Gauhati High Court Directs Registry To Seek Report From Concerned Courts Regarding Delay In Progress Of Pending Cases Against MPs/MLAs

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday (March 11) asked for specific reports from the concerned Courts indicating the reason as to why, the pending cases involving Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) could not progress further.The division bench comprising Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury was hearing a suo moto writ petition regarding status...

Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's 'Defamatory' Video On Sadhguru, Isha Foundation

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the take down of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's recent, allegedly defamatory YouTube video on Isha Foundation and its founder spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.The video titled “Sadhguru EXPOSED: What's happening in Jaggi Vasudev's Ashram” was uploaded by Singh on his YouTube channel on February 24 and he shared it on his 'X' page...

Limitation Rules Not Superfluous, Save System From Anarchy: J&K High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging 39-Yr-Old Mutation Order

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging a mutation order passed 39 years ago reiterating that an unending period for initiating legal remedies could lead to uncertainty and anarchy, upholding the principle that every legal remedy must have a fixed lifespan.“The Rules of Limitation are not superfluous or vestigial but are to be interpreted in...

Karnataka High Court Stays FIR Against Youtuber Sameer MD In Case Accusing Him Of Hurting Religious Sentiments.

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, by way of an interim order, stayed till March 19, further proceedings in a criminal case registred against YouTuber Sameer MD, accused of hurting religious sentiments by airing in a video in which he discussed a 2012 rape and murder case.Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the order while hearing the petition filed by the YouTuber seeking to quash the...

NI Act | Advisable To Impose Fine Equivalent To Amount Of Cheque With At Least 6% Interest For Uniformity: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that, to maintain uniformity in imposing fines in cheque bounce cases under the Negotiable Instruments Act (NI Act), the fine should be equivalent to the amount of the cheque, plus at least 6% interest per annum from the date of the cheque until the date of the judgment of conviction."Justice N.S. Shekhawat said, "To be consistent and uniform, it...

All Pensioners Form A Single Class, & Classification Based On Cut-Off Date For Revised Pension Benefits Is Arbitrary & Violative Of Article 14: Chhattisgarh HC

The Chhattisgarh High Court bench comprising of Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey held that differentiating pension benefits based on the retirement date (pre-2006 vs. post-2006) violates Article 14 of the Constitution as it creates an arbitrary classification without a justifiable relation to the objective of pension revision. Background Facts The pensioners of Government Colleges...

Plea For Amendment To Partition Suit During Pendency Of Trial Cannot Be Denied On Technicalities: Andhra Pradesh High Court

A single judge bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari has ruled that in a partition suit, a plaintiff may not always be aware of all the ancestral properties to be partitioned. If he later discovers additional properties which need to be partitioned or included in the partition suit during the pendency of the case, he should be allowed to amend the suit...

Counterfeit Medical Products Threat To Public Health: Delhi HC Awards ₹3.34 Crore Damages To Johnson & Johnson Over Trademark Infringement

The Delhi High Court has issued a permanent injunction in favour of the American pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, against trademark infringement and selling large quantities of counterfeit products by a party engaged in the sale of surgical devices using Johnson & Johnson's 'Surgicel', 'Ligaclip' and 'Ethicon' trademarks.Remarking that the counterfeit medical products posed...

10-Yr-Old Not Concerned With Financial Security Provided By Father, Personality Build Up More Crucial: P&H HC Upholds Mother's Custody

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently upheld the mother's custody of a 10 years old girl child, rejecting the father's contention that he is the rightful guardian of the child as he is building a financial corpus for the child's future.Single judge Justice Archana Puri remarked, "So far as, the financial security is concerned, it is good that father is doing so to secure the future of...

Psychiatric Treatment Requiring Hospitalization Can Be Covered Under Mediclaim If Policy Terms Do Not Explicitly Bar Such Cases: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that if hospitalization is deemed necessary by medical experts, insurance companies cannot deny claims solely on the basis of exclusion clauses without proper justification.The petitioner had rejected the claim on the ground that the respondent claimant could have been treated as an outpatient, which would exclude him from making the claim, and also...

Special Investigation Team Of CID Not Vitiated Merely Because All Members Not From CID: Karnataka HC While Rejecting BJP MLA Munirathna's Plea

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by BJP MLA Munirathna, seeking to quash a case registered against him for allegedly demanding money from a contractor who had been entrusted under the Solid Waste Management Tender of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The FIR is lodged under Sections 504, 506, 323, 385, 420 and 37 of the Indian Penal Code and is...

Well-Qualified Husband Quitting Job To Avoid Paying Maintenance To Wife Can't Be Appreciated In Civilized Society: Orissa HC

The Orissa High Court has remarked that a well-qualified husband, who quits his job to sit idle and remains unemployed in order to deprive his wife of maintenance, cannot be appreciated in a civilised society. While deciding a maintenance dispute, the Single Bench of Justice Gourishankar Satapathy further observed –“Remaining unemployed is one thing and sitting idle having qualification...