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Man Imprisoned In UAE Over Alleged Spying For India; His Mother Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Support
A woman has moved the Kerala High Court seeking directions to the Centre to provide the necessary support to her son who has been imprisoned in UAE since August 2015. The man was arrested for allegedly spying for the Indian government. Justice P.B Suresh Kumar directed the counsel for Central Government to get instructions in the matter when the matter was taken up today.The plea by...
Bombay High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Decision To Divest SLSA, DLSA From Awarding Compensation Under Goa Victim Compensation Scheme
The Bombay High Court, Goa Bench, has sought response of the Central Government and Goan administration on a plea challenging the amendment made in Goa Victim Compensation Scheme, 2012, divesting the jurisdiction of State and District Legal Service Authorities in deciding and awarding compensation to victims. Filed by an organization namely Scan Goa and its founder through Advocate J....
Madras High Court Grants Police Protection To Queer Woman Belonging To LGBTQIA+ Community Harassed By Family Members
The Madras High Court has granted police protection to a queer woman belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community alleging harassment by her family members after disclosing about her sexual orientation while observing that the couple living together was conscious about their relationship. Following the guidelines laid by the High Court to ensure protection of LGBTQIA+ persons in consensual...
Law Officers & Central Govt Counsel Can't Display Name Of Court In Their Vehicles : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the display of the name of the court by state law officers and central government counsel in the name-boards of their motor vehicles was contrary to the rules framed under the Motor Vehicles Act.The Court held so while issuing a slew of directions to regulate the unauthorized display of the official State emblems and unauthorized use of name boards on...
Madras High Court Upholds Default Bail Of Accused Under UAPA, Admonishes State For Lackadaisical Approach
The Madras High Court last week upheld the decision of a lower Court, granting default bail to a man accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) over an allegedly offensive Facebook post. A Bench comprising Justices PN Prakash and R Pongiappan also admonished the investigating agencies for their lackadaisical approach in handling the case. The Court opined...
Firecracker Explosion: Madras High Court Grants 5 Lakh Compensation To 12-Yr-Old Victim, Takes Note Of Frequent 'Accidents'
The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) last week granted 5 lakh compensation to the family of a 12-year-old boy, who sustained grievous injuries due to the explosion of firecrackers that were illegally strewn in and around the place he was playing.Noting that the boy was almost half dead and he was lying in a vegetative state, the bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh granted his mother, a coolie...
Refusal Of Child's Custody To Mother On Unfounded Allegations Of Adultery Illegal: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that unfounded allegations of adultery against a woman cannot be a ground for denying her the custody of her children. It further held that allegations of adultery cannot be proved by way of an affidavit and it is important that the Trial Court allows the parties to lead full-evidence, before deciding the question of custody on that ground."This is totally...
'Ineffective, Incomplete, Defective Investigation': Court Rejects Police Report To Drop Corruption Case Against Karnataka CM Yediyurappa
A Special MP/ MLA Court in Karnataka has refused to drop the investigation against Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in an alleged case of corruption relating to denotification of prime land in Bengaluru in 2006, when he was then the Deputy CM.The Court of Addl. City Civil & Sessions Judge, Shridhar Gopalakrishna Bhat, rejected the 'B' Final Report submitted by the Lokayukta Police. It...
No New Public Buildings May Be Constructed/ Sanctioned Without Providing Access For Persons With Disabilities: Madras High Court
To make public places disabled-friendly, the Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu Government to make sure that no new buildings in the state are constructed or sanctioned without ensuring access for persons with disabilities, including toilets and other facilities."It is imperative that all public buildings, including Court houses, must have access that may be used by persons...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Recognition To Same-Sex Marriages In Citizenship Act, Special Marriage Act & Foreign Marriage Act
A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh today issued notice on a plea seeking recognition to same-sex marriages under the Citizenship Act, 1955, Foreign Marriage Act, 1969, and the Special Marriage Act, 1954.The bench has sought replies of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of External Affairs and the Consulate General of India, New York, and listed the...
"Can't Tolerate Rumor-Mongers Creating Fear & Confusion": J&K Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Accused Blocking Vaccination Drive
A Jammu & Kashmir Court last week denied anticipatory bail to a person accused of spreading disinformation against COVID-19 vaccination and obstructing the vaccination drive conducted by the Government noting that granting him bail would be like "adding a premium on his criminality".The Court observed that few rumor-mongers are acting as a stumbling block towards the lofty and...