Supreme Court Expresses Shock At HC Order Reducing Maintenance For Wife As Merely Rs.1,000 Per Month

Recently, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court, while hearing an appeal, expressed shock at the impugned judgment of the Jharkhand High Court, whereby the maintenance amount of Rs. 5,000, awarded by the Trial Court, was reduced to Rs. 1,000, per month. The Court further opined that it finds no justification for reducing the amount to such an extremely low limit.“It is shocking that...

'Strong Observations' Don't Imply Unfair Trial: Delhi Court Dismisses Satyendar Jain’s Pleas Seeking Transfer Of CBI, ED Cases To Different Judge

A Delhi Court today dismissed two applications moved by Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain seeking transfer of the cases registered against him by Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate to a different judge.Principal District & Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna observed that strong observations made by a judge cannot itself be the basis to conclude that judge is...

Chennai Court Denies Bail To Minister Senthil Balaji In Money Laundering Case, Says Allegations Disclose 'Definite Role'

The Principal Sessions Court, Chennai has dismissed an application filed by Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji seeking bail in connection with a money laundering case. Balaji, who is currently serving as a Minister without portfolio, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on June 14 this year. Principal Sessions Judge S Alli noted that allegations against Balaji are "categorical"...

Delhi High Court Restrains Parle From Using ‘For The Bold’ Tagline As Predominant Part Of Advertising ‘B Fizz’ Drink In Suit By PepsiCo

The Delhi High Court has restrained Parle from using the tagline “For The Bold” as predominant part of any advertising campaign for its “B Fizz” beverage in a trademark infringement suit filed by multinational chain PepsiCo. Justice C Hari Shankar passed the interim order in PepsiCo’s suit seeking a permanent injunction against Parle from using the tagline “For The Bold”. The...

Delhi Court Refuses To Acquit Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot In Defamation Case By Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

A Delhi Court yesterday refused to acquit Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a criminal defamation case filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in relation to the alleged Sanjeevani scam.ACMM Harjeet Singh Jaspal of Rouse Avenue Courts dismissed Gehlot’s application seeking acquittal in the case citing Shekhawat’s absence on two occasions i.e. August 07 and August 21....

Wife Refused To Fast For 'Karwa Chauth', Didn't Acknowledge Her Husband: Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce On Ground Of Cruelty

The Delhi High Court has ruled that constant rejection and non-acknowledgment of the husband in a marriage by his wife is a source of “great mental agony” for him. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna upheld a family court order granting divorce to a husband on the ground of cruelty by his wife. The couple got married in March 2011 and started...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Law To Ban Screening Procedure For Nursery School Admissions In Delhi

A civil rights group ‘Social Jurist’, has approached the Supreme Court against the order of the Delhi High Court rejecting its Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed to expedite the finalization of Delhi School Education (Amendment) Bill, 2015. The bill prescribes banning of a screening procedure in the admission of children at the pre-primary level.The plea contends that even though bill...

Job Ads Not Complying With Minimum Wages Act Shouldn't Be Carried On 'Rozgar Baazar' Portal: High Court To Delhi Govt

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to not publish any job advertisement in its “Rozgar Bazaar portal” which is non-compliant with the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula took note of Delhi Government’s submission that steps are being taken to update the software portal so that not a...

Misappropriation Of Funds Not 'Official Duty', No Sanction Required To Probe Chandrababu Naidu: Andhra Pradesh Govt Tells High Court

The Andhra Pradesh government today told the High Court that it does not need to obtain sanction to investigate former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party leader N Chandrababu Naidu in connection with the multi-crore Skill Development scam case.Additional Advocate General P. Sudhakar Reddy, State counsels Mukul Rohatgi and Ranjit Kumar submitted that Naidu's actions were deliberate,...

Husband Taking 'Academic Break' Doesn't Extinguish His Duty To Maintain Wife And Children: Madras High Court

While refusing to interfere with an order of maintenance made by the Family Court, the Madras High Court has observed that a husband is liable to pay maintenance to his wife and child even if he is on an academic break to pursue a Ph.D. “The amount awarded in our opinion would be just about sufficient for sustainance of one human being at the cost of living today. Merely...

Chandrababu Naidu Victim Of 'Regime Revenge', FIR Needs Prior Sanction As Per Sec 17A PC Act : Harish Salve To AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court today reserved judgment in the quashing plea filed by former state Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party leader N Chandrababu Naidu in connection with the multi-crore corruption in Andhra Pradesh skill development program scam case. Naidu has also sought cancellation of his judicial remand.The matter was heard by a Bench of Justice K. Sreenivas Reddy.Senior...

Centre's Bill On Women's Reservation Unlikely To Take Effect Before 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, Here's Why

Since the announcement of a special session of Parliament last month, the air has been rife with speculation over a big-ticket surprise sprung by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government. And it is here. After the union cabinet’s approval yesterday, on the second day of the special session Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth...