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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...
"A District Magistrate, After Passing An Order Under Sec.14 Of The SARFAESI Act Does Not Have Any Jurisdiction To Review, Recall Or Modify It": Punjab and Haryana HC
Punjab and Haryana High Court on March 14, 2022, answered various significant questions regarding Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act. The court had an occasion to discuss the scope of jurisdiction of the district magistrate to review, recall or modify an order passed under Sec.14 of the SARFAESI Act, 2002. Along with that, the court also delved into the issue of non-enforcement of the...
Reconsider Ban On Fee Hike In Private Schools: Allahabad High Court Asks Uttar Pradesh Govt
The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to reconsider the ban imposed by it on fee hike in private schools. The Bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Narendra Kumar Johari ordered thus on a plea moved by Association Of Private Schools Of UP.Essentially, the ban was imposed by the State Govt on Jan 7, 2022 in view of the COVID sitatution taking note of the...
TODAY AT 1.30PM: Discussion On Karnataka High Court's Hijab Ban Judgment
LiveLaw is organizing a Discussion On Karnataka High Court's Hijab Ban JudgmentDate And Time: 1.30 PM TODAYPanelistsFarrah Ahmed (Associate Professor in Melbourne Law School)Shahrukh Alam (Advocate, Supreme Court)Gautam Bhatia (Constitutional Scholar)WATCH LIVE HERE...
