Family Court not helpless or powerless to ensure execution of its warrant, provided correct address is supplied: Calcutta High Court
The Division Bench refused to interfere with the single judge’s order.
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‘Tribunal’s order is not advisory or optional’: Rajasthan High Court calls out State for not complying with Industrial Tribunal’s order
“Their failure to implement the order coupled with their attempt to raise a belated, untenable, and legally unsound plea before this Court without first invoking any statutory remedy exhibits a contumacious disregard for the rule of law.”
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No DCGI approval required for import of body massagers or sex toys used for General Wellness: Delhi High Court
“Massagers …do not require any approval under the Medical Device Rules, 2017 as they are not being used for therapeutic or alleviation of disease.”
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Teachers’ transfers cannot be politicised; Orissa High Court quashes Government directive allowing MPs/MLAs to influence posting decisions
“Political interference or affinity in the campus is not desirable in general and in the matters of transfer of teachers, in particular.”
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Read why Bombay HC held Investigating Agency cannot debit freeze bank accounts involved in cyber fraud under S. 106 BNSS
“The banks or other intermediaries are empowered only to place the disputed amount under lien and are not authorized to impose a debit freeze on accounts unless there is a specific order to that effect passed by a competent authority.”
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Daily monetisation of persona amounts to infringement; Madras HC grants interim relief protecting Ilaiyaraaja’s Personality Rights
“Ilaiyaraaj’s identity, name, image, and work are being exploited deliberately disregarding the celebrity’s personality rights, on digital platforms, to gain traction and generate revenue without authorisation.”
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Jharkhand High Court directs DLSA to inspect jails for food quality provided to inmates
“So far as providing food to the inmates in the different jails is concerned, the Court directed the Chairman, DLSA to visit along with the Secretary on any non-working day to conduct a surprise inspection.”
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“Photographs show dismal state of affairs regarding transplantation”: MP HC extends ban on harming trees to entire MP, seeks responses from State Authorities
The Court directed that no tree shall be cut, pruned or transplanted in any manner in Madhya Pradesh except with the prior permission of the Committee constituted by the NGT and the Tree Officer concerned till the next date of hearing.
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4-year-old hung from tree by teachers as corporal punishment: Chhattisgarh HC takes cognizance, seeks response from School Education Department
As per the report, two female teachers punished the child for allegedly not completing his homework. Though the child was reported to be safe, the parents raised questions over the incident.
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“Type-1 Diabetes cannot hinder Right to Education”: Madhya Pradesh HC directs diabetic State-Level Badminton player’s admission to B.P.Ed. Course
“The respondents’ refusal to provide minimal dietary flexibility or safe insulin storage, both of which petitioner volunteered to manage at his own cost, constitutes denial of reasonable accommodation and hence discrimination per se. Even otherwise, Type-1 diabetes is not a recognized disability; therefore, exclusion of the petitioner on this ground is arbitrary and discriminatory.”
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Obtaining passport a constitutional right; Foreign travel necessity proof cannot be demanded to grant NOC for renewal: J&K and Ladakh HC
“A criminal court, while considering an application for a grant of NOC for a passport renewal, should only advert itself to the question as to whether the accused, if allowed to travel abroad, would be available to face the trial and no other factor should influence the decision.”
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Delhi HC protects well-known trade mark ‘GOLD FLAKE’; restrains use of mark ‘GOLD FLAME’ in sale of cigarettes
“Substituting ‘K’ with ‘M’ to form ‘GOLD FLAME’ from ‘GOLD FLAKE’ does not make the competing Marks dissimilar. A consumer of average intelligence and imperfect recollection or not well-versed in English would be unable to distinguish between the competing products.”
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“DNA test cannot be ordered in routine manner”: Allahabad High Court rejects husband’s plea challenging child’s paternity
In the present case, wherein the wife gave birth to a daughter on 17-12-2012, it was alleged by the husband that she had last visited him on 20-5-2011.
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‘Sympathy cannot substitute law’; Punjab & Haryana HC dismisses Constable’s plea who was wrongly appointed under Freedom Fighter quota for 9 years
If the petitioner is permitted to continue only on the sole ground that he has completed nine years’ service, it would legalize his illegal act. It would prompt many other candidates to play such tactics and get a job. It is a matter of chance that his illegality was unearthed.
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Bombay High Court upholds arbitral award granting Rs 5.37 crore to TCS over cancelled recruitment examination
“The UPLA Secretariat terminated the agreement with TCS in 2016, citing anomalies in another examination conducted by TCS for the Railway Recruitment Board.”
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Mandatory services & package rate display; No denial of emergency aid: Kerala HC upholds State Clinical Establishments Act
“The Act does not create new constraints; rather, it operationalises the constitutional duties through a registration-cum-standards regime, a transparency mandate, and enforceable minimum requirements for emergency care and stabilisation.”
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Advisory Board approval not required for extending detention period in light of SC’s Pesala Nookaraju, (2023) ruling: Jharkhand HC
“The ‘Law and Order’ problems typically affect only individuals or small groups, whereas ‘public order’ disruptions affect the community’s normal functioning.”
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Madras High Court: Naming of public departments falls solely within Government domain; Petition to rechristen Tamil Development Department dismissed
“The present is not a case warranting exercise of writ jurisdiction, as the cause espoused is purely an administrative act for the experts in the field to ponder on and this Court lacks expertise in this regard.”
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Gujarat HC: ICAI’s proposal of 5 years debarment of CA in MMCB Scam case quashed for non-application of mind
“The report is bereft of independent findings on the report of the disciplinary committee by dealing the contentions/submissions raised by the respondent. The Council has done merely a cut-paste job and produced the entire report of the disciplinary committee in its report.”
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“Reliefs sought amount to micromanagement of investigation”: Inside Chhattisgarh HC order rejecting petition against politician Amit Baghel for hate speech
“The reliefs sought by the petitioner, particularly those seeking directions for immediate arrest, the manner of investigation, supervision by a senior officer of a particular rank, and periodic status reports, amount to a prayer for judicial supervision and micromanagement of criminal investigation.”
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