Delhi HC protects personality rights of Telugu actor Akira Nandan; halts release of AI film using his identity
Defendant 1 had created and circulated AI-morphed content of the plaintiff including a movie titled ‘AI Love Story’
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Debit freezing/attaching bank accounts without Magistrate’s order under Section 107 BNSS illegal: Delhi High Court
Blanket freezing of accounts of persons who are neither accused nor suspects is arbitrary, disproportionate and violative of Articles 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India.
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Medical Board’s bald plea of “lifestyle disorder” insufficient to deny disability pension: Delhi High Court
“A mere statement that the disease of a lifestyle disorder cannot be a sufficient reason to deny the grant of Disability Pension unless the Medical Board has duly examined and recorded the particulars relevant to the individual concerned.”
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Error in recruitment notice does not create vested right to appointment on candidate: Delhi High Court
“Once, a vacancy under the reserved category does not exist, the candidate cannot be considered against the reserved category vacancy, which, in fact, does not exist.”
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Delhi High Court upholds Direct Benefit Transfer of school uniforms subsidy in place of in-kind supply
“By way of judicial review, policy decisions of the State should not be interfered with unless they are grossly arbitrary or irrational as there is a need to maintain separation of powers.”
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Stem cell therapy for Autism cannot be offered as routine/commercial clinical treatment: Supreme Court
“Every medical practitioner owes to his patient a duty to exercise a reasonable degree of care, skill, and knowledge expected of a prudent practitioner in the same field.”
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Bombay High Court sets aside municipal notice under MMC Act; highlights omission to specify violation fatal to jurisdiction
“The impugned notice did not specify as to which of the provisions of the MMC Act was contravened for empowering the Commissioner to initiate proceedings.”
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Equine activity in Matheran poses highest environmental and public health risk; NGT seeks response
“The Tribunal noted that PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅ level breached the CPCB’s standards, with the root cause being equine dung emissions and dust from unpaved roads. Water sampling from five sites recorded presence of E. coli which violated drinking water norms and confirmed faecal contamination from horse dung.”
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Confession to police is legally non-existent; Cannot be used against co-accused under Section 30 Evidence Act: Kerala HC orders acquittal
“Where a confessional statement is otherwise excluded or is inadmissible by virtue of Sections 25 or 26 of the Evidence Act, there can be no question of such confessional statements being made admissible against another co-accused with the help of Section 30 of the Evidence Act.”
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Auction consideration reflects true market value; Bombay High Court quashes Collector’s order demanding duty on independent valuation
“If a property is sold in a Court auction, after following a rigorous process aimed at discovery of the optimum price, such price, in effect, represents the price of the property at which a willing buyer was prepared to purchase the subject property.”
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Unilateral cancellation of registered trade mark by Registrar Without Rectification Proceedings is illegal: Madras High Court
“If this certificate has to be cancelled for any reason, the appellant ought to have been put on notice and an opportunity must have been given to the appellant, failing which, such cancellation will be construed as a nullity in the eye of law.”
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Delhi High Court upholds custody transfer to father on ground of sustained “parental alienation” by mother
“Where a child is repeatedly exposed to fear or hostility towards one parent, such an environment can adversely affect the child’s welfare.”
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“Invasion of privacy and humiliation”: Madhya Pradesh HC denies relief to husband who sought virginity test of his wife
“So far as the medical examination to ascertain whether the wife has ever entered into a sexual relationship or not, is concerned, it is nothing but seeking a virginity test of the wife, in other words.”
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Delhi HC rejects Sameer Wankhede’s defamation suit against Netflix web series Ba***ds of Bollywood for want of jurisdiction
“An unqualified application of Section 19… would defeat the object of the provision, and open the door to forum shopping, libel tourism, and luxury litigation.”
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Child below 12 cannot be held criminally liable without sufficient proof of maturity: JJB Sonipat absolves 11-year-old in murder case
“No interview was carried out during investigation or inquiry, no psychological assessment was conducted, and no effort was made to find out the mental capability of child in conflict with law”
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Police encounters, firing at accused’s leg become routine to please superior officers: Allahabad High Court seeks explanation from ACS and DGP
“Although this Court recognizes that police personnel also have the right of private defense and may use force in appropriate circumstances, it is well settled that where death occurs or grievous injuries are caused to the accused, the procedure mandated by the Supreme Court must be strictly followed.”
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Rajasthan High Court grants bail to accused in POCSO case where victim allegedly eloped willingly
In the case at hand, it is evident from the Medical Ossification Report that the victim’s age is between 16-18 years.
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Delhi High Court restrains counterfeiters from infringing ‘Happi Planet’ trademark; directs Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho to take down fake listings
The dispute arose from the plaintiff’s allegation that Defendants 1 to 7 were engaged in the large-scale sale of counterfeit and sub-standard home care products bearing the trademark “Happi Planet” and copying the plaintiff’s distinctive packaging and trade dress.
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Marriage in law, not in substance: Delhi HC waives one-year bar under Section 14 HMA for couple who never cohabited
“Insisting upon continuation of a marriage which exists only in law, and not in substance, would amount to compelling the parties to endure a relationship devoid of any matrimonial foundation, thereby causing avoidable hardship rather than advancing the object of the statute.”
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Tenants’ right to timely redevelopment prevails over developer’s commercial interests: Bombay High Court
“The society and its members cannot be made to wait endlessly for the developer to take necessary steps in the redevelopment process.”
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