High Courts Archives

Bombay HC: Father-in-law’s dowry remarks, ignoring husband’s affair, and advising to wife to tolerate violence not cruelty under Section 498A IPC

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

Bhagavad Gita reminds State its duty to common good

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Bhagavad Gita reminds to serve social stability & common good, not administrative convenience: P&H High Court directs long due regularisation of daily wagers

“Regularisation cannot be claimed as a matter of right where the initial entry is illegal or plainly unconstitutional but where the engagement is long, continuous, against sanctioned vacant posts of duly qualified persons, the State is under a constitutional duty to undertake fair consideration and to complete the one-time regularisation exercise.”

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Madras High Court directs strict compliance at Thiruparankundram hill festival; Only 50 participants allowed, animal sacrifice prohibited

“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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MP HC grants protection to 20-year-old live-in couple, Warns young couples that such choices may affect life opportunities and societal acceptance

“If you get into this struggle of life at an early age by choice, not only are your chances of enjoying the other opportunities of life are drastically affected, but your acceptance in society is also reduced.”

allotment cancellation due to unauthorised construction

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Unauthorized construction does not justify cancellation of allotment of land in lieu of acquisition on Monarch’s orders: J&K and Ladakh HC

“The cancellation order, on the face of it, appeared to be a brazen endeavour of the official machinery to deprive a land owner of his legitimate right to have an alternative in lieu of his acquired land by the State.”

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Copyright infringement action maintainable by exclusive licensee: Bombay HC restrains unauthorised use of PPL’s sound recording across 94 outlets

“The defendants are operating about 94 establishments, and continuing infringement would result in loss and damage to the plaintiff tilting the balance of convenience in favour of the plaintiff.”

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Madras High Court rejects plea to stop Parasakthi movie release amid claims of copied script

“Though the balance of convenience is not in favour of the plaintiff, if the movie is released, the plaintiff would be in a position to claim damages.”

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Delhi High Court allows foreign medical graduate to treat NTA Affidavit as NEET-UG 2019 Scorecard for FMGE 2026

“The affidavit discloses the total marks obtained, the corresponding percentile, as well as the NEET-UG 2019 rank of the petitioner.”

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Criminal Breach of trust and cheating cannot stand together simultaneously at cognizance stage: Orissa High Court sets aside cognizance order

“The petitioner submitted that the court below could not have taken cognizance of both offences simultaneously.”

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Tirupati Laddu Adulteration Case | Delhi High Court refuses ex-parte injunction in Defamation Suit

“In my prima facie view, it would only be reasonable to give an opportunity to the defendants to present their defence in respect of their publications/posts/articles.”

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‘Spectacles’ not broad enough to include ‘Sunglasses’; Taxable as Residuary Item: Punjab and Haryana High Court

‘Sunglasses’ did not fall under any specified Schedule of Punjab Value Added Tax Act, 2005 and Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003, thus, exigible to tax at the rate of 12.50%.

Assistant Teachers' termination over entering higher marks

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Deliberate Entering of higher marks in recruitment forms cannot be regularised under guise of ‘human error’: Allahabad High Court

“Where an applicant manipulates higher marks to obtain an undeserved advantage, the appointment becomes tainted from its inception.”

Withdrawn arbitral deposit to be returned after insolvency

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Custodia legis principle applied: Bombay HC directs return of withdrawn arbitral deposit after insolvency resolution

“Once the resolution plan had reduced the claim under the arbitral award to Re.1, the withdrawn amount could not continue to remain with the award-holder.”

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Non-Disclosure, Seat Battles and Abuse of Process: Inside Delhi High Court Ruling on Anti-Arbitration Injunctions

The core controversy centres on the effect of deliberate non-disclosure by a nominee arbitrator, the determination of the juridical seat of arbitration, and the extent of supervisory jurisdiction of Indian courts notwithstanding the fixation of a foreign venue by an arbitral institution.

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Kerala HC grants conditional bail to Film Director in casting couch allegations as investigation already crossed crucial stage

“Prima facie case of ‘casting couch’ practices, which must be dealt with a heavy hand. Such offences, which exploited professional aspirations for sexual gratification, constituted a serious affront to the dignity of women.”

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“Wife outshines uncle in closest legal heir test”: Allahabad HC denies relief to uncle for transferring investigation to CBI in Lucknow Ajeet Singh Murder Case

“According to the ‘closest legal heir test’, the closest or the proximate legal heir of the victim must outshine the next closer legal heir because the administration of justice does not warrant any dispute even on determining as to who would be the ‘legal heir’ to pursue the grievance of a victim, in pursuing a criminal case, which is fundamentally construed to be an offence against the society.”

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Propounder must dispel suspicious circumstances to sustain will’s validity; Bombay HC upholds Rejection of Mother’s Will

“When there were allegations of the existence of suspicious or unusual circumstances, peculiar and unique to the factual complexion, the same ought to be examined and taken to its logical conclusion.”

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Delhi High Court passes John Doe order protecting Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan’s Personality Rights

The grievance of the plaintiff arose from the manufacture, sale, promotion, and distribution of merchandise such as T-shirts, posters, mugs, keychains, and other products bearing his name, photographs, likeness, and persona, without authorisation.

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Indore Water Contamination Crisis| Madhya Pradesh HC directs Municipal Corp. to provide clean drinking water, State to provide best medical treatment to affected persons

The Indore Municipal Corporation informed the Court that 20 water tankers were supplied in the affected area regularly, and they will ensure that there is no shortage of clean water in Bhagirathpura.

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Ownership of secured asset in a statutory sale under SARFAESI is transferred upon issuance of sale certificate: Bombay HC

“On losing merely the right of redemption, a borrower does not automatically lose ownership rights over the secured asset and that the ownership right is ultimately lost only upon issuance of sale certificate in accordance with Rule 9(6) of the SARFAESI Rules.”