court said. Holding thus, the...