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Madras High Court Quarterly Digest: July - September 2025
CITATIONS: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 223 to 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 329 NOMINAL INDEX ML Ravi v. Director General of Police and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 223 P Kishore v. The Secretary to Government and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 224 M/s. Adyar Gate Hotel Ltd. v. The Commissioner of Customs, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 225 M/s Media Monks Multimedia v. Pachala Murali Krishna, 2025 LiveLaw...
Delhi High Court Directs Registry To Add 'DIN Field' In GST Writ Petitions To Avoid Conflicting Rulings
In order to avoid duplication of GST cases, the Delhi High Court has asked its Registry to add a new field for filing of writ petitions to record DIN (Document Identification Number) and date of order being challenged.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain passed the direction on observing that multiple writ petitions were being filed challenging same impugned...
S.276 Income Tax Act | Director Can't Be Prosecuted Individually For Transferring Company Asset To Relative Without Consideration: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has held that a corporate director can't be prosecuted individually merely because a company asset was transferred to his relative, in this case daughter-in-law, without payment of any consideration.Justice Ravinder Dudeja held that omission to implead the company as an accused in the case is an incurable defect, which goes to the root of jurisdiction.“Section 278B IT...
Supreme Court Should Consider Prioritizing Cases under Disabilities Act: Justice Abhay S. Oka
On 11th October, Mission Accessibility celebrated its third annual day, by curating a conference at the Bombay High Court, Goa Bench. The conference was organized by the Goa State Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Goa State Legal Services Authority, the Goa High Court Bar Association and the Department of Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities, Government of India.The keynote...
Attorney General Assures Supreme Court To Look Into Problem Of Students Of Derecognized College Of Physicians & Surgeons Mumbai
The Supreme Court on October 9 was informed by the Attorney General for India, R Venkataramani, that some viable solution would be arrived at to secure the future of students after the Bombay High Court recently upheld the derecognition all postgraduate medical courses offered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mumbai ("CPS"). A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice...
Delhi High Court Declares 'WIPRO' As Well Known Trademark
The Delhi High Court has declared 'WIPRO', popular for consumer care products and lighting business, as a well known trademark under Section 2(1)(zg) of the Trade Marks Act 1999.Justice Tejas Karia observed that Plaintiff-Wipro Enterprises Private Limited has been using the Mark 'WIPRO' continuously and uninterruptedly at least since the year 1977 and has earned considerable goodwill...
Dependent Domicile: How Indian Law Still Chains Married Women To Their Husband's Identity
I. The Archaic Anchor in Private International LawIn a period where legal systems assert gender equality and women's empowerment in India's private international law, there is still a single fossilised rule lingering: the married woman's dependent domicile.Under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, a woman “by marriage acquires the domicile of her husband” and her domicile during marriage “follows the domicile of her husband,” a rule that operates irrespective of the woman's actual residence,...
Justice Vikram Nath Hails Senior Advocate K. Parasaran As 'Bhishma Pitamah Of The Bar', Says His Life Exemplifies Dharma And Duty
Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath on Saturday delivered the presidential address at the felicitation ceremony marking 75 years of Senior Advocate K. Parasaran's journey as a lawyer and 50 years as a Senior Advocate, describing him as “the Bhishma Pitamah of the Indian legal profession” and “a living embodiment of Dharma.”Addressing the gathering that included Justices M.M....
No Blanket Rule That Litigant Won't Suffer For Counsel's Negligence: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that while it is often held that a litigant should not be made to suffer the consequences of his counsel's negligence, the same is not an absolute rule.Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that Courts must examine the overall facts and circumstances of the case otherwise, for every failure, every counsel would blame the previous counsel.In the case at...
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest: September 2025
SUPREME COURT Article 226 Can't Be Invoked To Quash Chargesheet If Cognizance Has Been Taken; Remedy Available Under S.528 BNSS: Supreme Court Cause Title: PRADNYA PRANJAL KULKARNI VERSUS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 875 The Supreme Court observed that FIRs or charge-sheets may be quashed under Article 226 before cognisance is taken, but...
Kerala High Court Issues Notice On Film Producer Sheela Kurian's Plea Seeking Action Against Cop For 'Improper Behaviour'
Film producer Sheela Kurian has moved the Kerala High Court seeking action against Deputy Superintendent of Police, Madhu Babu alleging improper behaviour by him when she visited his office in connection with a criminal complaint.When the matter came up for consideration before Justice G. Girish on Thursday, the judge take time to the prosecutor to take instructions in the case and issued...