High Courts
Don't Involve Police Stations In Children's Custody Arrangements: Kerala High Court Tells Family Courts
The Kerala High Court directed Family Courts to not involve police stations in custody arrangement of children. The Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M. B. Snehalatha made this order after noticing order of a family Court directing the parents to exchange the child at police custody as the interim custody arrangement.The same Bench had earlier ordered that children involved...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Receives Bomb Threat, Courtrooms Vacated As Precautionary Measure
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday afternoon was gripped by tension after a bomb threat was received, prompting immediate security measures and the evacuation of courtrooms as a precautionary step.The High Court Bar Association circulated a noted that "an alert regarding a bomb threat at the Hon'ble High Court has been received.""All Hon'ble members are kindly requested to...
'Both At Fault': Rajasthan High Court Fines State Varsity ₹10 Lakh For Admitting Ineligible Student, Rejects His Plea To Continue BSc Course
The Rajasthan High Court fined State University of Health Sciences Rs 10 Lakh for admitting an ineligible student in the B.Sc course, and had later disallowed him to give first year final exams observing that the varsity's negligent act had caused loss of one year to the student, creating an obstacle in his future educational pursuits.Concurrently, Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand rejected the...
Delhi High Court Stays CAG Audit Of Accounts Of Ajmer Sharif Dargah
The Delhi High Court has stayed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit of the accounts of Ajmer Sharif Dargah. Justice Sachin Datta found credibility in the contention of Dargah's submission that the requirements under Section 20 of the CAG Act were not satisfied.The Court was dealing with two pleas filed by Anjuman Moinia Fakhria Chishtiya Khudd Khwaja Sahib Syedzadgan (Regd.)...
Delhi High Court To Decide Centre's Objection To Maintainability Of PFI's Plea Against Ban Under UAPA On July 14
The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that it will decide on July 14 Central Government's objection to the maintainability of a plea filed by Popular Front of India (PFI) challenging an order of an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) tribunal confirming the five-year ban imposed on it. The Union Home Ministry had issue a notification designating PFI and its affiliated organisations...
Wife Focusing On Her Own Career & Refusing To Relocate To Canada With Husband Is Not Cruelty: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that a wife prioritizing her career and academics and refusing to go to husband's place of work would not be cruelty. The bench of Justice J Nisha Banu and Justice R Sakthivel observed as under, “The petitioner is not ready to sacrifice his career, and wants the respondent / his wife to come and live with him. Similarly, the respondent wants...
Bombay High Court Quashes NBW Issued Against Actor Arjun Rampal Over 2019 Tax Evasion Case
The Bombay High Court recently quashed and set aside a 'non-bailable warrant' issued by the Ballard Pier Magistrate Court in the city against Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal in a 2019 Income Tax evasion case. Vacation Court judge Justice Advait Sethna noted that the order passed by the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Ballard Pier was 'cryptic' and passed 'without application...
Interest Ceases To Accrue On Decretal Amount Deposited In Court Registry When Award Holder Has Knowledge Of Deposit: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Tejas Karia has held that once the Judgment Debtor deposits the decretal amount with the court registry pursuant to a court order, and the Award Holder has notice of such deposit, interest on the deposited amount ceases to accrue. Consequently, interest can only be claimed on the remaining outstanding amount, not on the sum...
'Serious Concern': High Court Summons Chandigarh DGP In Case Where Cops Allegedly Leaked Viral Video Of Lawyer, Violated Privacy
Expressing "serious concern about the functioning of the Chandigarh Police", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has summoned the Director-General of Police (DGP) Chandigarh in plea seeking removal of video of a lawyer from social media, allegedly leaked by Police Officials.In a viral video, Prakash Singh Marwah, an advocate by profession, was seen arguing with the traffic police after he...
Pre-Deposit Of Awarded Amount Through Bye-Laws For Entertaining Plea U/S 34 Of Arbitration Act Is Impermissible: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh has held that Bye-laws may serve as operational guidelines, but they cannot impose conditions that conflict with statutory rights. The Court held that when there is no requirement of depositing the awarded amount as a precondition for filing an application under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act to set aside an award, any attempt...
Mere Inclusion Of A Mark In Trading Name Does Not By Itself Constitute 'Trademark': Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that mere inclusion of a mark in a trading name does not, by itself, constitute a protected 'trademark'.Single bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula though conceded that many brands derive their commercial identity through consistent and public-facing use of their trading name, it held that to give rise to protectable rights, such use must be of a kind...
Essential Requirements To Complete Gift Deeds Under Transfer Of Property Act Would Also Apply To Settlement Deeds: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the requirements to complete a Gift deed provided under Transfer of Property Act would also apply to a settlement deed, even though there is a slight difference between the two. For context, Section 122 of the Transfer of Property Act pertains to Gifts and states, "Gift is the transfer of certain existing moveable or immoveable property made voluntarily...