Any Affected Party May Prefer Appeal Against Order Of Tribunal Under Senior Citizen Act 2007: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that any person, affected by an order passed by a Maintenance Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act, 2007, is entitled to file an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal. A Single Bench of Justice Pratibha M. Singh ruled, "appeals by any affected party who may be aggrieved by an order of the Tribunal, as constituted...

[Domestic Arbitrations] Settled That When Party Does Not Objection To Court's Territorial Jurisdiction, It Is Deemed As Waived: Bombay High Court

"The policy is to treat objections to territorial jurisdiction as technical and not open to consideration...unless there has been a prejudice on the merits."

Electricity Integral Part Of Right To Life; Duty Of Distributor To Provide Connection Within A Month Of Application: Kerala HC

"To light up a tiny bulb in his tiny house Sainuddeen had to walk from pole to pole..."

TN Govt Has Decided To Withdraw All Anti-CAA Protests Cases, Madras HC Notes While Quashing Case Against Lawyer

The Madras High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against an advocate for indulging in protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Chennai in December 2019.The FIR was lodged against Advocate S Devika under Sections 143(unlawful assembly) and 188(disobedience to orders of public servants) of the Indian Penal Code.While allowing the petition filed by Advocate...

Indian Man Incorrectly Buried As Per Muslim Rites In Saudi: Delhi High Court Directs Senior MEA Official To Appear Before Court

In what the bench of Justice Prathiba Singh of the Delhi High Court termed as an "unfortunate incident", the Court today directed the Deputy Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to appear online before it in a case where an Indian man upon his death was incorrectly buried as per Muslim rites in Saudi Arabia.The wife of the deceased man has moved the Delhi High Court seeking...

Bombay HC Rubbishes Contention That Appearance Of Respondent's Details Among Search Results Infringed/Prejudiced Appellants' Trademark

“..even the Website of the appellants and that of the respondent are quite different..”, the Judge remarked.

Seriousness Of Offence A Relevant Consideration While Considering The Grant Of Bail, Reiterates Supreme Court

Seriousness of the offence is one of the relevant considerations while considering the grant of bail, the Supreme Court reiterated in a judgment passed on Monday.In this case, the accused had allegedly committed forgery in Court record. It was alleged that there was a fabrication in the court record by way of using whitener in Sessions Trial No.89­A/01, State vs. Mahesh,...

Unnatural Death Of Teenaged Boy- "Train Police Officials About Pre-Production Action Of Police With Regard To Child In Conflict With Law": Calcutta High Court

Underlining that Rule 8 of the West Bengal Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2017 aims to support the children, the Calcutta High Court recently observed that ground-level police officials need to be appropriately instructed with adequate information about the contents and modality of operation related to the rule. It may be noted that Rule 8 of the West...

Elgaar Parishad- Sharjeel Usmani To Appear For Investigation On March 18

Aligarh Muslim University alumni Shajeel Usmani assured the Bombay High Court on Monday that he will continue cooperating with the Pune Police, investigating his speech for the 2021 Elgaar Parishad Conclave, and undertook to appear before investigators on March 18, 2021. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing a petition by Usmani seeking quashing of the...

UP Panchayat Polls- "Consider 2015 And Not 1995 As 'Base Year' For Reserving Seats, Hold Elections By May 25": Allahabad High Court

It is clear that the provisions of the impugned Government Order dated 11th February 2021 would have the effect of exceeding the prescribed vertical limit of reservation of 50 percent, which cannot be permitted: Allahabad HC

"Huge Political Influence"- Sachin Waze's Brother Files Habeas Corpus Plea In Bombay High Court Against His Arrest In Ambani House Explosives Scare

Suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze, through his brother, Sudharm has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Bombay High Court calling his arrest by the National Investigating Agency "illegal," and seeking his immediate release from custody. Waze was arrested by the National Investigating Agency on Saturday, in connection with his involvement in the explosives-laden...

Replacement Of Spl. Judge Trying Coal Scam Cases: Supreme Court Directs Delhi High Court's Chief Justice To Provide Panel Of Five Judges

Supreme Court has on Monday asked Chief Justice of Delhi High Court provide a panel of names of about five judges to enable the Court to suggest an appropriate replacement for Mr. Bharat Parashar, who was appointed as Special Judge to deal and exclusively try the offences pertaining to coal block allocation mattersA three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian...