concealment of age murder conviction
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The conduct of the wife by concealing the material fact about her age and her conviction of life in a murder case, before contracting marriage, has caused mental agony to the husband to such an extent that it is almost impossible for them to live together.”

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Family pension to second wife
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Hindu Marriage Act does not recognise childlessness as a justifiable circumstance for entering into wedlock with a person who is already in the subsisting wedlock with another.”

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Siyaram trademark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Plaintiff’s reputation and goodwill was such that the plaintiff’s tagline, ‘Come home to Siyaram’ was indelibly etched in public memory.”

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Delhi High Court Saturday
Legislation UpdatesNotifications

The Delhi High Court issued the Notification on 15-01-2026.

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Forced marriage not conducive to healthy society
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“When a girl is not ready for marriage, giving her in marriage by using extraneous force is not conducive for a healthy society”

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streaming Happy Patel
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In matters of this nature, it is likely that irreparable injury would be caused unless ad interim relief is granted.”

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nylon manja ban enforcement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Merely prosecuting petty vendors or users does not discharge the State’s obligation, and what was conspicuously absent was any serious attempt to dismantle the illegal supply chain.”

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removing deceased tenant's name from Record of Rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Court cannot pass a blanket order in a writ petition directing deletion of the name of a dead person, because some formalities as per law are required to be made before the Tahasildar through a Mutation Proceeding.”

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arbitral award after four-year delay
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Arbitrator has clearly misconducted by citing the pretext of non-existent Covid-19 restrictions for his own inefficiency, but hurriedly making the award when lockdown restrictions actually existed.”

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objectionable photos is mental cruelty
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Such intimidation and infliction of emotional and psychological distress using wife’s past history to blackmail itself constitutes mental cruelty.”

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electricity duty on net charges
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If electricity duty is charged on per cent of ‘net charges’ for energy consumed or sold, then similarly situated persons pay different duty depending on the distribution licensee, since the tariff fixed by the JSERC varies, which would amount to violation of Article 14 of the Constitution.”

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derogatory book title targeting sitting judge
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The pictorial representation, the caricature and the expressions/words used are not only highly derogatory, but virtually abusive.”

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Jawed Habib trademarks
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The franchise agreement prima facie indicated acceptance of ownership of the plaintiff in the registered trademarks and permitted use only during subsistence of the agreement.”

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India Corporate & Commercial Law Developments 2025
Legal RoundUpTopic-wise Roundup

This roundup highlights key 2025 corporate and commercial law developments from Adani’s HDIL resolution and Vedanta’s demerger setback to SEBI’s insider trading penalties, Google’s CCI settlement, and the pump-and-dump ban involving actor Arshad Warsi.

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Cox & Kings arbitration
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Only in rare and exceptional cases, where it is ex-facie evident the Arbitral Tribunal has passed an order patently illegal or perverse, or exercised power wholly without jurisdiction, interference from the writ court is warranted.”

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MCA elections stay
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Court is entitled to examine the decision-making process, particularly as to how about 400 new members were inducted in the MCA under different categories, in the face of allegations of illegality, arbitrariness, and nepotism.”

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Fresh Not Frozen deceptively similar
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is not what meaning is being assigned by the words chosen by the appellant, but the determining factor is whether it is deceptively similar.”

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tolerate abuse not cruelty
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“When these allegations are considered apposite Section 498A IPC, they do not constitute “cruelty” as defined in the explanation appended to the provision.”

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Thiruparankundram Hill
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The number of participants in the festival shall be restricted to fifty only, and the official respondents shall strictly enforce the above directions.”

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