Claims Of Wife's Mental Illness Must Be Proved Through 'Cogent Evidence': Jharkhand High Court Denies Husband's Plea For Divorce

The Jharkhand High Court has held that a claim of spouse's mental illness as a ground for divorce under Section 13(1)(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 must be backed by "cogent, tangible and reliable evidence." A division bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Rajesh Kumar observed that in the absence of documentary proof such as a psychiatrist's opinion or records of...

Delhi Petrol Pumps Approach High Court Against Penalties For Supplying Fuel To End-of-Life Vehicles

The Delhi High Court has sought a response from the Delhi government on a petition filed by the Delhi Petrol Dealers Association, which has challenged the prosecution of fuel pump owners for supplying fuel to End of Life Vehicles (ELVs), which are petrol vehicles aged above 15 years and diesel vehicles aged above 10 years.Justice Mini Pushkarna, while issuing notice on the petition to...

Delhi High Court Modifies MTP Order After Minor Rape Survivor Agrees To Carry Pregnancy, Orders Free Medical & Psychological Help By AIIMS

A minor rape survivor, who had sought termination of her 27-week pregnancy, agreed before the Delhi High Court on Thursday to carry the child after AIIMS's medical board opined that the pregnancy be prolonged to 34 weeks of gestational period for the best interest of the girl as well as the baby.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal modified a...

Drugs & Cosmetics Act | 'Rule-Making Power Lies Only With Centre': HP High Court Quashes SOPs By State Drug Controller

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the State Drug Controller does not have the authority to issue an Office Order or Standard Operating Procedure, as rule-making power under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act lies exclusively with the Central Government.Justice Ajay Mohan Goel: “In this view of the matter, when the Rule making power is exclusively conferred upon the Central Government...

S.483(3) BNSS | High Court Can't Cancel Bail Granted By Sessions Court In Absence Of Breach Of Conditions: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High court has said that in absence of any violation of bail conditions, the order of Sessions Court granting bail to an accused cannot be sought to be cancelled before the High Court by filing an application under Section 483(3) of BNSS, 2023.A Single judge, Justice V Srishananda held thus while dismissing the petition filed by the mother of a rape victim, challenging grant of...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Bollywood Actor Jacqueline Fernandez's Plea To Quash Rs. 200 Crore Money Laundering Case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea moved by Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez seeking quashing of Rs. 200 crores money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.Justice Anish Dayal said that her apprehension that any evidence would be self-incriminating cannot lead to quashing of the ECIR as statutory and constitutional protections are already provided...

MP High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Claiming No Fire Brigade In Jabalpur Cantonment, Lack Of Amenities For Sanitation Staff

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (July 01) refused to entertain a PIL which among other issues claimed that Jabalpur Cantonment Board does not have a fire brigade and does not provide basic amenities to contractual sanitation workers which were stated to belong to a particular community. In doing so the court said that if the petitioner who is also a sanitation worker and belongs to...

Unduly Harsh To Reject Furlough Applications On Ground Of Delay In Surrender During COVID-19: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that it is unduly harsh of the prison authorities to reject the furlough applications of convicts on the ground of delay in surrender by a few says during the COVID-19 pandemic.Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma said that courts and prison authorities must also remain mindful of the exceptional and unprecedented circumstances that prevailed during the pandemic.The...

With IT Act Proceedings Ongoing, Karnataka HC Directs 'Proton Mail' To Keep Blocking Abusive Email IDs Upon Intimation By 'Moser'

In the ongoing issue concerning offensive emails allegedly sent via Proton Mail (appellant) to the female employees of M Moser Design Associates (India) Pvt Ltd (respondent no. 1), the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed Moser to share with Proton, the email IDs from which such messages are still being received, so they could be blocked by Proton. In turn, a Division Bench of...

Kolkata Law College Rape Case : Calcutta High Court Orders Closure Of Student Union Rooms In All State Colleges Till Elections

The Calcutta High Court has ordered all union rooms across state-run colleges to be indefinitely shut down till student elections are held in the state.A division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De passed these orders in light of the alleged gang rape of a law student at South Kolkata Law College by her fellow students and a fomer student & contractual staff at the...

Land Losers Can't Be Denied Benefit U/S 31 Of Land Acquisition Act, Even If Acquired Land Does Not Generate Employment: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Partha Sarathi Sen has held that the land acquired under the Private and Public model attracts the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act) therefore the benefits to the land losers under section 31 of the Act read with Serial no.4 of the Second Schedule of the Act...

Calcutta High Court Tells State To Refrain From Taking Coercive Steps Against Padma-Awarded Monk Kartik Maharaj Over Allegations Of Rape

The Calcutta High Court has orally instructed the state government not to take any coercive steps against Padma Shri-awarded monk Maharaj Swami Pradiptananda alias 'Kartik Mahraj', who had moved the Court against allegations of rape levelled by a woman who claimed to be his devotee.Justice Jay Sengupta made these oral remarks while accepting the petitioner's plea for an in-camera hearing in...