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Legal Heirship Certificate Can Be Issued Based On Affidavit Of Applicant & Persons Known To Family Like Neighbours And Relatives: Madras HC
The Madras High Court has recently observed that while applying for a legal heirship certificate, if no proof is available to determine who the legal heirs are, the authorities may prepare a report based on the affidavit given by the applicant and five affidavits of persons knowing the family, like a neighbour or a relative. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy observed that when there is...
Raising Voice Against Public Servant Does Not Amount To Offence U/S 353 Of IPC: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case registered against a home guard who was charged for raising his voice demanding certain documents from the hands of the complainant, a police constable. Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Ramesh Karoshi, who was charged for offences punishable under section 353, 506 of the Indian Penal Code. It was alleged that the...
CSR Funds Scam: Founder Of National NGO's Confederation Anand Kumar Moves Bail Application Before Kerala High Court
K.N. Anand Kumar, the founder and Managing Trustee of National NGO's Confederation who is presently in judicial custody in the CSR Scam case has approached the Kerala High Court seeking bail. The allegation is that Anand Kumar persuaded various voluntary organizations and local representatives to secure funds by claiming that they were procuring two-wheelers, laptops, sewing machines at...
Adolescent Inter-Faith Relationship: Orissa HC Quashes POCSO Case Against Muslim Man After He Marries Victim, Says Romantic Relationship Not Coercion
The Orissa High Court has recently quashed charges, inter alia, under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act ('POCSO Act') against a Muslim man, accused of kidnapping a minor Hindu girl and having repeated sexual intercourse with her, as he later married the victim girl and started a happy matrimonial life.Taking into account the interest of the parties vis-Ã -vis...
Court Cannot Act As Disciplinary Authority To Decide Correctness Of Allegations Against Delinquent Employee: Rajasthan HC
Rajasthan High Court has ruled that a writ petition does not ordinarily lie against a charge-sheet issued in disciplinary proceedings unless it was established that the same was issued by an authority that was not competent to initiate the disciplinary proceedings.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand opined that charge-sheet could not be interfered with by the Court in a light or...
Courts Can't Interfere In Assessment By Reporting Officer In Absence Of Bias Or Prejudice Against Employee:Delhi High Court
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justices C.Hari Shankar and Anup Kumar Mendiratta partly allowed a writ petition seeking to set aside the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal that upheld the gradings given to the Petitioner in the ACR's by Reporting and Reviewing Officers. The Bench observed that while the Courts are required to consider and give weightage to...
Karnataka High Court Stays Trial Court's Fresh Summons To Ex-CM BS Yediyurappa In POCSO Case
The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed the order of cognizance and summons issued by a Bengaluru Court to former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and three other accused directing their presence before the Trial Court on March 15, in connection with a case registered under the POCSO Act.Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur passed the interim order while hearing a petition filed by Yediyurappa...
'Motherhood Is A Fundamental Aspect Of Life': Kerala HC Says Intending Women Would Be Eligible To Opt For Surrogacy Till They Turn 51 Yrs Old
The Kerala High Court has ruled that an intending woman is eligible for surrogacy throughout the age of 50 years, and her eligibility ceases only when the intending woman turns 51.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu thus overturned the decision of single bench in Rajitha P V v Union of India (2025), which held that an intending woman would be eligible...
Mere Registration Under Shops & Establishments Act Won't Entitle An Entity To ESI Registration : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that an entity will not be entitled to coverage under the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act) solely on the basis of its registration under the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Act.The High Court further held that the members of an association of employees, who are self-employed, would not be covered under the ESI Act, unless it is...
Notion That Indian Women Won't Make False Sexual Assault Allegations Outdated; In Recent Years, False Rape Cases Being Filed : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court observed that the old concept that women in Indian society would not make false sexual assault allegations may not be always correct in view of the increase in false rape cases being filed in the recent years to settle personal scores and to exert pressure to fulfil illegal demands.In the facts of the case, the Petitioner is accused of subjecting the de facto complainant...
J&K High Court Cautions Tourism Minister Of Contempt Action If Delay Is Caused In Complying With Orders For Paying Dues Of Deceased Contractor
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has warned the state tourism minister of being held in contempt of court if he causes any delay in the compliance of the court orders, whereby the court had imposed exemplary costs of Rs. 9 lakhs on the contemnors apart from just dues payable to the deceased petitioner for the work carried out in 2015.The counsel for the contemnors informed the court that...
Dispute Regarding Marital Status Is Within Exclusive Jurisdiction Of Family Court: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has held that dispute as to marital status of parties comes within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Family Court established under the Family Courts Act, 1984 ('the Act') and the same cannot be decided by any other civil court.While nullifying the order passed by a Civil Judge (Senior Division), being altered by the order of the District Judge, the Single Bench of...