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"False Claims Of Molestation, Rape Need To Be Dealt With An Iron Hand, Tragic That Practising Advocates Are Trivialising Rape": Delhi High Court
Noting that there is an alarming increase in false claims pertaining to rape and other sexual offences, the Delhi High Court on Monday deprecated filing of false claims and allegations in such cases after observing that frivolous claims must be dealt with an iron hand. Observing that an act of rape has the ability to scar the mental psyche of the victim and the trauma can persist for...
PMLA- No Stay In Trial Or Investigation Where No Coercive Simpliciter Has Been Ordered: Supreme Court
While hearing a batch of pleas where an interim order staying arrest was granted in Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases, the Supreme Court today observed that there would be no stay in trial or investigation in cases where order of no coercive simpliciter has been passed. While directing the petitioners to cooperate with the investigation and granting them liberty to take recourse...
Counsel's Failure To Argue Written Submissions Not A Ground For Review: Bombay High Court
In an important order, the Bombay High Court has observed that written submissions in a dispute become immaterial if the litigant's counsel doesn't rely on them before the court of the first instance.The Bench went on to add that those submissions cannot subsequently be used to challenge any order. "Counsel's failure to argue written submissions is not a ground of review or, I dare...
Indian Man Missing From Saudi Arabia Since April 2020: Delhi High Court Issues Notice To MEA On Wife's Plea
The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a plea filed by the wife of a man, allegedly working in Jeddah on a labour visa and missing since April 2020.Justice Rekha Palli has sought response from the Union of India on the woman's plea seeking verified information about her husband's whereabouts and repatriation of his body, in case he is dead. The Embassy of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association Resolves To Boycott Justice Rajiv Kumar Dubey's Court
In its general meeting held today, the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association has passed a unanimous resolution calling for an indefinite boycott of the Court of Justice Rajeev Kumar Dubey.The resolution has been passed unanimously in the presence of the office-bearers of the three Bar Associations, members of the Madhya Pradesh State Bar Council, and Advocates.It may be noted that the...
Right To Privacy Of Single Mothers: Kerala HC Calls For Separate Forms For Registration Of Children Born Through Assisted Reproductive Technologies
The Kerala High Court recently held that requiring single women, who conceived through Assisted Reproductive Technologies, to furnish the father's name for registering the births and deaths of their children necessarily affects the right of dignity of the mother as well as the child. Justice Sathish Ninan while allowing the petition filed by a woman who conceived via IVF, held that...
Motor Accident Claim Petition Does Not Abate On Death Of Injured Claimant: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a motor accident claim petition does not abate even after the death of the injured claimant.The right to sue survive to his heirs and legal representatives in so far as loss to the estate is concerned, the bench comprising Justices Navin Sinha and R. Subhash Reddy.The court added that the loss of estate would include expenditure on medicines,...
Kerala High Court Stays Govt Order Sanctioning Land Acquisition By State Exempting Land Value From Compensation
A writ petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the proceedings for land acquisition initiated by a Government Order dated 4th February 2021 by which an administrative sanction has been granted to acquire 102.6 acres of land belonging to the petitioner by merely paying the value of improvements made on the land as compensation. Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V has stayed...
Delhi Cantt Case: Parents Of 9-Yr-Old Victim Move High Court Seeking SIT Probe, Judicial Enquiry Into Alleged Administrative Lapse
A plea has been filed before the Delhi High Court by parents of the 9 year old minor girl, allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Delhi Cantt area, seeking Court monitored SIT investigation. The plea also seeks judicial enquiry into alleged lapses in administrative action, delayed filing of FIR.The plea filed through Advocates Jitendra Kumar Jha, Sarsij Nayanam and Suresh Kumar will be...
Pegasus : Supreme Court Refuses To Restore Former RSS Leader Govindacharya's 2019 Petition; Allows Him To File Fresh Plea
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to restore the petition filed by former RSS leader K N Govindacharya's in 2019 seeking a probe by National Investigation Agency into the allegations of snooping of WhatsApp chats of Indian activists using Pegasus spyware developed by Israeli firm NSO. The Court heard his restoration application while hearing a batch of PILs seeking probe into...
High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Nomination Of Adequate Members To New Delhi Municipal Council
The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a petition filed by two residents of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area, seeking nomination of adequate members to the NDMC Council in accordance with the New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994. The plea also stated that the Council is functioning without its Vice-Chairperson.Justice Rekha Palli issued notice on the petition filed against...