Punjab and Haryana High Court Restores Custody Of Six-Year-Old Girl To Mother, Says Maternal Care Indispensable

A child of tender age needs maternal affection, nurture and care, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said in ordering the custody of six-year-old girl, who had been with her father’s family since October 2025, to be handed back to her mother. Chandigarh: On October 28, 2026, a six-and-a-half-year-old girl is to be brought […]

Delhi High Court Refuses To Throw Out Indian Hotels’ COVID Licence Fee Waiver Suits Against NDMC

The Delhi High Court has rejected the New Delhi Municipal Council’s application to throw out Indian Hotels Company’s suits seeking a COVID-era licence fee waiver of about Rs 46 crore for the Taj Mahal Hotel and The Connaught, leaving the claims to be decided at trial.

Delhi High Court Quashes 2015 Dowry Harassment FIR Against Husband After Rs 11.7 Lakh Settlement.

The Delhi High Court has quashed FIR No. 774/2015 of Police Station Dabri against Hari Govind under Sections 498A, 406 and 354 read with Section 34 IPC, holding that continuing the case would serve no useful purpose after the spouses settled for Rs 11.7 lakh through mediation, divorced by mutual consent and the complainant said she had no objection.

MP High Court Chief Justice Tells Children With Hearing Impairment A Limitation Does Not Define Potential

At an MPSLSA programme for children with hearing and speech impairment in Jabalpur during Sign Language Week, Chief Justice Alpesh Y. Kogje urged them not to let an apparent limitation define their ability, while Justices Vivek Rusia and Vivek Agarwal spoke on sign-language interpreters, early intervention and skill development.

Insurer’s Office At A Place Does Not Give That MACT Jurisdiction Over An Accident Claim: Supreme Court On Section 166(2) Of The Motor Vehicles Act

A road accident victim filed his motor accident claim at Chennai because the insurer had an office there, though he lived in Chittoor and the accident happened in Tirupati. The Supreme Court held that under Section 166(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, an insurer’s place of business does not confer territorial jurisdiction on a Claims Tribunal, unlike a suit under the CPC, and upheld the transfer of the claim to Chittoor.

RBI Requested To Act As Mediator, Not Adjudicator: Delhi High Court Freezes IRF Deductions From PayU’s Escrow In Merchant Code Dispute

Instead of sending a payment aggregator’s suit for pre-litigation mediation under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, the Delhi High Court requested the Reserve Bank of India to depute a senior officer to mediate within thirty days, and froze all interchange-related deductions from the plaintiff’s escrow account in the meantime.

Who Pays DY Chandrachud? Supreme Court Directs Sunjay Kapur’s Family Trust To Fund Ex-CJI Fee

The Supreme Court extended the mediation in the Sunjay Kapur family estate dispute to November 2, with ex-CJI Chandrachud mediating and the RK Family Trust directed to pay his fee. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday recorded that the mediation in the dispute within the family of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur over the […]

Sunjay Kapur Family Trust Dispute May End Through Mediation by August: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court was informed that mediation in the Sunjay Kapur family trust dispute could conclude by August, raising hopes of an amicable settlement. The matter involved an application by Karisma Kapoor’s children seeking additional time to file their written statement during ongoing mediation.