Madras High Court Rejects Plea For Maintenance From Bedridden Senior Citizen Husband, Says Can't Burden Him With Additional Responsibility

The Madras High Court recently refused to order maintenance to a woman noting that her husband, who was a senior citizen could not be burdened with the additional responsibility of paying maintenance. Justice Victoria Gowri noted that the husband had been neglected by his family despite his medical needs. The court noted that the husband also had a right to be protected under...

'Chandigarh Police Sheltering Janata Party Chief Who Forged MLA Signatures To File RS Nomination': Punjab Tells P&H High Court, Notice Issued

In a peculiar development, the Punjab Government has alleged before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that Chandigarh Police is shielding Janta Party Chief Navneet Chaturvedi, who is accused of forging the signatures of several Punjab MLAs to file a Rajya Sabha nomination.Punjab Police on Monday reportedly registered multiple FIRs after several Aam Aadmi Party MLAs alleged that their...

'Duty To Ensure Wife Doesn't Live In Penury': Patna High Court Dissolves Marriage, Orders Husband To Pay ₹90 Lakhs Permanent Alimony

Observing that while wife's living need not be luxurious but she should not be left in 'discomfort', the Patna High Court on Tuesday dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between a Merchant Navy officer and his wife while directing the husband to pay ₹90 lakh as permanent alimony. A Bench of Chief Justice PB Bajanthri and Justice SB PD Singh added that it is the duty of the Court to...

Pendency Of Appeal U/S 37 A&C Act Against First Award Does Not Bar Fresh Arbitration Proceedings: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court held that pendency of an appeal under section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) does not prohibit a party from initiating a fresh round of arbitration when an earlier arbitral award has already been set aside. Accordingly, the present application under section 11 of the Arbitration Act was allowed and a sole...

Will Can't Be Disputed Citing Incorrect Spellings, Typos: Priya Kapur Tells Delhi High Court In Partition Suit By Karisma Kapoor's Children

Priya Kapur wife of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday (October 14) that Karisma Kapoor's children, who have sought a share in their father's personal assets, cannot challenge their father's Will on the ground of use of incorrect spellings, address or writing testatrix instead of testator. Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing the suit filed by Bollywood...

Bombay High Court Directs Action Against Management Of Various Nursing Colleges For Granting Illegal Admissions

Bombay High Court Directs Action Against The Management Of Various Nursing Colleges For Granting Illegal Admissions To Students; Orders Refund Of Fees And ₹1 Lakh Compensation To The Students The Bombay High Court has directed stringent action against several nursing colleges across Maharashtra for granting admissions to ineligible students in the Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) and...

Gujarat High Court Judge Says He Personally Saw Two-Wheelers Violating Traffic Laws, Orders Survey In Ahmedabad

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (October 15) orally expressed concern over two wheelers in Ahmedabad violating traffic laws by driving on the wrong side and by indulging in traffic signal violations. The court further directed Gujarat State Legal Services Authority to conduct a survey of certain roads in the city prepare a report on illegal parking, and parking done on roads abutting...

Salary Can't Be Re-Fixed After Superannuation, Hence Recovery Of Excess Payment From Retired Employee Impermissible: P&H HC

A Division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi and Justice Vikas Suri held that the refixation of salary after an employee's superannuation, leading to recovery of excess payments made without any misrepresentation or fraud by the employee, is impermissible in law. Background Facts The petitioner was a government employee. He...

Excise Dept To Decide Liquor Contractors' Security Refund Claims Within 30 Days, 12% Interest In Case Of Delay: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that the petitions filed by the liquor contractors, challenging non-refund of the security deposit by the Excise Department, even beyond the expiry of their license period, was premature since no order of demand, recovery or forfeiture was yet passed.At the same time, the bench of Justice Sameer Jain opined that administrative inaction leading to an indefinite...

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Lodged By Rakhi Sawant Against Ex-Husband Adil Durrani U/S 498A & 377 IPC

The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR lodged by celebrity Rakhi Sawant against her ex-husband Adil Durrani under section 498A (cruelty) and 377 (unnatural sex) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Sandesh Patil quashed the FIR filed by Sawant against Durrani in 2023 after the couple got embroiled in matrimonial disputes.However, the now...

Apportionment Of Liability Without Evidence Is Akin To 'Panchayati Approach': Bombay High Court Sets Aside NSE Arbitral Award Against Broker

The Bombay High Court set aside an arbitral award passed under National Stock Exchange (NSE) bye-laws that had upheld an order passed by Investor Grievance Redressal Panel (IGRP) directing Peerless Securities Limited to pay ₹7.18 lakhs to Vostok (Fareast) Securities Pvt. Ltd. for the losses caused by unauthorised trading in the trading and future segment. The IGRP had held that...

High Time To End Perception That Civil Cases Can Run For Decades: Delhi High Court

“It is high time that paradigm be changed by courts and an impression across the society be dispelled that civil suits can be allowed to run for decades,” the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday.The remarks were made by Justice Girish Kathpalia while strongly criticising a litigant's “deliberate design” to protract trial court proceedings in a suit for recovery of loan amount, by...