High Courts
Give Timeline To Establish 'Elderly Helpline' Wherever Not Provided: High Court To Haryana Govt
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday (January 7) asked the Haryana Government to provide a timeline pertaining to establishment of elderly helpline under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 and Haryana Maintenance of Parents and Senior Citizen Rules, 2009.While issuing notice, a division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sudhir Singh asked...
Civil Court Has Jurisdiction To Pass Injunctive Relief In Industrial Disputes: Madras HC
Madras High Court: A single judge bench consisting Justice V. Lakshminarayanan allowed a civil revision petition against a District Munsif's order that refused to pass an injunction against TAW Footwear Division. The Munsif had rejected the plaint holding that the matter was an industrial dispute and fell exclusively within the Labour Court's jurisdiction. However, the court ruled that...
Allahabad HC Dismisses PIL Against Motion To Impeach Justice Shekhar Yadav Over His VHP Event Speech
The Allahabad High Court today DISMISSED a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed against an impeachment motion submitted to the Rajya Sabha Secretary General by 55 MPs seeking the impeachment of Justice Shekhar Yadav over the speech delivered by him at Prayagraj on December 8 at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (Legal Cell).A bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Annual Digest Part II : Citations 134-338
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 134 to 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 338Married Woman Cannot Prosecute Accused For Rape On False Promise To Marry, Her Consent Not Based On Misconception: MP High CourtCase Title: Abhishek Arjariya Vs. The State Of Madhya Pradesh & AnotherCitation: 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 134Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that a married woman engaging in a continuous sexual relationship...
Karnataka High Court Upholds BDA's Land Acquisition Notifications For Construction Of Peripheral Ring Road Between Hosur And Tumakur
The Karnataka High Court has upheld the notifications issued by the Bangalore Development Authority to acquire land for construction of Peripheral Ring Road-II, between Hosur-Mysore Road and Tumakur Road.Single judge Justice E S Indiresh upheld the Preliminary as well as the Final Notifications issued in 2005 and 2011 respectively, under Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation...
Judicial Restraint Paramount For Cognizance In Medico-Legal Cases: Rajasthan HC Exonerates Doctors Charged Of Forging Pathological Report
The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has underscored that in cases concerning doctors/hospital administration involving allegations of forging pathological reports, meticulous judicial scrutiny was required before taking cognizance, especially when the doctor had not refuted the authenticity of the signatures.Justice Farjand Ali opined that the risk of invoking presumptions under...
S.21 POCSO Act | Doctor Not Responsible To 'Verify' Age Of Victim Or 'Ascertain' If Offence Has Been Committed: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has recently observed that a Doctor does not have a responsibility to 'verify' or 'ascertain' the age of a victim brought in for abortion, for the purposes of reporting crime under POCSO Act.Section 19 of the POCSO Act put a legal obligation on a person to inform the relevant authorities when he/she has knowledge that an offence under the Act had been committed. Section...
Pensionary Benefits For Contractual Period Before Regularization Must Include Annual Increments : Himachal Pradesh High Court
A single judge bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court comprising of Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, held that the direction to count the contractual service for pension requires the inclusion of annual increments for the relevant period in the pension calculation. Background Facts The petitioner was working as a Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) on the contractual basis. Later his...
Bombay High Court Frowns Upon Cop Sending Facebook Friend Request To Complainant Woman, Orders Enquiry Against Him
The Bombay High Court on Monday (January 6) ordered enquiry against a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), who sent a friend request to a complainant woman on social media platform - FaceBook (FB).A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale questioned the motive of the PSI in sending a friend request to the complainant woman on FB."How can you send a friend request to a woman...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of Two Advocates As Delhi High Court Judges
The Central government has notified the appointment of two advocates as judges of the Delhi High Court.They are Ajay Digpaul and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar.It was in August 2024 that the Supreme Court Collegium recommended their names for elevation along with the name of another advocate. The Delhi High Court at present has 42 judges against a sanctioned strength of 60 judges.Click here to...
'Glaring Malpractice': Madhya Pradesh HC Pulls Up Secondary Education Board For Incorrect Evaluation Of Student's Answer Copy, Fines ₹25,000
The Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court recently pulled up MP Board of Secondary Education for "glaring malpractice" in the evaluation of a Class 12 student's examination copy and directed the Board to pay cost of Rs. 25000 to the student for the irresponsible treatment meted out to him. Justice Vivek Jain observed, “The Board which deals with adolescent students cannot...