Orissa High Court Orders ₹50 Lakhs Compensation & Family Pension To Widow Of On-Duty Constable Who Died Of COVID-19

The Orissa High Court has ordered the State authorities to pay an ex-gratia compensation amount to the tune of rupees fifty lakhs along with special family pension to the widow of a police constable who died of COVID-19 while on-duty.Discarding the argument of the State that the deceased was not deployed in field duty, the Single Bench of Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra observed –“He might...

Clothing Is Form Of Self-Expression, Courts Should Not Morally Police Women Based On Their Clothes: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court in a recent judgment observed that that a woman's choice of dress should not be subject to moral policing or judgment, especially by the courts. The Court cautioned that the Judge's personal opinions should not be incorporated into judgments. The Division Bench comprising of Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M. B. Snehalatha reminded that the Constitution...

Delhi High Court Rejects Woman's Plea Claiming To Be Heir Of Bahadur Shah Zafar II, Seeking Possession Of Red Fort

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by one Sultana Begum, seeking possession of Red Fort, claiming herself to be the widow of the great grandson of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II.A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela dismissed the appeal moved by the woman challenging a single judge order of December...

Madras High Court Expedites Trial Against Sasikala In FERA Case

The Madras High on Thursday dismissed three petitions filed by Sasikala, a close aide of former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, challenging certain questions put forward by the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Economic Offences – I at Egmore. While doing so, the bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice M Jothiraman also directed the court to expedite the trial if the...

'No Premeditation': Gujarat HC Overturns Murder Conviction Of Two Who Caused Fatal Injuries From Iron Strips, Convicts For Culpable Homicide

The Gujarat High Court overturned the murder conviction of two men to culpable homicide not amounting murder, after noting that the facts of the case the ingredients of the offence of murder under the IPC were not made out. In doing so a division bench of Justice Ilesh Vora and and Justice S.V. Pinto reiterated the distinction between murder and culpable homicide not amounting to murder which...

Punjab & Haryana HC Allows Diljit's Concert In Chandigarh Tomorrow But Warns Of Penal Action If 75-Decibel Noise Limit Breached

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today permitted Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh to hold a concert in Chandigarh tomorrow (December 14). However, the court directed that the event must adhere to noise limits, maintaining ambient air quality standards with a maximum noise level of 75 decibels otherwise penal action can be taken against the organizers"No hesitation in allowing the event to...

Assessee Can Confine Settlement Under Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act To Disputes Which Were Subject Matter Of Its Appeal: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that under the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020, an Assessee is entitled to confine the settlement of disputes which were subject matter of its appeal, and exclude the disputes which were subject matter of the Revenue's appeal for the same assessment year. It thus allowed a real estate company's plea against the certificate issued by Commissioner...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Actor Darshan, Pavitra Gowda And Other Co-Accused In Renukaswamy Murder Case

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (December 13) granted bail to actor Darshan, Pavitra Gowda and other co accused in Renukaswamy Murder Case. Justice S Vishwajith Shetty while pronouncing the order said, "Petitions allowed". A detailed copy of the order is awaited.The court had reserved its verdict earlier this week after hearing detailed arguments from all the parties. Accused Darshan,...

Husband, In-Laws 'Falsely Implicated' By Wife In View Of Matrimonial Dispute Between Parties: Madhya Pradesh HC Quashes Rape, Dowry FIR

While quashing a rape and dowry FIR against a husband and his kin, the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court said that the petitioner and his family members were "falsely implicated", adding that the lodging of the FIR at the wife's instance appeared to be an act of "wreaking vengeance". The court said this after noting that there existed a pending civil suit filed by the...

Pendency Of Revenue's Appeal Regarding Classification Of Imported Goods No Ground To Insist On Provisional Assessment U/S 18 Customs Act: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of an importer who was aggrieved by insistence on provisional assessment of duty by the Customs Department, despite an order of the CESTAT with respect to classification of its imported goods. Petitioner-company is involved in providing after sales support services of telecommunication networking equipment and had imported certain goods which...

Madras High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Order Which Restrained Conferment Of Award In MS Subbulakshmi's Name To TM Krishna

The Madras High Court has set aside a single judge order restrainig The Music Academy and The Hindu group from conferring the Sangita Kalanidhi Award to musical TM Krishna in Late MS Subbulakshmi's name. The division bench of Justice SS Sunthar and Justice P Dhanabal passed the order on an appeal preferred by The Music Academy and the Hindu Group. Though a mention was made against the...

Gujarat High Court Seeks Stand Of State, Harij Nagar Palika In PIL On Pollution Of Lake Due To Dumping Of Waste

The Gujarat High Court on December 12 (Thursday) sought the stand of the State and Harij Nagar Palika located in Patan District in a PIL petition concerning pollution in a lake in the area allegedly due to untreated sewage being diverted into the water body which is stated the largest lake in the town. A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi issued notice...