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TN Service Rules Prohibit Bigamy, Can't Include Second Wife's Name In Pension Order Even After Death Of First Wife: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently held that the Tamil Nadu Government Servants Conduct Rules prohibit contracting of a second marriage during the lifetime of the first wife. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice C Kumarappan noted that bigamous marriage was a grave misconduct under the service rules, warranting departmental action. Thus, the court ruled that the second wife's...
Karnataka High Court Directs Bengaluru Municipality To Inspect Paying Guest Accommodations From February 18
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to inspect accommodations run by the Paying Guest Accommodation Welfare Association in Bengaluru, including to check whether the construction in question is as per the sanction plan. The court was hearing the Association's petition challenging certain notices issued to it by the BBMP over alleged violation...
PIL In Madras High Court Challenges Centre's New Law Replacing MGNREGA, Says It Makes Centre Incharge Of State Subjects
A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging eight provisions of the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act [VB-G-RAM G]. The plea, filed by Advocate T Sivagnanasambandan alleges that the provisions of the new Act, which is replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), are anti-federal and ultra vires...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up : February 09 - February 15, 2026
Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 82 - 99]Sanil Narayanan Nampoothiri v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 82Havildar B. Manikuttan v. Union of India and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 83Venkatraman Bhat and Ors v Anantha Bhat and Ors. and connected matter, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 84Velayudhan v. State of Kerala and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 85State of Kerala and Ors. v...
No Provision For Deducting GST, Incentive Or Festival Advance From Employee's Retiral Dues: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that there is no provision for deducting "Prostsahan Agrim" (incentive advance), "Tyohar Agrim" (festival advance) and GST from the retiral dues of an employee of the U.P. State Employees Welfare Corporation.Expressing shock that such deductions were being made from the retiral dues of an employee, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal observed,“This Court...
SC/ST Act | Special Court Considering Protest Complaint Must Verify Police Refer Report, Pass Reasoned Order: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has clarified that a Special Court considering a protest complaint alleging offences under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act must pass a reasoned order after verifying the refer report filed by the Investigating Officer so as to either accept or reject the same.Justice A. Badharudeen was considering an appeal challenging the...
S.45A ESI Act | Charitable Trust Running Pathology Lab Not 'Factory': Gujarat High Court Sets Aside Orders To Pay Contribution Dues
Holding that activities of a charitable trust providing diagnostic services within a Government Civil Hospital does not prima facie fall within the definition of “factory” under Employees' State Insurance Act, the Gujarat High Court quashed ESIC's Section 45A orders for payment of contribution dues by trust.As per Section 2(12) Factory means any premises including the precincts thereof...
Codeine Preparations Exceeding Permissible Limits Attract NDPS Act: Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Two Over Adulterated Cough Syrup
The Allahabad High Court has recently denied bail to two accused in the Codeine Cough Syrup Racket on grounds that huge quantity of illegally diverted Codeine based Cough Syrup was recovered from them. Justice Ashutosh Srivastava held,“In the opinion of the Court the exemption provisions are required to be strictly and literally complied with and further that the conditions under which...
S.346(2) BNSS | Remand Beyond 15 Days Of Accused Already In Custody Not Illegal, Habeas Corpus Won't Lie In Every Case: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has observed that remand of an accused already in custody beyond the 15-day period prescribed under first proviso to Section 346(2) BNSS is not illegal, and a habeas corpus will not lie unless the remand order is shown to be patently illegal, without jurisdiction or passed mechanically.For context, Section 346 BNSS refers to power of the court to postpone or...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Dowry FIR, Notes Alleged Payments Unbelievable Given Complainant Family's Financial Condition
The Karnataka High Court quashed a dowry demand FIR registered against the husband and his kin, finding that the allegations were baseless specially in view of the fact that the wife's family belonged to economically weaker section wherein no financial sources were shown to prove how the alleged demand was paid. The charge sheet alleged that husband and his kin demanded Rs.10 Lakh, 1 kg of...
Senior Citizen Must Show Inability To Maintain Oneself; Not Every Family Dispute Attracts Maintenance Act: Bombay High Court
In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court while quashing a Tribunal's order directing two sons to vacate the property of their father, recently held that every dispute or conflict between a senior citizen and his children will not fall within the ambit of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.Single-judge Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan quashed and set aside...
'UGC Plays No Role In Appointing Non-Teaching Staff': High Court Quashes Termination Of Librarian By Gujarat Vidhyapith After 18 Years
The Gujarat High Court dismissed an appeal by Gujarat Vidhyapith challenging a Single Judge's order which had set aside the termination of a long-serving Assistant Librarian and directed payment of back wages and retiral benefits.A Division Bench of Justice Bhargav D. Karia and Justice L.S. Pirzada was hearing a Letters Patent Appeal arising from an order passed in a writ petition filed by...