78 Students Move MP High Court Challenging Dharmashastra NLU's Decision To Charge Excessive Fee For 'Remedial' Classes

78 students of Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur have moved to the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Jabalpur Bench) challenging the decision of the University Administration to charge them 7500/- per subject for remedial classes for becoming eligible to write the term-end examination.It is their plea that since they have already been debarred from writing the term-end examination, how...

"Award Patently Erroneous": Madras High Court Orders Fresh Arbitration In BSNL's Claim Against ISHA Foundation

The Madras High Court recently gave liberty to state-owned telecom provider BSNL to institute de novo arbitration against the ISHA foundation for its claim related to unpaid dues. The bench of Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy made the order after observing that the current arbitral award, which was passed without consulting an expert committee and without giving due regard to the...

Supreme Court Agrees To List Next Week Plea Of Unnao Rape Survivor Seeking Transfer Of Case Against Her To Delhi

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list next week plea seeking transfer of a counter case filed against her by the father of Shubham Singh, one of the accused men, facing trial in New Delhi for the gang rape of the minor petitioner.The plea wherein the victim had sought interim relief for the stay of the non-bailable warrant issued by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Unnao...

Workman Who Consents For Contractual Engagement Can't Turn Around & Seek Benefit U/S 25F Of Industrial Disputes Act: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that when there is a specific condition provided in the consent letter of employment that the appointment is on contract basis, then such workman cannot claim any benefit by contending that the Respondent establishment had breached Section 25(F) of the Industrial Disputes Act. The Petitioner, claiming to be sexually harassed by her...

Leaseholder Using Land For Charitable Purpose Can't Be Charged Rent Applicable To Commercial Category Of Lease: Jharkhand High Court To State

The Jharkhand High Court recently observed that a society using a leasehold land for charitable purposes, in this case for charitable educational purpose, cannot be charged premium, rent or service charge at commercial lease rates.Justice Kailash Prasad Deo observed that the State, as instrumentality, cannot act with arbitrariness and it must be just, fair and reasonable in all their...

Covid Lockdown Violation: Punjab & Haryana HC Acquits Foreign-Return U/S 269 IPC In Absence Of Material To Show He Had Any Infectious Disease

Punjab and Haryana High Court recently quashed an FIR registered under Sections 188, 269 and 270 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) wherein the petitioner was apprehended by the Police for not informing Chandigarh Administration about his arrival from Canada, or getting in isolation or home quarantine during the period of Covid-19 lockdown in the country. The bench comprising...

S.207 CrPC | Denial Of Chargesheet Material To Accused Results In Unfair Trial: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that a petitioner/accused would become entitled to all copies of the charge sheet material, denial of which would undoubtedly be contrary to the principle of fairness and result in an unfair trial. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna thus allowed the petition filed by one Chirag R. Mehta, charged for offences under Sections...

Delhi High Court Reserves Order In PIL To Declare Arrested AAP Leader Satyendar Jain As 'Person Of Unsound Mind'

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved order in a public interest litigation seeking to declare AAP leader Satyendar Jain as a person of 'unsound mind' thereby seeking his disqualification from the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Jain is presently in judicial custody in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish...

Husband's Repeated Taunts, Comparisons With Other Women Qualify As Mental Cruelty: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently observed that constant and repeated taunts of the husband that his wife did not meet his expectations and comparisons with other women would amount to mental cruelty as contemplated under Section 10(x) of the Divorce Act, 1869 for the purpose of dissolution of marriage.A Division Bench of Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice C. S. Sudha observed that for the...

SC/ST Act | Application U/S 482 CrPC Against Orders Of Cognizance & Issuance Of Summons Maintainable: Orissa HC Differs From Allahabad HC

While holding that an order taking cognizance and issuing summons will be appealable under Section 14-A(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the Orissa High Court has also held that such orders can be challenged under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.A Single Bench of Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra was of the view...

Talaq-E-Hasan Not So Improper Prima Facie, Women Have Option Of Khula Divorce : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made a prima facie observation that the practice of divorce through the Muslim personal law practice of Talaq-E-Hasan, as per which a man can divorce his wife by pronouncing "talaq" once a month for three months, is "not so improper".The Court noted that Muslim women have the option of seeking divorce through "khula"."Prima Facie this (talaq e Hasan) is not...

Motor Accident | Failure To Produce Evidence Of Deceased's Income Does Not Justify Adoption Of Lowest Tier Of Minimum Wage: Himachal Pradesh HC

The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently observed that merely because the claimants were unable to produce documentary evidence to show the monthly income of the deceased, the same should not justify adoption of lowest tier of minimum wage while computing the income. Observation came from Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua while deciding the appeal preferred by an Insurance company against award...