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Kerala High Court Stays FIR, Probe Against Former CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Kin In CMRL-Exalogic Pay Off Case

The Kerala High Court on Monday (October 26) has stayed the FIR registered against former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter Veena T. and son-in-law/ex-Minister Muhammed Riyas in CMRL-Exalogic pay off case, on a Single judge's direction to the Vigilance.The Division Bench of Justice K. Natarajan and Justice Johnson John also stayed the further investigation in the case as well as...

Patna High Court Quashes Case Against Husbands Parents, First Wife In Alleged Bigamy Case, Says They Cannot Be Directly Booked

The Patna HC has held that offences relating to concealment of a previous marriage and fraudulently going through a marriage ceremony under Sections 495 and 496 IPC cannot be directly invoked against the family members of a person accused of bigamy. The Court observed that these provisions apply to the person contracting the subsequent marriage, while family members may be implicated where...

Operation Of Model Code Of Conduct For Local Body Elections Cant Impede Implementation Of Promotion: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that orders of constitutional courts bind the executive even during the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for elections. It observed that the Model Code of Conduct cannot prevent the implementation of a promotion granted pursuant to a direction issued by the High Court.The case arose from a petition challenging an Executive Engineer's refusal to implement...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Notice To Google, Centre On Students Plea For Recovery Of Locked Gmail Accounts

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice on a writ petition filed by a 19-year-old engineering student who has been locked out of his Google accounts since his mobile phone was stolen in August 2024. He says Google has not complied with a Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) order directing it to help him recover his data.Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya issued notice of motion, and notice...

Denial Of Study Leave To Staff Nurses For M.Sc. Nursing Course Despite Medical Officers Being Given Leave Is Discriminatory: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that denying Staff Nurses study leave to pursue postgraduate courses in Nursing, while allowing Medical Officers to pursue postgraduate studies as in-service candidates, is discriminatory. The Court remarked that if postgraduate qualifications obtained by Medical Officers are considered beneficial to public interest, the same rationale would apply...

Jharkhand High Court Sets Aside Mutual Consent Divorce Decree, Says Appeal Lies When Consent Or Statutory Safeguards Are In Question

The Jharkhand HC has held that although a decree of divorce passed by mutual consent under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is ordinarily not appealable, an appeal can be maintained where the genuineness of consent is disputed or mandatory statutory safeguards have not been followed. The Court set aside a mutual consent divorce decree after finding that the Family Court had failed...