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Calcutta HC Grants Custody Of 4-Yr-Old Girl To Deceased Mother's Friend Over Biological Father, Grants Visitation Rights To Father
The Calcutta High Court has recently refused to grant custody of a four and a half years old girl child to her biological father and instead permitted the child to be in the care and protection of a family friend of her deceased mother. However, the Court has granted visitation rights to the biological father after observing that the bond between the child and her natural father ought to...
Judges Shouldn't Succumb To Pressure Put By Parties By Recusing Themselves From Hearing Cases: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) recently observed that no Judge should succumb to pressure put by the parties for recusing themselves from hearing the cases.The Bench of Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia observed thus while rejecting an interim application (filed in a bail plea), moved by the wife of the appellant, seeking his recusal from hearing the second bail plea of a...
Living Together For A Few Days Not Enough To Hold That Two Adults Are Truly In A 'Live-In-Relation': Punjab & Haryana High Court
While dealing with a protection plea filed by a couple who are in a live-in relationship, the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed that merely because two adults are living together for a few days, their claim of live-in-relationship based upon bald averment may not be enough to hold that they are truly in live-in-relationship.Observing thus, the bench of Justice Manoj Bajaj...
Coal Scam Case: Delhi High Court Grants Interim Relief To Enforcement Directorate, Stays Notices Issued To It's Officials By West Bengal Police
The Delhi High Court has granted ad interim relief to the Enforcement Directorate by staying the operation of the notices, issued by West Bengal Police, to its officials performing their statutory functions in Delhi in relation to the coal scam case. The ED is investigating the illegal coal mining case and the role of complainant TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee under the PMLA Act in the New...
'The Timelines In A Tender And The Process Itself Ought Not To Be Lightly Interfered With' - Orissa High Court
Relying on the decision of the Supreme Court in Maharashtra Housing Development Authority v. Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Private Limited (2018) 3 SCC 13, the Orissa High Court, on Friday, refused to interfere in the e-auction process of Karlapat Bauxite Block, initiated by the Government of Odisha, on the plea of a bidder who claimed to have missed the deadline of the first round of...
BJP Leader Files Criminal Complaint Against Nawab Malik For Breaching Covid Norms
A third private complaint against Nawab Malik, a Maharashtra Cabinet Minister and NCP leader seeks registration of an FIR against him and a few associates for violating Covid norms and "inviting the public en masse to Sewree Magistrate's court on November 29 at 10am."The complaint has been filed by Mohit Bharatiya – a former General Secretary of Bharatiya Janta Party in Mumbai. The...
'Right To Work In A Peaceful Atmosphere A Basic Right: Administrative Lapses In Handling Sexual Harassment Complaints Can't Be Entertained': Madras High Court
In a significant ruling related to sexual harassment allegations against an Officer of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Kalpakkam, Madras High Court has outlined the responsibility of administration in disposing off complaints as expeditiously as possible. The court opined that the considerable lapse of time since the institution of the complaint and the lack of finality in the matter...
Madras Bar Association Election Results Declared; Advocate V R Kamalanathan Elected President, Advocate D Sreenivasan As Secretary
Advocate V. R. Kamalanathan got elected as the President of Madras Bar Association according to the results declared on 7th December, 2021. He has secured 428 votes out of the total 626 votes polled. Securing 332 votes, Advocate D. Sreenivasan has been declared as elected for the post of Secretary of Madras Bar Association. Advocate P. Srinivas, who secured 323 votes will be...
'An Attempt To Persuade Us To Step Into Prohibited Areas' : Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Inclusion Of Law In High School Curriculum
The Kerala High Court last week dismissed a plea seeking to include law as a subject in the curriculum from secondary and higher secondary classes of all schools with a finding that the syllabus was set considering expert opinions. Upon considering the pleadings and the materials made available, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly opined: "...such...
Rajasthan High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Denial Of Physical Hearing By NCLT Jaipur Bench
The Rajasthan High Court on Friday issued notice to the Jaipur Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) while adjudicating upon an appeal against an order of the NCLT refusing the petitioner's request to allow physical hearing. Justice Ashok Kumar Garg was apprised by the counsel appearing for the petitioner that the petitioner's application for seeking physical hearing of the case...