High Courts
'Main Mastermind, Funder Of Delhi Riots': Police Opposes Tahir Hussain's Interim Bail Plea To Contest Assembly Polls, High Court Reserves Order
The Delhi Police on Tuesday opposed the plea moved by former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain seeking interim bail in a 2020 North-East Delhi riots case in order to participate in the upcoming Assembly polls from Mustafabad constituency as a member of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna reserved the judgment and said that the order will...
Haryana's Anti-Cow Slaughter Law Meant To Curb Beef Consumption But Alarming Rise In Litigation Shows State Is Not Executing It Properly: High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has expressed concern about increasing litigation under the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, observing that the objective of the Act was to curtail the "consumption of beef menace emanating from the powerful meat lobby consuming and selling beef" but State is not executing properly.The Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the...
Registrar Not Expected To Act As A Civil Court: Madras High Court Discharges Former District Registrar From Corruption Case
The Madras High Court recently discharged a former District Registrar from a corruption case observing that the materials put forward by the prosecution did not constitute any offence. The court noted that insisting a person to participate in a trial merely because the trial has commenced would violate his rights and compel him to undergo agony and anxiety. “To insist A2...
Delhi High Court Directs Taekwondo Federation Of India To Conduct Fresh Open Selection Trials For 2025 National Games
The Delhi High Court has directed the Taekwondo Federation Of India (TFI) to conduct fresh open selection trials for selecting two players in each weight category for both male and female for upcoming National Games to be held at Uttarakhand commencing from January 28.Justice Sachin Datta said that after the trials, two players shall be selected in each weight category who would be given a...
Pendency Of Civil Or Criminal Litigation Between Partners Cannot Estop Either Partner From Invoking Arbitration Clause: Punjab and Haryana HC
The Punjab and Haryana High Court bench of Justice Suvir Sehgal has held that pendency of a civil and criminal litigation inter se partners, cannot estop one of the partners from invoking the arbitration clause or bar the reference of dispute for adjudication to an arbitrator for determination. Brief Facts: This petition has been filed under Section 11 (6) of the Arbitration Act...
Service Tax Liability Cannot Be Fastened On Implementation Of Govt Projects: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that construction of canals/ pipelines/ conduits to support irrigation, water supply or for sewerage disposal, when provided to the Government, cannot be exigible to service tax. A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya relied on two Circulars issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs...
Living Together In Shared Household In A Relationship 'In Nature Of Marriage' Also Domestic Relationship Under DV Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that two persons who lived together in a shared household through a relationship in the “nature of marriage” would also be called to be in a domestic relationship under the Domestic Violence Act. “Even otherwise, in terms of Section 2 (f) of the Act, the relationship of parties living together through a relationship in the “nature of marriage” would...
Defendants Cannot Introduce Death Certificate As Additional Evidence Without Relevant Pleadings: Jharkhand HC Rules In Property Dispute
Setting aside an order of a district court allowing introduction of a death certificate as evidence in a property dispute, the Jharkhand High Court said that a death certificate issued years after the death, based solely on an affidavit, cannot be admitted as additional evidence if it lacks evidentiary basis and is inconsistent with the pleadings. Presiding over the case Justice Subhash...
'Can't Say There Was No Double Meaning In Boby Chemmanur's Comments', Says Kerala High Court; Bail Order To Be Passed Today
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday(14th January) said that it will pass orders today on Boby Chemmanur's bail petition. The Public Prosecutor opposed the bail. He further submitted before the Court that bail if given, should be on strict conditions. Justice P. V. Kunhikrishnan said that he would record the personal undertaking of Boby's advocate that the petitioner would not make any...
S.498A IPC | Circular Barring Husband From Seeking Govt Employment Due To Wife's Pending Cruelty Case Violates Article 14, 21: Rajasthan HC
The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court set aside order rejecting candidature of the petitioner based on pending cruelty case under Section 498A IPC, ruling that at best the petitioner was "merely an under trial" and his fate is yet to be determined based on the trial's outcome. Furthermore, the court noted that a mere break down of marriage could not be treated as if the husband was...
Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: December 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 378 To 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 426NOMINAL INDEXOil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited & Anr. v Ranjan Tak & anr. 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 378Badri Prasad v Central Bureau of Investigation and other connected petition 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 379Bhawna Bohra v State of Rajasthan & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 380Shri Ishwar Prasad v the State of Rajasthan 2024 LiveLaw...
Alimony Must Be Commensurate With Status Of Spouses, Wife's Meagre Financial Requirements No Grounds To Restrict Amount: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that the alimony sought for and granted to a spouse must be commensurate with the actual status and necessities of the spouses and merely because the wife had meagre financial means would not be a justification to restrict the amount granted.A division bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Uday Kumar held:In the present case, if we go by the monthly...