Widow Can't Claim Inheritance Of Property Through Natural Succession If Husband Was Not Owner Of Suit Land On Date Of His Death: P&H High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court while dealing with an appeal filed by the widow claiming right over the suit property on the basis of natural succession, held that appellant's husband was not the owner of the suit land on the date of his death, therefore, the question of inheritance of the estate does not arise. It has been held that late Sh. Baldev Singh was not the owner of the suit...

High Courts Without Original Civil Jurisdiction Require Commercial Division For International Arbitration: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that even with respect to a High Court that does not exercise an Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction, a Commercial Division is required to be established for the purpose of considering applications and appeals arising out of an International Commercial Arbitration. The Court added that the said Commercial Division must comprise of a Single...

Actor Assault Case| Kerala High Court Reserves Orders On Crime Branch's Plea Seeking More Time To Complete Further Investigation

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday reserved its orders on the plea moved by the Crime Branch seeking more time to conclude the further investigation in the 2017 sexual assault case.Justice Kauser Edappagath heard all the parties elaborately before reserving orders in the case. Notably, Advocate TB Mini appearing for the survivor actress had submitted that the Judge may avoid the hearing, as...

Gujarat High Court Says Young Children Need Love Of Both Parents, Asks DLSA To Attempt Conciliation Between Estranged Couple

While emphasizing on the paramount welfare of children in custody matters and observing that young children need love and warmth of both the parents, the Gujarat High Court recently directed the District Legal Service Authority to attempt conciliation between an estranged couple."We would also request the Chairperson, Rajkot District Legal Service Authority to also attempt to bring...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round Up: May 23- May 29, 2022

Nominal IndexParo and others v. Mahindo 2022 LiveLaw (PH) 111Simarjit Kaur @ Simerjeet Kaur @ Simarjeet Kaur versus Maninder Kaur 2022 LiveLaw (PH) 112Rakesh Khanna @ Babbu v. Gulzari Lal and Others 2022 LiveLaw (PH) 113Ankush Rawat v. Guru Nanak Education Trust and Another 2022 LiveLaw (PH) 114Novex Communications Private Limited v. Union of India and another2022 LiveLaw (PH) 115Amit v. State...

Special NDPS Court Allows Rhea Chakraborty To Travel For IIFA 2022 To Abu Dhabi

A Special Court has partly allowed an application by actress Rhea Chakraborty in the drug case related to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, and permitted her to travel to Abu Dhabi for the IIFA Awards between June 2 to 5, 2022. In an application filed through her lawyer Advocate Nikhil Maneshinde, Chakraborty said that she was invited by the director and co-founder of IIFA to walk...

UAPA Case| Kerala High Court Refuses Bail To 4th Accused Over Alleged Maoist Links

The Kerala High Court has rejected the bail plea of ​​Vijith Vijayan, the fourth accused in the UAPA case over alleged Maoist links finding that there was prima facie evidence to suggest his involvement in the terror case. A Division Bench of Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran observed that the general purport of the secret documents in his handwriting...

Criminal Trial Can't Proceed Ex-Parte, Evidence Can't Be Received In Absence Of Accused Except U/S 299 CrPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a criminal trial cannot be held in the absence of an accused unless personal appearance is dispensed with for valid reasons. There cannot be dispensation of examination of an accused under section 313 Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C) if incriminating evidence appears in the evidence of the witness. A single judge bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish...

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan Moves High Court Against History Sheet Declaring Him A 'Bad Character': Delhi Police Asked To Respond, No Interim Relief

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the city police on a plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan challenging opening of history sheet against him in March this year which had declared his as a bad character. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain issued notice on the plea while listing the matter for further hearing on July 28. However,...

[Sidhu Moosewala Murder] How Did Information On Security Withdrawal Come Into Public Domain?: HC Seeks Punjab Govt's Reply

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday asked the Punjab State Government as to how the list of persons whose security was withdrawn by it, came out in the public domain. The State Government has been asked to respond to the Court's query by June 2."Relevant information as to whether the order has become public on account of any RTI information or leakage or in collusion of someone...

"Samrat Prithviraj" Film Is Caste Neutral, Does Not Depict King As Rajput Or Gurjar: Yash Raj Films Tells Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has disposed of a plea against Akshay Kumar starrer "Samrat Prithviraj" for allegedly depicting the ruler as a Rajput King. The plea claimed that Prithviraj Chauhan was a Gurjar King. The film is set to hit the theatres on June 3. A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta closed the matter after counsel for Yash Raj Films made...

Appointment Of Guest Lecturers On Large Scale Without Regular Appointments Likely To Make 'Huge Dent' On Quality Of Education: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court, in the order which held that ad-hoc employees can be replaced by other ad-hoc employees, made certain striking observations against the prevailing situation relating to appointment of guest faculties on a large scale without facilitating the recruitment of regular faculties in educational institutions. The Single Judge Bench of Justice Sanjeeb Kumar...