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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Railway Accident Claim — Deemed Untoward Incident Despite Falling on Opposite Track. Court Holds That a Passenger Falling from a Train Due to Rush and Being Hit by Another Train Constitutes an 'Untoward Incident' Under Section 123(c) of the Railways Act, 1989....

The appeal arises from the dismissal of a compensation claim by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Mumbai, on the ground that the incident did not fall within the definition of an 'untoward incident' under ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Landlord's Application for Possession from Official Liquidator in Bank Winding-Up — No Alternative Premises Provided Despite Earlier Direction. Section 457 of Companies Act, 1956 does not empower court to order eviction of liquidator without suitable alternative accommodation being made available....

The Applicant, Shree Vishnu Holdings & Consultants Pvt. Ltd., is the owner and landlord of premises situated at Jayshree Chambers, 82 Nagindas Master Road, Fort, Mumbai. The Bank of Karad had been a t...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Patent Refusal for Lack of Reasoning on Inventive Step. The Court held that the Assistant Controller's order lacked any reasoning as to how the claimed invention was taught by prior art and failed to apply the five-step test for inventive step under Section 2(1)(ja) of the Patents Act, 1970....

The petitioner, Navya Network Inc., filed a petition under Section 117A of the Patents Act, 1970, challenging the order dated 27th May 2024 passed by the Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs, r...

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Karnataka High Court Hears Appeal Against Interim Stay of Excise Rule Amendments. State Challenges Ad Interim Order Staying Amended Rules 5 and 5-A of Karnataka Excise (Sale of Indian and Foreign Liquor) Rules, 1968, Introduced by Second Amendment Rules, 2025....

The State of Karnataka filed a writ appeal under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961 against an ad interim order dated 25.11.2025 passed by a learned Single Judge in WP.No.35227/2025 (Exci...

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High Court of Andhra Pradesh Adjudicates Motor Accident Claim Appeal Challenging Dismissal of Compensation Petition. Claimants Seek Compensation for Death of Passenger in Bus-Lorry Collision Under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The litigation arose from a motor accident claim. The appellants, who were the claimants before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-VIII Additional District Judge (FTC), Chittoor, filed M.V.O.P.No...

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Andhra Pradesh High Court Upholds Motor Accident Claims Tribunal's Review Power in Insurance Appeal. The court found that the Tribunal could correct an error apparent on face of record, specifically adopting multiplier 11 instead of 8 based on deceased's age 53, under Order 47 Rule 1 CPC....

The appeal arose from a motor accident compensation claim. The deceased, a watchman in South Central Railway aged about 53 years, died on 02.05.2012 when a car insured with the appellant insurance com...

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Andhra Pradesh High Court Examines Whether Father-in-Law Can Be Considered Dependent for Compensation Under Section 163-A Motor Vehicles Act. Legal Question Focuses on Locus Standi of Father-in-Law as Legal Representative Following Death of Daughter-in-Law in Road Accident....

The appeal arose out of a motor accident claim filed under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Tirupati. The claimant/appellant was the father-in-...

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Madras High Court Allows Appeal in Defamation Suit Over Movie Depicting School — No Defamation Found as Movie Was Certified and No Actual Damage Proved. The court held that a suit for damages and injunction against a Censor Board certified movie is not maintainable without proof of actual malice or special damage....

The appellants, defendants in a suit for damages and injunction, challenged the judgment of the XVI Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai, which had decreed the suit in favor of the respondent/p...

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Madras High Court Acquits Accused in Kidnapping for Ransom Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Unreliable Witnesses. Conviction Under Section 364A IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Demand for Ransom and Relied on Uncorroborated Extra-Judicial Confessions and Unreliable Dying Declaration....

The case pertains to the kidnapping and murder of one Suresh Kumar, a financier, on 19.08.2015. The deceased was last seen on that day and his dead body was found on 21.08.2015. The prosecution allege...