High Courts
Wrong Date Of Birth In Matrimonial Profile Leading To Horoscope Mismatch Amounts To Fraud: Telangana HC Grants Divorce
The Telangana High Court has granted divorce to a woman who alleged that her husband had fraudulently misrepresented his age on a matrimonial website, resulting in an incorrect horoscope match and an arranged marriage solemnised under a mistaken belief regarding compatibility.A Division Bench of Justice K. Lakshman and Justice B.R. Madhusudhan Rao observed that the husband had furnished a...
Court Does Not Become 'Functus Officio' After Directing Probe Under S.156(3) CrPC, Must Call For Progress Reports: Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court held that once the direction for investigation was issued by the Criminal Court in terms of Section 156(3), CrPC, it does not become functus officio, but remained under an obligation to call for progress reports in case it found that the investigation was not completed within a reasonable time. The bench of Justice Rekha Borana observed that the Court had noticed many...
Public Servant's Financial Affairs Exempted From Disclosure Under RTI, Unless Justified By Overriding Public Interest: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court dismissed an RTI applicant's plea seeking disclosure of assets and liability statement of a public servant, former Deputy Controller of State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), observing that the information sought was personal unconnected to any public interest hence protected under Section 8(1) (j) RTI Act. It observed that official acts, decisions, utilization...
Kerala High Court Summons Audit Director To Explain 17-Year Delay In Finalising Audit Of Travancore Devaswom Board Administration
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (June 10) directed the Director, Devaswom Audit, Kerala State Audit Department to appear before it and explain the delay of more than 17 years in finalising the audit of the General Administration of the Travancore Devaswom Board.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar also ordered the Director to place a...
Kerala High Court Seeks Detailed Status Report On Flood-Mitigation Measures In Kochi
The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the District Collector's Committee to submit comprehensive report on Kochi's monsoon preparedness and progress of ongoing flood-mitigation work, expressing concern that while initial rains have not caused widespread flooding several long-standing flood-prone locations in the city require attention.Justice Devan Ramachandran was considering the...
Mere Pendency Of Criminal Case No Bar For Renewal Of Passport: AP High Court
Directing the directed passport authorities to consider a teenager's passport application–booked in a criminal case where cognizance had not been taken, the Andhra Pradesh High Court said that mere pendency of a criminal case is not a bar for renewing the passport. The petitioner-16-year-old boy, made an application before regional passport officer for the issuance of a passport. A...
Irregularity In Sabarimala Ghee Sales: Kerala High Court Orders Independent Re-Evaluation Of Records To Check If Penal Offences Are Made Out
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (June 9) ordered an independent re-valuation of the records relating to alleged irregularities in the Aadiya Sishtam Ghee sales in Sabarimala temple, which had allegedly caused a loss of more than Rs. 17 lakhs to the Travancore Devaswom Board during a short span of a month's time.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V....
Calcutta High Court Questions Rebel-TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee's Appointment As LoP By Speaker After Expulsion From Political Party
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned whether the West Bengal Assembly Speaker could recognise a Leader of Opposition (LoP) allegedly without the consent of the political party concerned, while hearing a challenge to the recognition of rebel MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as LoP instead of the Mamata Banerjee-led faction's nominee, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay.Justice Krishna Rao was hearing a...
“Copy-Paste” Detention Orders Based On Authority's Dossiers Without Independent Evaluation Are Illegal: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that detention orders passed under preventive detention laws merely by reproducing allegations contained in dossiers supplied by sponsoring authorities, without independent application of mind by the detaining authority, are illegal and unconstitutional. The Court observed that detaining authorities are expected to act neutrally...
Karnataka High Court Asks State To Form Policy For Regulating Homestays, Grants Relief To Owner Whose License Was Cancelled After Rape FIR
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (June 11) granted relief to the owner of a Homestay in Kodagu whose registration/license was cancelled on account of his alleged involvement in the rape of a US national who was a guest at his property. The court also asked the Principal Secretary of the Tourism Department to formulate a proper, comprehensive policy for the regulation of homestays under...
Tacit Approval Of Minor Not Consent In Law But Has Bearing On Bail: J&K&L High Court Grants Bail In POCSO Matter
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that although consent of a prosecutrix is legally irrelevant in offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, cases involving romantic relationships between young adults where there may have been “tacit approval in fact, though not consent in law” for a sexual relationship are required to be viewed with...
