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'Private Body': Delhi High Court Restrains All India Carrom Federation From Using 'India', 'Indian' Expression
The Delhi High Court has restrained the All India Carrom Federation (AICF) from using the expression “India” or “Indian” in its name or logo or in the further competitions conducted by it. Justice Mini Pushkarna noted that the Federation is a private body and did not have the renewal of its recognition by the Union Government. It thus directed the AICF to change its name in order...
JJ Act | Child Welfare Committee Has No Power To Direct Police To Register FIR; Can Only Report Violations: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a Child Welfare Committee (CWC) constituted under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 has no power to direct the police to register a First Information Report (FIR). The bench added that the CWC can only forward a report to the Juvenile Justice Board or to the concerned police authority if it finds a violation of...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Extend Deadline For Submission Of Online Applications Under State's Laptop & Braille Kit Scheme
The Karnataka High Court on Friday (October 31) refused to direct the State authorities to extend the last date for submission of online applications for its 'Laptop and Braille Kit Scheme 2025' by another 60 days. The last date for submission of the application is today i.e. October 31. The court passed the order while hearing a PIL seeking a direction for extension of the last date. A...
Aadhaar Card Holder Has Fundamental Right To Seek Alteration Of Name, Other Details: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has held that Aadhaar card holder has the fundamental right to seek alteration of their details in the Aadhar card.Justice GR Swaminathan in his order observed that the Central Government had introduced the Aadhaar regime and the statute confers right on the Aadhaar number holder to seek alteration.Referring to the Aadhaar Act the court said that the law was...
2013 Adhithi Murder Case: Kerala High Court Sentences Father, Step-Mother To Life Imprisonment For 6-Yr-Old's Death
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (October 30) allowed the State's appeal and reversed the Sessions Court decision, which had found the father and step-mother of 5 ½ year old Adhithi Namboothiri to be not guilty of her murder.The Sessions Court had sentenced the two accused persons only for the lesser offences under Sections 323 and 324 r/w Section 34 of the IPC and also under Section 23 of...
Chhattisgarh High Court Slams State For 'Eye-Wash' Action Against Road Hooliganism, Seeks Fresh Affidavit From Chief Secretary
The Chhattisgarh High Court has expressed dissatisfaction towards the steps taken by the State officials to curb hooliganism on the roads, which is caused primarily by reckless drivers performing and recording stunts, and others celebrating birthdays on the roads.The Court, on October 13, had directed the Chief Secretary of State to file personal affidavit regarding two incidents reported in...
Ba***ds Of Bollywood Created To Take Revenge Of Aryan Khan's Arrest: Sameer Wankhede Tells Delhi High Court
IRS officer Sameer Wankhede has told the Delhi High Court that Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood” has been created to take revenge of the arrest of Aryan Khan, director of the show, in relation to an alleged drugs case. Wankhede has made the submission in response to the reply filed by Red Chillies Entertainment while opposing the interim injunction application in his defamation suit....
Rajasthan High Court Quashes Order Rejecting Compensation To Minor Rape Survivor For Not Furnishing Details Of Income
The Rajasthan High Court set aside a trial court order which had rejected a minor rape victim's plea for compensation under State Victim Compensation Scheme on the technical ground that she did not furnish details of her source of income for making payment of her school fee, etc.In doing so the court observed that such cases are to be dealt with sensitivity by courts and the crime being...
Madras High Court Asks TN Ambedkar Law University To Permit Student With Chronic Schizophrenia To Write Exams
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University to permit a student with chronic schizophrenia to write Semester Exams Justice Anand Venkatesh was hearing a plea by the student seeking exemption from paying the tuition fee as a person with disability. While allowing the student to write the exam as an interim measure, the court made it clear that it...
'Fraud Unravels All Solemn Transactions': Allahabad High Court Denies Relief To Compassionate Appointee Terminated After 27-Yrs Service
Holding that fraud vitiates everything else, the Allahabad High Court has denied any relief to the employee who had worked for 27 years as compassionate appointee, citing grounds of fraud committed by him in obtaining the appointment.Upholding the order declaring his appointment void ab initio with effect from the date of appointment, i.e., 31.03.1998, Justice Manju Rani Chauhan...
Matrimonial FIR Can't Be Quashed If Settlement Agreement Between Estranged Couple Not Executed: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a matrimonial FIR cannot be quashed if the settlement agreement between the estranged couple is not executed.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna refused to quash an FIR lodged against a Dubai-based man in 2005, accusing him of dowry harassment by the wife. The same was done after the Court observed that the settlement agreement between the couple was never...
S.68F NDPS Act | Power To Seize Illegally Acquired Property Exercisable Only If 'Reason To Believe' Based On Cogent Materials: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that the power of seizure under Section 68F of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act can be exercised by an officer only when there are cogent materials based on inquiry, investigation or survey leading to a reason to believe that the property was illegally acquired.Justice V.G. Arun clarified that the 'reason to believe' should not be merely...