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Madras High Court Asks HR&CE To Take Action Against Trustee, Employees Who Shot Instagram Reel Inside Temple
The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department to take action against the temple trustee and employees of the Devi Karumari Amman Temple at Tiruverkadu who recorded Instagram reels inside the temple. Justice M Dhandapani wondered how the temple trustee herself could engage in such acts inside the temple, which is visited by...
Church Feud: Kerala High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Order Directing District Collectors To Take Over Specified Churches
The Kerala High Court has dismissed the appeals filed challenging a single bench order directing the Collectors of Ernakulam and Palakkad districts to take over possession of six churches involved in the Orthodox – Jacobite faction feud.The Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P. G. Ajithkumar, pronouncing their order in open court said, 'the appeals are dismissed'....
Karnataka High Court Asks All Universities, Colleges To Consider Framing 'Mental Health And Anti-Discrimination Policy' For Students
The Karnataka High Court has suggested Universities and Colleges, private or government, to formulate Mental Health Policy and Anti-discrimination policy, so as to prevent and address the serious and deleterious effects these sensitive issues may have on the lives of students.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj appreciated the steps taken by Azim Premji University in formulating...
TN Siddha Medical Council Members Permitted To Practice Modern Medicine But Not To Store Allopathy Medicine Without License: Madras HC
The Madras High Court recently observed that while the Siddha practitioners in the State of Tamil Nadu were not barred from practicing modern medicine, they could not store allopathy medicine as the same would be in violation of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. The court thus refused to quash a case registered against a Siddha Doctor for storing allopathy medicines in contravention of...
S.402 CrPC Pertains To High Court's Power To Transfer Revision Cases, Not Applicable When Appeal Is Pending Before Sessions Court: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has observed that Section 402 of CrPC gives the High Court the power to transfer revision cases. It ruled that the provision is not applicable in cases where revision is pending before the High Court but appeal is pending before the Sessions Court.Justice K Babu thus invoked its inherent powers under Section 482 to transfer the revision pending before it to the...
Bikru Ambush | 'He Misused Trust Which Led To His Colleagues' Death': Allahabad HC Rejects Third Bail Plea Of Dismissed UP Cop
The Allahabad High Court recently rejected the third bail plea moved by now-dismissed UP Police official Krishna Kumar Sharma, who is facing conspiring charges in connection with the ambush in Bikru village on July 3, 2020, in which Gangster Vikas Dubey gunned down eight policemen. A bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed that though he has been in jail for the last...
Delhi High Court Summons Counselling Centre In-Charge For Failing To Translate Contents Of Settlement In Vernacular Language
The Delhi High Court recently summoned the in-charge of counselling centre, Karkardooma Courts, for failing to translate contents of a settlement agreement to the complainant woman in the vernacular language understood by her.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh observed that though the official language for court proceedings and documentation is English, the concerned authority is duty bound to...
State Must Ensure Employee's Claiming Retiral Benefits Don't Succumb To 'Procedural Rigmarole': Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has recently held that state employees should not be made to suffer due to procedure when they attempt to claim their retiral benefits.A division bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Partha Sarathi Sen stated: Fairness and reasonableness are paramount issues for administrative action. As a model employer, the State must conduct itself with high probity and...
Gujarat HC Directs Arrest Of Cargo Ship At Kandla After Company Exporting Parboiled Rice Claims $1.4 Million Loss Due To Delay In Shipping
The Gujarat High Court in an interim order directed the custom authorities to "arrest" a cargo ship, lying at Deendayal Port, Kandla which is within Indian territorial waters, after an entity filed an admiralty suit claiming that delay in shipping of its cargo–2000 metric tonnes of parboiled rice, led it to incur financial loss of 1.4 million US dollars. A single judge bench of Justice Mauna...
S.125 CrPC Not Meant To Create An Army Of Idle People Waiting For Maintenance To Be Awarded From Income Of Other Spouse: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has reiterated that provision of maintenance under Section 125 CrPC was not framed by the law makers to create an "army of idle or inactive people", waiting for maintenance to be awarded from the income of the other spouse."It is nowhere manifested that able and well qualified lady has to be always dependent upon her spouse for her maintenance,” Justice...
Rajasthan HC Rejects Plea Alleging District Hospital Being Set Up Next To Land Of Municipal Board Chairman's Wife For Appreciating Its Value
Rajasthan High Court has rejected a plea alleging that the District Hospital in Deoli was being set up adjacent to the land belonging to Municipal Board Chairman's wife, in order to appreciate her land's value.The bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan ruled that setting up a hospital is a policy decision and the Court could not sit in appeal over it.It was the case of the petitioner that the...
Resolving Family Disputes Using Criminal Law An Abuse Of Legal Processes: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Nephew's FIR Over Property Dispute
While quashing a nephew's FIR against his uncle for offences of cheating and forgery, Rajasthan High Court reiterated that using criminal justice system to settle family property issues is a misuse of legal process, unless there is a clear prima-facie evidence of criminal intent.Complainant alleged that the petitioner forged papers of his father's property to take over the same and...