Bombay High Court Summons Notary Alleged To Be Practicing With 3-4 Clerks Posing As Notaries

The Bombay High Court has summoned a Notary to personally appear before it at 10.30am today, since he is alleged to be operating from outside the High Court building with 3-4 clerks operating at the same time as the Notary himself.A Notary is a service which is used to certify authenticity of a document and the document is supposed to be notarised after the Notary verifies a copy with...

Unemployment Of Husband Would Not Absolve Him From Responsibility To Maintain His Wife: Delhi Court Upholds Interim Order Of Maintenance

Observing that mere fact that the husband is unemployed would not absolve him from his responsibility to maintain his wife, a Delhi Court has upheld an order awarding a meagre amount of interim maintenance of Rs. 5,133 per month to the wife.Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Sharma of Tis Hazari Courts observed that the husband cannot shirk his responsibility regarding interim maintenance...

Gujarat High Court Grants Protection To Young Couple Wishing To Marry

The Bench comprising Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Mauna Bhatt while granting protection to a young couple wishing to marry each other, admitted the writ of habeas corpus seeking the release of Jayaben Shrimali from the care of the District Legal Service Authority, Banaskantha. The Court had, on an earlier occasion, granted protection to the corpus who was interested in marrying...

Meghalaya Police Member Found Passing Info To Extremist Outfit: High Court Upholds His Removal Sans Inquiry

The Meghalaya High Court last week upheld the removal (sans inquiry) of a member of the State Police Force who was found had passed on information pertaining to police operations and movements to a banned and extremist outfit by the name of Garo National Liberation Army.Finding a justification in the move to remove him from service without giving him an opportunity to defend the charges...

Disputed Question Of Fact Regarding Title Of The Plot Can't Be Gone Into While Exercising Its Extraordinary Writ Jurisdiction: Rajasthan HC Disposes PIL

A division bench of Rajasthan High Court observed that the disputed question of fact regarding title of the plot in question cannot be gone into by the High Court while exercising its extraordinary writ jurisdiction. The court opined that the issues require a decision of civil court. Justice Vinod Kumar Bharwani and Justice Sandeep Mehta, observed, "In this view of the...

"Have Removed 'Derogatory' Content/Comments Against Judiciary, Judges": Twitter Informs Andhra Pradesh High Court

Filing an affidavit in compliance with the order passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on January 31, 2022, the Social Media giant Twitter has informed the High Court that it has taken necessary steps to remove several 'derogatory' comments posted against the judiciary and some High Court judges as per HC's order.Essentially, the Andhra Pradesh High Court had earlier sought an explanation...

Judicial Infrastructure Development In Bihar: Patna High Court Seeks Compliance Report From State Govt

Dealing with a plea filed highlighting the apathy on the part of the State in providing basic infrastructure and facilities for the advocates practicing in various courts within the State of Bihar, the Patna High Court has sought a compliance report from the State Government over Judicial Infra development in the state.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar however,...

Subordinate Courts In UP To Remain Open For Judicial Work From Today: Allahabad High Court Issues Guidelines

In view of the decreasing COVID cases in the state, the Allahabad High Court has issued fresh guidelines for the functioning of Subordinate Courts and Tribunals. From today (February 14) onwards, all the Courts (including tribunals) subordinate to the High Court shall remain open to take up the Judicial work & Administrative matters.As per the latest guidelines issued yesterday, in case...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: February 7 To February 13, 2022

Judgments/Orders of the Week 1. UP Power Corporation EPF Scam: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Prime Accused Parveen Kumar Gupta Case title - Parveen Kumar Gupta v. State Of U.P.Thru C.B.I./A.C.B. Lucknow Case citation: 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 37 The High Court granted bail to the former General Manager of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited and prime accused in...

[41 Yr Old Murder Case] Testimony Of Sole Eyewitness Not Reliable: Allahabad HC Sets Aside Convict's Life Sentence

The Allahabad High Court on Friday set aside the life sentence of a murder convict in a case that dates back to the year 1980, after concluding that the testimony of the sole eye witness in the case isn't reliable.The Bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Sameer Jain, in its analysis of the facts, circumstances, and evidence adduced in the case, found that it was not safe to rely on...

No Feater Of Rights When No Condition Is Attached To Land Sold In Public Auction: Gujarat High Court

"When the land was sold in a public auction and when there is no condition attached to the said order of sale, then there can not be a feater of the rights of the person concerned to sale of the land in question", the Gujarat High Court has held. The Bench comprising Justice AP Thaker made this observation in a petition challenging the order passed by the Special Secretary (Appeals)...

Bombay High Court Weekly Roundup: February 7 To February 13, 2022

1. A Company Cannot be Blacklisted without Warning of Debarment in Show Cause Notice. Blacklisting Causes Civil Death, Clear Show Cause Notice & Due Process A Must: Bombay High Court Case Title: Ms Moonline Express Cargo Pvt Ltd vs UoI through Divisional Railway Manager Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 30 Observing that an entity cannot be blacklisted from participating in...