Kerala High Court Flags Crippling Lack Of Funds & Staff In State Ground Water Authority, Directs Chief Secretary To Fix Deficiencies

The Kerala High Court has recently (11 December) underscored that the State has a mandatory statutory obligation to ensure that the Kerala Ground Water Authority (KGWA) functions as an effective and independent regulator, and that failure to provide it with funds, staff and infrastructure defeats the very purpose of the Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002A Division...

Court-Constituted Committees May Delegate Ancillary Tasks, Not Core Decision-making Functions: J&K High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Tuesday (16 December) held the law prohibits the delegation of the essential decision-making responsibility and not the delegation of ancillary work.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal observed that once a specific mandate is entrusted to a Committee by judicial order, the law permits the adoption of all reasonable...

'Liberty Of Squadron Leader Serving Country At Stake': Jharkhand High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To IAF Officer Booked In Cruelty FIR

The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday (December 16) granted anticipatory bail to a Squadron Leader serving in the Indian Air Force accused of receiving dowry and inflicting cruelty upon his wife, noting that the circumstances were exceptional and peculiar where liberty of an officer serving the country was at stake. In doing so the court also noted that the petitioner was not absconding and...

At Least 45 Days Needed To Finalise Anti-Ragging Amendment Bill, State Tells Kerala High Court

The Kerala government on Wednesday (December 17) told the High Court that at least 45 days more would be needed to finalise the Kerala Prohibition of Ragging (Amendment) Bill, 2025.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice C. Jayachandran was informed that a draft was vetted by the Law department with remarks on 15/12/2025 and it has now been returned to the...

Periyar Pollution: Centre Nod For Temporary Effluent Treatment Plant But Kerala High Court Flags Continued Contamination Of River

In a batch of petitions concerning pollution in Kerala's Periyar river, particularly its tributary Kuzhikandam thodu, the Central government on Thursday (18 December) informed the High Court that it has granted permission for establishment of an Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP).A Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M.B. Snehalatha has been contemplating steps...

Insolvency Cannot Be Withdrawn After Liquidation Begins: NCLAT Reaffirms

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal at Chennai has reiterated that an insolvency case cannot be withdrawn once liquidation has begun, holding that the law allows withdrawal only during the resolution stage and not after a liquidation order is passed. A bench of Judicial Member Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma and Technical Member Jatindranath Swain dismissed an appeal on Wednesday , filed...

Bombay High Court Bars Sale of Cough Syrup Under 'CEFDON' Mark, Citing Similarity With 'CEDON'

The Bombay High Court has permanently barred an Ahmedabad-based drug company from selling a cough syrup under the name “CEFDON”, ruling that it is too similar to an existing and well-known brand, “CEDON.” In a judgment delivered on December 16, 2025, Justice Arif S Doctor ruled in favour of Blue Cross Laboratories Private Limited, which owns the registered trademark “CEDON.”...

Kerala High Court Stays Proceedings Against Hindu Aikya Vedi Leader KP Sasikala In Alleged Provocative Speech Case

The Kerala High Court recently stayed all further proceedings against Hindu Aikya Vedi leader K.P. Sasikala Teacher in a 2022 case alleging that she had delivered a provocative speech in Malappuram intended to a cause riot.The alleged incident took place in Kunnumpuram in Malappuram on 31st August, 2022. Later, on September 20, a crime was registered by the Malappuram Police alleging...

Supreme Court Asks ECI To Sympathetically Consider Pleas To Extend Deadlines Of Kerala & UP SIR

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 18) asked the Election Commission of India to "sympathetically consider" requests to extend the deadline for the submission of the enumeration forms in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of the electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh and Kerala.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing the batch...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 08 - December 14, 2025

Nominal IndexDr. Janvi v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 471kamlesh Rani v. Sanjeev 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 472 GURSEWAK SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 473GURMEJ SINGH v. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 474Daljit Singh Grewal alias Bhola and others v. State of Punjab and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 475Gurcharan Dass and others v. State of Haryana and others...

Allahabad High Court Rejects PIL To Adopt ECI's 'SIR' Guidelines For UP Three-Tier Panchayat Roll Revision

The Allahabad High Court, on Wednesday, rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking the implementation of the Election Commission of India's (ECI) guidelines for 'Special Intensive Revision' (SIR) of Electoral Rolls for the upcoming Three-Tier Panchayat Elections in Uttar Pradesh.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Jaspreet Singh dismissed the plea filed...

Law Treats Everyone Equally, State Must Not Be Granted Undue Benefit Of Delay Condonation: Allahabad High Court

While dealing with a delay of 5,743 days in filing Review Petition, the Allahabad High Court held that government departments are obligated to perform duties with diligence which includes filing petitions in a timely manner. It held that law treats private individuals/ entities and government the same and undue benefit of delay condonation must not be granted to the State.The bench of...