Plea Seeks To Initiate Contempt Case Against Dubbing Artist Bhagyalakshmi Over Her Remarks In Kerala Actor Assault Case

A petition has been filed before the Advocate General seeking permission to initiate contempt of court proceedings against dubbing artist and actor K. Bhagyalakshmi for her allegedly contemptuous remarks against the judiciary in the 2017 actor assault case.The plea moved by Kerala High Court Advocate M.R. Dhanil is in light of the fact that Bhagyalakshmi had made certain remarks about the...

Award Cannot Be Remitted To The Arbitral Tribunal Under Section 34 (4) Of The A&C Act, If No Reasons and Findings Are Recorded: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the arbitral award cannot be remitted back to the Arbitral Tribunal under Section 34 (4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) if there are no findings recorded in the arbitral award on the contentious issues. The Single Bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Gaur reiterated that discretionary powers under Section 34 (4) of the...

Amount Spent By A Man To Support His Divorced Sister Must Be Kept In Mind While Granting Maintenance To His Wife: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that in India, a brother does not abandon his divorced sister and accordingly, the expenditure borne by him in supporting his sister must be taken into account while passing an order of maintenance in favour of his wife."There is no skepticism about the fact that the sister receives maintenance from her husband, but the brother cannot be a mute spectator to...

Twin Conditions For Bail U/S 45 PMLA Declared Unconstitutional By SC Restored By 2018 Amendment: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently ruled that while considering a bail application under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the twin conditions specified in Section 45(1) of PMLA and the general principles governing the grant of bail under Section 439 of CrPC should be considered.After examining Sections 65 and 71 of the PMLA, Justice Kauser Edappagath found that PMLA has an...

Satyendar Jain's Counsel To Not Remain Present During Interrogation By ED: Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Direction

The Delhi High Court has stayed the Trial Court direction permitting Health Minister Satyendar Jain's counsel to remain present during his interrogation in connection with a money laundering case.The condition was imposed by the trial Court while remanding Jain to the agency's custody till June 9.A single bench comprising of Justice Yogesh Khanna disposed of the interim application filed by...

"No Concept Of Bigamy In Hindu Religion; Second Wife Not Entitled To Family Pension In Presence Of First Wife": Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has observed that in the Hindu religion, there is no concept of Bigamy and therefore, a second wife is not entitled to a family pension in the existence of the first wife.The bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi observed thus in a case wherein Petitioner had moved the Court seeking family pension claiming herself to be the wife of one Biren Deka.She submitted that...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Monthly Digest: May 2022 [Citations 90-124]

Nominal Index Vipul v. State of Punjab2022 LiveLaw (PH) 90 Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2022 LiveLaw (PH) 91 Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited Vs. Surjeet Kaur and others, with connected matters 2022 LiveLaw (PH) 92 M/s Experion Developers Private Limited vs. State of Haryana and others 2022 LiveLaw (PH) 93 Lovedeep Singh v. Gurpreet Kaur [CRR(F)-314-2022]...

Allahabad HC Deletes 'Onerous' Bail Condition Of Surrendering Passport Imposed On Urdu Scholar In Matrimonial Dispute

The Allahabad High Court last week ordered the deletion of an interim bail condition imposed on an Urdu scholar Mirza Shafiq Husain Shafaq in connection with a matrimonial dispute regarding the deposit of his passport before the S.S.P/S.P concerned.Calling the bail condition 'onerous', the Bench of Justice Siddharth emphasized upon the fundamental right to travel abroad as it referred to...

Punjab & Haryana HC Grants ₹95 Lakh Compensation To Minor Who Got Electrocuted From Live Wire Lying On Street, Resulting In Amputation Of Arms

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam to pay compensation of Rs. 95 lakh to the petitioner, a minor girl who got electrocuted from a broken electric pole lying on the street with live electric wires attached to it, resulting in amputation of both arms.The bench comprising Justice Jaishree Thakur held that the facts of the case in hand...

Hyderpora Encounter: Division Bench Of J&K High Court Stays 'Order Of Exhumation Of Body' Of Amir Magrey

Division Bench of High Court of J&K and Ladakh, on Friday, stayed operation of judgment passed by Justice Sanjeev Kumar wherein he had directed the authorities to exhume the body of Ramban Youth, Amir Latif Magrey - one of the 4 persons killed in controversial Hyderpora encounter, last year. One week after the judgement was delivered by the single bench of J&K and Ladakh...

Madras High Court Dismisses Defamation Complaint Against President & Secretary Of All India Yadav Maha Sabha

The Madras High Court bench of Justice M Nirmal Kumar recently dismissed a revision petition against the order passed by Metropolitan Magistrate Court Egmore dismissing a defamation complaint against the President and Secretary-General of the All India Yadav Maha Sabha. The petition was filed by one Nandagopal Yadav, who was suspended from the post of Vice President of the...

Natural Justice: Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Re-Assessment Order Stating Reasonable Time Ought To Be Given To Respond To Show Cause

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that when a draft assessment order/show cause notice is issued to an assessee, reasonable time ought to be furnished to respond to the notice, so as to comply with the principles of natural justice.Observing thus, a bench comprising Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa and Justice Pankaj Jain set aside the re-assessment order passed by the...