Agreement Clauses That Prohibit Keeping A Pet In Residential Units Illegal, Unenforceable In Law: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday established that clauses in a bye-law or an agreement that prohibit a person from keeping a pet in their residential premises shall be void and unenforceable in law.A Division Bench of Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P. was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation filed by a person aggrieved by the stand of the office bearers of...

'No Reason To Intervene & Stifle Ever Widening Contours Of Free Speech': Delhi Court Rejects Dainik Jagran's Plea Seeking Removal Of Alt News Article

A Delhi Court has rejected an application filed by Dainik Jagran seeking removal of an article published by Alt News observing that there was no reason for the Court to intervene at an early stage and stifle the ever widening contours of free speech. The article in question, published by Alt News dated May 30, 2021 was titled "Dainik Jagaran's misleading reports portray mass burials in...

'A Very Dangerous Proposition': Kerala High Court On Plea Seeking Removal Of Prime Minister's Photograph From Vaccination Certificate

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday discouraged a plea challenging the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi being affixed on the vaccination certificates issued to the citizens upon being vaccinated against Covid-19.The petitioner's main allegation was that a vaccination certificate was his private space and he has certain rights over it. Justice N. Nagaresh while pondering over the...

Delhi Court To Hear Plea Against Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar For Allegedly Giving Provocative Speeches Against Protesting Farmers On Nov 18

A Delhi Court will hear on November 18 a complaint filed against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for allegedly giving provocative speeches to incite violence against the protesting farmers recently. The complaint case filed by Advocate Amit Sahni seeks summoning of Khattar and also to direct the concerned police officials to conduct an investigation against him by lodging an FIR in...

"Very Serious Matter": Delhi Commission For Women Takes Suo Moto Cognizance On Media Reports Of Rape Threats Given To Virat Kohli's Daughter

The Delhi Commission for Women on Tuesday took suo moto cognizance on media reports regarding the rape threats given to Indian Cricket Team Captain Virat Kohli's 9 months old daughter after he supported a fellow cricketer after he was trolled on social media over his religion. "It has been reported that online threats are being given to rape the 9 month old girl child of Virat Kohli since...

Kerala High Court To Resume Physical Hearing And Filing Within Two Weeks

Pursuant to a meeting of the Committee for Redressal of Grievances of the High Court on Tuesday afternoon, a notice has been issued by the Kerala High Court Advocates' Association that it has been decided to resume physical hearings, filing and posting of cases on any day between 8th and 15th November. It was also clarified that if anybody demands a virtual hearing on account of any...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-88]

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Bigamy : Kerala High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Constitutionality Of S.494 IPC

A plea has reached the Kerala High Court challenging the constitutionality of Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code, which provides punishment for bigamy.When the matter came up before the Court on Tuesday, Justice K Haripal issued notice to the respondents. The petitioner, who is facing a criminal prosecution in a case related to bigamy, stated that the Indian Penal Code is a secular piece...

BREAKING : Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Remanded to ED's Custody Till Nov 6

A special holiday court on Tuesday remanded former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in the Enforcement Directorate's custody till November 6 in a money laundering case. Deshmukh appeared before the agency on Monday as he was summoned. The senior NCP leader was arrested following more than 12 hours of questioning. Special Judge PB Jadhav passed the order after hearing...

"CAA Protest Was Secular, Chargesheet Is Communal": Umar Khalid's Lawyer In Bail Hearing In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case

Seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case involving charges under UAPA, student activist Umar Khalid's lawyer today argued before a Delhi Court today that while the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act were secular, it is the chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police which is communal. Senior Advocate Trideep Pais argued before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat that while...

Delay In Communication Of Bail Orders To Jail Authorities Affects Human Liberty, Must Be Addressed On War Footing: Justice DY Chandrachud

"A very serious deficiency in the criminal justice system is the delay in the communication of bail orders, which we need to address on war footing. Because this touches upon human liberty of every undertrial, or even a convict who has got suspension of sentence under section 389 of the Cr. P. C.", Justice D. Y. Chandrachud has said."One of the initiatives which Chief Justice S. Muralidhar...

Money Laundering: Kerala High Court Stays Single Judge Order Directing ED Probe Against Ebrahim Kunju For 2 Weeks

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday issued an interim stay on the single bench decision that had directed the Enforcement Directorate to probe into the allegations that a cash deposit of Rs 10 crores was made during demonetisation into the current account of a newspaper daily called Chandrika, where he was the Chairman of the governing body. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S. Manikumar...