Kerala High Court Allows Transgender Man To Preserve His Eggs

The Kerala High Court on Friday (May 15) allowed a transgender man to cryopreserve his eggs by permitting him to approach an ART bank of his choice.The ART bank will take steps to retrieve the oocytes of the petitioner and cryopreserve the same in order to utilise it for reproduction at a later stage in life.Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen noted that the petitioner is a person, who was...

J&K&L High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Facilitating Safe Movement Of Hizbul Mujahideen Militants To Jammu

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed the bail appeal of an accused alleged to have acted as an intermediary between Hizbul Mujahideen militants and a police officer, facilitating the safe movement of militants from Shopian to Jammu for exfiltration to Pakistan and transferring funds for arms and ammunition, holding that the prima facie material collected...

Varanasi Ganga Boat Iftar Row | Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To 8 Accused

The Allahabad High Court today allowed the bail applications of 8 Muslim men accused of organizing an Iftar party, consuming non-vegetarian food on a boat in the river Ganga (in Varanasi) and throwing leftover waste into the river. In separate orders issued on the same day, Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla granted bail to 5 of the accused, while Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha granted bail to...

S.125 CrPC Maintenance | Magistrate Can't Presume High Income Merely Because Husband Failed To Produce Employment Documents: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that mere failure of the husband in furnishing documents regarding his employment does not discredit his evidence about his income as stated in statement of assets and liabilities in maintenance proceedings. In doing so the court held that order shifting burden of proof on the husband to establish his income, for determining maintenance to wife, is arbitrary....

AP High Court Allows Unauthorized RO Plant To Continue In Public Interest, Says Access To Clean Potable Water Is Part Of Right To Life

The Andhra Pradesh High Court permitted an unauthorized RO water plant established without prior permission under the Water, Land and Trees Act and the Panchayat Raj Act to operate, after observing that access to clean and safe drinking water is fundamental facet of the Right to Life under Article 21 of the Constitution. In doing so the court said that “the welfare of the people is the...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses Contempt Plea Against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati

The Allahabad High Court today dismissed a contempt petition filed against Swami Avimukteshwaranand, the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath, alleging violation of the High Court-imposed conditions in a POCSO case. A bench of Justice Dinesh Pathak rejected the petition, saying that a contempt case is not made out. It added that if the conditions for bail are being violated, a bail...

Spouses Living Separately Due To Government Service Postings Doesn't Amount To Desertion: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that it is not uncommon for spouses employed in government services to reside at different places due to their postings and thus, mere fact of separate residence owing to such exigencies cannot by itself constitute 'desertion' to become a ground for divorce. Furthermore, the division bench of Justice Arun Monga and Justice Sandeep Shah observed that not...

'Treated Himself Above Law': Rajasthan High Court Fines Ayurveda Dept Director ₹50,000 For Defying Orders Halting Pension Benefit Recovery

Rajasthan High Court imposed a personal cost of Rs. 50,000 on the Director of the Directorate Of Ayurved, Department Of Ayurved And Bhartuya Chikitsa of the State Government for non-adherence of court orders halting recovery of pension benefits. The bench of Justice Ravi Chirania was hearing a petition wherein the petitioner had challenged the order of the respondent-Director directing...

'Fouler The Crime, Higher The Proof': Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Woman Convicted For Criminal Conspiracy In Rape Case

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has acquitted a woman convicted for criminal conspiracy in a 2002 rape case, holding that mere suspicion or limited involvement cannot substitute the strict proof required to establish a charge under Section 120-B IPC.Justice Rupinderjit Chahal said, "Regardless of how serious or disturbing the alleged offence may be, suspicion by itself cannot substitute...

PITNDPS Detention Unsustainable Without Commercial Quantity; Reliance On Pending FIRs Shows Non-Application Of Mind: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that preventive detention under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PITNDPS) cannot be ordered by mechanically relying on pending FIRs in which the detenu has already been granted bail, especially when no commercial quantity of narcotics was recovered from the detenu and there is...

Recovery Of Contraband From Vehicle Parked Near 'Premises' Not Enough To Prosecute Owner For Allowing Drug Use On Property: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday [May 14] granted bail to an accused in an NDPS case, observing that the prosecution had failed to make out a 'prima facie' case under Section 25 of the NDPS Act, as no contraband was found within the petitioner's premises. Section 25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, punishes anyone who knowingly allows their...

'Trial By Headlines': Karnataka HC Orders Action Against Media Coverage In Darshan Case, Says Press Can't Become Judge, Jury & Executioner

Court observed that media channels had gone so far as to recreate courtroom proceedings on air, effectively converting pending judicial proceedings into public spectacle.