Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Adult Woman Married Of Her Own Free Will From Children Welfare Home

A vacation bench of Delhi High Court comprising of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambani and Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri on Friday directed the release of a married woman who was lodged in Rose Udaan Care Children's Home for Girls, Delhi after her father lodged a missing complaint FIR alleging that she was a minor. Mr. Avinash Sarvan, the petitioner and husband of the woman, approached the...

Supreme Court Yearly Digest 2020

Here is a compilation of all the 12 Supreme Court monthly digests of 2020.Supreme Court Monthly Digest : December 2020Supreme Court Monthly Digest : November 2020Supreme Court Monthly Digest : October 2020Supreme Court Monthly Digest : September 2020Supreme Court Monthly Digest: August 2020 Supreme Court Monthly Digest: July 2020 Supreme Court Monthly Digest: June 2020 Supreme Court...

SEBI Imposes Rs 40 Crore Fine On Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani For Manipulative Trades In RPL

The Securities Exchange Board of India on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 25 crore on Reliance Industries and Rs 15 crore on its chairman, Mukesh Ambani, for manipulating shares of Reliance Petroleum Ltd (RPL) in November 2007.The issue relates to manipulation during the sale and purchase of Reliance Petroluem Limited shares in the cash and the futures segments in November 2007. This followed...

Kangana Ranaut Committed `Grave Violation of Plan' While Merging Her Flats: Mumbai Court Dismisses Plea Against Demolition

Actor Kangana Ranaut violated the sanctioned plan while merging her three flats, a civil court here has remarked while rejecting her plea seeking to restrain the Mumbai civic body from demolishing the unauthorized construction.A court in suburban Dindoshi dismissed an application filed by Ranaut last week. The detailed order became available on Thursday.Judge L S Chavan noted in the order...

Opinion Of Doctors Of Armed Forces To Prevail On Question Of Physical Fitness Of Candidates: Delhi High Court

Reiterating that the opinion of doctors of the Armed Forces shall prevail over that of private or other government doctors on the question of an applicant's physical fitness, the Delhi High Court today rejected a plea by an aspirant of the Central Armed Police Forces.A vacation bench of Justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Asha Menon hearing the plea said that, as the standard of physical fitness...

International Arrest Warrant By Itself Not Sufficient To Extradite A Person To UAE Unless There Is A Written Request: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that International Arrest Warrant issued by itself will not suffice to arrest an accused and extradite him to UAE. Nationals of Contracting States shall not be extradited unless there is a request made by the State concerned, Justice N. Nagaresh observed.One Sreejith Vijayan is accused in a criminal case in Dubai which resulted in issuance of International...

RTI Application Not To Be Rejected Merely For Not Annexing Proof Of Citizenship: CIC

The Central Information Commission has observed that an RTI application cannot be rejected merely for not annexing proof of identity of the applicant.The authority can demand such proof only in rarest of rare case in which there is doubt about the citizenship status of the applicant, the Commission observed.R K Malik, had filed an RTI application before Central Public Information...

Argentina Legalizes Abortion In A Move Towards Securing Reproductive Rights

Argentina passed a law permitting abortions until the 14th week of pregnancy after several years of pro-choice advocates demanding for legalization of abortion. The move faced strong opposition of the Catholic Church. The voting on the Bill saw large numbers of people on the streets from both sides of the debate despite the pandemic. The government of Argentina supplemented the move...

Delhi High Court Directs AIIMS To Constitute A Medical Board For Examining 25 Weeks Foetus Abnormalities

In a significant order, a vacation bench of the Delhi High Court comprising of Justice Vibhu Bakhru on Wednesday directed the Medical Superintendent of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to constitute a board for examining the condition of a women, the petitioner in this case, seeking termination of her 25 weeks foetus on the ground that she was suffering from Bilateral...

Triple Talaq- Relatives Of Husband Cannot Be Accused Of Offence Under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that relatives of a 'husband' cannot be accused of an offence under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act.On a preliminary analysis, it is clear that the appellant as the mother-in-law of the second respondent cannot be accused of the offence of pronouncement of triple talaq under the Act as the offence can only be committed by a Muslim man, the...

Central Govt. Notifies Transfer Of Justices Rajesh Bindal, Sanjay Yadav, Vineet Kothari To Calcutta, Allahabad & Gujarat HCs

The Central Government on Thursday (31st December) notified the appointment of Justice Rajesh Bindal, presently the Judge of the Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh, as the Judge of the Calcutta High Court. The Centre has also notified the appointment of Justice Sanjay Yadav, presently a Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, as...

District Magistrate Who Was Allegedly Responsible For Post-Midnight Cremation Of Hathras Victim, Transferred By UP Govt

The Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday (31st December) transferred, along with 16 other IAS officers, Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar (who was allegedly responsible for past-midnight cremation of Hathras Rape Voctim) to Mirzapur in the same capacity. Ramesh Ranjan, the Joint managing director of UP Jal Nigam, has been made the new District Magistrate...