Telangana High Court Temporarily Restricts Children's Entry Into Movie Theatres After 11 PM, Directs State To Regulate Entry

The Telangana High Court has directed the Principal Secretary, Home Department to consult all the necessary stakeholders and take a decision with regard to the instructions that need to be issued to regulate the entry of children (below 16) into theatres/multiplexes after 11 pm.Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy who was hearing the matter passed an interim direction restricting the entry of children...

Two Weeks Prior Notice To Be Given Before Taking Coercive Steps Against Rahul Easwar If Case Is Registered On Compliant Filed By Actress: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court stated that a two-week prior notice must be given before taking any coercive steps against Rahul Easwar if any case alleging non-bailable offences is registered against him by the Malayalam film actress.Rahul Easwar had allegedly made adverse comments about the actress's dressing style while discussing the Boby Chemmanur case in news channel debates. Boby Chemmanur...

'Matter Of Shame For All That Female Students, Staff Forced To Urinate In Open': Chhattisgarh HC Takes Suo Moto Note Of Lack Of Toilets In Govt Schools

On Monday, the Chhattisgarh High Court took suo moto cognisance of a newspaper report published in Dainik Bhaskar stating that 150 government schools in the Bilaspur District do not have toilets and more than 200 schools are such where the toilets are not usable. Taking note of this state of affairs, a bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal...

Depriving Jail Warders Of Enhanced Rate Of Kit Maintenance Allowance, Ration Money Allowance Discriminatory: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court recently directed the State Government to extend the enhanced rate of Dress Allowances and Ration Money Allowances to the Warders and Head Warders of Jail Department at par with the personnel of other departments (Police, Forest and Fire Service etc.) under the State Home Department. The single judge bench of Justice Arindam Lodh observed:“…exclusion of Warders and...

Appointment Of Arbitrator In International Commercial Arbitration By HC Does Not Vitiate Award: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar has held that the appointment of the Arbitrator in an International Commercial Arbitration (“ICA”) by the Chief Justice of the High Court, does not vitiate the impugned award. The bench held that the objection to the appointment of the arbitrator should have been raised during the arbitration proceedings. Since the parties...

Evaluating Evidence While Framing Charges Shouldn't Become Mini-Trial: J&K High Court Quashes Corruption Charges Against Ex-JMC Commissioner

Highlighting the principles of law governing the framing of charges in criminal cases the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated that at the stage of framing of charges, the material to be evaluated by the court is limited to what the prosecution has produced and relied upon.Cautioning against turning this exercise into a "mini trial" to determine the guilt of the accused a...

Track Attendance, Sensitise About Speedy Trial: High Court Issues Directions To Punjab DGP Flagging Non-Appearance Of Official Witnesses

While flagging the repeated non-appearance of police witnesses which delays criminal trials, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a set of directions to the Punjab Director General of Police (DGP).Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul said, "the responsibility of police officials extends beyond the maintenance of law and order; it includes cooperating with the judicial process to ensure that...

Madras High Court Dismisses Netflix India's Application To Reject Suit Filed By Dhanush Against Nayanthara's Documentary

The Madras High Court has dismissed applications filed by Netflix's Indian entity - Los Gatos, seeking to reject the plaint filed by Dhanush's Wunderbar, in connection with alleged copyright infringement by Nayanthara, Vignesh Sivan, and others.Justice Abdul Quddhose also informed the parties that he would be hearing the interim injunction application filed by Wunderbar on February...

[S.12A Commercial Courts Act] Pre-Institution Mediation Is Intended To Encourage Parties To Use Litigation As Last Resort: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury has held that the clear intent of Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 is to encourage parties to use litigation as a last resort and to resolve commercial disputes amicably, informally, cheaply and quickly under the process of mediation. Additionally, the court modified the interim relief to...

Asking Nursing Officer With Advanced Stage Pregnancy To Serve 500 Kms Away From Residence Violative Of Her Right To Health: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court ruled that posting a 30-week pregnant woman 500 Kms away from her residence despite being 100s of vacancies near her home was highly arbitrary and mechanical exercise or non-exercise of mind that not only violated her right to health but also her right to safe working conditions as well as right to livelihood under Article 21.“State is not only supposed to act as a...

Kerala High Court Expedites Trial In SFI Worker Abhimanyu's Murder Case, Directs Completion Of Trial Within Nine Months

The Kerala High Court has directed the Sessions Court to complete trial into the murder of Abhimanyu, a SFI leader who was stabbed to death in 2018 during a campus political rivalry at Maharajas College in Ernakulam.The direction comes in the plea moved by deceased's mother, stating that the case was pending for six years and there was no progress.Justice Kauser Edappagath ordered thus,...

Govt Must Assign Reasons For Keeping Any Post Vacant: Tripura High Court Asks State To Consider Promoting Female Jailor

The Tripura High Court recently directed the State Jail Department to consider promotion of a Female Jailor to the post of Deputy Superintendent under Home Jail Department, Government of Tripura as she has been serving as Jailor for the last 12 years and has not been considered for promotion till date.The single judge bench of Justice Arindam Lodh observed: “True it is that, promotion is not...