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Orissa High Court & District Courts Campuses Vacated Following Bomb Threat
The Orissa High Court as well as the Cuttack District and Sessions Court campuses were vacated on Thursday (January 8) following a bomb threat.Upon receiving the mail, the Registry informed the Courts of the same following which the judicial works were halted. Advocates and staff were seen rushing out of Courts.Evacuation process in the campuses are undergoing. The police as well as...
Neighbour Can't Be Booked For Matrimonial Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that a stranger/neighbour cannot be drawn into cruelty proceedings under Section 498A of the IPC amid matrimonial dispute between the husband, wife or other family members. Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while allowing a petition filed by one Asha G, neighbour of the complainant's husband, who was booked under Sections 498A, 504, 506, 323 read with 34...
Madras High Court Upholds Arbitral Award Granting Relief To 93 Chennai Port Spillage Workers
The Madras High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by the Chennai Port Authority, refusing to set aside an arbitral award that directed the port to reinstate spillage-handling workers and grant back wages, gratuity and other service benefits to 93 workers. A single bench of Justice N Anand Venkatesh held that the award did not suffer from any jurisdictional error or patent...
Gujarat High Court Asks State Authority To Grant Personal Hearing Over Removal Of Religious Structure Allegedly Encroaching Water Body
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (January 8) asked the state authorities to consider objections and provide a personal hearing to certain persons who had challenged a notice asking them to remove an alleged encroachment— stated to be an ancient Dargah, claimed to be constructed over a water body. The court was hearing a petition challenging a notice dated 18-8-2025 whereby petitioners...
MP High Court Allows Specially Abled Person To Intervene In PIL Seeking Accessible Court Amenities; State, HC Administration To Respond
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Monday (January 5), granted time to the State Government and the High Court administration to file their replies in a public interest litigation seeking directions to provide necessary facilities for persons with disability as well as persons suffering from chronic diseases, women and senior citizens in the High Court and District Courts. The division bench...
DSNLU Presents VIVIDH 5.0: National Policy Discussion Competition
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU), Visakhapatnam, through its student-run committee Drishtikon, is organising VIVIDH 5.0, a national-level policy discussion competition scheduled to be held on 7th and 8th February 2026 at the university campus. The competition seeks to provide a unique platform for law students across the country to engage with draft legislations, propose amendments, and deliberate upon public policy through structured and moderated discussions.Background...
Ashtamudi Wetland Management Unit Constituted: State Tells Kerala High Court
The Kerala government informed the High Court on Thursday (08 January) that a notification has been issued by the Special Secretary, Government of Kerala, Environment Department constituting Ashtamudi Wetland Management Unit.The submissions were made before the division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Syam Kumar V M which was considering a contempt petition for non-compliance...
Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitral Award In Patel Gammon's Favour in Rampur Hydropower Project Dispute
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by SJVN Limited challenging an arbitral award that granted payment to Patel Gammon Joint Venture for transporting excavated material during a hydroelectric project in Himachal Pradesh. A single-judge bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh upheld the substance of the arbitral award but held that the court lacked territorial jurisdiction to entertain...
House Contractor Liable For Incomplete Construction, Sub-Standard Work: Kerala Consumer Commission Awards ₹1.1L Compensation
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Ernakulam recently passed an award granting a compensation of Rs. 1,10,000/- to a complainant since the constructor engaged by him for building his house abandoned work midway and failed to complete construction even after receiving substantial payment of more than 9 lakhs.According to the complainant, he engaged the opposite party to...
Revisional Power U/S 25B(8) Delhi Rent Control Act Is Supervisory In Nature, HC Can't Revisit Factual Findings: High Court
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that its revisional jurisdiction under Section 25B(8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act is supervisory in nature and does not permit reappreciation of evidence or revisiting factual findings recorded by the Rent Controller.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani made the observation while dismissing a tenant's revision petition challenging eviction on the ground...
CIRP Claims Cannot Rely On 12-Year Limitation Period For Enforcing Mortgage Rights: NCLT Mumbai
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Mumbai has recently ruled that secured creditors cannot rely on the 12-year limitation period for enforcing mortgage rights when filing claims in a corporate insolvency resolution process. For insolvency claims, the Tribunal said, the applicable limitation period is three years. The decision was delivered by a coram of Judicial Member Sushil...