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Plea Filed In Calcutta HC To Direct Advocate General To Decide On Sanction For Contempt Against Derek O'Brien, Ashok Deb
Two separate petitions have been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking directions to be issued to the Advocate General of West Bengal Kishore Datta to decide on the applications filed before him seeking permission to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Member of Parliament Derek O'brien and West Bengal Bar Council Chairperson, Ashok Kumar Deb. Both Deb and O'brien belong to...
Municipality Heads Will Be Personally Liable If Any Manual Scavenging Activity Is Detected: Madras High Court
In a bid to eradicate the evil of manual scavenging which has claimed several lives in the past, the Madras High Court on Wednesday observed that Municipality Heads will be personally liable in case any person is found to be indulging in manually cleaning the sewers.It also directed the heads of corporations and municipalities to file a written undertakings to the effect that no manual...
Supreme Court Grants Protection From Arrest To Man Accused Of Raping Olympian Mayookha Johny's Friend
The Supreme Court today granted protection from arrest to C.C Johnson, the man accused of raping Olypian Mayookha Johny's friend, and for capturing her nude photographs to blackmail her. The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and AS Oka have also asked the counsel to place on record before the next date of hearing an affidavit explaining as to whether the counsel has handed over all...
'Will Open Pandora Box, Approach Consumer Court': Delhi High Court Disposes Plea Alleging Dead Rat In Amul Buttermilk Packet
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a woman's plea alleging that a dead rat or rotten chicken flesh was found in Amul's buttermilk Packet, thereby affecting her mental and physical well being post it's consumption. The petitioner had sought a compensation of Rs. 20 lakhs.Asking the petitioner to approach the consumer court, Justice Rekha Palli opined that allowing such...
Magistrates Cannot Extend Time To Complete Investigation In UAPA Cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that magistrates would not be competent to extend the time to complete investigations in UAPA cases.The only competent authority to consider such request would be "the Court" as specified in the proviso in Section 43-D (2)(b) of the UAPA, the bench of Justices Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Belam M Trivedi heldIn this case, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal...
Magistrate Applied Mind While Initiating Defamation Proceedings'Against Kangana Ranaut On Javed Akhtar's Complaint : Bombay High Court
A procedural irregularity by the Metropolitan Magistrate while taking cognisance of the complainant cannot be a ground to quash proceedings, the Bombay High Court observed dismissing actor Kangana Ranaut plea in lyricist Javed Akhtar's defamation complaint. Justice Revati Mohite Dere refused relief to Ranaut, who filed a petition under Section 482 of CrPC and sought to quash the...
Second Appeal- High Courts Can Exercise Limited Factual Review Under Section 103 CPC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that High Courts are empowered to exercise limited factual review under Section 103 of the Code of Civil Procedure.The bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat observed that the rule that sans a substantial question of law, the High Courts cannot interfere with findings of the lower Court or concurrent findings of fact, is subject to the following...
"Marital Dispute Given 'Love-Jihad' Angle By Religio-Political Groups": Wife, Husband Move Gujarat HC To Quash FIR Under 'Anti-Love Jihad' Law
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the State Government which objected to a joint plea filed by an Interfaith married couple seeking quashing of an FIR under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021 ['Anti Love Jihad' law] allegedly registered by the Wife against her husband.The woman categorically submitted before the Court that the FIR had been registered...
Requirements Under Schemes Not To Be Insisted Upon Mindlessly: Karnataka High Court Directs State To Sanction 94-Yr Old Freedom Fighter's Pension
Granting relief to a 94-year-old Freedom Fighter, who was denied Freedom Fighters Pension by the state government, the Karnataka High Court recently directed retrospective payment with effect from March 1998 and directed the State to settle all the arrears, within a period of six weeks. Petitioner Gundurao Desai had challenged an endorsement issued by the government in July...
Personal Appearance For The Purpose Of Seeking Registration Of Marriage Would Include Video Conferencing: Reiterates Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that personal appearance for the purpose of seeking registration of marriage by a couple would include video conferencing mode.Relying on the settled judgments on the subject, Justice Rekha Palli said that it will allow the petition filed by a NRI couple, seeking exemption from physical appearance for Marriage Registration. The Couple claimed to have...
Frequent Attacks From Political Rivals: Municipal Chairperson Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Police Protection
The Chairperson of the Thrikkakara Municipality has moved the Kerala High Court seeking police protection apprehending danger to her life and limbs from members of the rival political party and their henchmen. The petitioner Ajitha Thankappan heads the governing body constituted by the majority Councillors belonging to the Indian National Congress who emerged victorious in the latest...