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Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt To Frame Scheme For Administration Of Lucknow's Ancient Buddheshwar Temple
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) last week directed the Secretary, Department of Religious Affairs (Dharmarth Karya Vibhag), Government of Uttar Pradesh, to look into the affairs of the Buddheshwar Mahadev Temple in Lucknow and propose a scheme for its administration. A Bench of Justice Sangeeta Chandra and Justice Brij Raj Singh passed the order on a writ petition filed...
Wife Can't Be Denied Maintenance Merely Because She Filed Application After Husband's Divorce Plea: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has said that a wife cannot be denied maintenance merely because she files an application for such a relief only after the husband files a divorce petition.A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar was dealing with a wife's plea challenging a family court order declining to grant her maintenance pendente lite but granted...
Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On PIL To Reinstall Parashurama's Statute Inside Theme Park After Litigant Deposits ₹5 Lakh With Registry
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (September 9) issued notice to the state government on a PIL seeking re-construction of the 33 feet statue of Lord Parashurama inside a theme park in Udupi district, which had to be brought down after a few months of erection.The petitioner Uday Shetty Muniyal has sought a direction to the state government to consider his representation to reconstruct...
High Court Asks Delhi Govt To Consider How Citizens Will Know About Availability Of Beds, Doctors In Emergency Through HMIS Software
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to consider how the citizens here will know about the availability of beds and doctors in emergency situations through Health Management Information System (HMIS) software.A division bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora was dealing with a suo moto PIL initiated in 2017 in the wake of rising incidents...
Madras High Court Asks Authorities To Allow PwD Candidate To Participate In NEET PG 2025-26 Counselling Based On Rank Secured In 2024 Exam
The Madras High Court recently directed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the office of Medical Counselling Committee, the National Medical Commission, and the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital to permit a physically disabled candidate to attend the counselling for NEET PG 2025-26 based on the rank secured by him in NEET PG 2024. Justice C Kumarappan relied on...
Fashion Gold Scam: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Ex-MLA Kamarudheen, Another Accused Of Siphoning Over ₹20 Crore
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (September 9) granted regular bail to former MLA M.C. Kamarudheen and his business associate T.K. Pookoya Thangal in a PMLA case where they are accused of siphoning over Rs. 20 Crores of investor's money allegedly siphoned to four companies. Kamarudheen and Thangal are stated to be the Chairman and Managing Director respectively of four accused...
Rajasthan High Court Stays Order Cancelling 2021 SI Recruitment, Says SIT Report Alleging Irregularity Was Unattested
The Rajasthan High Court on Monday (September 8) stayed a single bench decision which had canceled 2021 Sub-Inspector Recruitments on account of systemic irregularities.A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sanjeet Purohit was hearing a batch of appeals against the cancellation of the selection of Sub-inspectors and the entire selection process of 2021, when the...
Delhi High Court Hints At Protecting Personality Rights Of Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Over Misuse Of Images, AI Content
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan moved the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (September 09) against various entities to restrain them from using her image, likeness and persona, thereby infringing her 'personality rights'. During the hearing, the high court orally indicated that it will pass an ad-interim order injuncting the defendant entities. Appearing for Rai senior advocate Sandeep...
Education, High Post Don't Protect Women From Sexual Harassment At Workplace, Mindset Of Men Unchanged Despite Strict Laws: Delhi High Court
Citing Shakespeare, the Delhi High Court recently observed that despite stringent law and repeated lamentation about gender neutrality and equality, the psychology and mindset of men in workplace where sexual harassment continues to haunt women has remained unchanged, especially when it involves “Power-Dynamics.”“While now, though grudgingly, woman's right to equal opportunity of work,...
Chhattisgarh HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of News Report Flagging Dilapidated Condition Of Police Quarters In Raipur, Calls For State's Affidavit
The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken suo-motu cognizance of a news report published in a Hindi daily which highlighted the dilapidated conditions of Police Quarters located in Amanaka, Raipur, and the failure of the State to construct new houses funds being sanctioned.The news report revealed that 24 houses in the Quarters are nearly 34 years old, and the condition is such that the...
Rithanya Dowry Death Case: Madras High Court Refuses To Transfer Probe, Asks Superintendent Of Police To Monitor
The Madras High Court has directed the Superintendent of Police, Tiruppur, to monitor the investigation in connection with the death of 27-year-old Rithanya, who committed suicide earlier in July this year, over alleged dowry harassment. Justice Satish Kumar disposed of the petition filed by Annadhurai, Rithanya's father, seeking to transfer the investigation to an...
Disabilities Attributable To Military Service; Pension Must Be Granted By Rounding Off Disability From 20% To 50% : P&H HC
A Division bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court comprising Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi and Justice Vikas Suri held that a disability not noted at the time of entry into military service is presumed to be attributable to or aggravated by service, and the disability pension must be granted by rounding off the percentage from 20% to 50%. Background Facts The respondent...