'Seize Plastic Items Having Less Than 120 Micron Width', Meghalaya HC Issues Directions To Govt Until Plastic Substitutes Are Developed

While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a complete ban on single-use plastic (SUP) in the State, the Meghalaya High Court issued directions to the State Government to be followed until plastic substitutes are fully developed and implemented in the market. The bench comprising Chief Justice I.P. Mukerji and Justice W. Diengdoh directed the State Government to follow the...

'Shocking State Of Affairs': Delhi High Court Asks Authorities To Remove 'Illegal Activities' At Chandni Chowk Redevelopment Project Area

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the city authorities to remove the deficiencies and illegal activities at the Chandni Chowk redevelopment project and surrounding areas. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that prima facie, the illegal activities and deficiencies in the area must be attended to and removed by the MCD and Delhi...

Transfer Pricing-Assessee's Objections On 'Functional Dissimilarity' Not Adjudicated: Delhi HC Asks TPO To Determine Comparable Entity Afresh

The Delhi High Court recently directed a Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) to determine afresh the inclusion of a comparable entity with respect to an assessee, this time taking into consideration the latter's objections on 'functional dissimilarity' of the two. A division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Swarana Kanta Sharma ruled, “Assessee's contention that E4e...

Disrespect To Constitution By Words, Acts An Offence Under Insults To National Honour Act: Kerala HC Directs Probe Into Saji Cherian's Remarks

While ordering further investigation into the allegedly insulting remarks made by Minister for Fisheries, Culture and Youth Affairs Saji Cherian, the Kerala High Court observed that post the 2003 amendment to Section 2 of Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, even disrespect shown to the Constitution by words either spoken or written or by acts can amount to conduct falling foul of...

Allahabad HC Grants 10 Days To AMU Counsel To Seek Instructions On PIL Seeking Students' Union Elections At University

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted 10 days to the counsel of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to seek instructions from the university regarding a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed by an AMU student seeking holding of students' union elections at the university. The PIL Plea, moved by an LLM student (Kaif Hasan), submits that AMU's failure to hold elections since...

Putting Together Structure Of Plywood Sheets Can't Be Construed As Constructing 'Residential House' For Claiming Capital Gain Exemption: Delhi HC

“Putting together a structure of plywood sheets cannot be construed as constructing a residential house,” the Delhi High Court has held. It thus upheld an ITAT order which disallowed capital gains exemption to the appellant-assessee under Section 54 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on the ground that a mere 'makeshift' structure was raised in the name of residential house. Section...

Kerala HC Quashes Case Against Goa Governor Sreedharan Pillai Over Remarks On Women's Entry At Sabarimala, Says Speech Wasn't Made In Public

The Kerala High Court quashed a case registered under Section 505 (1)(b) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the IPC against former State BJP President and present Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai for allegedly making statements supporting the Thantri's decision to deny entry of women at Sabarimala Temple, against the Apex Court decision in Young Indian Lawyers...

High Time That Irretrievable Breakdown Of Marriage Is Recognized As Grounds For Divorce Under Indian Law: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has observed that it is high time that irretrievable breakdown of marriage is recognised as a ground for divorce under Indian law, by reading it into the grounds of cruelty or desertion, like it is in the UK.A division bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Uday Kumar held:It transpires from the consistent conduct and lack of interest of the wife that the...

There Is A 'Built-In' Assurance In Rape Cases That Charge Levelled Is Genuine & Not Fabricated: Bombay High Court

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently while upholding the conviction of a man for committing rape on a minor girl, said usually neither the girl nor her family would indulge their daughter's name even for settling scores and that in such cases, there is a 'built-in' assurance that the victim is levelling 'genuine' charges.Single-judge Justice Govind Sanap upheld the conviction of...

P&H HC Declares Provisions Of Ex-Servicemen Rules Limiting Benefits To Those Appointed To Civil Posts After January 2012 As Unconstitutional

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has declared the provisions of Punjab Recruitment of Ex-Servicemen (First Amendment) Rules, 2012 and 2018, ultra vires of the Constitution which limited the benefits of pension and increments to ex-servicemen appointed to civil posts after January 1, 2012, and denied arrears for periods prior to that date.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti...

Bhagavad Gita's Teachings Fundamentally Moral, Not Religious: Gujarat HC Remarks Orally In PIL Against Inclusion Of Teachings In Schools

While hearing a plea challenging the state government's resolution to include the teachings from Bhagavad Gita to be taught in schools, the Gujarat High Court on Thursday (November 21) orally said that the teachings from Bhagavad Gita are fundamentally moral and cultural and not religious. As the counsel for the petitioners' contended that the National Education Policy says that principles of...

Allahabad HC Grants Interim Bail To Rape Accused To Marry 'Victim' From Different Religion Under Special Marriage Act

The Allahabad High Court last week granted a 4-month interim bail to a Hindu man booked under the POCSO Act to marry a Muslim girl (alleged victim) and get the same registered after getting her custody. The Court passed this order after considering the prosecutrix's statement, in which she asserted that she is an adult, has married the accused in a temple, and is willing to live...