High Courts

The Bombay High Court division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Bharti Dangre, dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)seeking an investigation into bank guarantees provided by Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) for the Rs 16 Crore Borivali- Thane Twin Tube Tunnel project. The PIL filed by senior journalist, Ravi Prakash, questioned the legitimacy […]

Granting relief in the form of bail to a teacher accused of assaulting a 6th standard student with a cane, Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan of the Kerala HC, emphasised that a preliminary enquiry is necessary before registering any criminal case against a teacher in connection with his/her actions in the educational institutions to maintain the discipline,

The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to a Satara District and Sessions Judge, Dhananjay Nikam, accused of demanding a ₹5 lakh bribe in exchange for granting bail in a cheating case. [Dhananjay Nikam v. State of Maharashtra] Justice B.R. Borkar rejected the Judge’s plea after hearing arguments from both the

In a significant ruling, Delhi High Court protecting Intellectual Property Rights and public health, has issued a permanent injunction in favor of Johnson & Johnson, restraining a New Delhi-based entity from infringing its trademarks and distributing counterfeit surgical devices. Justice Amit Bansal, who presided over the case, not only granted Johnson & Johnson’s plea but

The Bangalore District Consumer Commission's ruling that PVR Cinemas must compensate a complainant for displaying lengthy advertisements rather than showing films at the scheduled time was temporarily stayed by way of interim relief till March 27 by the Karnataka High Court single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna. The case in contention was that a

The Delhi High Court recently ruled in favor of Kiranakart Technologies Private Limited, the company behind the quick-commerce platform Zepto, by ordering the removal of the ‘ZEPTO’ trademark registered in the name of Mohammad Arshad. The court’s decision came after it found that Arshad had failed to demonstrate any genuine use of the mark despite

In a recent ruling, the bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sudhir Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, directed the state government and High Court on its administrative side, respondents in the present case, to compensate the widow of a retired civil judge by paying interest on the arrears of both

Senior Advocate Anil Singh has been appointed as Additional Solicitor General (ASG) of India for the Bombay High Court by the Central Government. The appointment comes in the wake of Senior Advocate Devang Vyas's resignation in January 2025. Vyas, who served as ASG of Gujarat and Bombay High Court, stepped down to return to private

“Ex- gratia literally means out of grace. It is a term applied to anything accorded as a favour, as distinguished from that which may be demanded ex debito i.e. as a matter of right. Writ of Mandamus can be issued where there is a statutory duty imposed and there is a failure to discharge the

The Rajasthan High Court, recently ruled on a case concerning the allotment of LPG distributorship, emphasizing that the retrospective effect of a registered document under Section 47 of the Registration Act cannot override procedural requirements. The Jaipur division bench, comprising Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Kuldeep Mathur made it clear that while a registered lease