Criminal Antecedents Of Family Members Can't Be Taken Into Account To Assess Applicant's Character For Issuing Passport: MP High Court

In a recent ruling, the Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court held that criminal antecedents of family members cannot be taken into account in assessing applicant's character and application for the issuance of passport.The single-judge bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar observed, “…the impugned order cannot be sustained in the eyes of law as the petitioner also enjoys all the...

MP Judicial Services: High Court Orders Migration Of Meritorious Reserved Category Candidates To Unreserved Category In Future Recruitment Exams

The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that henceforth in all future recruitment exams conducted by Examination Cell of the High Court benefit of migration shall be extended to meritorious reserved category candidates in unreserved category in all the stages of selection process.The court said this whole hearing a plea seeking a direction to the direct the...

'Distressing And Anti-People': Kerala High Court Criticizes State Govt's Flash Harthal In Wayanad For Additional Funds From Centre

The Kerala High Court today came down heavily on the CPI(M) led LDF government in the State for coming together with Congress-led UDF in opposition to organize a flash Harthal in Wayanad on November 19, to protest Centre's alleged reluctance in granting additional assistance for rehabilitation works post-landslide. The Division Bench comprising Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice K...

Kerala High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Attachment Of Property Of Police Officer Accused In Custodial Torture Of Advocate

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (21st November) dismissed the appeal filed by a police officer against the attachment of his property in a case of custodial torture of an advocate.As per the allegation, the Circle Inspector of police at Karunagappally station at that time, nurturing some vengeance against the advocate for leading an agitation against him and thereby causing his transfer,...

'Shocking State Of Affairs': Delhi High Court Asks Authorities To Remove 'Illegal Activities' At Chandni Chowk Redevelopment Project Area

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the city authorities to remove the deficiencies and illegal activities at the Chandni Chowk redevelopment project and surrounding areas. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that prima facie, the illegal activities and deficiencies in the area must be attended to and removed by the MCD and Delhi...

Transfer Pricing-Assessee's Objections On 'Functional Dissimilarity' Not Adjudicated: Delhi HC Asks TPO To Determine Comparable Entity Afresh

The Delhi High Court recently directed a Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) to determine afresh the inclusion of a comparable entity with respect to an assessee, this time taking into consideration the latter's objections on 'functional dissimilarity' of the two. A division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Swarana Kanta Sharma ruled, “Assessee's contention that E4e...

Disrespect To Constitution By Words, Acts An Offence Under Insults To National Honour Act: Kerala HC Directs Probe Into Saji Cherian's Remarks

While ordering further investigation into the allegedly insulting remarks made by Minister for Fisheries, Culture and Youth Affairs Saji Cherian, the Kerala High Court observed that post the 2003 amendment to Section 2 of Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, even disrespect shown to the Constitution by words either spoken or written or by acts can amount to conduct falling foul of...

Allahabad HC Grants 10 Days To AMU Counsel To Seek Instructions On PIL Seeking Students' Union Elections At University

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted 10 days to the counsel of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to seek instructions from the university regarding a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed by an AMU student seeking holding of students' union elections at the university. The PIL Plea, moved by an LLM student (Kaif Hasan), submits that AMU's failure to hold elections since...

Putting Together Structure Of Plywood Sheets Can't Be Construed As Constructing 'Residential House' For Claiming Capital Gain Exemption: Delhi HC

“Putting together a structure of plywood sheets cannot be construed as constructing a residential house,” the Delhi High Court has held. It thus upheld an ITAT order which disallowed capital gains exemption to the appellant-assessee under Section 54 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on the ground that a mere 'makeshift' structure was raised in the name of residential house. Section...

Kerala HC Quashes Case Against Goa Governor Sreedharan Pillai Over Remarks On Women's Entry At Sabarimala, Says Speech Wasn't Made In Public

The Kerala High Court quashed a case registered under Section 505 (1)(b) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the IPC against former State BJP President and present Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai for allegedly making statements supporting the Thantri's decision to deny entry of women at Sabarimala Temple, against the Apex Court decision in Young Indian Lawyers...

High Time That Irretrievable Breakdown Of Marriage Is Recognized As Grounds For Divorce Under Indian Law: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has observed that it is high time that irretrievable breakdown of marriage is recognised as a ground for divorce under Indian law, by reading it into the grounds of cruelty or desertion, like it is in the UK.A division bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Uday Kumar held:It transpires from the consistent conduct and lack of interest of the wife that the...

There Is A 'Built-In' Assurance In Rape Cases That Charge Levelled Is Genuine & Not Fabricated: Bombay High Court

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently while upholding the conviction of a man for committing rape on a minor girl, said usually neither the girl nor her family would indulge their daughter's name even for settling scores and that in such cases, there is a 'built-in' assurance that the victim is levelling 'genuine' charges.Single-judge Justice Govind Sanap upheld the conviction of...