High Courts Archives

Madras HC directs State to nominate Nodal officer to deal with requests for engaging law officers, and to look after professional fee claims

To assist the Nodal Officer, minimum secretarial staff shall be provided by the State Government.

‘Family members neither baptised nor members of Church’; Bombay HC finds order against Hindu Mahar’s religious conversion “perverse, arbitrary and capricious”

The Court observed that a person gets caste by birth and remains forever unless there are circumstances indicative of the individual having embraced not only a new order but being outcasted from the original order.

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[Patent Infringement] Delhi High Court restrains Canva from making available its ‘Present and Record’ feature

Delhi High Court observed that the working of the Defendant’s ‘Present and Record’ feature when compared with the Claims would demonstrate that almost all the same steps therein are present in the Defendant’s product, thus, prima facie, establishing infringement.

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Transportation of Mortal Remains: Delhi High Court directs MEA to make accessible SOP and Guidelines for overseas Indian tourists and workers

Delhi High Court directed MEA to prominently post and make accessible the SOP and Guidelines on its website, if not already available, within one week from the date of the order.

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Defaulting Buyers exempted from paying 3 times the Bank Interest Rate under Section 16 of the MSMED Act when supplier is ‘medium enterprise’: Calcutta High Court

“The irrationality of the quantum of the costs imposed will be considered at the time of determining whether the Award should be set aside under Section 34 of the 1996 Act.”

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HIV positive patients can neither be denied employment nor promotion in employment: Allahabad High Court

HIV/AIDS patients have a right of equal treatment everywhere and they cannot be denied job opportunity or discriminated against in employment matters.

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Supreme Court refers Delhi Government plea challenging Union’s NCTD Ordinance to Constitution Bench

The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023 was promulgated just eight days after the Constitution Bench had decided on the issue of administrative control over transfers and postings of civil servants in the NCTD.

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“Can’t claim exclusive monopoly on generic word ‘VASUNDHRA’”; Delhi High Court refuses to grant interim injunction to Vasundhra Jewellers

“A party that has made an assertion that its mark is dissimilar to a cited mark and obtains a registration based on that assertion, is not to be entitled to obtain an interim injunction against the proprietor of the cited mark, on the ground that the mark is deceptively similar.”

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Delhi High Court refuses bail to Shakti Bhog Director in money laundering case

Delhi High Court observed that evidence placed on record lends credence to the fact that the applicant was not merely the paper director but was a director who was actively involved in the working of the SBFL.

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‘Substratum of refusing probate cannot be the testimony of an unreliable witness’; Delhi High Court grants probate in favour of Khetri Trust

The Will was executed by the testator, Late Raja Bahadur Sardar Singh of Khetri in the presence of two attesting witnesses, thus, complying with Section 63 of the Succession Act, 1925.

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Delhi High Court dismisses plea of Pernod Ricard for renewal of its liquor licence on ground of non-maintainability

“A reasoned order dated 13-4-2023 had been passed rejecting the L-1 License application of the petitioner, Pernod Ricard India (P) Ltd. on the ground that documents had been received from investigating agencies alleging the participation of the petitioner and its employees in commonly referred to as the ‘Delhi Excise Policy Scam’.”

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‘Grant of Parole not to be treated as Suspension of Sentence’; Gujarat HC Grants 15 days Parole to Life Convict in 2002 Godhra Riots

The Court applied the doctrine of harmonious construction and observed that granting of parole would not amount to any intervention in pending proceedings before Supreme Court under Section 389 of CrPC

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[Sidhi Urination Incident] Madhya Pradesh High Court seeks reply from State in plea against the detention order against the accused

The District Collector passed a detention order under the National Security Act, 1980 against the accused, Pravesh Shukla accused of Sidhi Urination incident.

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Whether refusal of registered owner to surrender registration certificate or his abscondence, is mandatory to exercise power under S. 51 (5) of MV Act? Allahabad HC answers

In case the certificate was lying in the vehicle at the time it was repossessed, the impugned order directing for the vehicle to be registered in the name of the financier would not cause any prejudice nor could be said to be contrary to any provisions of law.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court imposes Rs. 50,000/- cost on State for harassment of retired employees

Madhya Pradesh High Court criticized the Government’s approach while dealing with cases and eventually responsible for filing of number of cases in the High Court.

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Bombay High Court directs State to pay compensation to farmers who entered Lok Adalat Settlements within 180 days

Bombay High Court observed that it is the farmer’s legal right to get compensation and for a person who is vested with a legal right, the demand for justice goes hand in hand.

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“Irreversible loss if apprehension of threat to lives comes true”; Punjab and Haryana HC allows police protection for couple

P&H High Court clarified that the matter was not adjudicated on merits and the instant order was not a blanket bail in any FIR.

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Seashore Chit Fund Scam: Orissa High Court rejects Transfer petition of 19 Criminal cases to CBI Court

The Director of Seashore Group of Companies was seeking Transfer of Criminal Cases pending against before various Courts to CBI Court as the CBI Court had clubbed other 22 FIRs pending against him.

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Detenu may be hardened criminal or a smuggler, but Constitution mandates decision on representation without any delay: Jharkhand High Court

Jharkhand High Court rejected any justification on part of the State regarding delay of at least 50 days on the ground that the matter was ‘under the process’.

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[Teacher Recruitment Scam] Calcutta High Court directs identification of the appointed teachers in lieu of cash paid in the recruitment process

The CBI investigation report stated that “the total seizure and attachment in the case, at present, stands at Rs. 126.70 crore”.