"Shows Your Mindset": Madras HC Orally Criticises National Medical Commission For Terming Gender Identity As "Disorder"

The Madras High Court, on Monday (February 3)', orally criticized the National Medical Commission (NMC) for its proposed medical curriculum prepared by the body pertaining to gender and sexuality. Justice Anand Venkatesh, who has been issuing a slew of directions concerning the rights of persons belonging to the LGBTQIA+ orally observed that the NMC's curriculum, which continued using...

Bombay High Court Issues Notice To ECI On Plea Challenging 2024 Legislative Assembly Elections

The Bombay High Court on Monday (February 3) issued notice on a petition challenging the elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, which were concluded in November, last year. The petition has alleged that over 75 lakh votes were polled after the official closing time of polling (6 PM) and also several discrepancies in almost 95 constituencies, wherein the number of votes polled and...

Munambam Land Not Waqf Property, Deed Contains No 'Permanent Dedication' To God: Farook College Argues In Kerala High Court

Farook College, which is embroiled in Munambam land dispute with Kerala Waqf Samrakshana Vedhi, a registered society which works to protect Waqf properties in the state, has claimed before the Kerala High Court that the lands in question are not Waqf property.The land was given by Siddiq Sait to Farook College in 1950. There is a dispute as to whether Siddiq intended it to be a gift or Waqf....

Tribal Woman Disrobed, Paraded In Gujarat: High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance, Laments Unchecked Circulation Of Video On Social Media

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (February 3) took Suo-Motu notice of news reports on the alleged assault of a tribal woman who was stated to be disrobed, paraded and dragged by a motorcycle in Dahod district.A division bench of Justice A.S. Supehia and Justice Gita Gopi termed the incident as "outrageous" and noted how the circulation of a purported video of the incident on "unfettered"...

Sorry State Of Affairs, Punjab Police Unable To Nab Accused: High Court Seeks Jalandhar Commissioner's Explanation In POCSO Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court expressed displeasure over the police's failure to arrest a man accused of raping a minor girl, despite the dismissal of his pre-arrest bail plea in August 2024.Justice Namit Kumar said, "The present case shows the sorry state of affairs of the State machinery, where the police is unable to nab the accused, who has been prosecuted for committing heinous...

Kerala High Court Flags Exponential Rise In Cases Of Outraging Woman's Modesty, Says It Includes Her 'Moral And Psychological' Modesty

The Kerala High Court in a recent judgment expressed concern over the exponential rise in cases relating to outraging a woman's modesty. Justice A. Badharudeen said that though the law has been strengthened in the matter of sexual offences, the effective implementation of the same should be ensured.“The legislature has taken steps to strengthen laws against sexual offences, with...

Interim Orders Affecting Substantial Rights Of Parties And Causing Prejudice Are Appealable While Writ Petition Is Pending: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has reiterated that interim orders that affect the substantial rights and liabilities of the parties and cause significant prejudice, are appealable during the pendency of the writ petition under Section 5(i) of the Kerala High Court Act, 1958.In the facts of the case, the Court was considering the maintainability of a writ appeal against an interim order under Section...

[A&C Act] Non-Payment Of Part Of Mutually Agreed Amount After Settlement Of Dispute Not An Arbitrable Issue Under Arbitration Agreement: Andhra Pradesh HC

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the dismissal of an application filed under section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, holding that once an amount has been mutually decided by the parties, the dispute itself is resolved and no arbitrable issue remains for consideration. A Division Bench of Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice V. Srinivas pointed out that non-payment of...

Merely Paying Penalty For Wilful Delay In Filing Income Tax Returns Does Not Exonerate Assessee From Being Prosecuted: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash prosecution initiated by the Income Tax Department against an assessee who had willfully failed to submit his income tax returns in time for the Assessment Years 2012- 13 to 2015-16 and thereby committed the alleged offence.A single judge, Justice S Vishwajith Shetty dismissed the petitions filed by Rajkumar Agarwal. It said, “Delay in filing of...

'Misconceived': Karnataka HC Rejects PIL Seeking Direction To Govt To Protect Life, Property And Religious Places Of Hindus In Bangladesh

The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a public interest litigation filed seeking a direction to the Union and State Government, to protect the life, property and other religious places of Hindus and other Minority Community people, residing in Bangladesh.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun while dismissing a petition by Rodda Veershetty said, “The...

To Establish Offence Of Mischief, There Must Be Intention To Cause Loss & Destruction Caused Must Result In Loss Of Value Of Property: P&H HC

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that to establish the offence of mischief under Section 425 of IPC there must be an intention to cause damage to property and that should result in diminishing its value.Justice Manisha Batra said, "It is clear that the main ingredient of offence of mischief is that there must be intent to cause wrongful loss or damage to the property and with...

Ex-Parte Order Appointing Commissioner To Conduct Search/Seizure In IPR Infringement Cases Is To Preserve Evidence, Necessary: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said that in intellectual property rights cases, the ex-parte order of appointment of the Court Commissioner for search and seizure–an Anton Piller order, is to ensure that a surprise element remains intact in the absence of which the respondents can easily remove the infringing products when the commissioner visits the latter's premises.Anton Piller orders...