Cannot Bank On Mother's Pension: HP High Court Allows Eviction, Says Landlord Entitled To Use Own Shop For Livelihood

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a landlord can't be compelled to continue running his business from a rented shop when his own premises are available and his need is genuine.The Court remarked that the landlord's mother's pension is not a permanent source of livelihood, and further observed that the landlord's tenancy somewhere else established his bona fide requirement to...

Rebate Under Rule 18 CER Cannot Be Denied Without Examining Duty On Exported Goods: Bombay High Court Remands Yamaha's Claim

The Bombay High Court has held that a rebate under Rule 18 Central Excise Rules, 2002, cannot be denied without determining the tax liability on exported goods, and has remanded Yamaha's rebate claim to the principal commissioner for fresh consideration. Justices M.S. Sonak and Advait M. Sethna were examining whether the India Yamaha Motor P. Limited was entitled to a rebate...

Flawless Mobile Connectivity Necessary To Run Metro: Delhi High Court Rejects Appeal Against DMRC Discharging Contractor Over Failed Services

The Delhi High Court today dismissed an appeal preferred by a company, initially entrusted to provide mobile and network connectivity for Delhi Airport Metro Express Line, against its replacement by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela upheld the single judge's finding that the Appellant-company's failure to roll out...

Karnataka High Court Stays ₹12.69 Crore Demand Notice Issued By KPSCB Against Private Company Seeking Environmental Compensation

The Karnataka High Court recently granted interim protection to a private limited company engaged in real estate development by restraining the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board from taking any coercive steps to recover environmental compensation amounting to ₹12.69 crore, which had been levied by the Board.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M....

Arbitration | Dispute On Interest Rate Doesn't Fall Under Public Policy Ground To Set Aside Award Ordinarily: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 18) upheld the charging of a 24% interest rate in an arbitral award, stating that an interest rate agreed upon in a commercial loan agreement did not violate the fundamental policy of Indian law. “It is well-settled that fundamental policy of Indian law does not refer to violation of any Statue but fundamental principles on which Indian law is...

Focus On Education Cannot Be Compromised Over Political Aspirations: High Court On Panjab University Students' Protest

The Punjab & Haryana High Court, while hearing a plea seeking direction to conduct elections for the Senate of Panjab University, a matter currently subject to student protests, underscored that the "prime focus of all students should remain the acquisition of knowledge. Academic activities cannot be compromised or sacrificed at the altar of electoral or political aspirations."As per...

Land Assigned To Serving Soldiers Is Valid, Bureaucracy Cannot Defeat Gratitude: AP High Court Sets Aside Collector's Refusal To Permit Sale

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has allowed an appeal of an ex-serviceman, who sought to sell land assigned to him under the ex-servicemen quota but was denied by the District Collector (DC) on the ground that the allotment was made while the appellant was serving in the Indian Army and was thus purportedly irregular.Referring to a 2022 Circular of the Chief Commissioner of Land...

Motor Accidents | Standard Multiplier Need Not Be Applied Mechanically When Victim Dies Due To Unrelated Causes: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently clarified the appropriate multiplier to be applied for assessing the disability compensation when an injured claimant in a motor accident claims, dies from causes unrelated to the accident and injury.The division bench comprising Justice Sathish Ninan and Justice P. Krishna Kumar delivered the judgement while considering a batch of petitions of Motor...

Karnataka High Court Impleads State Ministry And Law Department In NLSIU's Appeal On Transgender Reservation In Admissions

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, impleaded the State Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Law Department of the state in an appeal filed by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), challenging a single judge order directing it to provide 0.5% reservation to transgender persons with a fee, until the state takes a policy decision. The division bench of Justice...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: November 10, 2025 To November 16, 2025

JudgmentsS. 45/73 Evidence Act Can Be Invoked Only For Admitted Document To Compare Signature Or Handwriting : Supreme CourtCause Title: Hussain Bin Awaz v. Mittapally Venkataramulu & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1083The Supreme Court clarified that Section 45 read with Section 73 of the Indian Evidence Act can be invoked only in relation to an admitted document for the purpose...

Rajasthan High Court Slams Lawyer's Clerk For Signing Affidavit On Behalf Of Party, Says Practice Amounts To Fraud

The Rajasthan High Court has flagged the instance of advocates or their clerks signing affidavits for applications/petitions/counter affidavits, etc, on behalf of their clients without knowing the contents of such documents, and held that such conduct amounted to fraud and was unacceptable. The court said:“Justice is often metaphorically termed to be blind, but the officers of Courts must...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Aqualite's Appeal; Upholds Interim Injunction Granted To Relaxo In Design Piracy Suit

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Aqualite Industries Pvt. Ltd. and upheld the interim injunction granted by a Single Judge restraining Aqualite from manufacturing and selling slippers alleged to infringe Relaxo Footwears Ltd.'s registered designs. Delivering judgment on 18 November 2025, a Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla...