Mere Agreement To Sell With Option To Lease Does Not End Landlord-Tenant Relationship: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that when an agreement to sell has the option to either sell or lease the property, the landlord tenant relationship continues to exist.The Court clarified that according to Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 “Agreement to Sell does not create any title in favour of the purchaser as it is only an Agreement to Sell but not sale or...

Plea In Kerala High Court Claims Travancore Devaswom Board Funded Global Ayyappa Sangamam, Seeks Action Against Commissioner

A petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court claiming that the Global Ayyappa Sangamam was funded by the Travancore Devaswom Board, in contravention of its affidavit claiming that event would be primarily through voluntary contributions.For context, TDB had filed the affidavit in response to a batch of petitions alleging that the event was a political and commercial one, veiled as...

HP High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Accidentally Shooting Another Person, Believing Him To Be A Wild Animal

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted bail to the prime co-accused in the accidental shooting of another person, believing him to be a wild animal, and reiterated that the same amounts to death caused by negligence under Section 106 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and not the offence of murder under Section 103 BNS.Justice Rakesh Kainthla remarked that: “…they did not intend to cause...

Your Roads Can't Stand One Monsoon But Toxic Waste Facility Won't Leak? MP High Court Slams State

While hearing a 2004 PIL for cleaning up of toxic waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy site, the Madhya Pradesh High Court today strongly criticised the State's decision to build a toxic waste containment site merely 500 meters away from a habitable zone.Expressing scepticism about the containment site's structural integrity to withstand any natural disasters, the court orally expressed;...

'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...