HIGH COURT APRIL 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Rajdeep Sardesai’s Defamation Case; Missing Liquor Stock; Badlapur Encounter Case; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
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“India can grow at 8%, become $50 trillion economy”: IMF Exec. Director Prof. K.V. Subramanian at IBA conference on Mergers and Acquisitions in India
Prof. K.V. Subramanian, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, delivered a keynote speech on the topic ‘Make (it happen) in India: USD 30 trillion goal’ at the International Bar Association (IBA) Corporate and M&A Law Committee conference on ‘Mergers and Acquisitions in India: a key engine to the USD 30 trillion goal’ at Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai.
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IIAC partners with Manipal Law School, Bengaluru for launch of Online Arbitration Workshop for Professionals
The workshop is scheduled from April 18 to 22, 2025. It will provide participants with hands-on experience in arbitration proceedings, focusing on advocacy techniques and award drafting.
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Justice Ramesh Sinha, CJ Chhattisgarh HC inaugurates refresher training programme for Legal Aid Defence Counsels; New record rooms & a rest room for sexual harassment victims
On 23-03-2025, the Chhattisgarh State Legal Services Authority organized a one-day Refresher Training Programme for Legal Aid Defense Counsels of the State at the Chhattisgarh State Judicial Academy, Bilaspur. Previously, on 21-03-2025, the Surajpur District Court inaugurated eight new record rooms and a rest room for victims of sexual harassment in the Court premises.
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HIGH COURT APRIL 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Asaram Bapu’s bail; Mandatory Service Charge; L’Oréal’s Trade Mark; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
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‘For economic development, M&A is one of key ways to foster business expansion’: CCI Chair Ravneet Kaur at IBA Conference on M&A in India
Ms. Ravneet Kaur delivered a keynote speech on the topic ‘Antitrust/competition policy and enforcement’ at the International Bar Association (IBA) Corporate and M&A Law Committee conference on ‘Mergers and Acquisitions in India: a key engine to the USD 30 trillion goal’ at Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai.
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ICC India Arbitration Group and SCC Online collaborates for Podcast Series ‘Arb You Listening?’ on International Arbitration
“Arb You Listening?” will dive deep into the world of International Arbitration and discuss its evolving landscape with the help of practitioners from across the globe.
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From Ghibli trend to Attention Economy, Madhavi Divan addresses growing concerns at release of ‘Informational Privacy: Constitutional and Common Law Remedies’
EBC celebrated the release of ‘Informational Privacy: Constitutional and Common Law Remedies’ by Nina Rohinton Nariman, with Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian, as Chief Guest and Sr. Adv. Madhavi Goradia Divan as Guest of Honour.
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P&H HC quashes defamation case against Journalists publishing Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s statement on then AAP MLA receiving money from Congress
“No material has been brought on record to even prima facie indicate that the accused had reported or published the imputation concerning the complainant to harm his reputation or knowing or having reason to believe that it would cause harm to his reputation.”
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‘Want our own privacy intact but interested in others through social media’: Justice V. Ramasubramanian at release of ‘Informational Privacy: Constitutional and Common Law Remedies’
EBC published Nina Rohinton Nariman’s ‘Informational Privacy: Constitutional and Common Law Remedies’.
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“It is our duty to fortify legal frameworks and protect international financial integrity”, says Justice KV Viswanathan at UIA seminar on ‘India: The New Global Manufacturing Hub’
The Union Internationale des Avocats (‘UIA’) has organized a two- day seminar on the theme ‘India Ahead: Exploring legal, regulatory and geopolitical updates impacting FDI in the world’s fastest growing economy’. The seminar will be held at the Delhi International Arbitration Centre (‘DIAC’), Delhi High Court, on 29th and 30th March, 2025.
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Read why Gujarat High Court extended Asaram Bapu’s bail in 2013 rape case
“It cannot be said that an 86 years-old ailing person, who is desperate to get himself treated, can confine his treatment to a particular therapy or a particular system of medicines.”
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CRIMINAL LAW ROUNDUP: A quick recap of the top criminal cases from March 2025
Top criminal cases on quashing of proceedings, arrest, bail, acquittal, and more.
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Bombay HC directs Transport Commissioner to decide on problems faced by auto drivers due to open license policy within 4 weeks
“Prima facie it appears to be a matter of policy, if the petitioner is of the opinion that the policy is arbitrary or in any manner illegal or it is prejudicially affecting the petitioner and/or society at large, it is for the State Government to take a decision.”
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HIGH COURT MARCH 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Lawrence Bishnoi Gang; Corruption case against Judges; Jagjit Singh Dallewal; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
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Upon approval of resolution plan all claims not included therein shall stand extinguished; Notice under S. 263 IT Act cannot be issued thereafter: Gujarat HC reiterates
‘On the complete extinguishment of all tax liabilities of the Corporate Debtor upon the approval of the Resolution Plan, there could be no occasion whatsoever for the IT Commissioner to issue the impugned notice under Section 263 of the Act, seeking to revise the assessment order for the Assessment Year 2020-21.’
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‘No illegal confinement by State’; Punjab & Haryana HC dismisses habeas corpus plea seeking release of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal
“Jagjit Singh is said to be free to go home after seeking discharge from the hospital. In such circumstances, it cannot be said that he is in illegal confinement of the State. However, the State is directed to ensure that there should be no hindrance if the family members, friends, relatives, or any other person wish to see him in the hospital.”
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Himachal Pradesh HC grants pensionary benefits to daily wage worker with less than 10 years of service
The Court held that the petitioner had rendered more than 8 years but less than 10 years of service, thus, his service was to be treated as 10 years, which qualified him for pensionary benefits.
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‘Technical defect in certificate is beyond candidate’s control’; P&H HC grants relief to judicial aspirant whose candidature was rejected for defect in caste certificate
The Court rebuked the State for pursuing litigation mechanically and indifferently without any application of mind while imposing a cost of Rs. 1.5 Lakhs on HPSC.
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‘Cannot transgress into judicial adventurism’; Punjab & Haryana HC dismisses eligibility relaxation plea of NEET aspirant who passed Biology as additional subject
“The invocation of equitable jurisdiction does not confer upon the Court an unfettered prerogative to render orders in complete defiance or in oblivion of the established tenets of the law of the land.”
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