High Courts
Delhi High Court Urges Authorities To Improve Digital Access In Higher Education, Minimise Digital Divide
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the authorities to take steps to provide better digital access to the students in higher education in various disciples and to also minimise the “digital divide.”A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was dealing with a PIL filed by one Nora Beniwal, a Class 12th student, seeking better implementation of...
Suspicious Husband Can Turn Matrimonial Life Into Living Hell: Kerala High Court Grants Divorce To Woman Suspected Of Infidelity
While granting divorce to a woman, the Kerala High Court observed that an unfounded suspicion of a husband amounts to a serious form of cruelty.The Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M.B. Snehalatha was delivering the judgment in a matrimonial appeal filed by the wife against the decision of Family Court, Kottayam which declined the relief of divorce sought by...
'Meant For Imparting Education Only': Allahabad High Court Bars Commercial Activities In Premises Of All Educational Institutions In UP
Observing that educational institutions are meant for imparting education only and not for permitting commercial activity, the Allahabad High Court has barred any commercial activities including and not limited to exhibitions, fairs, etc., in the premises of all educational institutions in Uttar Pradesh.The court passed the order in a PIL against use of the premises of a Degree College...
S.25FFF Industrial Disputes Act | Shut Down Of Specific Unit Amounts To Closure, Workers Are Entitled To Compensation: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that even if a part of an industrial unit which has functional integrity with other units is shut down, such action amounts to closure and workmen shall be entitled to compensation as provided under Section 25FFF Industrial Disputes Act. The court said thus while dismissing a workman's plea seeking absorption into other units of a Corporation, after he...
Delhi High Court Deprecates ANI's Conduct In Copyright Infringement Case Against 'Dynamite News'
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal filed by news agency Asian News International (ANI), challenging a single judge order passed in its copyright infringement suit against news platform Dynamite News.The single judge had on October 14 directed YouTube to unblock the channel of Dynamite News.A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla found...
“Criminal Process Becomes Tool Of Harassment If Accused's Relatives Are Over-Implicated": P&H High Court Rejects Plea U/S 319 CrPC
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has cautioned against the tendency of complainants to over-implicate friends and relatives of the main accused in criminal cases, observing that such practices risk converting the criminal process into a tool of harassment rather than justice.While dismissing a revision plea against rejecting the prosecution's application under Section 319 CrPC seeking to...
'No One Should Suffer Because Of Court': Orissa High Court Judge Admits His 'Mistake Of Fact', Recalls Own Judgment In Review
The Orissa High Court has recalled its judgment dismissing a writ petition without hearing the petitioner on the question of delay and also leaving out a material aspect during the course of hearing.In a rare gesture, Justice Sashikanta Mishra candidly admitted to have fallen prey to a 'mistake of fact' while adjudicating the writ petition and thus, observed –“The doctrine actus...
Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On PIL Alleging Bias In Distribution Of CM Infrastructure Development Fund To Assembly Constituencies
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a PIL claiming unequal distribution of funds under Chief Ministers Infrastructure Development Program to assembly constituencies represented by ruling party MLAs and constituencies represented by opposition MLAs as violative of Article 14. A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha issued notice to the...
Rejecting Physically Disabled Individual's Candidature Citing No Vacancy Defeats RPwD Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that rejecting a physically disabled individual's candidature citing no vacancy for such individuals defeats the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain dismissed a plea filed by the Delhi Police against CAT's order directing it to reconsider the case of a man, who...
Delhi High Court Seeks Timelines For Equipping Consumer Forums With Video Conferencing Facilities
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought timelines within which period the consumer forums in the national capital will be equipped fully with video conferencing facilities.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed the counsel appearing for Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission to seek instructions on the aspect from the...
Possessing Intermediate Quantity Of Opium Poppy Doesn't Attract Rigors Of S.37 NDPS Act: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that possession of 7.033 kg of poppy husk is an intermediate quantity and the rigorous conditions for bail under Section 37 of the NDPS Act are not applicable in such cases.Justice Rakesh Kainthla reiterated that: “The Central Government has issued a notification prescribing 1 kg of opium poppy straw as the small quantity, and 50 kg of the poppy straw...
Delhi High Court Quashes Attempt To Murder FIR Against Prof Madhu Kishwar Over Alleged Assault In 2008
The Delhi High Court has quashed an attempt to murder case lodged against commentator Prof. Madhu Kishwar back in 2008, over an alleged altercation with the Basoya family while she was clicking pictures of alleged unauthorised constructions in the city for her organization, Manushi.Justice Amit Mahajan found the FIR to be “maliciously motivated counter blast” to the case first lodged...