High Courts
'How Can You Charge Customers Above MRP? Why Is Extra Amount Not Part Of Service Charge?' Delhi High Court Asks Restaurant Body
The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) as to how the hotels and restaurants can charge customers for a food item over and above the MRP, and why the extra amount does not form part of the service charge- which is charged as a separate category.The query came from a division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar...
Madras High Court Declines Plea To Stall Anirudh Ravichander's Hukum World Tour Concert In Chennai
The Madras High Court, on Friday, refused to halt musician Anirudh Ravichander's “Hukum World Tour Concert", scheduled to be held at ECR, Chennai, on Saturday. Though Justice Anand Venkatesh refused to halt the concert, the court decided to keep the matter pending to ensure that no conditions imposed for conducting the concert were violated. The court also suggested that designated places...
Karnataka High Court Upholds Penalty Of Compulsory Retirement Imposed On Civil Judge Accused Of Threatening Police
The Karnataka High Court upheld an order which refused to interfere with the penalty of compulsory retirement imposed on a Civil Judge (Sr.Dvn), accused of threatening the police and interfering in police investigations, observing that that there was no infirmity in procedure. The decision came in an appeal filed by a civil judge against an order passed by high court's single judge bench....
O.21 R.32(5) CPC | Executing Court Can Restore Possession Of Property If Judgment-Debtor Violates Injunction Decree: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court held that where a decree of prohibitory injunction is rendered nugatory by judgment-debtor's willful and unlawful act of dispossessing the decree holder from the disputed property, the executing court had the power to direct restoration of possession under Order 21 Rule 32(5) CPC. Rejecting the argument that executing court's jurisdiction was confined to enforcing...
Kerala HC Quashes Case Against Man For Throwing Files In Tahsildar's Office After Quarrel, Says Humane Touch Is Needed In Administrative Acts
The Kerala High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against a man for allegedly using filthy language, hitting plastic chairs on the floor and throwing files in the Tahsildar's office in Kollam.Highlighting the need for empathy and humane touch in bureaucracy, Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan observed:“A humane touch is necessary in every administrative act of bureaucrats. It...
Woman Has No Right To Residence Under Domestic Violence Act After Divorce Unless Contrary Statutory Right Shown: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that a woman has no right to residence under Section 17 of the Domestic Violence Act after the marriage is dissolved by way of a divorce unless a contrary statutory right is shown to exist. “Once the marriage stands dissolved by a valid decree of divorce, the domestic relationship comes to an end. Consequently, the substratum upon which the right of residence...
'Technical Committee For Safety Of Devotees Can Be Formed': KSEB Tells Kerala HC In Suo Moto Case Over Electrocution Death Of Sabarimala Pilgrim
Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) on Friday submitted before the Kerala High Court, the suggestion for forming a Technical Committee for the Safety of Pilgrims, in the suo moto proceedings initiated following the death of a pilgrim at Sabarimala by electrocution from a water kiosk maintained by the Kerala Water Authority (KWA)The division bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V...
Employee Kept In Custody For Criminal Charges & Ultimately Acquitted Can't Be Denied Wages For Detention Period: Rajasthan HC
The Rajasthan High Court held that denying salary to an employee for the period when they were detained in custody on criminal charges–not relating to misconduct in discharge of official duties–and were subsequently acquitted, was inequitable. Justice Anand Sharma in his order said: "The broad and salutary principle is that where an employee is detained in custody on criminal charges...
'Routinely Ordering Police Protection Without Apprehension Of Serious Issues Diverts Time Of Police Force': Kerala HC Issues Guidelines
The Kerala High Court has recently passed a judgment taking away the police protection granted to a couple to close down the gate in their property after noting that there was no law-and-order situation made out.The Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji observed:“The police force operates with limited resources and has to attend to various duties, often emergent...
Bond Between Siblings Needs To Be Strengthened With Continuous Interaction When Parents Reside Separately: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the bond between siblings needs to be strengthened with continuous interaction especially when their parents are living separately due to matrimonial issues.“The bond between the siblings is required to be strengthened with continuous interaction, particularly when their parents are residing separately on account of marital discord,” a division...
Delhi High Court Passes John Doe Order In Favour Of 'Ghar Soaps', Directs E-Commerce Websites To Block Infringing Listings
The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe order protecting artistic rights of “Ghar Soaps”, a brand manufacturing natural and chemical free skincare products, in its suit against various unknown entities alleging trademark and copyright infringement over use of deceptively similar packaging. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora observed that the trademark 'GHAR SOAPS' has acquired...
Kerala High Court Seeks HC's Response On Law Graduate's Plea To Conduct Enrolment To State Bar Council
A law graduate moved the Kerala High Court on Friday (August 22) praying for a direction to conduct the enrolment of law graduates to the Bar Council of Kerala.When the matter came up, Justice N. Nagaresh gave time to the standing counsel of the High Court to take instructions about its willingness to conduct the enrolment.In his plea, the petitioner has stated that he had approached the...