Ilaiyaraaja personality rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“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.”

naming of government departments
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“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.”

Disciplinary action against SPs
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“No doubt, the Superintendents of Police have to monitor the investigation conducted by the lower-level officers; however, merely because some of the officers have violated the procedure and not filed the final report or closure report in time, that negligence cannot be attributed to the Superintendents of Police.”

Muslim-born woman's divorce plea
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There was absolutely no necessity for the Court to conduct any roving enquiry in such circumstances, merely because the wife’s name continues to be her original Muslim name.”

deemed university imposing break fee
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Education must not be perceived merely as a commercial venture undertaken for profit. It is, and must remain, a noble service to society that carries with it a profound moral and constitutional responsibility.”

Surrogacy Act Petitions
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Petitions filed under the Surrogacy Act must not be treated as routine applications, as they concern one of the deepest aspirations of human life, the desire of childless couples to have a child.”

maintenance from former daughter-in-law
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The mother has lawfully remarried, is now the mother of two children from her second marriage and has not interfered in the life of her former husband or his family.”

Everest Parachute Hair Oil
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The use of blue colour in the packaging of hair oils is common in the trade and cannot be claimed exclusively by any single manufacturer.”

NEET candidate delayed fee payment
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“With her mother educated only up to 10th standard and her father working abroad as a painter, the petitioner was aspiring to become a doctor and had put all efforts into joining the MBBS course.”

father sexually harassed minor daughters
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The father, instead of nurturing and protecting his daughters, allowed his inebriated state to overpower his human instincts and parental duty.”

non-consensual intimate imagery
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Read about MeitY’s SOP mandating a 24-hour deadline to remove non-consensual intimate imagery online, empowering victims to reclaim their digital dignity.

divorced daughter Freedom Fighter Pension
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The pension is being granted by the Union of India in recognition of the hardship that had been undergone by freedom fighters during the independence movement. To compare such hardship with compassionate appointment would not be appropriate.”

Faith cannot be fenced by caste
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“No street is unworthy of the chariot or the god it carries. God never discriminates. So, discrimination cannot be wrapped in the sanctity of tradition.”

NEET plea
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is true that the petitioner is aged about 21 years. However, there must be some one behind the petitioner, who has indulged in tampering with the score card.”

unquestioned authority in marriage
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Protecting octogenarian women who have lived entire lifetimes within oppressive domestic environments is not merely an act of legal redress, but a reaffirmation of the constitutional promise of dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution.”

Public ground cannot be reserved for one community
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“When it comes to upholding fundamental rights, it is the duty of the local administration to stand in aid of the same. The police should not choose the easy option of stifling the fundamental rights.”

Aadhaar correction
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Once it is concluded that the statutory right set out in Section 31 of the Aadhaar Act would partake the character of a fundamental right, it becomes the duty of the Authority to put in place the requisite infrastructure and make available all facilities so that the right can be easily exercised.”

arbitral awards by lay arbitrators
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court was dealing with a case where the arbitrators forming part of the Arbitral Tribunal are not only lay persons, but are also, the family elders, who consented to resolve the dispute between two brothers considering the overall interest of the family and its business.

chargesheet against retired judge
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The embargo that the departmental proceedings shall not be initiated in respect of any event which took place more than four years before such institution of chargesheet hits at the root of the respondent.”