Daughter-In-Law Eligible For Allotment Of Fair Price Shop On Compassionate Grounds: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a daughter-in-law is very well entitled to allotment of a fair price shop on compassionate grounds. The Bench of Justice Manish Mathur relied upon an earlier judgment of the High Court wherein it was held that a widowed daughter-in-law is eligible for allotment of a fair price shop on compassionate grounds.Essentially, the Court was dealing with a writ...

Plea Based On Newspaper Reports, No Inquiry Into Facts Conducted: MP HC Dismisses PIL Against Govt Hospital For Medical Negligence With ₹10K Cost

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently dismissed two petitions in the nature of Public Interest Litigation, seeking action against a government hospital for its alleged negligence that led to disruption of oxygen supply, causing death of its 17 patients. The division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Amar Nath (Kesharwani) was dealing with two writ petitions in...

Calcutta HC Stays Ex-Parte Injunction On Sale Of Books Of Veteran Cartoonist Narayan Debnath, Rs 7 Lakhs Deposit To Be Paid To Legal Heirs By Publisher

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday imposed a stay on an ex-parte injunction issued by a trial Court in favour of the elder son of renowned illustrator Late Narayan Debnath against a publisher claiming infringement of copyright of several works of his deceased father. Narayan Debnath was a legendary illustrator, cartoonist and writer who was famous for creating several popular Bengali comic...

TN Local Body Polls: Returning Officer Admits To Tampering With Results Due To External 'Pressure', Madras HC Asks To File Affidavit

The returning officer of Ward No.10 of Kallupatti in Madurai District has submitted before the Madras High Court that he illegally modified the election results and declared a DMK candidate as the winner due to external pressure by a group of persons.The First Bench comprising of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy was hearing a case filed by an...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-106]

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Unfortunate That In Maharashtra, Two Highest Constitutional Functionaries Don't Trust Each Other: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Monday expressed anguish that two highest constitutional functionaries in Maharashtra, the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari "do not trust each other." "The unfortunate part in Maharashtra is this that two highest Constitutional functionaries do not trust each other. You both please sit together and sort this out...

Calcutta High Court Directs Visva Bharati University To Reopen Hostels In Presence Of Police, Student Representatives

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Visva-Bharati University authorities to immediately open hostels for its students. The Court ordered that the police should break open the locks in hostel rooms in the presence of two student representatives and other university officials. The direction was issued amid the ongoing protests by more than 200 students inside the University...

Delhi Higher Judicial Services Exam 2022: Advocates Move High Court Challenging 'Maximum Age' Criteria, Hearing Tomorrow

Nine lawyers have moved the Delhi High Court challenging the maximum age criteria of 45 years (as on January 1, 2022) for applying and appearing in the Delhi Higher Judicial Services Examination 2022.The plea filed through Advocates Addtya Kapoor, Manika Goswamy, Medha Tandon, Kushal Kumar, Harsh Ahuja and Akash Dep Gupta is slated to be heard tomorrow. While the last date of filling of...

BREAKING| Supreme Court Grants Bail To Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Convict, Who Has Been In Jail For 32 Years

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to AG Perarivalan, one of the seven convicts serving life sentence in the case related to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.Taking note of the fact that Perarivalan has been in jail for nearly 32 years, a bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice BR Gavai granted bail to him."Taking into account the fact that...

IIT-Madras Student Suicide: High Court Quashes FIR Against Protesters From Campus Front Of India

No proper investigation with regard to identity of protestors, Court said.

High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Delhi Waqf Board Over Centre's Decision To Delist 123 Properties, Refuses Interim Relief

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea filed by Delhi Waqf Board aggrieved by the action of the Centre to delist 123 properties, purportedly belonging to it. Justice Yashwant Varma however refused to grant any stay in connection of transfer of one of the 123 waqf properties, i.e., Qabristan Qadeem by the Centre in favour of Indo Tibetan Border Police."I'm presently not...

Kerala High Court Directs 5 College Students Accused Of Ragging Their Juniors To Engage In Social Service For 2 Weeks

The Kerala High Court recently directed five college students of TKM Engineering College to engage in social service for two weeks, to quash the proceedings pending against them for ragging two junior students.While agreeing to quash the proceedings against them, Justice K. Haripal ordered the petitioners to undergo some kind of social service preferably in the General Hospital for two weeks....