Authorities Not Expected To Grant Quarrying Lease To A Person From Whom Amounts Are Due To Govt : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has observed that the authorities are not expected to grant or renew a quarrying lease to a person from whom amounts are due to the government, even if there is no express prohibition in the rules against such grant or renewal.A single bench of Justice PB Suresh Kumar also urged the Government to consider appropriate amendments to the Rules to avoid grant of quarrying...

Medieval Notion Of Wife Being The Property Of Husband Still Persist In Majority Mindset, Refusal To Give Tea Not Sudden Or Grave Provocation : Bombay HC

Observing that the medieval notion of the wife being the 'property of the husband to do as he wishes, still persists,' the Bombay High Court refused to show any leniency to a man convicted for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Justice Revati Mohite Dere held the husband's contention that his wife, by refusing to make tea, offered a grave and sudden provocation to be...

Tis Hazari Violence: Delhi High Court Extends Term Of The Inquiry Commission Upto 31st December, 2021

The Delhi High Court recently extended the term of the Inquiry Commission which was constituted for conducting an inquiry into the incident of clash between police and lawyers which took place in Tis Hazari court premises in November 2019. Noting that the inquiry is under progress and several witnesses are yet to be examined and also looking to the lockdown period from March 2020...

Delhi High Court Impleads Centre, Directs Delhi Govt, Delhi Police To File Status Report On Reopening Of Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz

Hearing a petition by the Delhi Waqf Board through its Chairman, for the reopening of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz on the Delhi Waqf Board's premises in New Delhi, the Delhi High Court today directed the Delhi Government and Delhi Police to file their status report and replies to the petition.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared in the matter for the Centre, seeking to be impleaded and...

'Sanctioning Authority Must Apply Mind' : Bombay HC Quashes Sanction To Prosecute Order Issued 'Mechanically'

The Bombay High Court has ruled that an order granting permission or sanction to prosecute an individual under the Prevention of Corruption Act must demonstrate that the Sanctioning Authority has applied his mind and not passed the order "mechanically". A single bench of Justice SK Shinde held that ordinarily the Sanctioning Authority is the best person to judge, based on...

Allahabad High Court To Resume Functioning In Routine Manner From March 1; Guidelines Issued

The Allahabad High Court has decided to function as usual, in a routine manner, from March 1, 2021. As per an order issued under the orders of Chief Justice Govind Mathur, physical hearing of cases will be held in a routine manner from the said date. To facilitate this, all Judges and their supporting staff will attend the High Court in full strength. The following guidelines...

Tipu Jayanti Tweets : Karnataka High Court Directs Magistrate To Decide Afresh Complaints Against Anant Kumar Hegde, CT Ravi

The Karnataka High Court has directed a Magistrate to consider afresh the criminal complaints against Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde and BJP MLA CT Ravi over the statements made by them in the context of Tipu Jayanti celebrations in 2017.A single bench of Justice John Michael Cunha set aside the order passed by an Additioanl Chief Metropolitan Magsitrate, Bengaluru, which had dismissed...

Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Raping US National After Survivor Refuses To Pursue Case

The Delhi High Court recently allowed the regular bail application of a man, co-accused in a criminal case filed against rape of a US national. A Single Bench of Justice Anu Malhotra allowed the bail plea after it was informed that the prosecutrix has refused to pursue the matter any further. The Bench observed that counsel for the prosecutrix, appointed by the Trial Court, had...

Death Of 800 Olive Ridley Sea Turtles In Odisha: Orissa High Court Registers Suo Moto PIL

The Orissa High Court on Tuesday (23rd February) registered suo-moto PIL [In Re : Olive Ridley Turtles] taking into cognizance Down to Earth Magazine's report (dated 04th February) based on the death of around 800 Olive Ridley sea turtles. The Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice B. P. Routray issued notices to the Government of Odisha, among others, to apprise the...

"A Lady With 90% Burn Injury Can't Be Kept Like That": Jharkhand HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of The Incident Based On A Mail Received To Court

The Jharkhand High Court last week took suo moto cognizance of an e-mail complaining about the negligent attitude adopted by the MGM Hospital, Jamshedpur as it alleged that a lady with 90% burn injury was left half-naked and without any proper medical facilities. Appearing before the Bench of Chief Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad the sender of the...

Monthly Maintenance To Minor Cannot Be Deposited In Bank Account With A Direction For Disbursement On Attainment Of Majority: Kerala High Court

The High Court of Kerala has set aside the directions issued by the Family Court directing maintenance allowance to be deposited by the father in a bank account in name of the minor child that who would receive the amount on attaining majority. A Single Bench of Justice Mary Joseph issued the direction while hearing a plea by the minor's mother against Family Court's directions...

[2015 Sacrilege Incidents] SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Direction To CBI To Hand Over Case Diaries, Records To Punjab Police

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the challenge to the Punjab and Haryana High Court's direction to the CBI to hand over all case diaries and papers related to the 2015 sacrilege incidents, including alleged desecration of Guru Granth Sahib, to the Punjab Police within a month.On January 4, during a hearing on the plea of one of the accused in the sacrilege incidents, Sukhjinder Singh...