Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 03 - November 09, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 394 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 409 NOMINAL INDEX The State of Tamil Nadu v. R Ramanathan Chettiar and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 394 D. Tamilselvi v. The Income Tax Officer, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 395 Spalon India Private Limited v. Maya Choudhary, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 396 M/s. Cethar Hospital v. The Principal Secretary to Government and Others, 2025...

DACP Benefits Can't Be Restricted Only To Litigating Officers; Must Extend To All Similarly Placed: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that the benefit of the Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP) Scheme cannot be limited only to those medical officers who had approached the court earlier, but must also be extended to all similarly situated persons within the same cadre.Justice Ananda Sen, presiding over the case, observed, “Once a particular date has been fixed, all the persons who...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Stays Injunction Against Radico Khaitan In 'Kashmyr'-'Cashmir' Trademark Dispute Over Deceptive Similarity

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed an order of the Commercial Court, Karnal which had restrained Radico Khaitan Ltd. from using the mark “Kashmyr” for its liquor products following a trademark suit initiated by Picadilly Agro Industries Ltd., proprietor of the marks “Cashmir” and “Cashmere.” A Division Bench comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice...

Kerala High Court Mourns Demise Of Former Judge Justice K. John Mathew

The Kerala High Court on Monday (November 10) mourned the passing of Justice K. John Mathew (93), who had served as judge of the High Court from 1984 to 1994.After retirement, Justice Mathew was designated Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court and he continued his practice in New Delhi till 2003. He was head of the Government Commission setup to study the effects of Mineral Sand Mining along...

Doctor's Opinion Based On X-Ray Report Insufficient In Grievous Injury/ Attempt To Murder Case, Must Examine Radiologist: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court has held that examination of only the medical jurist is not sufficient to determine the nature of injury without examination of the Radiologist based on whose X-ray reports the medical jurist had given evidence.The bench of Justice Sandeep Shah held that in such a situation, the concerned radiologist was required to be examined and the X-rays were also be required to...

Delhi High Court Refers EBC–Rupa Trademark Dispute on Constitution Pocket Edition To Mediation

The Delhi High Court has recently referred a trademark dispute between EBC Publishing Pvt. Ltd. and Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. to mediation before the Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre. The dispute concerns the alleged deceptive similarity between the publishers' coat-pocket editions of the Constitution of India. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the order...

MP High Court Issues Notice To Speaker On Congress MLA's Plea Seeking Disqualification Of BJP MLA On Ground Of Defection

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (November 7) issued notice in a petition filed by Congress MLA Umang Singhar seeking disqualification of BJP MLA from Bina constituency, Nirmala Sapre, arguing that she stands disqualified on grounds of defection. The plea claims that Sapre, after being elected MLA from Bina in the 2023 assembly elections, had voluntarily given up her membership from...

Allahabad High Court Orders UP Govt To Issue Fresh Educational Certificates With Post-Surgery Name & Gender Of Transgender Person

The Allahabad High Court recently set aside an order of the Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, Bareilly, refusing to correct the name and gender of a transgender person in educational documents. Noting that the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 is a special Act whose provisions are in addition to, and not in derogation of any existing law, the HC directed the...

NIA Requests Private Hearing From Delhi High Court In Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday urged the Delhi High Court to hold private hearings in its appeal seeking death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case.The request was made by NIA SPP Akshai Malik before a division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Manoj Jain. Malik requested that the proceedings be heard on a private...

Filing ₹250 Security Deposit On Same Day As Presentation Of Revision Plea Suffices Municipality (Election Petition) Rules: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the security deposit of ₹250 required under Rule 19 (2) of the MP Municipality Election Petition Rules can be filed on the same day as the presentation of a revision at the filing window. In doing so, the court clarified that this would be sufficient compliance with Rule 19 and would not lead to the dismissal of the revision. The bench of Justice Deepak Khot observed; "If petitioner has deposited the amount of security, as required under Rule...

District Court Can Hear Design Infringement Cases Unless Cancellation Is Sought : Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has recently held that District Courts are empowered to hear design infringement cases unless the opposing party formally seeks cancellation of the registered designs. The bench at Jaipur made this ruling while setting aside the transfer of three such cases filed by Jaipur-based carpet exporter S.N. Kapoor Export against Saraswati Global Ltd., another trader from...

HP Land Revenue Act | Assistant Collector Must Act As Civil Court When There Is Plea Of Adverse Possession: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that when a person facing eviction under Section 163 of the H.P. Land Revenue Act, 1954 (which empowers revenue authorities to remove encroachments from Government land) raises a plea of adverse possession, the Assistant Collector must convert himself into a Civil Court as per Section 163(3) of the Act.Justice Ajay Mohan Goel remarked that: “It was...