Stray Dogs Case : Supreme Court Summons Chief Secretaries Of States/UTs For Not Filing Compliance Affidavits On ABC Rules

In the Stray Dogs matter, the Supreme Court today summoned the Chief Secretaries of all States/Union Territories, except West Bengal and Telangana, for not filing affidavits regarding the steps taken by them to implement the Animal Birth Control Rules.On August 22, the Court had directed the States/UTs to file the compliance affidavits. Today, the bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice...

NCLAT Upholds CIRP Against Privilege Power; Rejects Sarang Wadhawan's Appeal

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal at New Delhi, recently upheld the initiation of insolvency proceedings against Privilege Power and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (PPIL), dismissing an appeal filed by its shareholder Sarang Kumar Wadhawan.Chairperson Ashok Bhushan and Memebers Barun Mitra and Arun Baroka held that the CIRP application filed by Unity Small Finance Bank Ltd. (successor...

Orissa High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Two For Alleged Murder Of Assistant Forest Conservator Soumya Mohapatra

The Orissa High Court in the last week rejected the pre-arrest bail pleas of the then District Forest Officer (DFO), Paralakhemundi and his cook for their alleged involvement in the suspicious death of Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra in July, 2021.Upon perusing the case papers, the Bench of Justice V. Narasingh did not find any merit in the anticipatory bail...

Unregistered Firm Can Sue To Enforce Statutory Or Common Law Rights; S.69(2) Partnership Act No Bar: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that Section 69(2) of the Partnership Act, 1932 is not an embargo to suits filed by unregistered firms, if any statutory or common law right is being sought to be enforced.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed,“Section 69 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 has an embargo on an un-registered firm from filing a suit or any...

Investors Who Were Promised Assured Returns Qualify As Financial Creditors U/S 5(7) Of IBC: NCLT Indore

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Indore Bench, comprising Mr. Mohan P. Tiwari (Member-Judicial) and Mr. Sanjeev Sharma (Member-Technical), has held that the deposit schemes with assured returns amount to financial debt and the investors promised assured returns qualify as the financial creditor under section 5(7) of the IBC, 2016. Background of the...

Police Officials Must Treat Women With Dignity, Avoid Inappropriate Language: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that Police officials must treat women with dignity and avoid using inappropriate language with them.Justice Sanjeev Narula was dealing with a plea filed by a woman, Thoppani Sanjeev Rao, seeking investigation into her complaint registered as a case by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). It was her case that despite NHRC's directive to the police to...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 20 - October 26, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 364 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 373 NOMINAL INDEX N Venkatesan v. The State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 364 K Heerajohn v. The District Registrar and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 365 Joe Micheal Praveen v. Apsara Reddy and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 366 X v. Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 367 Ramasamy v State of Tamil Nadu and Others,...

Member Vacancy At Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Of India

Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India invites application for the post of Member.Name of the Post: Member Essential Qualification and Experience • Persons of ability and integrity, having adequate knowledge of, and professional experience in, aviation, economics, law, commerce or consumer affairs may apply for the said post. • Further, any person who is or has been in the service of Government shall not be appointed as a Member unless such person has held the post of Secretary or...

Delhi Court Imposes ₹6 Lakh Cost On Lawyer Mehmood Pracha For Plea To Set Aside Ayodhya Verdict Citing Ex-CJI Chandrachud's Remarks

A Delhi Court has imposed Rs. 6 lakh costs on lawyer Mehmood Pracha for filing a plea seeking setting aside of the 2019 Ayodhya verdict citing certain remarks made by former CJI, Justice DY Chandrachud, in a speech.Calling it frivolous and luxurious litigation, District Judge Dharmender Rana of Patiala House Courts upheld the costs of Rs. 1 lakh imposed on Pracha by a lower court and...

Delhi High Court Discharges Lawyer In Contempt Case For Intimidating Woman Judge, Using Derogatory Language

The Delhi High Court has discharged a lawyer in a criminal contempt case for misbehaving with a woman judge and intimidating her by using derogatory and threatening language. A division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Manoj Jain accepted the unconditional apology tendered by the lawyer and discharged him from the contempt proceedings.A complaint was received by the...

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Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 20 To October 26, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1327 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1365NOMINAL INDEXEarthz Urban Spaces Pvt. Ltd. v. Ravinder Munshi & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1327 RAHUL @ BHUPINDER VERMA v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1328 X v. STATE OF NCT & ANR 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1329 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA. versus HINDUSTAN CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1330 M/S H...