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Meghalaya Honeymoon Murder Case | Shillong Court Denies Bail To Prime Suspect Sonam Raghuvanshi
A court in Meghalaya's Shillong this week DENIED BAIL to the prime suspect, Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of killing her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, an Indore-based businessman, during their honeymoon in Meghalaya in May this year.State Police have already filed a 700+ page chargesheet in the matter, claiming that murder was premeditated by Sonam and her alleged lover, Raj Singh Kushwaha. It...
National Herald Case: ED Moves Delhi High Court Against Order Refusing Cognizance Of Complaint Against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi
The Enforcement Directorate has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order refusing to take cognizance of the money laundering complaint in the National Herald case allegedly involving Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. The plea likely to be listed next week. ED has challenged the order passed by Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts on December...
IPR Disputes On Same Issues Can Be Heard Together Even If Pending in Non-Commercial Courts: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that intellectual property disputes involving the same or overlapping issues should be heard together to prevent parallel cases and conflicting decisions, even if some of those cases are pending before non-commercial courts. The court said its power to transfer cases under the Code of Civil Procedure is broad and continues to apply to intellectual...
Claimant Can Pursue Alternate Remedy For Severed Part Of Award Without Limitation Bar: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that time spent in earlier arbitral proceedings can be excluded while computing limitation, even if only part of an arbitral award is set aside and fresh proceedings arise from a different agreement. A single bench of Justice Sandeep V Marne, in an order dated December 17, 2025, said Section 43(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act allows exclusion of...
Liquor Licence Cannot Be Granted Like This: Bombay High Court To Maha Govt Over Permitting Open Sale Of Liquor At Sunburn Festival
In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) raising concerns over the sale of liquor in the first ever Sunburn Festival, which is being held in Mumbai from December 19 till December 21, the Bombay High Court on Friday questioned the Maharashtra Government's decision to allow liquor at the event, especially when it is going to be held in an open-air venue.A division bench of Chief Justice...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 19, 2025
Links to today's reports :Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Judicial Officer's Plea Against High Court Calling Her NegligentPermission To Cut Trees Must Follow Definition Of 'Forest' In Godavarman Decision Though Land Not Notified As Forest: Supreme CourtCUSAT Act | When Selected Candidate Resigns, Vacancy To Be Filled By Communal Rotation & Not From Rank List : Supreme CourtWill...
High Courts Must Be Fair In Their Administration : Supreme Court Flays Allahabad HC For Discrimination In Staff Regularisation
The Supreme Court on Friday (December 19) set aside the Allahabad High Court's order which, while regularizing services of a few of its employees, did not regularise services of similarly situated employees. The Court reminded the High Court of its duty to uphold constitutional morality within their own administration.“High Courts, being Constitutional Courts entrusted to uphold equality...
Refusal Of Demand Notice at MCA-Registered Office Amounts To Valid Service: NCLAT
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal at New Delhi has ruled that a demand notice sent by an operational creditor and returned with the postal endorsement “refused” from the corporate debtor's MCA-registered office amounts to valid service under the insolvency rules. A bench of Justice Mohd Faiz Alam Khan and Technical Member Indevar Pandey set aside an order of the National...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 8, 2025 To December 14, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 250 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 255 Nominal Index: Nanak Chand v/s Madan Lal., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 250 Sapna Devi v/s State of H.P. and others., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 251 Atul Sharma v/s Union of India and others., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 252 Controller of Stores, Northern Railway v/s M/s CBM Industries Pvt. Ltd. and Anr., 2025 LiveLaw...
Amendment Made In Pleadings Claiming House Tax Arrears For Subsequent Period Not Barred By Res Judicata: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed a civil revision petition filed by a tenant challenging an order of the Rent Controller, Ludhiana, which allowed the landlady to amend her pleadings to claim house tax arrears for a subsequent period, holding that such an amendment does not violate the principle of res judicata and is permissible in rent proceedings involving...
GST Amnesty Relief Cannot Be Granted By Tribunal, Parties Must Approach Writ Courts: NCLT Mumbai
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Mumbai has held that it has no jurisdiction to relax conditions or grant benefits under a statutory GST immunity or amnesty scheme. Such relief, it said, can be granted only by constitutional courts exercising writ jurisdiction. A bench of Judicial Member Sushil Mahadeorao Kochey and Technical Member Prabhat Kumar said the tribunal's powers under...