Issuance Or Renewal Of Passport Can Be Barred Only After Presenting Of Chargesheet In Criminal Cases: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that the mere registration of an FIR or a pending investigation will not bar the authority from issuing or renewing the passport of the applicant. The court ruled that the authorities cannot refuse to issue or renew the passport unless the charge sheet is presented in the said case FIR. The court also noted that in the FIR lodged against the...

India A Secular Country, Mandatory Jailtime Needed For Promoting Enmity On Religious Lines: Kerala HC Remarks In PC George's Anticipatory Bail Plea

The Kerala High Court, today, orally stated that persons committing offences promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion must be given a mandatory jail sentence, and should not be allowed to avoid imprisonment by merely paying a fine.The Court made these remarks while considering the anticipatory bail application of former MLA PC George, booked for allegedly making...

Defamation: Delhi High Court Directs Karma News To Take Down Article Accusing Organizers Of 'Cutting South' Event Of 'Distorting' India's Map

The Delhi High Court has directed Karma News, a Kerala-based news channel, to take down an article on “Cutting South 2023” event accusing media outlet Newslaundry and other organizers of the programme of “corruption” and “distorting the map of India.”Justice Anish Dayal passed the order noting that the article was published after a coordinate bench had passed the order on July...

Any Authority May Be Empowered To Register Muslim Marriages, Not Just Board: Karnataka State Waqf Board Tells HC, Cites Lack Of Legislation

The Karnataka State Waqf Board which has been authorised by the State government to issue marriage certificates to married Muslim applicants, has informed the High Court that it is only interested to see that a muslim marriage which has happened conventionally under the Personal Law, is given some sanctity.The board stated that since there was no law regarding the same at the moment,...

Only Apprehension, No Empirical Data: Delhi HC Closes PIL For CBI Probe Into Alleged Fraud By Building & Construction Workers Welfare Board

The Delhi High Court recently closed a PIL that sought a CBI investigation into alleged irregularities and fraud committed by the officers of Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board in connivance with political parties, where funds were allegedly siphoned off under the guise of providing allowance to construction workers.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra...

Delhi High Court Seeks Railways Response In PIL Over New Delhi Railway Station Stampede

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (February 19) sought a response from the railway authorities in a public interest litigation filed over the recent stampede that occurred at New Delhi Railway Station on February 15. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed the railways to file a short affidavit in the PIL alleging...

'Except Plea Of Maintainability, No New Ground Can Be Taken Up In Appeal': Gauhati HC Upholds Award Passed By Motor Accident Claims Tribunal

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday (February 18) dismissed an appeal filed against the judgment of a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, by observing that a new ground, which was never taken at the time of filing of the written statement before the Tribunal, cannot be taken up in an appeal. The single judge bench of Justice Parthivjyoti Saikia noted: “…Except a plea of...

Can State Govt Use Existing Effluent Treatment Plant Of HIL Or Construct New Plant To Clean River Periyar: Kerala HC Asks Centre To Respond

The Kerala High Court recently directed the central government to inform the State Government whether it can use the existing Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) owned by Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL), whose operations were permanently shut down, if a ETP should be constructed, for which 75 cents of land has been sought from HIL on lease.The Division Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran...

Revenue Officials Refusing To Give Effect To Injunction Order On Premise That They Are Not Party To Suit Condemnable, Defies Logic: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said that Revenue authorities act as custodians of land records and are duty bound to comply with injunction orders passed by the civil court even when they are not a party to the suit. A single judge, Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum observed this while allowing a petition filed by Suvarna who had questioned an endorsement issued by the Tashildar declining...

"Only Worried About Votes And Not The Voters": Calcutta High Court Slams State Over Lack Of Medical Facilities In Rural Areas

Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam on Tuesday took severe exception to the lack of medical facilities provided by the state government to hospitals in rural areas.While hearing a matter on a hospital in Mathurapur, where the number of ten beds had not been increased since 1976, the Chief Justice sitting on a division bench also comprising Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das)...

Madras High Court Asks Director Of Medical Education To Conduct Awareness Programmes To Update LGBTQ+ Issues, Include Speakers From Community

The Madras High Court has directed the Director of Medical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu to conduct awareness programs for updating the LGBTQIA+ issues based competency available in the medical education curriculum in all Government and Private Medical Colleges. The court also emphasised the need to include speakers from the LGBTQIA+ community to address theor issued and to...

Right To Be Forgotten By Destroying Records Of Juvenile Delinquency Is Absolute, Has To Be Given Full Meaning By The State: Rajasthan HC

“For the welfare of a child, the burden of past mistakes must be lifted, offering him a fresh start to thrive, free from the weight of stigma…shadows of past transgressions should be expunged...” said the Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court while directing the State to reinstate a man to the post of constable whose services were terminated for not disclosing his conviction as...