No Inherent Right Vested In Husband Or His Relatives To Claim Custody Of Minor Girl By Filing Habeas Corpus Plea: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Underlining the principle of paramount welfare of child, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a minor girl who marries with her consent and refuses to stay with her parents, can be sent to child protection home. A Single Bench of Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri held that there is no inherent right vested in the husband or his relatives to claim custody of the minor girl...

Karnataka High Court Orders Release Of ₹53.46 Lakh Cash Seized From DK Shivakumar's Associate

The Karnataka High Court on March 4, directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to release cash seized from Sachin Narayan, an associate of Congress leader DK Shivakumar and a company run by Narayan.An amount worth ₹53.46 lakh in cash was seized by the CBI during a probe of a case against Shivakumar under the Prevention of Corruption Act. A single bench of Justice John Michael...

Wilful Disobedience: Telangana High Court Holds District Collector Guilty Of Contempt; Sentences To Three Months

The Telangana High Court recently held a District Collector and two others guilty of contempt of court for wilful disobedience of its order restraining dispossession of certain farmers from their agricultural lands for the purpose of building a reservoir. A Single Bench of Justice MS Ramachandra Rao sentenced them to undergo simple imprisonment for three months and to pay...

WB Assembly Polls 2021- Calcutta High Court Set Aside Election Commission's Rejection Of Trinamool Congress Candidate's Nomination

Setting aside the Election Commission's (EC) decision to reject the nomination of Trinamool Congress candidate Ujjwal Kumar from the Joypur constituency in Purulia district, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday (11th March) permitted him to contest polls based on his nomination papers. The Bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya was hearing the plea of Kumar who challenged...

Centre Notifies Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Act 2021

The Central Government has notified the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2021. It replaces an Ordinance and is deemed to have come into force on 4th November, 2020. The legislation was passed by the Lok Sabha on February 12, 2021, and by the Rajya Sabha on March 10, 2021. It seeks to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 so as to (i) enable automatic stay...

Kerala High Court Closes Suo Motu Extension Of Interim Orders, Lifts Stay On Recovery/Dispossession

The Kerala High Court has closed proceedings instituted on its own motion last year after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

"Cannot Be Morally Accepted In Society": P&H HC Declines Protection To Couples In "Contractual Live-In-Relationship"Which is Not A "Marital Relationship"

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Wednesday (10th March) registered its disapproval of 'new concept of contractual Live-In-Relation' backed by a deed, wherein parties state that their live-in-relationship is not 'Marital Relationship'. The Bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan opined that "especially stating (in the deed) that it is not a 'Marital Relationship' is nothing but...

Delhi Court Extends Interim Protection To Subham Kar Chaudhuri Until Mar 15 In Toolkit Case

A Delhi Court today granted environmental activist Subham Kar Chaudhuri protection in Toolkit case until Mar 15 on state's submission of no objection to such extension.Assistant Public Prosecutor Irfan Ahmed submitted that a co-accused person's application was coming up for hearing on Mar 15 and that he had no objection to the extension of interim protection. Chaudhari was granted transit bail...

'Will Pollute Young Minds, May Result In Abuse & Exploitation Of Children': NCPCR Asks Netflix To Stop Streaming 'Bombay Begums'

Issuing a notice to Netflix, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Thursday (11th March) asked subscription-based streaming service provider to stop the streaming of its new series Bombay Begums. Citing inappropriate portrayal of children in the web series, the apex child rights body NCPCR has asked Netflix to immediately stop streaming 'Bombay Begums'...

Law Is A Noble Profession, When Entrusted With A Brief, A Lawyer Should Try To Protect Clients' Interests: Kerala HC

On Wednesday, the Kerala High Court made a series of crucial statements on the status and duties of lawyers.

[Javed Akhtar Defamation Case] – Kangana Ranaut Approaches Sessions Court Against Process Issued By The Magistrate

Actor Kangana Ranaut has approached City Civil and Sessions The court, at Dindoshi, challenging the issuance of process by a Metropolitan Magistrate Court against her, in the criminal defamation case by lyricist Javed Akhtar for her remarks against him in an interview with Arnab Goswami. In the revision application filed in the Sessions Court, Kangana has said the procedure under...

Bombay High Court Pulls Up An Additional Sessions Judge For Using Slang/Foul Words 'Disrespectful To Women' In Rape Case

"The Trial Court has used the words 'F*****' and "F******". These words are used in slang language, are treated to be foul words and are utterly disrespectful to women": Bombay High Court