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PIL Filed In Gujarat High Court To Secure Rights Of Pregnant Women, Ensure Hospitals Don't Deny Treatment During Labour Pain
The Gujarat High Court has issued notice to the Respondent authorities in a PIL seeking protection of the rights of pregnant women, unborn infants and the right of childbirth for pregnant women. The Petitioner who came to know of the case of a poor pregnant woman who was denied treatment on the ground that she could not deliver the payment of INR 42,000 before treatment, has now filed...
J&K Terror Funding Case: Delhi Court Frames UAPA Charges Against Hafiz Saeed, Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmad Shah & Others
A Delhi Court has framed charges against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Kashmiri separatist leaders Yasin Malik, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Hizbul Mujahideen Chief Salahuddin and other persons under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with Jammu & Kashmir terror funding case. Special NIA Judge Praveen Singh has also framed charges against Former MLA...
Take A Decision Over Establishment Of Online RTI Portal In UT In 3 Months: JKL High Court Directs UT's Chief Secretary
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Thursday directed the Chief Secretary of the Union Territory of J&K to take a decision over the establishment of an RTI portal for the UT of J&K within the period of 90 days.The Bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sindhu Sharma issued this order on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed by Mohammad Tuyyab Malik...
Motor Accident Claim | Offending Driver's Statement Can't Form Part Of Charge-Sheet: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that when proceedings against a driver are instituted for negligence causing a motor accident, then such driver's statements cannot form part of the charge sheet filed against him."The copy of charge-sheet filed against the driver of the offending vehicle – Truck and the fact that he is prosecuted in the Court of law, if at all, chargesheet is filed against...
It Would Be Extreme Injustice To Parties If Despite Settlement Criminal Proceedings Continue: JKL High Court Quashes FIR U/S 498A RPC
Quashing an FIR under Section 498A of Ranbir Penal Code [offence of cruelty], the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that it would amount to extreme injustice if despite settlement having been arrived at by the parties, the criminal proceedings are allowed to continue.The Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar further observed that refusing to quash an FIR in such a case would...
'Patent Illegality' : Bombay High Court Sets Aside Arbitral Award Which Favoured BCCI In IPL Telecast Rights Dispute
Observing that the arbitral award of three former Supreme Court judges by 2:1 majority missed out on "huge chunks of important evidence or not even referred to it," the Bombay High Court set aside the award in favour of the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India. The court passed the order on a challenge to the award by World Sport Group (India) Private Ltd. Justice BP...
Intention Or Knowledge Essential To Attract Section 307 IPC: Gujarat High Court
"What is material to attract offense under section 307 of the IPC is the intention or knowledge with which all the acts are done irrespective of its results", the Gujarat High Court has held recently. Justice Sandeep Bhatt made this observation in connection with a criminal appeal challenging the order of acquittal of the accused for offences under Sections 147 (Rioting), 148 (Rioting,...
Illegitimate Child Also Entitled To Compassionate Appointment: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court held that even the illegitimate son/daughter is also entitled to a compassionate appointment. Justice Sanjay K. Aggarwal referred to the case of Union of India & Ors v. V.K. Tripathi, where it was held that,"Legitimacy of a child born from a marriage which is null and void, is a matter of public policy so as to protect a child born from such a marriage...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Seat Matrix Of Telugu Linguistic Minority In A Medical College
The Karnataka High Court has quashed the revised seat matrix issued on January 31, for postgraduate and undergraduate courses in medicine for the academic year 2021-22, by which only Telugu Linguistic minority students residing in Hyderabad-Karnataka region are allowed to apply in a Linguistic minority institution located in that region. A division bench of Justice K. Somashekar...
A More Than Prima Facie Case Needed To Summon A Person As Accused U/S 319, Cr.P.C.: Uttarakhand High Court Reiterates
The Uttarakhand High Court has reiterated that a more than prima facie case is needed to be presented to summon a person under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.). While dismissing a revision against the trial Court order of such summon, a Single Judge Bench of Justice Narayan Singh Dhanik observed, "Therefore, it is amply clear that in order to exercise the...
"Why Are You Not Uplifting The Standards Of The Government Schools?" Madras High Court Asks Higher Education Department
While reserving orders in a plea challenging 7.5 percent reservation of seats in Medical Colleges for government school students, the bench comprising Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy, remarked that nowadays children are not going to schools and are directly going to coaching classes. "This is the trend now. Even when students have to go...