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Law Does Not Prevent An Adult Woman From Living With A Married Man: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court said that there is no law which prevents an adult woman to live with married man adding that she has the right to choose with whom she wishes to live with. The court noted that she had 'a mind of her own and the right to make a decision, whether right or wrong, with regard to the person with whom she wants to live', adding that the court cannot "pontificate...
Teachers In Himachal Cannot Claim Parity Of Pay With Punjab Teachers Merely Because HP Follows Punjab Pay Commission: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a petition filed by the Himachal Pradesh Polytechnic Teachers Welfare Association and others, seeking parity in pay scales with their counterparts in Punjab, holding that the State of Himachal Pradesh is not bound to follow the pay pattern of the State of Punjab in its entirety, even though it follows the Punjab Pay Commission.The Court remarked that...
Punjab Power Corporation Is Statutory Body, Can Prescribe Cut-Off Date For Implementation Of 5th Pay Commission: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), being a statutory body, is well within its rights to prescribe a cut-off date for the implementation of the 5th Pay Commission recommendations.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said, "The PSPCL being a statutory corporation is entitled to prescribe a cut-off date for implementation of the...
Period Of Service Before Enactment Of Advocates' Clerks Welfare Scheme Can Be Considered For Granting Benefit Under It: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court recently held that the period of service before the commencement of the Advocates' Clerks Welfare Scheme Rules, 1985 can be considered to see if an advocate clerk is eligible to get the benefit of the Scheme.Justice Harisankar V. Menon passed the judgment while considering a plea by an advocate clerk, who started his work in the year 1970.The advocate clerk had...
Parole Leave Is A 'Valuable Right' Of A Convict, Police Must Pass Reasoned Order After Applying Mind: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has said that the grant of parole is a valuable right of a convict, which would also be a right under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.It said that the concerned authorities must apply their mind in a proper manner and pass a reasoned order on case to case basis, rather than reproducing the same grounds in all the reports which are submitted. The court passed...
Deportation Of Russian Woman, Her Children Rescued From Gokarna Cave Will Take Time: Centre Tells Karnataka High Court
The Central Government has informed the Karnataka High Court on Friday (August 22) that the process for the deportation of a Russian woman and her two minor children, who were found living in a cave in the state's Uttara Kannada district (Gokarna) recently, will take some time. Additional Solicitor General Aravind Kamath, appearing for the Union of India informed Justice BM Shyam Prasad that...
Bombay HC Declines To Interfere In Allotment Of Plots By MIDC Over Inadequate Publicity, Says It Need Not Step In If Allotment Was Bona Fide
The Bombay High Court has held that courts need not interfere in allotments of land made by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) merely because no public advertisement was issued or because the publicity was inadequate, so long as the action of the State is bona fide and in furtherance of a public purpose.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep...
Inappropriate For A Doctor To Request Jail Authorities To Allow Inmate To Be With His Ailing Mother: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that it is inappropriate for a medical officer to recommend that jail authorities allow an inmate to visit his ailing mother.Justice Sanjay Vashisth said, "Petitioner himself has appended his mother's medical certificate dated 09.07.2025 issued by one Dr. Vikram Bhatia, and it is quite surprising that even the treating doctor himself has requested...
Second Habeas Corpus Petition Against Same Detention Order Is Maintainable Only If New Grounds Are Available: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has held that a second habeas corpus petition is maintainable against the same detention order if new grounds, that were not raised in the earlier habeas corpus petition, are available. “In clear terms, the second Habeas Corpus Petition is maintainable only if the grounds taken in the second Habeas Corpus Petition were not available to the detenue at the time...
'No Conscious Possesion': Delhi High Court Quashes FIR Against Man Who Carried Father's Cartridges From 1971 Indo-Pak War
The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered under the Arms Act against a man who unknowingly carried cartridges belonging to his late father who served in the Indian Army in the Indo-Pak War in 1971, terming it “no conscious possession.”Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said there was no criminal intent on his part, that the presence of the cartridges was without his knowledge and he...
Telangana High Court Directs Take Down Of Inquiry Report On Alleged Irregularities In Kaleshwaram Project From Govt Website
The Telangana High Court on Friday (August 22) directed removal of Commission of Inquiry report on alleged irregularities into Kaleshwaram Project from the official government website if already uploaded.For context the Kaleshwaram project is an irrigation project on the Godavari river.During the hearing today, the state government gave an assuarance that it shall not act on the findings in...
'How Can You Charge Customers Above MRP? Why Is Extra Amount Not Part Of Service Charge?' Delhi High Court Asks Restaurant Body
The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) as to how the hotels and restaurants can charge customers for a food item over and above the MRP, and why the extra amount does not form part of the service charge- which is charged as a separate category.The query came from a division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar...