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Child Labour: Delhi Govt Rescued Over 200 Children Since January, High Court Told
The Delhi High Court was informed on Monday that the Delhi government has rescued more than 200 children employed as child labourers in the national capital since January and that further raid operations are ongoing.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Datta was hearing a plea moved by Bachpan Bachao Andolan highlighting the plight of children working...
Life Convicts Release Committee Must Meet Once In 2 Months: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to ask the Life Convicts Release Committee, headed by the Principal Secretary, State Home Department, to meet once in two months to review and pass orders on applications made for premature release/remission made by convicts serving life imprisonment.“I deem it appropriate to direct the State Government to henceforth direct the...
Supreme Court Issues Notice In Karnataka Lokayukta’s Plea Challenging Interim Anticipatory Bail GrantTo BJP MLA In Bribe Case
The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued notice, in a plea by Karnataka Lokayukta challenging the Karnataka High Court's order granting interim anticipatory bail to BJP MLA, K. Madal Virupakshappa, in a bribery case. The High Court order was not stayed. While issuing notice the Bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia was concerned that though the petition was filed by...
S.23 Senior Citizens Act | Subsequent Undertaking By Transferee To Provide Basic Amenities Can Be Considered Part Of Transfer Deed: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court recently upheld an order of the Maintenance Tribunal which allowed an octogenarian transferor to revoke the gift deed made in favour of the transferee on the ground that the transferee harassed and failed to provide maintenance to the transferor, contrary to the specific undertaking given by the transferee. The single judge bench of Justice Moushumi...
Mere Breach Of Promise Not Equivalent To Giving False Promise To Marry: Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes Rape Case
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Gwalior quashing a rape case observed that a mere breach of promise to marry cannot be said to be a false promise to marry. Justice Deepak Kumar Agarwal observed that only a false promise to marry made with the intention to deceive a woman would vitiate the woman's consent being obtained under the misconception of fact. On going through the law laid down...
State Commissioner Of Food Safety Has No Authority To Impose Ban On Manufacture And Sale Of Gutka, Pan Masala: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that Commissioner of Food Safety, Andhra Pradesh is neither authorized nor having any jurisdiction to issue the notification, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of Tobacco Pan Masala in exercise of powers under Section 30(2)(a) of the Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006 (FSSA, 2006).The bench of Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice...
EPF Act | Reasoned Order Of Tribunal Waiving Pre-Deposit U/S 7-O Cannot Be Intervened With Unless Palpably Illegal: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has recently ruled that a reasoned order of a Tribunal while hearing an application seeking waiver u/s 7-O of the Employee Provident Fund Act to deposit the amount as mandated under Sec 7A cannot be interfered with, unless the said order is either without jurisdiction or Palpably Illegal. Under the Section 7A of the Employee Provident Fund Act, the appeal of...
Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow Lakshadweep MP's Plea Against Lok Sabha Not Revoking Disqualification Despite Suspension Of Conviction
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list tomorrow a fresh petition filed by Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal seeking permission to attend the Lok Sabha as his conviction has been stayed.Faizal has filed the latest petition challenging the refusal of the Lok Sabha Secretariat to withdraw the decision to disqualify him, even after his conviction has been stayed by the High Court.Senior...
No Data Regarding Exact Population: Kerala High Court Holds Notifications Declaring Lakshadweep's Gram Panchayat Constituencies Ultra Vires
The Kerala High Court recently held the notifications declaring the local area comprising villages; the number of wards; and calling for objections to the proposed delimitation of Gram Panchayat constituencies/ wards, issued by the Lakshadweep Administrator and the Election Commission (EC) for the Lakshadweep Village (Dweep) Panchayat elections, as premature and ultra vires the provisions of...
'Peaceful Protest One's Constitutional Right' : Former CJI UU Lalit Raises Concerns About Rampant Use Of Section 144 CrPC In Delhi
Former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit expressed concerns over the indiscriminate invocation of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the Delhi police in the national capital. This provision confers vast powers on magistrates, and in the case of a commissionerate like Delhi, on the police chiefs, to issue urgent, preventive directions, including orders prohibiting...