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High Court Allows Compensation Appeal Under Employees' Compensation Act -- Temporary Driver Hiring Establishes Employer-Employee Relationship -- Labour Commissioner's Order Reversed...

The High Court allowed an appeal challenging the Labour Commissioner's rejection of a compensation claim under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923. The appellants, dependents of a deceased driver, c...

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High Court Upholds Family Court's Dismissal of Husband's Divorce Petition on Grounds of Desertion Under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Appeal Under Family Courts Act Fails as Ex Parte Absence of Wife Does Not Automatically Entitle Husband to Decree and No Proof of Desertion Shown....

The appeal arose from a matrimonial dispute where the husband filed O.P.No.49 of 2004 before the Principal Judge, Family Court-cum-IV Additional District & Sessions Judge, Vijayawada, seeking dissolut...

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High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati Examines Accused's Quashing Petition in Dowry Harassment Case. Non-Resident Brother-in-Law's Implication on Omnibus Allegations Under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Subject to Section 482 CrPC and Section 528 BNSS Scrutiny....

The Criminal Petition was filed before the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita...

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High Court of Karnataka Reserves Judgment in Writ Petition Challenging Forfeiture of Jamma Malai Lands as Forest Land. Petitioners Seek Quashing of Conservator of Forests' Order Forfeiting Rights Under Section 82 of Karnataka Forest Act, 1963, Alleging Lack of Jurisdiction and Violation of Earlier Judicial Decrees....

The writ petition challenged the order dated 16.12.2011 passed by the Conservator of Forests, Kodagu, declaring the petitioners' Jamma Malai lands as statutory forest under the Karnataka Forest Act, 1...

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Madras High Court Restrains Municipality from Locking and Sealing Premises for Property Tax Arrears of Owner. Tenant Cannot Be Compelled to Pay Owner's Tax Liability; No Statutory Power to Lock and Seal Under Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998....

The petitioner, V. Saminathan, filed a writ petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a Writ of Mandamus to restrain the first respondent, the Commissioner of Sivagangai Munic...

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Madras High Court Allows Tenant's Petition Restraining Municipality from Locking and Sealing Premises for Owner's Property Tax Arrears. No Statutory Power to Lock and Seal Under Section 116-A of Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998; Tenant Not Liable for Owner's Tax....

The petitioner, V. Saminathan, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, seeking a writ of mandamus to restrain the first ...

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Madras High Court Quashes Government Orders Declaring Land as Government Tharisu in Land Ceiling Proceedings. Court Directs Reclassification Based on Revised Final Statement Under Sections 14 and 18(1) of Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961....

The judgment concerns two writ petitions filed by K. Jagadeeswaran and J. Haripriya (WP No. 18891 of 2025) and R. Regina (WP No. 1245 of 2026) against the Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disas...

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Madras High Court Confirms Reinstatement with Continuity of Service for Workman in Industrial Dispute - No Backwages Sought. Workman's Appeal Allowed to Clarify Entitlement to Continuity of Service Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The appellant, a workman, raised an industrial dispute pursuant to a reference dated 02.12.2011. The Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Chennai, granted reinstatement without bac...