Only 6 Women Judges In High Court A Matter Of Concern : Kerala Advocate General

The swearing-in ceremony of Justices C Jayachandran, Sophy Thomas, PG Ajithkumar and CS Sudha as Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court took place virtually on Wednesday.Chief Justice S. Manikumar administered the oath of office to the respective judges. During his ceremonial felicitation address, Advocate General Gopalakrishna Kurup made notable observations regarding...

Technical Glitches Not To Hinder Grant Of Tax Refunds: Kerala High Court

While granting tax refund to a petitioner, the Kerala High Court ruled that technical glitches should not stand in the way of ultimate grant of relief by way of refund to taxpayers.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, while observing that such hindrance would affect the confidence of taxpayers to deposit the amount required under Section 129 of the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Act, directed...

'Gross Insubordination': Delhi Court Calls For Departmental Action Against Ahlmads Over Non-Compliance Of Order Citing Shortage Of Staff

A Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in the Karkardooma District Court complex has requested for initiation of departmental action against Ahlmads over their non-compliance of its previous order for issuance of process, citing the issue of staff shortage.Calling it gross insubordination and dereliction of duties, CMM Arun Kumar Garg said:"The aforesaid explanation is unacceptable...

Merely Abusing Complainant Does Not Constitute Offence U/s 504 IPC; Intention To Provoke Him To Break Public Peace Necessary: Bombay HC

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court in a judgment has held that a mere allegation that the accused abused the complainant does not itself satisfy the ingredients of offence under section 504 of IPC. Section 504 speaks of 'Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace'. The Bench of Justice Rohit B. Deo observed that in the present case, the material on record...

Shahjahanpur Advocate Killing- BCI Directs UP Bar Council To Refrain From Abstaining From Judicial Work On Oct 20

The Bar Council Of India (BCI) addressed a letter to the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday directing the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council to withdraw its call for abstinence from judicial work by lawyers across the State on October 20 as a mark of protest against the killing of an advocate inside the Shahjahanpur District Complex."The Uttar Pradesh Bar Council is forthwith directed to to...

"Govt Cannot Show Lackadaisical Approach To Court Orders": Delhi High Court Seeks Personal Appearance Of Secy. To Ministry Of Culture

Anguished by constant non-compliance of its orders, the Delhi High Court has recently sought personal appearance of Secretary of the Ministry of Culture in a case raising 'serious allegations' against the Government Officers.Justice Subramonium Prasad observed,"This Court is aware of that it is not proper to summons Senior Officers to the Court. But at the same time the Government cannot show...

'Father Is Daughter's Fortress, There Cannot Be A Graver Crime': Kerala High Court On Sexual Assault Of Girl By Father

"There can never be more graver and heinous crime than the father committing rape on his own daughter," observed the Kerala High Court recently while upholding a man's conviction under Section 376 of the IPC and sentencing him to undergo 12 years rigorous imprisonment.Justice R. Narayana Pisharadi was dealing with the case of a 16 years old girl who fell prey to her father's repeated...

Cannot Expect Victim Child To Speak About The Occurrence In A Parrot Version: Madras HC Reverses Acquittal Of School Teacher For Sexually Assaulting 4 Year Old Student

The Madras High Court has recently set aside a trial court order acquitting a school teacher in Puducherry who had been charged with sexual assaulting a minor student by observing that a four-year old child cannot be expected to give cogent evidence regarding the sexual assault suffered. The teacher, Earlam Periera, had been sentenced on two counts under the Protection of Children from...

Can A Notice Under Section 91 CrPC Be Issued To An Accused Person? Delhi High Court To Decide

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition raising the question as to whether a notice under sec. 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure can be issued to an accused person.Justice Yogesh Khanna sought response of the State and directed it to file a status report before October 22, the next date of hearing.The plea sought setting aside of the notices issued under sec. 91 of CrPC...

Karnataka High Court Directs State To Comply With SC Directions Barring Installation Of Statues On Public Roads, Pavements

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to ensure compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court barring installation of statues or construction of any structure in public roads, pavements, sideways and other public utility places.A division bench of then Acting Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum in their order dated September...

ICC Men's T20 World Cup: Delhi High Court Restrains 'Rogue Websites' From Infringing Star India's Broadcasting Rights

The Delhi High Court has granted interim injunction in favour of Star India Pvt. Ltd., restraining certain 'rogue websites' from streaming, broadcasting or sharing through the internet the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021.Star India claims to have acquired exclusive global media rights for various ICC events from the International Cricket Council for a duration of eight years i.e.,...

Un-Remarried Ex-Wife Incapable Of Maintaining Herself Has Right To Maintenance Beyond Iddat Period: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a Muslim man is duty-bound to make provision for his ex-wife's maintenance beyond iddat period, despite paying Mehr, if she remains un-remarried and is incapable of maintaining herself. Justice Krishna S Dixit said, "Marriage amongst Muslims begins with the contract and graduates to the status as it ordinarily does in any other community; this...