Madras High Court Evokes Doctrine Of 'Approbate & Reprobate', Holds A Party Can't Take Contradictory Stands In Different Courts

Madras High Court has evoked the 'doctrine of approbate and reprobate' to hold that a party cannot claim a right over a property when he had obtained another Decree from the competent Civil Court on the ground that no right or title was conveyed to him under the sale deed.Justice N. Anand Venkatesh observed that the defendant party claiming right over the schedule property cannot take...

All High Courts Weekly Roundup [March 21 - March 27, 2022]

Allahabad High Court CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 130 TO 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 141 NOMINAL INDEX Sajid @ Kale v. State of U.P. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 130 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Rahul Singh @ Govind Singh connected with Rahul Singh @ Govind Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 131 Jeetu @ Amit Kumar Rawat And Anr. v. Sub Divisional Magistrate Sadar Lucknow And Anr....

Abandoned Woman With No Psychiatric Symptoms Incarcerated In Mental Health Facility For 12 Yrs: PIL Filed In Bombay High Court

Plea seeks implementation of Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 which makes provision for periodic review of patients' conditions.

States Responsible To Detect & Prevent Crimes: Home Ministry On Sulli Deals & Bulli Bai App Case

In response to questions regarding apps like 'Bulli Bai' and 'Sulli Deals' that harass and defame Muslim women, the Ministry of Home Affairs has said that maintaining law and order is the responsibility of the respective State governments.When asked if such apps have come to the notice of the Government and the action taken in this regard, Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra in a written...

Stand Of Defendant Irrelevant When Court Is Dealing With Application Under Order VII Rule 11 Of CPC: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that in a case where the Court is dealing with an application under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the stand of the defendant is irrelevant. Adding that what is required to be looked into is the averments and documents filed alongwith the plaint, Justice Asha Menon observed thus:"When the court is dealing with an application under Order...

[IT Rules 2021] Social Media Intermediaries Must Respect Fundamental Rights, Issue Notice Before Taking Action Against User Accounts: Centre To Delhi HC

Intermediaries must be held accountable for subjugating fundamental rights like right to freedom of speech, Centre said.

Privacy Policy: Delhi High Court To Hear On July 21 Appeals By Whatsapp & Facebook Against CCI Investigation

The Delhi High Court will hear on July 21 the appeals filed by WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook Inc. (now Meta) against a single bench order declining to interfere with CCI's investigation into WhatsApp's new privacy policy.A division bench comprising of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Poonam A. Bamba directed the parties to file their written submissions not exceeding three...

Victim Can't Prefer Appeal U/S 372 CrPC Proviso Challenging Adequacy Of Sentence Imposed On Convict: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently ruled that one cannot prefer an appeal under provide to Section 372 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against a trial court's order, challenging the adequacy of sentence imposed upon the convict.Observing so, a Division Bench of Justice K. Vinod Chandran and C. Jayachandran dismissed a criminal appeal adding that such an appeal can only be preferred by the...

No Appeal Lies Against Special Court Order Rejecting Transfer Of Case U/S 20 NIA Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that an order passed by the Special Court on an application filed under section 20 of the National Investigation Agency Act, seeking to transfer the case from the special court, is an interlocutory order and the same cannot be challenged in appeal under section 21 of the Act, before the High Court. A full bench comprising of Chief Justice Ritu...

Ultimate Aim Of Courts Is To Find The "Truth": Andhra Pradesh High Court Orders Exhumation Of Body For Fresh Postmortem

In a recent writ petition, the Andhra Pradesh High Court directed the deceased's body to be exhumed and a fresh postmortem to be conducted as the medical evidence did not seem conclusive from the Police Case Diary.The Writ Petition was filed for Mandamus against respondents who were police officers for not conducting a free and fair investigation into Crime and to handover the case to...

SSC 'Group-D' Recruitment Scam: Calcutta High Court Upholds Single Judge Order Directing Former WBSSC Advisor To Disclose His Assets

Affidavit of assets to be filed in sealed cover, not to be circulated among litigating parties

Departmental Inquiry Against Govt Servant Can't Be Made A Casual Exercise: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has said that a departmental inquiry against a government servant is not to be treated as a casual exercise and the principles of natural justice are required to be observed so as to ensure not only that justice is done but is manifestly seen to be done.The Bench of Justice Yogendra Kumar Srivastava observed thus as it upheld an order of the UP State Public...