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Benami Act Attachment During CIRP Can't Be Challenged Before NCLT/NCLAT : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today upheld an NCLAT judgment that held that attachment under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 (Benami Act) can be challenged only before authorities provided under that Act and not before the NCLT under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Atul Chandurkar dismissed an appeal against NCLAT judgment...
Right To Choose Partner Is Constitutional Right; UP Anti-Conversion Law Doesn't Bar Interfaith Relationships: Allahabad High Court
While dealing with a bunch of petitions relating to interfaith couples in live-in relationships, the Allahabad High Court has held that the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 does not prohibit inter-religion relationships, be it interfaith live-in relationships or interfaith marriage. Holding that right to choose a partner and right to live with dignity...
Disciplinary Proceedings For Obtaining B.Ed Without Permission, Employee Can't Be Given Promotional Post : Gauhati HC
A Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Justice Michael Zothankhuma and Justice Kaushik Goswami held that obtaining a degree without prior permission amounts to misconduct in violation of statutory conduct rules. Further, during the pendency of disciplinary proceedings, an employee cannot be given an in-charge promotional post, though the degree itself...
Playing Commercial Ads After Scheduled Movie Time Is A Breach Of Contractual Obligation: Medak District Consumer Commission Holds PVR Inox Liable
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Medak at Sangareddy, comprising Smt. P. Kasthuri (President), Sri Gajjala Venkateswarlu (Member), and Sri Makyam Vijay Kumar (Member), has held that delaying the screening of a movie by exhibiting commercial advertisements after the scheduled start time printed on the ticket amounts to deficiency in service and unfair trade...
Disqualification Clauses Must Be Strictly Construed, Cannot Be Expanded Beyond Advertisement: Patna HC Upholds Grant Of IOCL Dealership
The Patna High Court has held that mere pendency of a criminal case, at a stage where charges had not been framed, does not ipso facto render a candidate ineligible for allotment of a petroleum dealership unless the governing advertisement expressly stipulates such disqualification. The Court further held that the advertisement is the governing instrument of the selection process and cannot...
West Bengal SIR : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court will hear today at 10.30 AM a batch of petitions related to the WestBengal SIR, including CM Mamata Banerjee's plea raising issues inter-alia about characterization of voters in the 'logical discrepancy' listBench: CJI Surya Kant, J Joymalya Bagchi and J Vipul Pancholi.A PIL by 'Sanatani Sangsad' seeking deployment of state police officials under ECI till publication of...
Rationalists Who Mock People For Treating Gurus As Gods Are The Real Fools & Barbarians : Justice GR Swaminathan
Justice GR Swaminathan of Madras High Court recently remarked that rationalists who call people fools, incompetent and barbarians for treating Guru as equal to god, are the real fools, incompetent and barbarians."In Tamil Nadu, there are certain rationalists, who call us unworthy(Ayogya), fools (muttal) and barbarians (kaattumurandi) for treating Gurus as Gods. But I am saying, those who...
'Party Cannot Be Denied Examination Of Witness Merely On Account Of Witness Being Unwell': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a party cannot be denied examination of a witness merely on account of the witness being unwell, observing that such a direction is untenable in law and contrary to the principles of the Evidence Act. The Court observed that if a witness is competent and possesses relevant knowledge of the facts in issue, health concerns may justify adjournment, but...
'Each Day's Delay Will Add To Agony': Gujarat High Court Permits Termination Of 15-Week Pregnancy Of Minor Rape Survivor
The Gujarat High Court directed medical termination of a minor rape survivor's 15-week pregnancy observing that "each day's delay will add" to her "agony". Justice M.R. Mengdey observed: "Considering the fact that each day's delay will add to the victim's agony, the following directions are issued :(i) The victim is permitted to get the pregnancy terminated at the Zydus Medical College...
'Courts Shouldn't Issue Unmanageable General Directions' : Supreme Court Rejects Contempt Plea Over 2018 Judgment Against Mob Violence
The Supreme Court yesterday refused to entertain a contempt petition alleging non-compliance by the States with the directions issued in the 2018 judgment in Tehseen Poonawala v. Union of India in which directions were issued to curb mob lynching and hate crimes.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a contempt petition filed by Samastha Kerala...
The Architecture Of Uncertainty: Understanding "Blindspot" And Contractual Trap In 2025 Labour Codes
The formal announcement of India's four broad Labour Codes on November 21, 2025, was the biggest change in the country's industrial relations since the post-colonial legal framework was put in place. The State has completely rewritten the social contract between capital and labour by combining 29 separate central laws into the Code on Wages (2019), the Industrial Relations (IR) Code (2020), the Code on Social Security (2020), and the Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions (OSH) Code...