Actor Sonu Sood Moves Supreme Court Against Bombay High Court's Order Denying Relief Against BMC's Notice On 'Illegal Constructions"

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court by Actor Sonu Sood challenging the the Bombay High Court's recent order dismissing their appeal against Civil Court's rejection in granting temporary injunction against the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation. The plea by the Actor has alleged that grave miscarriage of justice has been caused, on account of the observations made in the...

Pre­natal Sex ­Determination Is A Grave Offence Which Has Potential To Damage The Very Fabric Of Gender Equality & Dignity: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that pre­natal sex ­determination is a grave offence with serious consequences for the society as a whole. A strict approach has to be adopted if we are to eliminate the scourge of female feticide and iniquity towards girl children from our society, the bench headed by Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar said while upholding the Madhya Pradesh High Court order...

Parents Or Society Cannot Compel A Major Child To Live A Life On Their Terms: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday (25th January) observed that parents cannot compel a child to live a life on their terms. The Bench of Justice Alka Sarin further reiterated that merely because the boy is not of marriageable age (though major) the right of petitioners to live-together cannot be denied. Further, noting that "Parents cannot compel a child to live a life...

Orissa High Court Decides To Resume Hearing In Physical Mode From Feb 15, SOP To Be Issued Shortly

The Orissa High Court has issued an order (dated 29th January) stating that the hearing in the High Court in Physical Mode shall resume on 15th February 2021. The Order issued by the Registrar General states, "The hearing in the High Court in Physical Mode shall resume on 15th February 2021 in terms of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) both for the High Court and...

Prohibit Hospitals From Admitting Patients If Fire Safety NOC Not Obtained By Feb 19: Gujarat High Court Directs Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

Corporation has been directed to issue notice to each of these 151 hospitals asking them to obtain the N.O.C. by 19th February 2021.

"Highly Invasive": Internet Freedom Foundation Moves Supreme Court Against WhatsApp's Updated Privacy Policy

The Internet Freedom Foundation has moved the Supreme Court seeking an interim stay on Whatsapp's updated privacy policy and guidelines to safeguard the personal data and privacy of over 400 million Indian WhatsApp users.The intervention application is filed in special leave petition filed by Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi in 2017, challenging the 2016 privacy policy of the company....

"Compromise Culture Rampantly Prevailing, Life Of Deceased Not Cheap Which Could Be Negotiated Between 2 Individuals": Allahabad High Court

While noting that 'compromise culture' between the contesting parties is rampantly prevailing now a days, the Allahabad High Court last week observed, "The life of the deceased is not so cheap, which could be negotiated between two individuals." The Bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi noted thus while hearing an application filed by the applicant who was seeking his bail in a...

Sitting Judge Of Calcutta High Court Justice Ashis Kumar Chakraborty Passes Away

Justice Ashis Kumar Chakraborty, a sitting Judge of Calcutta High Court, passed away today due to cardiac arrest.The 55 years old Judge was elevated as an Additional Judge of the High Court at Calcutta on 22nd October 2014. He was appointed as Permanent Judge of the Calcutta High Court on 06th October 2016.Born on December 12, 1965, Justice Ashis Kumar Chakraborty Graduated in Law from...

Subordinate Judiciary In Maharashtra To Begin "Regular Physical Functioning" From February 1

The subordinate judiciary in the Maharashtra and Goa will begin regular physical functioning from February 1,2021, nearly a year after it was crippled owning to the coronavirus pandemic. In a notice issued on Friday, the Registrar General of the Bombay High Court said subordinate courts in the States of Maharashtra and Goa and Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu,...

Unmerited Acquittals In POCSO Cases: Supreme Court Collegium Withdraws Recommendation to Make Justice P V Ganediwala Permanent

The Supreme Court Collegium is understood to have withdrawn its approval to a proposal for the appointment of an additional judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice P V Ganediwala, as a permanent judge of the court following her two controversial verdicts in sexual assault cases.The decision was taken after the judge faced flak for her interpretation of sexual assault under the Protection...

COVID19 : Karnataka High Court Extends Interim Orders Till February 8 For Last Time

The Karnataka High Court has for the last time extended the interim orders passed by the High Court, all the District Courts, Civil Courts, Family Courts, Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and all other Tribunals in the State, as well as the order of closure under Section 4 of the Limitation Act, 1963, till February 8. A division bench led by Chief Justice Abhay Oka said...

Allahabad High Court Grants Interim Bail To Relatives Of World's First Handicapped Female Mountaineer In Case For Misappropriating Her Funds

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted interim bail to a couple, accused of misappropriating funds from a Trust maintained by Arunima Sinha, world's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest. Sinha had lodged a FIR at Sarojini Nagar Police Station in Lucknow against her sister and brother-in-law, alleging that the two duped her of Rs. 41,50,000/- (in total) using forged...