Bombay High Court Gets Fifth Bench At Kolhapur, To Commence Sittings From August 18

In a major development, the Bombay High Court will finally get Bench for the Western Maharashtra at Kolhapur district, which will be the fifth bench of the High Court, from August 18.A notification to this effect, was issued by Chief Justice Alok Aradhe on Friday (August 1)."In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of Section 51 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (No. 37...

Arbitral Award Cannot Be Challenged Through Civil Suit: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh has held that an arbitral award cannot be challenged through a civil suit, as such a course is clearly barred under Section 5 read with Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act). Such a plaint deserves to be rejected under Order VII Rule 11(d) of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC), on the ground that it...

HP Land Revenue Act | Financial Commissioner Can't Interfere With Order Set Aside By District Collector Without Declaring It Illegal: High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed an order passed by the Financial Commissioner, holding that he had exceeded his jurisdiction by relying on irrelevant and non-existent material and by interfering with the Collector's decision without declaring any legal infirmity or perversity.Setting aside the decision of the Financial Commissioner, Justice Satyen Vaidya held that “The...

Income Tax | Sale Proceeds Of One House Used For Purchasing Multiple Residential Houses Qualifies For Exemption U/S 54(1): Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court held that sale proceeds of one residential house, used for purchase of multiple residential houses, would qualify for exemption under Section 54(1) of the Income Tax Act. The issue before the bench was whether Section 54(1) of the Income Tax Act allows the Assessee to set off the purchase cost of more than one residential units against the capital gains earned...

PIL In MP High Court Challenges 'No Helmet, No Petrol' Rule For Two-Wheelers In Indore Applicable From August 1

A PIL been filed before the Madhya Pradesh High Court challenging a July 30 order issued by Indore's Collector directing that fuel shall not be given to two-wheelers by any petrol-pump in the city if the two-wheeler rider does not wear a helmet. The plea states that the order is scheduled to remain in effect from August 1 to September 29. Referring to a meeting of July 29, held by the...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Kangana Ranaut's Plea Seeking Quashing Of Defamation Case Over Tweet On Farmers' Protest

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today refused to quash a summoning order against actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut in a defamation case filed over remarks made on the 2021 farmers' protest.Ranaut had posted on Twitter that an elderly woman protester, Mahinder Kaur, was paid to participate in the agitation.Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya said, “The order has been passed after due application...

Disclosing Details Of Matrimonial Litigation To Defend Collateral Civil & Criminal Litigation Not Barred U/S 22 HMA: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that Section 22 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, which bars publication of details of matrimonial disputes, is not absolute.A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar thus refused to restrain the Appellant's wife, her brother and employer from disclosing details of the matrimonial litigation and related custody proceedings...

DRT Cannot Reject Consolidated Plea By Tenants Under SARFAESI Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) cannot reject a consolidated plea by tenants under the SARFAESI Act.The petition was filed, challenging an order passed by the registrar of the DRT 1, Ernakulam. By that order, it declined to register the application preferred by the petitioners against the notice of dispossession served by the Advocate Commissioner....

Rapper Vedan Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Pre-Arrest Bail In Case Alleging Rape On False Promise Of Marriage

Rapper Vedan, officially known as Hiran Das, has moved the Kerala High Court on Friday (August 1) after a case was registered against him by the Thrikkakkara Police on the basis of a complaint made by a young doctor alleging that he had raped her on the false promise of marriage. FIR was registered against him under Sections 376 [Punishment for rape] and 376(2)(n) of the Indian Penal Code.As...

Compensation For Custodial Deaths: Kerala High Court Grants State Time To Develop Legal Heir Database For Prison Inmates

The Kerala High Court on Friday granted time to the State government for developing a database on the legal heirs of prison inmates, after it was informed that directions had been issued to concerned district collectors to collect the requisite information.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji was hearing an ongoing suo motu case concerning...

'Only Treated Water Must Be Discharged Into Yamuna River': Delhi High Court Seeks Action Plan From DJB, MCD

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to file a joint report highlighting the action plan to be undertaken by them to overcome the shortcomings highlighted by a special committee on the issue of discharge of water from all sewage treatment plants (STPs) into the Yamuna River.A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh...

Karnataka High Court Lifts Gag On YouTube Channel 'Kudla Rampage' In Dharmasthala Burial Case, Civil Court To Take Fresh Call

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (August 01) quashed the ex-parte gag order passed against YouTube Channel 'Kudla Rampage' in connection with the Dharmasthala Burial case.Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that the trial court order did not mention any alleged defamatory content based on which it was passed, adding that the order granted a "mandatory sweeping injunction". It further said that...