If No Permission Needed To Erect Stone Pillar For Stan Swamy, No Permission Required For Erecting War Memorial Stupa: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently remarked that if no permission was necessary to erect a stone pillar for honouring Stan Swamy in patta land, no such permission was necessary for erecting a war memorial also.Justice GR Swaminathan thus allowed the construction of a stupa for honouring the Natham Kanawai War.The judge recalled that in a recent order, the High Court had allowed construction of...

Sweeping Allegations On 'Bad Reputation' Without Service Record Cannot Sustain Premature Retirement Order: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court held that a government servant cannot be prematurely retired merely on the basis of vague and unsubstantiated allegations regarding his “bad reputation,” especially when such observations are not supported by any cogent material from the service record. The Division Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sanjay Parihar upheld the writ court's decision quashing...

Jurisdictional Uncertainty Under Section 18 MSMED Act: Time For Authoritative Clarification

The role of micro, small and medium enterprises has been internationally recognised in reducing levels of poverty through job creation and economic growth. In view of their significance the Indian Parliament provided appropriate frame work for their growth and development by enacting 'the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, of 2006'. It replaced earlier legislation, 'the Interest on Delayed Payment to Small Scale and Ancillary Industries Undertakings Act, 1993'. The new Act of...

ER-1 Returns Don't Require Detailed CENVAT Disclosure; Extended Limitation Not Invocable: CESTAT Delhi

The Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside a central excise demand of ₹96.02 lakh raised against Bridgestone India Private Limited, holding that the extended period of limitation was wrongly invoked by the department. A Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal comprising Justice Dilip Gupta (President)...

Inclusion In Waiting List Doesn't Create Indefeasible Right To Appointment: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently reiterated that a wait list candidate has no absolute right for being considered for appointment and wait list cannot be for an indefinite period. Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery held,“It is well settled that a person in waiting list has no absolute right for consideration to get appointed as well as that a waiting list cannot remain in existence...

Delhi High Court Cancels “ACTIVEPUSHPA” Trademark For Similarity With Ayurvedic Brand “HEMPUSHPA”

The Delhi High Court has ordered the removal of the trademark “ACTIVEPUSHPA” from the Trade Marks Register, holding that the mark is deceptively similar to “HEMPUSHPA,” a decades-old ayurvedic tonic for women's health, and is likely to confuse consumers. A single-judge Bench of Justice Tejas Karia, in an order dated December 24, 2025, allowed a rectification plea filed by...

RGNUL Launches 1st National Corporate Liquidation Process Competition Under Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code

The 1st RGNUL National Corporate Liquidation Process Competition is a flagship academic initiative organised by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law Division (IBLD) under the Centre for Business Laws and Taxation (CBLT), Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. Conceived as a practice-oriented competition, it seeks to familiarise law students with the end-to-end corporate liquidation mechanism under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, moving beyond conventional moot formats to reflect...

Husband's Foreign Income Can't Be Mechanically Converted Into Indian Currency For Maintenance To Wife: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently observed that a husband's foreign income cannot be mechanically converted into Indian currency for granting maintenance to wife.“Mere earning in foreign currency does not, by itself, entitle the wife to claim maintenance by mechanically converting the husband's foreign income into Indian currency and applying the formulae evolved by Indian courts without...

Criminal Breach Of Trust And Cheating Cannot Co-Exist On Same Facts: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has reiterated that the offences of 'criminal breach of trust' and 'cheating' cannot co-exist in a given case based on same set of facts, since in the offence of cheating, criminal intention is necessary at the time of making false and misleading representation but in the offence of criminal breach of trust, there may not be any prior criminal intention, which begins...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice MS Sonak As Chief Justice Of Jharkhand High Court

The Central Government of Friday (January 2) notified the appointment of Bombay High Court judge Justice MS Sonak as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court consequent to the retirement of incumbent Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly twitter) to notify the appointment. The incumbent High Court Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan is set...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 2 Additional Judges At Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Central Government on Friday (January 2) notified the appointment of two judicial officers as Additional Judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to notify the appointments. The appointees are Judge Ramesh Chander Dimri and Judge Neerja Kulwant Kalson....

Himachal Pradesh High Court Annual Digest 2025

Award Passed On Consent Cannot Be Held To Be Patently Illegal Or Contrary To Public Policy: Himachal Pradesh HC Case Title: The Executive Engineer, I & PH Division, Bilaspur Versus Ramesh Khaneja Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 1 The Himachal Pradesh High Court bench of Justices Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Satyen Vaidya held that the award being primarily based on consent cannot...