Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 15 - December 21, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 824 - 837]B.K.N. Pillai @ B.K. Narayana Pillai v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 824V.P. Abdurahiman v. C. Safiya, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 825The Authorised Officer, South Indian Bank and Anr. v. Sheela Francis Parakkal and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 826The South Indian Bank Limited v. Income Tax Officer, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker)...

CITIL's WTO Chairs Programme 2026- International Symposium On “Carbon Governance And Global Justice: Reconciling Trade Competitiveness And Climate Responsibility”

The Centre for Studies in International Trade and Investment Laws, is organizing the WTO Chairs Programme (World Trade Organisation), Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur, in collaboration with Centre for Trade and Investment Laws, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, proudly announces the Third Edition of CITIL's WTO Chairs Programme – International Symposium 2026.About DNLU JabalpurDharmashastra National Law University,...

Calcutta High Court Refuses To Interfere With Probe Into Fiasco At Messi In Kolkata Event, Says SIT & Enquiry Panel Can Continue

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused interim relief in three PILs arising out of the chaotic Lionel Messi event at Salt Lake Stadium on December 13, 2025. Petitioners, including Suvendu Adhikari, sought transfer of the investigation to an independent/central agency, alleging ticket profiteering, misuse of State machinery, and political shielding.A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul...

BNS | Stopping Person From Feeding Stray Dogs At Society Gate, School Bus Stop Not 'Wrongful Restraint': Bombay High Court

A person feeding stray dogs in crucial spots of a housing society like the entry/exit points, places where school bus stops etc. which are not 'designated spots' if stopped from feeding by other society members, cannot then file a complaint under section 126 (wrongful restraint) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), held the Bombay High Court last week. A division bench of Justices...

NDPS Act | Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Tanzanian Nationals, Cites Lack Of Materials Connected To Offence Except Financial Transaction

The Kerala High Court recently granted bail to two Tanzania nationals, who are accused under the NDPS Act after noting that they have no criminal antecedents and that the only material produced by prosecution in the Final Report to connect them with the offence was financial transaction.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas found that the rigour under Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and...

Mumbai Air Pollution: Bullet Train, Metro Line 2B, New HC Site Among Polluters; Bombay High Court Calls For Issuance Of 'Stop-Work' Notices

After being informed that there were several major violations of the guidelines to prevent air pollution, by various construction sites in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, the Bombay High Court on Monday, orally asked the civic authorities to issue 'stop work notices' to all such violators, which include the construction sites of Bullet Train project, Metro 2B Line, proposed new High Court Building...

Delhi High Court Temporarily Bars Haryana Manufacturer From Using 'DINDAYAL' Mark For Ayurvedic Products

The Delhi High Court has granted interim protection to Dindayal Industries Limited, a Madhya Pradesh-based manufacturer and seller of ayurvedic and herbal medicines, in a trademark infringement and passing-off suit concerning ayurvedic products. The court restrained Dindayal Ayurved Bhawan, a Haryana-based ayurvedic products manufacturer, from using the mark “DINDAYAL” or any formative...

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Prime Minister Offering 'Chadar' At Ajmer Sharif Dargah

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court against the extension of State-sponsored ceremonial honor and symbolic recognition to Islamic scholar and mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and/or the Ajmer Dargah by the Union and its instrumentalities. It also seeks stay on the offering of a chadar by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Ajmer Sharif dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. The...

Delhi High Court Injuncts Cawels Electric From Using 'CAWELS', Citing Similarity With Havells Trademark

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Cawels Electric Private Limited, a Delhi-based electrical products manufacturer, from using the brand names “CAWELS” and “CAWELS ELECTRIC,” holding that they are deceptively similar to “HAVELLS,” the well-known trademark of Havells India Limited. A single-judge Bench of Justice Tejas Karia passed the interim order on December 1,...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup December 15 - December 21, 2025

Nominal Index:Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology and another Vs Dr Robinder Nath Koul & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 319Abdul Majeed Parray & Ors Vs UT Of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 320Tafazul Fazili Vs Sabzar Ahmad Bandh 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 321UT of J&K vs Som Raj 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 322Vikas Dhar Vs Financial Commissioner Revenue & Ors 2025 LiveLaw...

Tax Weekly Round-Up: December 15 - December 21, 2025

SUPREME COURTIncome Tax | Foreign Companies' Head Office Expenses For Indian Business Subject To Deduction Limit Under S. 44C : Supreme CourtCause Title: DIRECTOR OF INCOME TAX (IT)-I, MUMBAI. VERSUS M/S. AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK LTD. (and connected case)In a set-back to foreign companies doing business operations in India, the Supreme Court on Monday (December 15) held that all head...

'Murder Was Not Social Revenge, Convict Over 60 Yrs Old': Punjab & Haryana High Court Commutes Death Sentence In Beheading Case

Observing that the murder stemmed from personal animosity arising out of a family property dispute and not “social revenge”, and noting that the convict was over 60 years of age with no history of violent behaviour, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded to a man convicted of murdering and beheading his younger brother.While upholding the conviction...