High Courts
Right To Maintenance Under Muslim Women Protection Act Not Defeated By Wife's Remarriage During Trial: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the prolonged pendency of a petition filed under Section 3(1) of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 cannot deprive a woman of the benefits that accrued to her on the date of divorce, even if she remarried during the proceedings.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath delivered the judgment while dismissing a revision petition and an...
Gujarat High Court Issues Notice On State's Plea To Cancel Journalist Mahesh Langa's Anticipatory Bail In Cheating FIR
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (November 27) issued notice to journalist Mahesh Langa, in State's plea seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to him by trial court in a cheating case last year. Justice Utkarsh Thakorbhai Desai said, "Admit, issue notice". The State has challenged a November 25 order passed in 2024, which had granted the journalist bail in a cheating FIR...
Allowing Filing Of Additional Documents Without Reasonable Cause In Trial Defeats Speedy Disposal Of Commercial Suits: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has reiterated that permitting a party to bring on record additional documents at the trial stage without a reasonable cause would defeat purpose of Commercial Courts Act 2015 which aims at speedy disposal of commercial suits. It further said that a court cannot permit documents to belatedly brought on the court's record on the sole ground that the documents have...
S.128A Customs Act | Six-Month Timeline To Decide Appeals Not Mandatory, But Must Apply Where Possible: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that though Section 128A(4A) of the Customs Act, 1962 prescribes that appeals “shall” be decided within six months, the timeline is applicable only where it is possible to do so.Perusing the language in which the provision is couched, a division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed,“...it uses the word 'shall'. However, the provision...
Kerala High Court Questions Catholic Congress' Locus To Appeal Against Haal Movie, Verdict Reserved
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (November 27) reserved its verdict in an appeal preferred by the Catholic Congress against a Single Judge's direction to CBFC to reconsider A-certification granted to 'Haal' film, without deleting some scenes depicting the Bishop.The Christian outfit argues that the film depicts the Bishop of Thamarassery as a supporter of inter-faith marriages, when his...
Trials Are Quest For Truth, Filing False Documents Is Fraud On Court: Rajasthan High Court Upholds Enquiry Into Sale Deed
Observing that every trial is meant to discover the truth and filing false documents amounts to fraud on the court, the Rajasthan High Court upheld an order directing enquiry into the genuineness of an allegedly forged sale deed.The court at the outset noted, “Truth is the foundation of justice…The entire judicial system has been created only to discover and establish the real...
Delhi High Court Rejects Philips' Plea For Perjury Action Against Ex-Employee In Software Piracy Case
The Delhi High Court has refused to initiate perjury proceedings against a former Philips employee, holding that Philips had not produced the kind of clear and unquestionable evidence required for criminal action. The ruling came in a copyright and trade secret dispute involving Philips' medical imaging software “IntelliSpace Portal” (ISP). In a judgment dated November 24, 2025,...
Settlement With Concessionaire Doesn't Erase NHAI's Role In Dispute: Delhi High Court Dismisses Substitution Petition
The Delhi High Court refused to interfere with an arbitral tribunal's order rejecting the plea of National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) to substitute itself with a special purpose vehicle (SPV) in an ongoing arbitration initiated by CFM Asset Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd. (CFM ARC). The court held that the substitution could prejudice claimants' rights and that court's...
No Authority Under GST Act To Reserve Judgement & Deliver It Later Without Issuing Notice To Assessee: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that nothing under the Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 the relevant rules, and notifications, allows the authorities to reserve judgements on the fixed date and pass them later, especially without informing the assessee. The petitioner was issued a show cause notice on 17.02.2022. The petitioner submitted a reply but the respondent passed an order...
“Rights Are Meaningful Only When Citizens Know How To Exercise Them”: Mizoram Governor In Constitution Day Programme At Gauhati High Court
“Rights are meaningful only when citizens know how to exercise them. Duties are effective only when people are aware of their importance,” Mizoram Governor General (Dr) Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd) said on Wednesday (November 26) during the Constitution Day programme at the Aizawl bench of Gauhati High Court.As per the press release by the Mizoram Raj Bhavan, speaking at the gathering,...
Recruitment Advertised For Tribal Areas Creates Legitimate Expectation; State Can't Post Candidate Elsewhere Sans Reasons: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that the State cannot extend an attractive promise at the stage of recruitment and later altogether depart from it without any rational justification.The bench of Justice Farjand Ali held that a legitimate expectation could undoubtedly arise in the candidates' mind at the time of entering service that their posting would be in or around the regions for which...
Promotion After Retirement Can't Extend Service, But Notional Monetary Benefits Allowed Till Superannuation: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court has held that extension of service on the basis of a promotion recommended after superannuation is not permissible in law and that such recommendation cannot be given effect to once the employee has already retired. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury, said, “Thus, giving the appellant an extension of his service...