Gauhati High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 01 - December 07, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Gau) 58-67]Judgments/ Orders This WeekCustomary Court Can't Enlarge Strength Of Bench After Hearing Ends Or Back Date Its Orders: Gauhati High CourtCase Title: Rippe Mayi v. Tumli Nyorak/Mayi & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Gau) 58The Gauhati High Court has held that an Inter-Village Territorial Customary Court cannot enlarge its forum after...

Manager (Incident Response) Vacancy At UnitedLex India Private Limited [Gurgaon]

UnitedLex India Private Limited invites online application for the post of Manager (Incident Response). Name of the Post: Manager (Incident Response) Location: Gurgaon Essential Qualification and Experience · Any graduate/Postgraduate with 5+ Yrs of experience as people manager or similar role with years of experience with LPO/Legal Services. · Candidates with background of Document Review or e-Discovery or Contracts or Data Breach or Compliance are eligible to...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Election Of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Over 'Election Freebies'

"How declaration of a manifesto amounts to corrupt practice?" J Vikram Nath asked during the hearing.

Reclaim Constitution Quiz Sees Enthusiastic Participation From Over 1500 Students Across India

In an effort aimed at engaging and inspiring young minds to critically examine our Constitution, #ReclaimConstitution, under the aegis of the International Institute for Art, Culture & Democracy (IIACD Foundation), launched a nationwide quiz competition for students of grades 8 to 12 on 22 July 2025. The initiative aims to bring the Indian Constitution alive for young minds - not just as a document, but as a living, breathing promise.The online preliminary round of the quiz was held on 26...

Chhattisgarh High Court Directs State To Intensify Awareness Drive Against Road Stunts, Birthday Celebrations On Highways

The Chhattisgarh High Court has, yet again, expressed its dissatisfaction with the recurring incidents of road hooliganism and birthday celebrations on cars and has lamented that despite multiple efforts on part of the State to bring awareness among the public, such incidents continue to occur repeatedly.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta called upon...

Malappuram District Legal Service Authority Ranked As Best Performing DLSA In Kerala

Malappuram District Legal Service Authority has been ranked the best performing legal service authority in the State in 2024-25. The achievement has been announced at the Annual meeting of the Kerala Legal Service Authority (KELSA) held in Kerala High Court Auditorium on Friday. Mr. K Sanil Kumar, Chairman DLSA and Principal District & Session Judge and Mr. Shabin Ibrahim, Secretary DLSA...

Registered Homebuyer Society Can Initiate Insolvency Against Builders Only With Consent From All Buyers: NCLAT

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at Delhi has ruled that a registered society of homebuyers can file an insolvency application, but only if each homebuyer individually authorises it to act on their behalf. A resolution passed only by the society's core committee does not meet this requirement, a bench of Chaiperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Technical Member Barun Mitra...

Is Definition Of 'Appropriate Government' Under OSH Code, Appropriate?

India's labour-law regime, built over decades through a framework of over 40 Central and 100+ State laws[2], had become complex, fragmented, and often inconsistent with respect to definitions, enforcement, and jurisdiction. The multitude of statutes created overlapping compliance burdens and, among other issues, persistent confusion about which authority was competent in particular situations. To resolve this, the Second National Commission on Labour (NCL) was constituted in 1999[3] with a clear...

Indigo Crisis: Delhi High Court To Hear PIL For Ground Support, Refund On December 10

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking ground support and refund to passengers affected over the Indigo flight crisis. The matter was mentioned today by a lawyer before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. The counsel said that the situation at the airports is inhuman and that there was no...

Kerala High Court Reserves Verdict On Appeals Against 'Haal' Movie

The Kerala High Court on Monday (December 8) reserved its verdict on appeals challenging single judge's decision setting aside A certificate granted to 'Haal' movie.Appeals filed by Centre, Central Board of Film Certification and Catholic Congress were considered together by the Bench of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice P.V. Balakrishnan.During the hearing the counsel...

Meter Reading, Billing & Disconnection Services Are Ancillary To Electricity Distribution; Exempt From Service Tax: CESTAT Allahabad

The Allahabad Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that services, such as meter reading, billing, and connection/disconnection of electricity, are ancillary services of transmission and distribution of electricity and service tax is not payable for these services. P.K. Choudhary (Judicial Member) examined whether the services such as...

Kerala Court Acquits Actor Dileep In Actress Rape & Abduction Case, Six Including Pulsar Suni Found Guilty

The Principal District and Sessions Court, Ernakulam on Monday (December 8) acquitted prominent Malayalam actor Dileep in the 2017 actress rape and abduction case.Smt. Honey M. Varghese pronounced the verdict today in open court, giving a conclusion to the trial that spanned over a period of 8 years.The judge found Pulsar Suni (A1), Martin Antony (A2), B Manikandan (A3), V.P. Vijeesh (A4),...