High Courts
'Shocked & Deeply Pained': Orissa High Court Summons Health Secretary Over Encroachment, Mismanagement At Paediatric Hospital
The Orissa High Court has expressed shock over the 'distressing condition' in which the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics (Sishu Bhawan) is functioning and has asked the Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare of the State Government to personally appear to address the issue.Upon being informed about the pathetic condition of the premiere...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 09 - December 15, 2024
Nominal Index [Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 782-801]Manoj George v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 782Manohari R v The Deputy Tahsildar (Revenue Recovery), 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 783 DBS Bank India Ltd v The State of Kerala and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 784 M Shammy Kumar v State of Kerala & Connected Matter, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 785Nishad Padinjare Peediyekkal V Hyderiyya Masjid...
Cannot Discriminate Against Children Born Out Of Void Marriages While Providing Compassionate Employment: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that in cases for providing compassionate employment, it is 'reprehensible' to consider the source of inception of a child's birth and discriminate against those who may have been born from a void marriage.Justice Ananya Bandopadhyay held: "The objective to grant compassionate appointment to redress financial constraints occasioned in a family in the event of...
Chhattisgarh High Court Allows Medical Termination Of 20+ Weeks Pregnancy Of Minor Rape Victim Suffering From 'Sickle Cell Anaemia'
The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently allowed medical termination of over twenty-week-old foetus of a 17-year-old rape victim, who is suffering from sickle cell anaemia. Considering the fact that continuance of pregnancy has the potential to physically and psychologically affect the minor girl, the Single Bench of Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi held –“In such circumstances, if...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 9 - December 15, 2024
Nominal Index:Anand Vs Union of India 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 330Shakeel Mohd Vs UT Of J&K 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 331M/s Mir Sons Constructions Pvt. Ltd Vs. Union Territory of J&K 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 332Govind Ram Vs Vidhya Devi 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 333Pawan Singh Rathore Vs Devinder Singh Katoch 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 334Shabnam Soodan Vs Seema Gupta 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 335Avtar Krishan Suri V/s...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Congress Leader Over Remarks On The Word 'Hindu'
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a defamation case registered against Congress Leader and Member of Legislative Assembly Satish Jarikholi, who was charged under Section 500 and 153 of the Indian Penal Code, alleging to have hurt the sentiments of Hindus as he made a statement that the word “Hindu” has a dirty meaning.A single judge Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed...
Freedom Of Speech Not License To Transgress Limits Of Decency: Madras High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To AIADMK Women's Wing Leader
Dismissing the anticipatory bail petition filed by AIADMK's State Deputy Secretary of the Women's Wing- Amudha, the Madras High Court highlighted that though the Constitution of India guarantees the fundamental right of speech and expression however this right cannot be taken advantage of to cross the limits of decency. While doing so, Justice AD Jagadish Chandira also noted that the...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 09 - December 15, 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 625 to 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 635Nominal Index:Khimjibhai Patadia vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 625Jayanth Kumar vs State of Maharashtra, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 626Raj Realtors vs. State of Maharashtra & ors., 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 627Abdul Samad Akbar Shaikh vs State of Maharashtra, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 628Bharat Dedhia vs Union of...
Filing Of Affidavits Or Self-Serving Documents Insufficient To Prove Employer-Employee Relationship: MP HC
Madhya Pradesh High Court: A single judge bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke dismissed a petition filed by Ashok Singh Tomar. Tomar challenged the Labour Court's order that dismissed his claim for reinstatement and back wages after he was terminated. The High Court ruled that Tomar provided insufficient evidence to establish an employer-employee relationship. It noted that just...
Impossible For A Middle-Class Woman To Have Even A Square Meal From Paltry Maintenance Amount Of ₹2.5K: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has observed that it is almost impossible for a woman who belongs to a middle-class family to have even a square meal from the paltry amount of Rs.2500/- A bench of Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra observed thus while partly allowing a wife's criminal revision plea challenging an order passed by a Family court under Section 125 CrPC, directing her...
Employer's Assessment Of Employee's Worth Is Final, Suitability Of An Individual For A Particular Post Cannot Be Scrutinized By Courts: J&K HC
Emphasising that the assessment of an employee's worth and suitability must be left to the employer's bona fide decision the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that the suitability of an individual for a particular post and administrative exigencies cannot be scrutinized by courts.Further, the court reiterated that transfer and posting are incidents of service, and an...
Unregistered Agreement To Sell Confers Legal Right Upon Beneficiary To Seek Execution Of Subsequent Sale Instrument From Transferor: J&K HC
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that an unregistered Agreement to Sell confers a legal right upon the beneficiary to seek the execution of a subsequent sale instrument from the transferor.For this limited purpose, a suit based on such an agreement is maintainable under the law, the court stated while reaffirming the legal sanctity of such agreements in...