P&H High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging JJ Act Mandate To Terminate Petty Offence Inquiry If Extended Beyond 6 Months

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought a response from the Central Government on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Section 14(4) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The provision mandates that an inquiry into a petty offence against a child in conflict with law shall be terminated if it is not concluded within six months.Justice...

'Lackadaisical': High Court Raps Delhi Police For Failure Of IOs To Produce Case Files In Bail Matters, Asks Police Commissioner To Act

The Delhi High Court has rapped the Delhi Police for failure of the investigating officers (IO) in producing case files and not briefing the prosecutors in bail matters, while asking the Commissioner of Police to act on the issue. Justice Girish Kathpalia said that copies of similar orders highlighting the lapse have been sent repeatedly to the concerned DCPs to streamline the system, “but...

Welfare State Must Be Impartial, Cannot Be "Touchy" When Employees Approach Court For Rightful Claim: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has extended the retirement age of a government college professor, and held that a welfare State is expected to act fairly and without bias, and can't penalise an employee merely because she approached the Court for enforcement of her lawful rights.Noting the conduct of college Justice Sandeep Sharma remarked that: “State being 'welfare State' is expected to...

Kerala High Court Grants Bail To 4 PFI Members Booked For Murder Of RSS Leader Srinivasan

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (August 19) granted bail to four persons, who are members of the Popular Front of India (PFI), accused of the alleged murder of BJP activist K.S. Srinivasan at Melamuri Junction in Palakkad Town in Kerala on April 16, 2022.A Division Bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and K.V. Jayakumar granted bail to Muhammed Bilal, Riyasudheen, Ansar K.P., and Saheer...

Lessee Is True Owner Of Structure That He Builds Over Leased Land, Lessor Cannot Claim Ownership: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has reiterated that a lessee is the true owner of a structure that he builds over a leased land, and therefore, the ownership over the same cannot be claimed by the lessor who is undoubtedly owner of the leased land.While adjudicating a dispute relating to a mobile tower built over a leased land, Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad ingeminated the following settled principle...

Kerala High Court Seeks State's Stand In Law Aspirant's Plea For Reservation Under Transgender Category In All Govt Law Colleges

The Kerala High Court has sought the State government's stand on a law aspirant's plea seeking reservation under the transgender category for admission to the Integrated Five Year LL.B Course in Government Law College, Kozhikode.According to the plea, the petitioner appeared and secured the qualifying marks in the Kerala Law Entrance Examination that was necessary to be included in the rank...

Widowed Daughter-In-Law Entitled To Maintenance From Deceased Father-In-Law's Coparcenary Property, Not Personal Property: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a daughter-in-law, who becomes a widow after the demise of her father-in-law, is entitled to claim maintenance from the estate derived from his coparcenary property.A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that even if the father-in-law owns significant separate or self-acquired assets, the duty...

Chhattisgarh High Court Orders State To Pay ₹25K To Each Student Fed 'Dog-Licked' Meal In Govt School

The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the State Government to pay compensation worth Rs.25000/- to every student of Government Middle School, Lachchhanpur, who consumed mid-day meal licked by a dog.The Court had earlier taken suo-motu cognizance of an August 3 news-report published in a Hindi daily, which reported that students had allegedly been served dog soiled meals in the school by...

Madras High Court Summons ED Assistant Director In Contempt Plea For Continuing PMLA Probe Despite HC Stay Order

The Madras High Court, on Wednesday, issued a statutory notice to the Assistant Director of Enforcement, Vikas Kumar, in a contempt petition filed by film producer Akash Baskaran for continuing the probe in an alleged money laundering case despite a stay issued by the High Court. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayanan issued notice asking the Assistant...

Bombay High Court Questions Jain Community's Right To Seek Week-Long Ban On Slaughterhouses During Paryushana

The Jain Community told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday (August 20) that it was easier to convince Mughal Emperor Akbar to close down slaughter houses during Paryushan Parva however it is very difficult to convince the State Government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to do the same.A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne issued notice on a...

Kerala High Court Closes Criminal Contempt Case Against Lawyer For 'Shouting' In Magistrate Court, Accepts His Apology

The Kerala High Court on Monday (August 18) closed the suo motu criminal contempt proceedings initiated against Ettumanoor-based lawyer after he filed an affidavit furnishing his unconditional apology.The contempt proceedings were initiated after the advocate allegedly disrupted the proceedings of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Ettumanoor on 02.02.2023. It was alleged that the...

Delhi High Court Defers Verdict On DU's Plea Against Disclosure Of Information About PM Modi's Degree

The Delhi High Court today deferred for Monday pronouncement of verdict on a plea filed by the Delhi University (DU) challenging an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing disclosure of information with respect to the bachelor's degree of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Justice Sachin Datta did not hold the Court today as he was sitting in the UAPA tribunal. The court...