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‘Defeats the ends of justice’; Bombay HC sets aside ITAT’s order treating income from same source differently for different assessment years

For the purposes of Income Tax Act, 1961, the business which is involved in letting out premises on hire, would be said to have commenced right from the stage of repairing and furnishing of property for being rented out and cannot be treated as commenced only when the premises are actually let out to tenants.

Punjab & Haryana HC grants bail in SC/ST Act case; Questions applicability of Act against accused belonging to deprived scheduled caste

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala HC deprecates State’s Evasive Tactics in Land Acquisition; Orders Fair Compensation to landholders, upholding Article 30(1-A)

“In the absence of any specific law enabling the acquisition of property belonging to a minority educational institution, it was not possible for the State to acquire the Venkateswara School’s land.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Professors are intellectual backbone of any nation’; SC asks Gujarat Govt to rationalize pay structure of contractual Assistant Professors

The Court found it disturbing that Assistant professors appointed on contractual basis during 2011 to 2025 continued to draw monthly salary of Rs. 30,000.

Case Briefs High Courts

“Educational qualifications are personal information”; Unpacking Delhi High Court verdict on disclosure of PM Modi and Smriti Irani’s academic records

“… what may superficially appear to be an innocuous or isolated disclosure could open the floodgates of indiscriminate demands, motivated by idle curiosity or sensationalism. … The RTI Act was enacted to promote transparency in government functioning and not to provide fodder for sensationalism.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Simple blow with a school bag without evidence of deliberate maltreatment, doesn’t satisfy ingredients of Child Abuse: SC

“The offence of “child abuse” cannot be attracted to every trivial or isolated incident involving a child, but must necessarily co-relate with acts involving cruelty, exploitation, deliberate ill-treatment, or conduct intended to cause harm”.

furlough can be rejected in rarest of rare case

Case Briefs High Courts

“Furlough not a right, can be rejected in rarest of rare case”; Punjab & Haryana HC rejects murder convict’s furlough plea

“Furlough is not a matter of right, rather, it is a discretionary concession that may be granted or denied based on established criteria, circumstances, and the authority’s judgment”.

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‘Suffix ‘KIND’ has amassed significant goodwill by Mankind’: Delhi High Court sets aside order refusing registration of Mankind’s ‘PETKIND’ mark

“Likelihood of confusion is not to be easily presumed. The nature of the goods and the class of their purchasers has to be borne in mind.”

Godrej defamation case against Sprouts News

Case Briefs High Courts

Sprouts News directed to remove defamatory articles against Godrej; Bombay HC grants interim injunction to Godrej

Article published by Sprouts News on 18-8-2025 about Godrej Properties’ real estate project in Haryana, wherein the word “Fraud” was placed before its logo, was held to have been malicious insinuation of criminal conduct.

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Criminal Contempt: Delhi High Court imposes One day imprisonment and Rs. 2000 fine for 12 for brutally assaulting 11 Advocates in Kolkata

“Interfering with the work assigned to the Advocate Commissioners amounts to interference in the administration of justice. If such of those persons who have interfered with the administration of justice are not dealt with heavy hands, the majesty of law will come down in the eyes of ordinary citizens which will have a deleterious effect on the fabric of the society.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Right to Residence under Domestic Violence Act ends upon divorce, unless a contrary statutory right persists : Delhi High Court

“A plain reading of Section 17 DV Act confers upon every woman in a domestic relationship the right to reside in the shared household, irrespective of whether she has any right, title or beneficial interest in the same. However, it does not create a proprietary interest in the property and is subject to lawful eviction in accordance with due process.”

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Punjab Power Corporation can prescribe its cut-off date for implementation of Fifth Pay Commission: Punjab & Haryana High Court

It is no longer res integra that fiscal health consideration is relevant for a corporation to decide the commencement date of enhanced pensionary benefits.

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Delhi High Court grants bail in Punjabi Bagh Firing Case at Punjab’s Ex-MLA’s residence linked to Gogi—Lawrence Bishnoi Gangs

The case relates to an FIR based on the complaint of a security guard at the residence of Ex-MLA from Faridkot, Punjab alleging open firing by two unidentified men at the main gate of the premises.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court constitutes SIT led by Justice Jasti Chelameswar to probe Reliance Foundation’s ‘Vantara’ Wildlife Centre in Gujarat

“The SIT shall be assisted fully by the Central Zoo Authority, the CITES Management Authority, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the State of Gujarat, including its Forest and Police Departments. All private persons and entities, including Vantara, shall also extend full co-operation.”

Anganwadi workers entitled to living wage

Case Briefs High Courts

Anganwadi workers and helpers entitled to living wages: Gujarat HC sets aside order treating them on a par with Government employees

“The irony is that the Anganwadi workers and helpers, who fulfill the needs of pregnant and lactating mothers, health and education of minors, are deprived of living a life with dignity and respect for want of apposite remuneration.”

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‘YATRA’ is a generic and descriptive word, cannot be monopolized: Delhi HC denies relief to travel company in trade mark infringement suit

“The Plaintiff’s registered marks are Device Marks and not Word Marks. Hence, no infringement can be brought merely because of the use of the word ‘YATRA’ by the Defendant as ‘YATRA’ is a generic and a descriptive word.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Recording reasons for non-examination of witness not mandatory under S. 202 CrPC: Bombay High Court

Verification of complaint without recording the reasons for non-examination of witnesses on affidavit, while exercising the power of issuing process, under Section 202 of CrPC would not amount to any procedural lapse.

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Chhattisgarh HC takes suo motu cognizance of toddler’s death at Anganwadi due to unlawfully dumped DJ equipment

A news report was published about a three-year-old girl child sustaining a grievous head injury when an iron pipe, kept along with other DJ equipment unlawfully dumped within the Anganwadi premises, fell upon her while she was playing.

Case Briefs High Courts

Posting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ on social media without denouncing India, not sedition: Himachal Pradesh High Court

“Hailing a country without denouncing the motherland does not constitute an offence of sedition because it does not incite armed rebellion, subversive activities, or encourage feelings of separatist activities.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Attending meetings of organisation not banned under UAPA isn’t prima facie offence’; SC affirms Karnataka HC’s order granting bail

Karnataka High Court had granted bail to one accused after finding that he was associated with organisations not banned under UAPA; however, the 2nd accused person’s bail was rejected as he was involved with banned terror outfits.

Case Briefs High Courts

POCSO cases to be tried expeditiously; applications to recall witnesses without disclosing justifiable reason not permitted: Delhi High Court

In the present case, it is merely stated that certain clarification is required, for which cross-examination of the witnesses is sought. Such vague assertion, without specifying the nature of the discrepancies or their relevance to the just adjudication of the case, cannot constitute a sound ground for allowing an application to recall witnesses.