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Calcutta High Court Upholds Berger Paints' Exemption From Mandatory Pre-Litigation Mediation In ₹1 Crore Suit Over Urgent Interim Relief Plea
The Calcutta High Court recently refused to revoke an earlier order that had exempted Berger Paints India Limited from undergoing pre-litigation mediation before filing a commercial suit against GPHP Holdings Pvt Ltd, a manufacturing company. The dispute related to the recovery of Rs. 1.01 crore for paints and coatings sold and delivered between February and June 2024. In an order delivered...
Consultant (Legal) Vacancy At Central Council For Research In Homoeopathy
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy invites application for the post of Consultant (Legal) on contractual basis.Name of the Post: Consultant (Legal) No. of Post: 01 (One) Essential Qualification and Experience • Bachelor's in law (LL.B.) from a recognized University. • For retired Govt. Employees: Retired Officer from the level of Section Officer/Under Secretary/Deputy Secretary/Director or equivalent in the Govt. of India/aftached subordinate offices/Central Autonomous bodies with...
CCTV Footage Of 2024 Lok Sabha Polls No Longer In Custody Of District Election Officers In Delhi, Stands Destroyed: ECI To High Court
The Election Commission of India (ECI) recently informed the Delhi High Court that the CCTV footage of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 is not longer in the custody of the seven District Election Officers (DEOs) in the national capital as the same stands destroyed.Justice Mini Pushkarna took the statement on record while hearing an application filed by Advocate Mehmood Pracha last year,...
'ECI Holds Voters' Data In Trust, Entitled To Protect Privacy' : Supreme Court On Plea For Machine-Readable Electoral Rolls
In yesterday's SIR hearing, the Supreme Court orally expressed reservations about making the voters list available in machine-readable format, saying that it might compromise voters' privacy.The Court observed that the Election Commission of India holds voters' data in trust and is entitled to adopt layers of privacy to ensure that the data remains protected. The Court suggested to the ECI if...
Desire To Console Ailing Parents No Ground For Emergent Parole: Delhi High Court Denies Relief To UAPA Accused
The Delhi High Court has observed that an undertrial's desire to console ailing parents, is not, by itself, a ground for emergent parole under the Delhi Prison Rules.Justice Ravinder Dudeja dismissed the plea filed by a UAPA accused challenging the trial court order dismissing his application seeking custody parole for two weeks.Mohamed Ali Jinnah, jailed since September 22, 2022, had...
'IOs Must Get Viscera Reports Within Time': Allahabad High Court Directs State Secy, DGP To Ensure Timely Communication From FSLs
The Allahabad High Court last week expressed strong concern over the delay in transmitting viscera reports from Forensic Science Laboratories (FSL) to investigating agencies as it termed the lapse 'disturbing'. A bench of Justice Samit Gopal directed the Chief Secretary, Director General of Medical Health and Director General of Police to look into the situation and ensure that...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: November 03 - November 09, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 234 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 240Nominal Index Raju v State 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 234AS v DK 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 235I v HK 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 236APS v State 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 237Virju v State 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 238Ms Siddiqua Begum Khan v Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 239State of Madhya Pradesh v Hridyesh Dubey 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 240Investigation 'Swayed' By Farmers Plight,...
Nithari Killings | Letting Surendra Koli's Conviction Stand On Subsequently Rejected Evidence Would Breach Articles 14 And 21: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while setting aside the last remaining conviction of Surendra Koli in the Nithari killings case, held that allowing it to stand when all companion cases based on the same evidence have been found unsustainable would violate Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai observed that the evidentiary foundation of Koli's conviction...
