'Can't Curtail Liberty Under Social Pressure': Allahabad High Court Sets Interfaith Couple Free, Orders Inquiry On 'Illegal' Detention By Cops

Calling the detention of an interfaith couple by the police as 'illegal' and a "violation of their fundamental rights under Article 21 of the Constitution", the Allahabad High Court today set free an interfaith couple (a Muslim man and a Hindu woman) who had gone missing after attending a court hearing earlier this week and were detained by the cops. A Bench of Justice Salil Kumar...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: September 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 181 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 203Nominal IndexDarpan Awasthi v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 181Umang Singhar v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 182Pawan Pathak v Nathuram 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 183Shivang Bhargav v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 184HM v R 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 185Prosecutrix X v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw...

"Insolvency Professionals Acting Like Scavengers Must Be Dealt With Severely": Delhi High Court Slams Practitioner's Misconduct

The Delhi High Court recently slammed the conduct of a senior insolvency professional, warning that such individuals must not become “predators” of companies already in financial distress. In a scathing judgment, the Court said professionals under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) must uphold the highest ethical standards and 'even a single act of negligence' is sufficient for...

'Public Money At Stake': Delhi High Court Restores Union Bank's Recovery Suit Despite 'Lethargic Approach', Imposes 25K Cost

The Delhi High Court has recently expressed dismay at the Union Bank of India over its “lethargic” approach in pursuing a loan recovery suit, leading to multiple adjournments and dismissal in default.However, it allowed the Bank's plea and agreed to restore the suit, considering the involvement of public money.“There is no explanation as to why the concerned law officer or the...

Civil Courts Cannot Grant Ex-Parte Injunction In Shareholder Disputes Due To Bar U/S 430 Companies Act: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court bench presided over by Justice Aniruddha Roy, has observed that a civil court cannot grant an ex parte ad interim injunction in a shareholder dispute, in light of the bar under section 430 of the Companies Act, 2013. The plaintiff filed a civil suit before the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Alipore, alleging that his shares in the Power Tools and Appliances...

Gratuity Can't Be Withheld To Recover Loan Default Even If Retired Employee Was Guarantor : Orissa HC

A Division bench of the Orrissa High Court comprising Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Murahari Sri Raman held that gratuity cannot be withheld or forfeited to recover a loan default, even if the retired employee stood as a guarantor, unless termination occurred for misconduct provided under Section 4(6) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Background Facts The...

Kerala High Court Pulls Up Travancore Devaswom Board Over Financial Mismanagement; Orders Immediate Digitisation Of Accounts

The Kerala High Court has ordered immediate digitisation of accounts of Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) while observing that the continued reliance on archaic manual record-keeping and failure to conduct timely audits revealed gross administrative indifference by the board. The division bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K V Jayakumar passed the order in a matter...

Cohabitation With Adult Husband To Invite POCSO: Allahabad High Court Directs Minor Mother To Stay In Shelter Home Till She Turns 18

The Allahabad High Court recently declined to release a 17-year-old girl, who is both a minor and a mother of two-month-old child, from a government shelter home as it said that she must remain there until she attains majority on October 5, 2026. A Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Sanjiv Kumar passed the order on a habeas plea filed on behalf of the minor girl and her child as...

Wife Entitled To Reside In Shared Household Even If Husband Disowned By Parents: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the wife residing in the house immediately after her marriage constitutes “shared household” under the Domestic Violence Act and is entitled to reside in the same despite the husband being disowned by his parents later. Justice Sanjeev Narula said that such a residence where she lives along with her husband and in-laws after marriage is a household...

Allahabad High Court Bars Commercial Use Of Educational Institutions' Properties Across UP, Directs Govt To Issue Circular

In a significant order, the Allahabad High Court this week held that immovable properties belonging to educational institutions across state, including their playgrounds, cannot, under any circumstances, be used for 'commercial' purposes such as exhibitions, trade fairs, melas or sales. Emphasizing that such infrastructure must remain exclusively devoted to educational...

'Big Corporations Must Adopt Reasonable Litigation Policy Against Small Enterprises': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court dismissed an appeal under section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) filed by Mahindra Defence Systems Ltd. challenging an arbitral award passed by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Facilitation Council in favour of Rajana Industries holding that the award was reasoned, fair and free from...

Allegation Of Deliberately Enhancing Suit Valuation Insufficient For Case Transfer: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that merely because a party alleges that the other side deliberately enhanced the valuation of the suit to ensure that the mattwrs comes out of jurisdiction of the concerned court is not sufficient ground to allege bias and seek transfer.“Merely because one of the parties, in its pleadings (that too before a court other than the court where the subject suit...