Kerala High Court Stays BJP State President K Surendran's Discharge In Election Bribery Case

The Kerala High stayed the order of the Sessions Court, Kasargod allowing the discharge petition filed by BJP Kerala State President K. Surendran in the Manjeswaram election bribery case. The order was pronounced by Justice K. BabuThe prosecution case was that during the 2021 Kerala Assembly election, K. Surendran, while he was contesting from the Manjeswaram constituency, threatened and...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To State Over GO Allowing Waqf Board To Issue Marriage Certificates

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the State government on a Public Interest Litigation filed questioning the government order by which it has allowed the Wakf Board to issue marriage certificates to married Muslim applicants.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind issued notice on the petition filed by one A Alam Pasha and directed the...

Allahabad HC Questions Gang-Rape Accused On Aadhaar Application As Muslim After Converting To 'Sanatan', Denies Relief

The Allahabad High Court recently denied relief to a man (Arif Hussain @ Sonu Singh) who has been accused of enticing away a Hindu woman (informant), raping her after concealing his real name and religion, and after that, forcing her to get married to him. Though it was the case of the accused that he adopted 'Sanatan Dharma' 15 years ago while marrying the victim in an Arya Samaj...

Orissa High Court Quashes 13-Year Suspension Penalty On Revenue Inspector After Acquittal In Corruption Case; Orders Full Financial Benefits

Orissa High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Justice Murahari Sri Raman quashed the punishment imposed on Kansari Behera, a retired Revenue Inspector, for treating the suspension period from 30.09.2000 to 30.09.2013 as non-duty. The court held that the disciplinary authority violated the law by failing to comply with an earlier appellate order and emphasized that Behera's acquittal in...

Kerala High Court Issues Notice To KeLSA Secretary On Plea By Assistant Legal Aid Counsel Seeking Maternity Benefits

The Kerala High Court has issued notice to the Secretary of Kerala Legal Service Authority on a petition concerning maternity benefits for a lawyer employed as Assistant Legal Aid Defence Counsel at the District Court Center. Justice Murali Purushothaman will consider the matter on October 21.Petitioner was appointed by the National Legal Service Authority (NALSA) and Kerala Legal...

'Prima Facie Contemptuous': Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of Wikipedia Page On Pending Defamation Suit By ANI

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered take down of a page on Wikipedia on the pending proceedings about a Rs. 2 crores defamation suit filed by news agency Asian News International (ANI) against the platform.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that adverse comments were made against the single judge on the page which was prima...

Person In Physical Possession Of Bearer Cheque Is Deemed To Be Its Beneficiary Owner, Unless Proved Otherwise: Rajasthan HC Quashes Cheating FIR

The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has quashed an FIR against three people booked for cheating and forgery, after the complainant claimed that the former wrongfully used a blank signed cheque that was given to his money-lender as security, and passed it to someone else by filling in a fake value.A single judge bench of Justice Arun Monga ruled that "bearer cheques are...

Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response On Plea To Integrate Regional, District And Village Level Departments Within Online RTI Portal

A plea has been moved before the Kerala High Court seeking to integrate the existing online RTI portal with all regional, district and village-level offices, to enable all citizens, particularly NRIs to submit RTI applications and receive information and documents electronically. The petition also seeks direction to the government to facilitate digital payment methods like net banking and...

Baseless Allegations Against Arbitrators Must Be Dealt With Strictly, Arbitral Tribunals Can Hold Party In Contempt: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court division bench comprising Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Amit Sharma has held that Arbitral Tribunals have the same power as a Civil Court in dealing with contempt against itself as per sections 17(2) and 27(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The court held that baseless allegations against Arbitrators must be dealt with strictly. It observed that...

Sub-Divisional Officer Can't Merely Agree With Tahsildar, Must Give Reasons For Its Order Rejecting Correction Of Record: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that a Sub-Divisional Officer cannot merely sustain its order by stating that it agrees with the report submitted to it by the area Tahsildar. Reasons to support the findings of the order must be given, it held.Justice G.S. Ahluwalia thus set aside an unreasoned order passed by the SDO rejecting petitioner's application for correction of revenue records...

Rajasthan HC Orders Railway To Release Family Pension To Widow Despite Omission In Nomination Form Of "Barely Literate" Husband, Imposes ₹1L Cost

Irrespective of not appearing in the nomination form for the insurance scheme, Rajasthan High Court directed Department of Railway to grant family pension to the 'illiterate' widow and daughters of a deceased employee, observing that the substantive right of a citizen could not be denied on account of procedural lapses especially where the aggrieved was an illiterate.“It is a settled...

Food Adulteration: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Registry To Get Lab Tests Of Mustard Oil Sold By Three Popular Brands

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed its Registry to purchase one litre mustard oil of three different popular brands and send it to laboratory testing in order to find out whether it is blended with other refined oil, in violation of Food Safety norms.A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal perusing the status report filed by the Punjab...