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"UCC Is Long Due; Can't Be Made Voluntary": Allahabad HC Calls Upon Central Govt To Implement The Mandate Of Article 44
Dealing with a batch of petitions (17 in number), pertaining to an interfaith marriage contracted by the petitioners and seeking protection from the Court, the Allahabad High Court today called upon the Central Government to implement the mandate of Article 44 of the Constitution of India [Uniform Civil Code]. The Bench of Justice Suneet Kumar observed that the issue of UCC,...
Kerala High Court Directs State To Swiftly Decide On Proposal To Construct Gabion Box Bridge Over Pampa River At Sabarimala
The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the State to take a final call on the proposal to construct a Gabion box bridge across the Njunangar river at Pampa and to commence the construction work immediately. A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil K.Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar issued the directive in a matter pertaining to the urgent need to reconstruct the damaged Njunangar...
Filing Multiple Cases Without Justification Is Aggravated Form Of Abuse Of Process Of Court: Karnataka High Court
Karnataka High Court recently rejected a batch of petitions filed by one Jeetendra Kumar Rajan, observing that filing of case after case absolutely without justification is nothing but an aggravated form of abuse of process of the court. Justice Krishna S Dixit said, "The valuable time spent by this court in deciding these frivolous matters could have been invested in worthy...
Interfaith Marriage Registration Can't Be Refused By Insisting On Conversion Approval: Allahabad HC Affirms Right To Choose Partners
The Allahabad High Court today observed that the Marriage Registrar/Officer lacks the power to withhold the registration of marriage, merely for the reason that the parties have not obtained the necessary approval of conversion from the district authority. This assertion came from the bench of Justice Suneet Kumar who was hearing a batch of petitions (17 in number), pertaining to...
8 Yr Old Girl Moves Kerala High Court Against Pink Police Officer Over Public Humiliation In False Theft Case
A minor girl has approached the Kerala High Court to invoke its jurisdiction as the sentinel on qui vive and the parens patriae doctrine to protect her basic fundamental right to live with human dignity after she was humiliated in public by the Pink Police. The 8-year-old petitioner who was falsely accused of stealing a mobile phone from a Civil Police Officer named Rejitha moved the...
'Intended To Scare, Not Kill': Shahrukh Pathan Seeks Discharge For Pointing Gun At Police Officer During Delhi Riots
Shahrukh Pathan, the man who pointed a gun at a policeman during the North East Delhi riots, has sought to be discharged in the matter stating that his intention was to merely scare, not kill.The accused on Thursday sought discharge from a Delhi Court in the FIR which relates to an incident wherein Pathan was captured pointing a gun on a policeman, pictures of which had gone viral on the...
After Flak From Delhi High Court, UP Govt Constitutes SIT, Suspends Errant Officers For Harassing Consenting Couple
Following "UP Mein Chalta Hoga, Yaha Nahin!" remark from the Delhi High Court over harassment of a runaway couple, the Uttar Pradesh government has suspended the SHO and Sub Inspector concerned. Further, a SIT has been formed to probe the matter."We have gone ahead and suspended both the officers, the SHO and SI. We have formed an SIT which is headed by the DSP and four officers being...
Delhi High Court Directs City's Subordinate Courts To Strictly Adhere To Full Court's Directions Permitting Hybrid/ VC Hearings At Parties' Request
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed all the city's subordinate courts to strictly adhere and comply to the directions passed by its Full Court permitting them to allow hybrid or video conferencing facility at the request of parties. Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh was dealing with a plea concerning the issue of district courts not permitting hybrid hearings despite...
Defamation Suit: Bombay High Court Takes Nawab Malik's & Wankhede's Additional Documents On Record, Verdict On Monday
The Bombay High Court on Thursday took on record additional documents produced by Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik and NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede's father - Dhyandev - in the defamation suit filed by the latter. Justice Madhav Jamdar said he will pass an order on November 22 in Wankhede's plea for ad-interim reliefs, to restrain Malik from posting any further...
Rajasthan High Court Suo Moto Exercises Writ Jurisdiction Directing Husband To Pay Monthly Maintenance To Deserted Wife, Children
The Rajasthan High Court recently exercised its extraordinary writ jurisdiction and directed a man to pay monthly maintenance to his deserted wife and children as an interim measure. A Division Bench comprising Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Sameer Jain was considering a habeas corpus petition filed by a woman alleging that her husband was being detained and blackmailed by one of...