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Haryana State Legal Services Authority Holds Commendation Ceremony For Volunteers, Members
On 3rd January, 2021, Haryana State Legal Services Authority organized its first State Level Commendation Ceremony of District Legal Services Authorities, Panel Advocates, Para Legal Volunteers and HALSA/DLSA employees in the Administrative Building of HALSA, Sector-14, Panchkula. The purpose of the Commendation Ceremony was to boost the morale of the team of Legal Services Authorities...
Soldier Whose Whereabouts Are Unknown For More Than 7 Years Would be Presumed 'Dead', Can't Be Called 'Deserter': J&K High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court recently observed that a Soldier would be presumed to be dead, when his whereabouts remains unknown for more than seven years, and by no stretch of imagination, he could be held guilty of having deserted the service of CRPF. The Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar observed this while noting that the word 'desert' would mean illegally running away from...
Bar Council Of P&H Warns To Go On 'Agitational Mode' If Decision Regarding Court's Physical Functioning Not Taken By Jan 11
Stating that there is large scale resentment amongst the lawyers' fraternity as the courts are not working physically, the Bar Council Of Punjab & Haryana released a press note today warning that if no decision is taken to start the physical hearing by 11th January 2021 "then the action committee should resort to agitational mode". The Press note states that a meeting of the...
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Woman Entering Into New Relationship Without Securing Divorce Wouldn't Deprive Her Of Custody Of Minor Child: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the fact that the mother enters into a new relationship allegedly without obtaining divorce from her husband, may be something that the law and the society frown upon, but, this in itself, wouldn't deprive her of the custody of her minor child. The Bench of Justice J. J. Munir observed that "depriving the minor of his mother's...
Bombay High Court Grants Parole To Rubina Memon, Life Convict In 1993 Bombay Serial Blasts For Her Daughter's Marriage
A vacation bench of Bombay High Court consisting of Justice S.S. Shinde and Justice Abhay Ahuja on Thursday (31.12.2020) granted parole to Rubina Suleman Memon, a 1993 Mumbai serial blast convict in a writ petition seeking the grant of parole leave for attending her daughter's marriage on 08.01.2021. Rubina Memon who is also the sister in law of Tiger Memon, one of the...
Gaushala Has Locus Standi To Challenge The Orders Regarding Custody Of Cattle: Bombay High Court
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Justice Vibha Kankanwadi while setting aside the order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Basmathnagar held that a Gaushala (cow shed) has locus standi to challenge the orders passed under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (PCA Act) regarding custody of Cattle. In the present case, the Hatta Police Station,...
Bina Modi's Anti-Arbitration Injunction Suit Against Her Son Lalit Modi Maintainable : Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the anti-arbitration injunction suit filed by late industrialist KK Modi's wife Bina Modi against her son Lalit Modi is maintainable. The suit was filed seeking to restrain the arbitration proceedings initiated by Lalit Modi in Singapore over property disputes in the family. In March, a single bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw had dismissed the suits filed...
Non-Compliance Of Section 42 Of NDPS Act Vitiates Trial: Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court, while upholding the acquittal order of the Special Judge for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, (NDPS Act) Pandharpur, held that failure to comply with the requirements under Section 42 of the NDPS Act would affect the prosecution's case and vitiate the trial. The Learned Special Judge passed an order on May 15th, 2004 acquitting all the accused...
Writ Petition Cannot Be Entertained Ignoring Statutory Dispensation: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that a writ petition should not be entertained ignoring the statutory dispensation.In this case, M/s Radha Krishan Industries had approached the High Court by filing a writ petition challenging an order passed by GST Authorities provisionally attaching the payment receivable by it from a consumer. While conceding that there is alternative...
Patna High Court Decides To Start Functioning In Physical Mode On 'Experimental Basis' For Two Weeks, SOP Issued
The Patna High Court has decided to start functioning in physical mode purely on 'Experimental basis' for 'Two weeks' i.e., from 4.1.2021 till 15.1.2021 while observing the social distancing norms. The Notice to this effect was issued by the Registrar General of the High Court by an order of the Chief Justice on Tuesday (29th December). The Notice states, "Due to...