Bombay High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Guidelines On Legal Assistance For Children Involved In Custody Matters, POCSO Cases

A PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking guidelines for framing a 'Child Legal Assistance Program' in the State for child custody, family court as well as POCSO cases. The petition also seeks the appointment of independent lawyers to represent children in custody matters.A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Bharati Dangre on Wednesday issued notices to the...

Competent Court Can Only Mutate Legatee's Name In Records Once Will Has Been Proved: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that a sibling who is asserting exclusive title based on a Will in his favour cannot get his name mutated in the records based on the Will until it has been substantiated and proved.A single judge, Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held thus while dismissing a petition filed by Ullas Kotian Yane Ullas K V, who had challenged the order of the...

Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: January 2025 [Citations: 1-72]

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 1-72]Alan Benny v Bar Council of Kerala and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 1Mrs. Suma Sunilkumar v. The State Medical Officer, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 2Alex C. Joseph v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 3Manjusha K. v Central Bureau of Investigation and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 4Sreekumar A. V. v State of Kerala and Another, 2025 LiveLaw...

What Is The Time Period Surviving U/S 149 Of Income Tax Act For Issuing Reassessment Notices: Delhi High Court Explains

The Delhi High Court has interpreted the Supreme Court's decision in Union of India v. Rajeev Bansal to elucidate the time period surviving under Section 149 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for issuing reassessment notices.A division bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar concluded that the period between 20 March 2020 to 30 June 2021 would be excluded from limitation,...

"Apologise From Bottom Of Your Heart Or Face Contempt Action": Bombay High Court To Society For Disobeying Order On Feeding Stray Dogs

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered the Navi Mumbai society to 'show remorse and repentance' and apologise to the court 'from the bottom of their heart' for disobeying the court's January 21 order asking the society not to restrain the house help of one of the residents, just because she feeds stray dogs on the society premises. Notably, the division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni...

Whether Ad-Valorem Court Fees Of Entire Sale Consideration Amount Is Required To Be Paid In Plea Seeking Cancellation Of Agreement To Sell, P&H HC Answers

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that when the suit is only for rescinding the agreement to sell & forfeiting earnest money, the court fees should only be on the earnest money, not the full sale consideration.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti Sharma said, "court fees ad valorem to the asked for forfeited earnest money, but is required to be affixed on...

Limitation For Prosecuting One Under Section 498A IPC Will Commence From Last Incident Of Cruelty: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that that the point of limitation under section 468 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) for an offence under section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) shall commence from the last act of cruelty. A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Rohit Joshi said that limitation for prosecution under section 498A will not continue for an indefinite...

Cases Of Missing Persons Cannot Be Pursued Under Habeas Corpus Jurisdiction: MP High Court Reiterates

While hearing a Habeas Corpus Petition, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has reiterated that cases of missing persons cannot be brought under the provision of Habeas Corpus and that such cases are to be filed under regular provisions of the penal law.The division bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf observed, “Cases of missing persons cannot be brought under the provision...

Kerala State Audit Dept Reports Irregularities In Awarding Contracts, Finances Of Guruvayoor Devaswom; High Court Seeks Response From Board

The Senior Deputy Director of Kerala State Audit Department of the Guruvayoor Devaswom Unit has filed an affidavit before the Kerala High Court pointing out various financial irregularities in the audit report of the Guruvayoor Devsawom.The Division Bench of Justice Anil K.Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S. has granted two weeks' time to the Standing Counsel of the Guruvayoor Devaswom...

'Patient Waiting Since November May Not Survive Till Your Money Comes': Bombay HC Asks State For Concrete Plan To Spend Healthcare Budget

In relation to a suo motu PIL concerning deaths in government hospitals in Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar districts, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday (February 5) asked the State to submit a compliance report indicating a timeline in which it will complete the process of recruitment of medical staff in government hospitals.The Court also asked the State to come up with a concrete plan...

Calcutta High Court Declines Plea Seeking Extension Of Time For Trial Against Ex-RG Kar Principal Sandip Ghosh

The Calcutta High Court has declined to recall its order which denied a prayer by Ex-RG Kar College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh seeking an extension of time for the trial against him on charges of corruption and mismanagement.Earlier, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh had dismissed the prayer on the ground that Ghosh had been delaying the trial and had directed the special CBI court to...

Non-Disclosure Of Minor Criminal Cases Which Were Quashed Not Fatal For Appointment To Govt Post: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court observed that every non-disclosure of criminal cases by an individual cannot be regarded as fatal for his appointment to a government post.While quashing the termination notice and relieving order issued to the employee, Justice D.K. Singh pointed out that the authority has not considered the fact that the non-disclosure of these cases did not impact the...