News Delhi High Court Rules That Juristic Entities Like Companies and Trusts Can Maintain Eviction Petitions Under Section 14(1)(e) of the DRC Act, 1958 — “Definition of ‘Landlord’ is Not Confined to Natural Persons; Word ‘Landlord’ is Gender-Neutral and Person-Agnostic” RawlawMay 19, 20254 min read
News Supreme Court Holds Kerala’s Corpus Fund for Subsidizing Medical Education Unconstitutional: “No power to create such fund without legislative backing; Fee Regulatory Committee cannot act beyond its statutory remit” RawlawMay 19, 20254 min read
News Bombay High Court Holds Suit Challenging 1972 and 1975 Sale Deeds Filed in 2022 Is Hopelessly Time-Barred—“Cause of Action Pleaded Is Illusory and a Product of Clever Drafting; Plaintiff Had 43 Years to Sue After Attaining Majority” RawlawMay 19, 20254 min read
News Delhi High Court Holds Import of Second-Hand Hard Drives Not Trademark Infringement: “No Bar on Import of End-of-Life Goods with Full Disclosure Under Section 30 of Trade Marks Act” — Ex Parte Injunction Against Importer Vacated RawlawMay 19, 20254 min read
News Supreme Court Holds ISKCON Bangalore Is Lawful Owner of Temple Land — “Documents Consistently Show Allotment to ISKCON Bangalore; No Evidence to Show It Was Made to Mumbai Branch; High Court’s Findings Are Perverse” RawlawMay 19, 20255 min read
News Bombay High Court at Goa Upholds Removal of Panchayat Member for Rampant Illegal Constructions in NDZ; Says “Member Allowed 187 Illegal Structures, Including His Own—Persistent Remiss in Duty” RawlawMay 19, 20254 min read
News Delhi High Court Slams Delhi and U.P. Police for Inaction in Student’s Mysterious Death: “FIR is not an Encyclopaedia, Registration is Mandatory Even if Offence is Unclear” — Directs Zero FIR by Delhi Police and Murder FIR Under Section 103 BNS by U.P. Police RawlawMay 19, 20255 min read
News Supreme Court Strikes Down Ex Post Facto Environmental Clearances as Unconstitutional: “Violation of Article 21, an Anathema to Environmental Jurisprudence — No Development at the Cost of Environment” RawlawMay 19, 20254 min read
News Bombay High Court dismisses anticipatory bail of a real estate agent accused of conspiring with others to extort ₹82 lakhs from a restaurant owner under the pretext of bribing BMC officials RawlawMay 19, 20255 min read
News Delhi High Court Dismisses Civil Revision Petition Under Section 115 CPC, Holds That Revision Not Maintainable Against Interlocutory Orders: “Order does not finally decide the lis and is not amenable to revision” RawlawMay 19, 20254 min read
