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"Sexual Violence Knows No Boundaries, Failure To Create An Atmosphere For Caregivers To Identify Signs Of Abuse": Bombay High Court
Adjudicating upon an unfortunate case where a teen committed suicide due to sexual harassment by a close family member, the Bombay High Court observed that we, as a society, have failed to create an environment where primary caregivers can identify signs of abuse. Justice Bharati Dangre rejected a man's bail application for allegedly abetting his 17-year-old niece's suicide. The...
Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of Centre, BCI On Plea Challenging Bar Associations Conduct Of Election Rules As Null & Void
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition challenging Bar Associations (Constitution, Recognition and Conduct of Elections) Rules, 2019 framed by the Delhi Bar Council and approved by the Bar Council of India as null and void being ultra vires the Constitution of India, Advocates Act and Advocates Welfare Funds Act.Justice Rekha Palli sought response of the Union of India, Bar...
'Speculative In Nature': Madras High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking To Rename Madurai Airport After Deities
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation that sought a direction to the Centre to rename the Madurai Airport after local deities like Lord Devindran or Goddess Meenakshi. A Division Bench of Justice M Duraiswamy and Justice K Murali Shankar dismissed the petition after the Centre informed the Court that there was no proposal to rename the...
Kerala High Court Denies Pre Arrest Bail To Fake Lawyer Sessy Xavier
The Kerala High Court on Friday refused to grant pre-arrest bail to Sessy Xavier, who had recently made the front page for posing as an advocate for two years without holding the essential qualifications. Justice Shircy V while dismissing the anticipatory bail application, directed the applicant to surrender before the authorities immediately and to cooperate with the investigation. Xavier...
Honey Singh Domestic Violence Case: Delhi Court Restrains Singer From Creating Third Party Rights On Assets In UAE
A Delhi Court on Wednesday restrained Bollywood Singer and Actor Honey Singh from creating any Third party rights in the immovable and movable assets owned by him or through his companies in UAE.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tania Singh issued notice on an application preferred by Singh's wife, Shalini Talwar, and directed Singh to file the documents of his companies registered abroad. The...
Investigating Agency Cannot Introduce Altogether A New Case By Recording Supplementary Statement Of Complainant: Delhi Court Observes In Riots Case
A Delhi Court has observed that the investigating agency cannot introduce altogether a new case simply by recording a supplementary statement of one of the complainants pertaining to an offence, if there was no mention about the same in initial written complaints made to the police. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav made the observation while discharging a 30 year old man, Sandeep Kumar,...
"How FIRs Were Registered In Two Police Stations When Epicenter Was House Of Tahir Hussain?" Delhi Court Seeks DCP's Response In Riots Case
A Delhi Court has sought a report from DCP, North East district to explain as to how two FIRs were registered by the Delhi Police in different police stations when the epicenter of riots or the place from where the alleged petrol bombs and firing happened was the house of former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain. The development came after Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav took note of the...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Issues Notice To State Over Poor Conditions Of De-Addiction Centres
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the State Government over debilitated conditions of the "De-addicition centres".In a case registered suo moto, a Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua also issued notices to the Additional Chief Secretary and the Director, Social Justice and Empowerment of the State.The case has been registered...
Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Declaration Of Talaq-ul-Sunnat At Any Time Without Reason Or Advance Notice To Wife As Unconstitutional
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking declaration to declare the "assumed absolute discretion" of the Muslim husband to give divorce (talaq-ul-sunnat) to his wife at any time without any reason or advance notice to her, as arbitrary, anti-shariat, discriminatory and unconstitutional.Justice Rekha Palli, before whom the plea was listed on Thursday, said that the petition must...
Trial Court's Direction Of Obtaining Fresh Blood Sample Of Accused Does Not Amount To Further Investigation: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a Trial Court's direction of obtaining fresh blood sample of an accused does not amount to further investigation or fresh investigation within the meaning of sec. 173(8) Cr.P.C.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri was dealing with a Petition filed by a man, accused of committing unnatural sex with a 4 year old minor child, challenging a Special POCSO Court's...
Common Cause, CPIL Projecting 'Personal Vendetta Or Proxy War' Against Me Under Cloak Of PIL: Rakesh Asthana To Delhi High Court
Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana has told the Delhi High Court that the two organizations namely Common Cause and Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) are projecting a personal vendetta or 'proxy war' under the cloak of filing public interest litigation against him.In the affidavit filed by Asthana, he has also stated that the two organizations have been constantly...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Essential Defence Services Act, 2021 For Curbing Right To Strike
The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Centre and the Defence Ministry on a plea challenging vires of certain the Essential Defence Services Act 2021, insofar as it prohibits personnel participation in strikes.A Division Bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Amit Bansal heard the matter today, posting it for further hearing on November 16.During the hearing, the Chief...