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How ICJ's Order In Ukraine's Plea Creates Binding Obligations On Russia?
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday by 13 votes to 2 issued its order on provisional measures in the case instituted by Ukraine against Russia under the Genocide Convention. It was further averred that its order on provisional measures creates binding international legal obligations under Article 41 of the Statute of the International Court of...
S.21 Of General Clauses Act Can't Be Used To Review 'Award' Made Under Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Manipur High Court
The Manipur High Court has recently held that Section 21 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 ("the Act of 1897") cannot be employed to review an 'Award' made under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 ("the Act of 1894"). While dismissing the writ appeal preferred by the State, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice M.V. Muralidaran held, "It may however be noted that Section 21...
When Signature On Cheque Is Admitted Then Question For Appointment Of Handwriting Expert Doesn't Arise: PH High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently upheld the view taken by the lower court that when signature over a cheque in question has not been specifically denied then there is no question for the appointment of a handwriting expert to compare the handwriting over the cheque in question.With this, the Bench of Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj dismissed the plea filed by one Sudhir Kumar challenging...
'How Agreement To Do Illegal Act Can Be Inferred Merely From WhatsApp Group Chat?': Court Drops Conspiracy Charge Against 12 In Delhi Riots
Observing that it was unfathomable how an agreement to do illegal act can be inferred merely from messages posted in a WhatsApp group chat, a Delhi Court has discharged 12 men of the charge of criminal conspiracy. The accused allegedly murdered various persons belonging to the Muslim community during the North East Delhi riots of 2020. The Court has framed other charges against them in...
Madras High Court Reserves Orders on Encroachment in Bethel Nagar
The Madras High Court has reserved orders on matter involving encroachments in Bethel Nagar at Injambakkam The bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy were hearing a contempt of court petition filed by one I.H Sekar, Managing Trustee of "The Nature Trust". The contempt petition was filed against the non-compliance of orders passed by the court in...
BREAKING| Film Production Units Have To Form ICC Under POSH Act : Kerala High Court Orders In WCC's Plea
The Kerala High Court on Thursday observed that film production units have the responsibility to form an Internal Complaints Committee as per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 - commonly known as the POSH Act. The Court further held that other related associations like the Film Employees Federation of Kerala(FEFKA), Kerala Film...
NEET-UG: Meghalaya High Court Grants Relief To Candidate Who Missed Counselling Due To Delivery Of Email In Spam Folder
In an interesting and peculiar development, the Meghalaya High Court has come to the rescue of a National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) candidate who missed her counselling because e-counselling invitation mail was delivered in the spam folder of her e-mail. While allowing the writ petition, a Single Judge Bench of Justice H.S. Thangkhiew observed, "In this age of technology...
Data On Students' Personal Info Well Protected In ERP Software: Delhi University Tells High Court
The University of Delhi has told the Delhi High Court that the entire data related to the personal information of students has been well protected and kept with University developed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and that the University has a privacy policy in respect of the data received.Justice Pratibha M Singh was dealing with a plea filed by final year students of the...
Gauhati High Court Stays Lower Court's Order To Register Case Against CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Over Alleged Provocative Speech
The Gauhati High Court on Friday stayed a lower court order, whereby Assam Police were directed to register a case against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his allegedly inflammatory remarks over an eviction drive carried out last year.Justice Hitesh Kumar Sarma said,"On consideration of the contents of the petition, facts leading to the passing of the impugned order by the...
Genuineness Of Allegations Can't Be Determined While Summoning Accused, Reiterates Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that Genuineness or otherwise of the allegations cannot be even determined at the stage of summoning the accused. The Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh observed thus while dismissing a 482 CrPC Application filed challenging the summoning order of the Magistrate.The case in briefEssentially, an application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. was moved by...
Supreme Court Holds A Major Daughter Not Entitled To Education Expenses From Father As She Does Not Want To Maintain Relationship With Him
While passing a decree of divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage, the Supreme Court refused to allow the daughter born to the couple to claim education and marriage expenses from her father as she said that she does not want to maintain relationship with him.The Court noted that the daughter, aged 20 years of age, was not intending to maintain ties with the father. If...