High Courts

Arvind Kejriwal Contempt Case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The entire exercise appeared aimed at achieving indirectly, through public pressure and social media campaigns, what could not be achieved directly through judicial proceedings and legal arguments before the Court — that this particular matter pertaining to discharge of respondents in the 2022 Delhi Excise Policy — be not heard by this Court.”

Continue reading
Eviction with Rehabilitation
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The respondents submitted that “the rehabilitation and relocation of the jhuggi dwellers has become essential due to the highly sensitive and strategic location of the area. The JJ clusters lie in a protected zone, immediately next to an operational Air Force Station.”

Continue reading
insurance company liability motor accident invalid driving licence
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Unless the breach is so fundamental that it has contributed to the cause of the accident, the Insurance Company cannot avoid its liability.”

Continue reading
Yamuna Flood Plains commercial activities ban
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In view of the interest of environmental protection and the area being ecologically sensitive, all types of commercial/religious activities for any purpose whatsoever shall be restricted from the said area.”

Continue reading
Proximate Nexus Between Harassment and Suicide
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“However harsh or severe the harassment, unless there is a conscious deliberate intention, mens rea, to drive another person to suicidal death, there cannot be a finding of abetment under Section 306.”

Continue reading
stay on OTT release of Dhurandhar
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court refused interim injunction against the OTT release of Dhurandhar: The Revenge in a copyright dispute over the remixed “Tirchi Topiwale” song from Tridev, holding that suppression of material facts and prolonged inaction disentitled the plaintiff from equitable relief.

Continue reading
daughter in law eviction from shared household
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Delhi High Court upheld the eviction of a widow and her son from the in-laws’ property under the Senior Citizens Act, holding that shared household rights under the Domestic Violence Act do not create proprietary rights and cannot override senior citizens’ right to peaceful residence.

Continue reading
NSA preventive detention order right to representation
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The right to make a representation implies that the person detained must be informed of his right to make a representation to the authority that has made the order of detention at the time when he is served with the grounds of detention so as to enable him to make such a representation and the failure to do so results in denial of the right to make representation and renders the order invalid.”

Continue reading
Contempt Proceeding Against Arvind Kejriwal
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“When the institution of the judiciary and this Court was put on trial, it became the duty of this Court, at that moment, to stand up for itself and the institution”

Continue reading
Mother's Custody Best for Child Under Five
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Allahabad High Court: In a habeas corpus writ petition filed by mother seeking custody of a 21-month-old minor child,

Continue reading
PPCB raid political vendetta
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the case at hand, the Punjab Pollution Control Board raided a company at the time when its Chairman Emeritus switched political allegiance from AAP to BJP.

Continue reading
right to potable water MP Jal Nigam water pipelines
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that although it would have been appropriate for the State to proactively coordinate and ensure that its instrumentalities discharge their respective obligations, the failure to do so does not give any right to the Special Area Development Authority (SADA) and Jal Nigam to shed their responsibilities and deny the residents their basic entitlement.

Continue reading
2004 murder case bail
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Court cites violation of speedy trial rights under Article 21, hostile witnesses, and prolonged delay in concluding prosecution evidence as reasons for granting bail

Continue reading
second wife not necessary party
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court held that a second wife cannot seek impleadment in maintenance proceedings under Section 125 CrPC between the husband, first wife, and children, observing that such proceedings are limited in scope and impleadment would unnecessarily widen the lis.

Continue reading
Public parading of accused
Case BriefsHigh Courts

At the same time, the Court stated that mere transportation of an accused from a police station to the Court for production before the Magistrate, even if done on foot, under unavoidable circumstances, would not ipso facto constitute a violation of fundamental rights, unless it is shown that such an act was done deliberately to humiliate or with mala fide intention.

Continue reading
S. 498-A case quashed after mutual divorce
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Where a criminal proceeding is manifestly attended with mala fide or where the proceeding is maliciously instituted with an ulterior motive for wreaking vengeance on the accused and with a view to spite him due to private and personal grudge, the High Court while exercising its inherent power can proceed to quash the proceedings.”

Continue reading
continuous residence citizenship act foreigner's tribunal foreigner remand
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The cryptic judgment of the Tribunal appears to be perverse and requires a thorough and elaborate discussion by dealing with the documentary evidence submitted by the petitioner.”

Continue reading
Toyota ALPHARD well-known trademark in India
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court ordered removal of identical “ALPHARD” registrations, recognising Toyota’s trans-border reputation and spillover goodwill in India.

Continue reading
pendency of cases
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that this dialogue became very popular because it was the perception of a common man, but the reason for it, of course, was not the judicial officers alone, but the State and its police, as a judicial officer can’t decide the cases without sufficient staff and police cooperation.

Continue reading
No Embassy-issued NOC Required for Marriage
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Relying on earlier precedent, the High Court directed authorities to process the marriage immediately after the statutory notice period.”

Continue reading