'Development Not At Cost Of Students': Gujarat High Court Asks Civic Body To Consider Plea For Excluding College Ground From Planning Scheme

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (October 8) directed Rajkot Municipal Corporation to decide the objections/ representation made by Mahatma Gandhi Charitable Trust which runs an engineering college in Mavdi— seeking exclusion of the college playground from the town planning scheme. In doing so the court said that while "development is appreciated" however it cannot be made at the "cost...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL To Criminalize Sexual Offences Against Transgender Women, Children; Says Prima Facie Only Parliament Can Do It

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea seeking inclusion of transgender women and transgender children as victims in relation to the chapter concerning sexual offences against women and children under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela sought response of the Union Government and listed...

Alleged 'Victims' Of Religious Conversion Can Be Booked For Offence If They Induce Others To Convert Religion: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that persons claiming to be "victims" of religious conversion can also be booked for the said offence if they subsequently indulge in the act of inducing other persons to convert.It thus rejected the contention of several men accused of religious conversion, that they were themselves victims of religious conversion and FIR against them is misconceived.The...

KeLSA's Victim Rights Centre Submits Comprehensive Suggestions To Kerala High Court For Strengthening Adoption, Foster Care Systems

The Victim Rights Centre (VRC) of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) has submitted comprehensive suggestions before the Kerala High Court for the betterment of adoption and foster care system.The report was submitted by Adv. Parvathi Menon A., Project Co-ordinator of VRC after she was suo motu impleaded by Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen in a writ petition filed by an adoptive...

Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Actress Lakshmi Menon In Abduction Case

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (October 8) allowed the anticipatory bail plea of actress Lakshmi Menon in alleged abduction and assault case.The parties had submitted before the Court that their disputes have been settled and that the complaint was filed based on misunderstanding. The de facto complainant had filed an affidavit in this regard."The allegations indicate that a serious...

"Deposit ₹60 Crore First": Bombay High Court Tells Shilpa Shetty & Raj Kundra In Plea Seeking Permission For Foreign Trip

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (October 8) asked Actor Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra to deposit Rs 60 crore if they wanted the court to consider their plea to travel to Los Angeles and other foreign countries for business and personal reasons.This comes after the couple moved the High Court seeking quashing of a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against them over an...

Permanent Expulsion Is 'Academic & Professional Death': Patna High Court Modifies Punishment For MBBS Students Linked To Impersonation In Exams

Granting relief to five MBBS students facing permanent expulsion punishment for impersonation during examinations, the Patna High Court termed the action of the Patna's Aryabhatta Knowledge University against them as "unduly harsh" and "shockingly disproportionate". Observing that such extreme action amounts to inflicting "academic and professional death" upon young students, the...

'You Can't Put Such Gag Orders': Delhi High Court Seeks SSC's Response On PIL Against Ban On Post-Exam Discussions

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a PIL challenging a notification issued by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) barring discussion, analysis or circulation of already conducted SSC examination question papers on social media platforms.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela sought response of Union of India through Department...

Madras High Court Asks Transgender Woman To Approach Union Govt Against Denial Of Adoption

The Madras High Court has closed the plea filed by Transgender Sub Inspector Priyanka Yashini against an order of the Central Adoption Resource Authority, rejecting her prospective adoptive parent application. While disposing of the plea, Justice M Dhandapani noted that unless amendments were made to the Adoption Regulations, a direction could not be issued to CARA to...

'Sheer Wastage Of Time': Delhi High Court Rejects PIL Against Projection Of BCCI Team As 'Team India'

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (October 8) dismissed a PIL seeking to restrain Prasar Bharati, which operates Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR), from projecting the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) team as the “Indian National Cricket Team” or “Team India.”Filed by lawyer Reepak Kansal, the plea argued that such portrayal misleads the public and violates laws...

'Administrative Insensitivity': Allahabad High Court Slams Transfer Denial To Govt Employee Caring Son With Mental Disability

[Update : On November 14, the state government complied with the High Court's order and posted the petitioner to Ambedkar Nagar]The Allahabad High Court recently castigated the Uttar Pradesh government authorities for displaying "administrative insensitivity" in rejecting the transfer request of an employee whose son is suffering from 'mental retardation' and has...

Karnataka High Court Asks State To Consider Plea For Additional Sign Boards On Highways To Avoid Road Accidents

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday disposed of a PIL seeking directions to the state authorities to install additional sign boards, information boards at conspicuous places and at the places which are prone to accidents in the state highways, district highways and inter village connectivity roads of Bidar district.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha...