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Kala Kendra’s Performance License Can’t Be Cancelled When Alleged Offence Under POCSO Act Not Committed On Premises: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently held that the performers license of Natraj Sanskrutik Kala Kendra, Nashik couldn't have been cancelled on the ground of crime registered against the proprietor as the alleged crime was not committed on the Kala Kendra's premises.Justice RG Avachat added that since the proprietor has been acquitted of the crime, the ground for cancellation does not...
Kerala High Court Pulls Up State For Not Including Prevention-Oriented Programme On Sexual Abuse In School Curriculum
Kerala High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the State for not taking measures to include prevention-oriented programmes on sexual abuse as part of school curriculum. In this regard the court ordered the heads of the expert committee formed by the state to be present before the court on 27.02.2023.“the Director General of Education and the Additional Director of Education, who are...
Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence For Mother Who Killed Her 5-Year Old Child
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, reiterated that when there is concurrent findings of fact by the Trial Court and the High Court, the Apex Court ought not to re-appreciate the evidence to examine the correctness of such findings of fact, unless there is manifest illegality or grave and serious miscarriage of justice on account of misreading or ignoring material evidence. A Bench...
Jammu & Kashmir Govt. Imposes Property Tax In Municipal Areas From April 1, 2023
The Housing and Urban Development Department of Jammu and Kashmir has notified the Jammu and Kashmir Property Tax (Other Municipalities) Rules, 2023, which prescribe the rules for the levy, assessment, and collection of property tax in the municipalities and municipal councils of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.The Rules shall be effective from April 1, 2023.The property tax...
Assets Of Those Not Linked To PFI Released From Attachment, State Tells Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday took note of the submissions of the government that the properties of four persons who have no connection with the Popular Front of India (PFI) and whose properties were erroneously attached by the Revenue authorities have been excluded through an order issued by the Home Department.The Division Bench of Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed...
Research On Caste, Religion, Economy Is Sensitive; Violation Of Tourist Visa Norms: Centre Tells Delhi High Court In UK Academic's Case
The Central Government has told Delhi High Court that UK Anthropologist Filippo Osella carried out research activities connected to caste, religion and economy, in violation of the tourist visa norms.The government has opposed Osella’s plea against his deportation from Thiruvananthapuram airport in Kerala in March last year. Osella has conducted extensive research for over 30 years in...
Assessment Of Descriptive Answers Is Subjective; Courts Should Not Enter That Arena : Supreme Court Disapproves Of HC Ordering Re-Evaluation
The Supreme Court recently disapproved of the course adopted by the Allahabad High Court in ordering re-evaluation of a university exam, as the relevant statute did have a provision for re-evaluation and scrutiny of answer sheets."Moreover, the award of marks in the descriptive type answers essentially remains a matter of subjective assessment and the Court would not be entering into that...
Indian Society Doesn’t Recognise Live-In Relation As Acceptable, Difficult For Woman To Live Alone After It Breaks: Allahabad HC
Granting bail to a man accused of raping his married live-in partner, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that it is difficult for a woman to live alone after breaking of live-in relationship. Opining that Indian Society, at large, does not recognize such relationships as acceptable, the Court added that a woman, therefore, is left with no option but to lodge a first...
Trial-Related Anxiety Does Not Justify Act Of Casting Aspersion On Judge: Delhi High Court Imposes ₹5K Cost On Contemnor
Closing the contempt proceedings against a person, the Delhi High Court observed that the anxiety, which the man went through during the trial of the case filed by his former wife, does not justify the actions of casting aspersion on a judicial officer.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora accepted the unconditional apology tendered by him, with a warning to exercise restraint and refrain...
Why Are POCSO Act's Provisions On Mandatory Reporting Under Challenge?
Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice on a public interest litigation challenging the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, that pertain to mandatory reporting of suspected sexual abuse of minors. The petition filed by a lawyer particularly challenges the mandatory reporting in context of consensual sex between minors.In recent years, there has been...
Shiv Sena Crisis | 'I Stand Here Not Just For This Case, But For Protection Of Constitutional Processes' : Sr Adv Kapil Sibal To Supreme Court
The pleas pertaining to the Maharashtra political crisis are currently being heard by a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice MR Shah, Justice Krishna Murari, Justice Hima Kohli, and Justice PS Narasimha. In today's proceedings, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Uddhav Thackeray faction, argued that the governor's actions in the...