The Plaintiff Has No Absolute Right, At The Appellate Stage, To Withdraw From The Suit: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The plaintiff has no absolute right, at the appellate stage, to withdraw from the suit, the Kerala High Court has observed.Justice R. Narayana Pisharadi observed that the Appellate Court, before granting such liberty to withdraw a suit has to consider whether any right had accrued in favour of the defendant by the dismissal of the suits by the trial court and by granting permission to...

Govt. Of India Showing Reluctance To Join Proceedings In Kulbhushan Jadhav Case, Says Islamabad High Court [Read Order]

The Islamabad High Court has observed that the Government of India is showing reluctance to join the proceedings in the matter of Kulbhushan Jadhav or to avail the remedy provided under the International Court of Justice (Review and Reconsideration) Ordinance, 2020.The Government of India has not made any attempt to approach this Court directly despite opportunities extended in this regard,...

'Every Citizen Has A Fundamental Right To Fresh Air', P&H HC Stays Decision to Convert Public Parks Into Residential Areas In Faridabad [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High court on Tuesday (06th October) observed that every citizen has a fundamental right to fresh air. The ecology and environment of the area would be affected drastically if the parks are converted into the residential area.The Bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Harinder Singh Sidhu was hearing a petition challenging the decision of the Government of Haryana...

Arms Licences Cannot Be Granted To Be Used As Status Symbol, Says Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Order]

"Firearms should not come in possession of anti-social elements. There is need for greater vigilance on the grant of Arms Licences."

At Times Colleges Get Down To Blackmailing And Hand-Twisting By Retaining Original Certificates Of Their Students', HP HC Gives Relief To Students [Read Order]

The Himachal Pradesh High court on Tuesday (06th October) took a stern view of the issue of Private Educational Institutions retaining the original certificates and other documents of its students so as to ensure that students do not migrate to any other college or for that matter leave the college.Having failed to secure and get back their original documents and certificates, the petitioners...

Disheartening To Note Criminal Proceedings Of A Crime Of 1992 Is Yet To Attain Finality: Kerala HC Directs Sister Abhaya Murder Case Trial On A Day To Day Basis [Read Order]

It is disheartening to note that criminal proceedings pertaining to a crime of 1992 is yet to attain finality, whether it be by reason of providence or design, the Kerala High Court remarked while disposing a petition filed by the accused in Sister Abhaya Murder Case.Justice VG Arun directed the Special Court to reschedule the Trial to the nearest possible date and permit the Senior...

[Section 153A IPC] Contents Of Speech Indirectly Refer To Two Religions 'In The Form Of Innuendo': Karnataka HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against PFI Leader [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday refused to quash a FIR registered against a National Committee Member of the Popular Front of India (PFI), while holding that even though the offending speech does not directly refer to two religions, "it attracts the provisions of Section 153 of the IPC, which is in the form of innuendo." Section 153 of the IPC prohibits and penalizes the...

Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea To Rename High Court as Prayagraj HC [Read Order]

Recently, the Allahabad High Court dismissed a plea to rename itself either as Prayagraj High Court or the Uttar Pradesh High Court.The Bench of Justice Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh observed,"This Court is not empowered to direct the Parliament or State Legislature to enact a particular law and, therefore, we find this petition a frivolous petition, which has been...

Delhi HC Initiates Suo Motu Matter On Expediting The Trials Against MPs/MLAs, Issues Notice To Centre And Delhi Govt

Delhi High Court has initiated a suo motu matter concerning the issue of expediting the trials against MPs/MLAs. The said suo motu matter has been initiated after the direction of the Supreme Court on September 16 whereby all the high courts were directed to formulate a framework to expedite the pending trials against Members of Parliament and the Members of...

Bombay HC To Pronounce Verdict In Bail Applications Filed By Rhea Chakraborty & Four Others Tomorrow

The Bombay High Court tomorrow will pronounce verdict in the bail applications filed by actor Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik, Dipesh Sawant, Samuel Miranda and Abdel Parihar in the Narcotics Control Bureau's case against them under various provisions of the Narcotics Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act for allegedly procuring drugs for actor Sushant Singh Rajput and being part of a...

Bengaluru Urban The Worst COVID-19 District In Country: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has observed that Bengaluru Urban District is one of the worst affected Districts in the entire country in terms of the number of COVID-19 infections. However, no efforts are made by the Monitoring Committee appointed to monitor the functioning of the Private COVID-19 hospitals in the city. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay OKa and Justice Aravind Kumar...

Allahabad HC Disposes Plea Seeking Permission For Organizing Durga Puja With Direction To Approach DM [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed that the representations seeking permission to organise Durga Puja in Prayagraj, may be made before the concerned District Magistrate. The Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddhartha Varma refused to grant permission for organizing the festival as the same is "subject to guidelines prescribed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh...