Kerala High Court Grants Bail To One PFI Member Accused In RSS Leader Sreenivasan's Murder, Denies Bail To Two Others

The Kerala High Court has granted bail to one Shihab P, an alleged member of the Popular Front of India, accused for murder of RSS leader Sreenivasan at Melamuri Junction in Palakkad Town in Kerala on April 16, 2022.The Division Bench comprising Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. found no reasonable ground to believe that the accusations made against him are prima...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: August 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 184 To 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 232NOMINAL INDEXM/S Ak Jilshan v State of Rajasthan & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 184Manju Garg v State of Rajasthan 2023 LiveLaw (Raj) 185Gopal Mehra & Ors. v State of Rajasthan & Ors 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 186Shakti Gurjar v State of Rajasthan 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 187M/S Sant International Jewellers v the State of Rajasthan &...

Denying 10-Yrs Passport Validity To Undertrial Lacks Statutory Backing, Undermines Presumption Of Innocence: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that reducing the validity period of passport from prescribed 10 years to only 1 year for an under-trial person without cogent reasons amounts to arbitrary restriction on the principle of presumption of innocence enshrined under Article 21 and was violative of principles of justice, equity and fairness.The bench of Justice Arun Monga was hearing a petition filed...

No Error In Calling For Expert Opinion On Wife's Mental Health At Stage Of Evidence: Allahabad High Court Upholds Trial Court Order

Recently, the Allahabad High Court upheld the order of the Trial Court calling for expert opinion on the wife's mental health at the stage of evidence in divorce proceedings.Appellant-wife approached the High Court challenging the order of the Principal Judge, Family Court, Hathras allowing respondent-husband's application for her medical examination in divorce proceedings instituted by...

Allahabad High Court Directs Inquiry Into Arya Samaj Mandir And Other Institutions Granting Marriage Certificates

The Allahabad High Court has directed an inquiry into the Arya Samaj Mandirs, societies, trusts, and institutions providing marriage certificates primarily in Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad as well as in other parts of Uttar Pradesh.Dealing with protection cases filed by young couples, Justice Vinod Diwaker observed that “In essence, such marriages lead to human trafficking,...

Army Officer Suffers Hypertension During 17 Yrs Of Service: P&H HC Says Disease Attributable To Military Service, Upholds Entitlement To Disability Pension

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that an Army Officer who was diagnosed with "Stage-1 Hypertension (1-10)" during his service in the Armed Forces will be entitled to disability pension.Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Karamjit Singh said, "The respondent No.1 has served the Armed Forces for nearly 17 years. At the time of his entry in the service, no such disease or disability...

Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Begin Stakeholder Discussions On Requirement Of Mandatory Attendance Norms In UG & PG Courses

The Delhi High Court in a slew of directions has asked the Secretary, Union Ministry of Education (dealing with Higher Education) to commence within two weeks stakeholder consultations to discuss whether attendance norms should be made mandatory in undergraduate and postgraduate courses.A division bench of Justice Prathiba Singh and Justice Amit Sharma in its September 9 order further...

Urgent Need For Special NDPS Courts In Punjab & Haryana, Hoping For Speedy Trial Is Over-Expectation Due To Heavy Pendency: High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that expecting speedy trial from Courts will be "over expectation" given the amount of pendency it is facing and there is a "dire necessity" of making Special NDPS Courts.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti Sharma said, "If the heavy docket of subjudice litigations of every genre becomes the deterrent for the learned trial Judges...

Milad-Un-Nabi Juloos | State Authority Bound To Ensure Tranquillity When Peaceful Processions Are Carried Out: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that it is the job of the State Authority to ensure peace and tranquillity when peaceful processions are carried out. A bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Manjive Shukla observed thus while directing the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Najibabad (District Bijnor), to pass a reasoned order by September 15 on an application seeking permission...

Kerala High Court Directs DLSA To Provide Assistance To Family Of 9-Yr-Old Hit-And-Run Victim To Get Accident Compensation

The Kerala High Court directed the Kozhikode District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) to render all necessary assistance to the family of the minor child Drishana to help them submit claims to get victim compensation for being a road accident victim.Reportedly, 9-year-old Drishana got hit by a moving car in February 2024. The vehicle did not stop after the accident. She has been in a state...

Decree Of Divorce Can Be Sustained If No Cohabitation Occurs Between Parties For A Year After Grant Of Judicial Separation: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that under Section 10 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 if no cohabitation occurs between the parties in the year after the decree of restitution of conjugal rights or decree of judicial separation, the decree of separation would be upheld.Parties married on 08.12.2001. Respondent-husband alleged that the appellant-wife deserted him in 2002. Since the appellant...

Municipal Commissioner Cannot 'Plead Innocence' On The Ground That Duties Were Delegated: Gujarat HC Says While Hearing Rajkot Fire Case

While hearing a matter pertaining to the TRP Game Zone fire in Rajkot which took place earlier this year, the Gujarat High Court on Friday (September 13) orally said that the city municipal commissioner cannot "plead innocence" on the ground that "duties and powers" had been "delegated to a subordinate authority" which had not informed him about the situation. The court further said that had...