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Interest Under Employee's Compensation Act Payable From Date Of Accident; Widow Entitled To Penalty For Delay: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has held that interest on compensation under the Employees' Compensation Act is payable from the date of the accident and that where the employer fails to pay compensation within the statutory period without justification, penalty under Section 4A of the Act must also be awarded. Modifying an award passed by the Labour Court, the Court directed payment of interest...
Madras High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Illegally Watching CM Vijay's 'Jana Nayagan' Movie Online Before Release
The Madras High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a man who was accused of watching the illegally released copy of Chief Minister Vijay's “Jana Nayagan” movie online, before its release on Friday. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 339] Justice C Kumarappan noted that the only allegation against the man was that he had watched the movie illegally and no overt act had been attributed against...
Santal Mission Of Northern Churches Dispute | Jharkhand High Court Holds Declaration Against 1968 Transfer Barred By Limitation, Non-Joinder
The Jharkhand High Court has dismissed two Letters Patent Appeals arising from disputes over the properties of the Santal Mission of Northern Churches, holding that although a suit instituted under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure was maintainable, no case was made out to declare a 1968 Instrument of Transfer illegal, inoperative or non-binding.A Division Bench of Chief Justice...
'Situation Not Normal': Calcutta High Court Declines Plea By TMC Student Wing For Rally In Solidarity With NEET Protest In Delhi
The Calcutta High Court on Saturday refused to permit a student organisation to hold a separate protest rally in Kolkata, observing that the prevailing law and order situation in the State was not conducive to allowing another demonstration.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya, hearing the matter, noted that student unrest had spread to major cities, including Kolkata, and held that granting permission for a fresh rally at this stage could aggravate tensions."Balance has to be struck between right of...
Karnataka High Court Directs DGP To Submit Report On Power Backup In Police Stations After CCTV Failure When Woman Was Allegedly Tortured
Flagging the failure of electronic infrastructure in police station, the Karnataka High Court has recently directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to submit a state-wide report detailing the installation and functionality of Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) systems at all police stations across the state.The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj passed the order while hearing a plea by V. Shailaja, who sought CCTV footage from the Whitefield Police Station to validate the veracity...
Is India's Data Protection Board Independent Enough To Protect You?
Most people believe that once laws are enacted establishing regulatory oversight, regulator independence is a done deal. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 is set to become the exception to this rule, and the arena in which this contest is playing out is the Supreme Court of India itself.The DPDP Act 2023 and the DPDP Rules 2025 notified on 13th November 2025, are currently before the Supreme Court, challenged in a clutch of writ petitions by journalist Geeta Seshu, the Software...
Delhi Commercial Court Restrains Counterfeiting Of HAVELLS Mark; Awards ₹26 Lakh Damages To Havells
The Commercial Court at Shahdara, Delhi, has decreed a trademark infringement suit filed by Havells India Ltd. against Vijay/baba packer, permanently restraining him from manufacturing, printing, marketing or dealing in counterfeit packaging material bearing the HAVELLS trademark and directing him to pay over ₹26 lakh towards damages, punitive damages and litigation costs.District Judge Sanjay Sharma-II held that the defendant had infringed Havells' registered trademark and copyright and passed...
Income Tax Set-Off Rules Can't Be Applied To Reduce Motor Accident Compensation: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that loss computed under the head "Income from House Property" under the Income-tax Act, 1961, cannot be set off against income under the head "Business or Profession" while determining compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The Court observed that the Income-tax Act and the Motor Vehicles Act operate in distinct fields, and the mechanism of set-off...
Employer Must Verify Voluntariness Of Employee's Resignation If Letter Mentions 'Threat Or Pressure': Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that where a resignation letter itself expressly states that it is being tendered under "threat" or "pressure", the employer is under an obligation to verify whether the resignation is voluntary before accepting it. The Court observed that acceptance of such a resignation without any inquiry into its voluntariness renders the acceptance legally...
Third-Party Funding In Dispute Resolution In India: Pros And Cons
Third-party funding (TPF) occupies a unique and somewhat paradoxical position within the Indian legal landscape. Being neither expressly prohibited nor comprehensively regulated, it has gradually found judicial acceptance, creating a legal space marked by uncertainty rather than clarity. For litigants, arbitrators, lawyers, and policymakers alike, this ambiguity is empirical reality, directly influencing access to justice, litigation strategy, arbitration proceedings, and the ...