Grouping Of Students Into Sections On The Basis Of Marks Is Violation Of Their Fundamental Right: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

"If an action induces a sense of inferiority in a child, it is being denied the right to development and growth at par with a child who does not suffer from such feeling of inferiority. "

Madhya Pradesh HC Issues Directives/Suggestions To Curb 'Plastic Pollution' [Read Judgment]

"If you want to survive for years together, you are required to protect the environment."

Bombay HC Sets Aside Family Court's Order Holding Talaq Affected By Husband Under Muslim Law Null and Void [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court last month set aside an order by the Family Court, Nagpur holding Talaq affected by one Iqbal Ahmed, a 43-year-old primary teacher at Akola to his wife as null and void.A division bench of Justice ZA Haq and Justice SM Modak were hearing Ahmed's appeal against the order of the Family Court dated October 23, 2012. In the said order, Family Court has relied on the judgment...

[Delhi Riots] NHRC Forms Fact Finding Team To Inquire Into Violence In North-East Delhi [Read Press Release]

The National Human Rights Commission has directed its Director General (Investigation) to depute two fact finding teams, to conduct spot enquiry into the allegations of human rights violation during riots in North Eastern portions of Delhi. Communal violence broke out in the North-east districts of the national capital on February 24. Allegedly, due to the provocative statements made...

Land Acquisition- 'Persons Interested' Include Those Who Have Stake In Compensation Proceedings :Calcutta HC

In a significant ruling, the Calcutta High Court has held that 'persons interested' in land acquisition proceedings include, not only persons who have interest in the acquisition proceedings but also those, who have interest in the consequential compensation proceedings. "To ascertain whether a juristic entity is a 'person interested', one has to see through the process to the source...

Nirbhaya Case: Convicts Move Plea Seeking Stay on Death Warrant

Delhi court asks Tihar jail to file report on Nirbhaya convict's plea seeking stay on executionA Delhi court has directed Tihar authorities to file a report on a plea moved by one of the convicts Akshay Thakur seeking a stay on the execution of the death warrant.Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana, at Patiala House Court, has listed the matter for further hearing on Monday.Today,...

Delhi HC Imposes Cost On JNU For Lack Of Assistance In A Case [Read Judgment]

In a recent order, the Delhi High Court pulled up the JNU Administration for its "complete lack of assistance" in a writ petition concerning admission of one Nishant Khatri, to the M.Sc P.hd integrated programme. While directing the University to take into account the concerns raised by the Petitioner, Justice Rajiv Shakdher imposed costs of Rs 75,000 to be paid by the University to...

SC Frees Man Accused Of Sodomizing A Minor Allowing His Juvenility Claim [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed to release a person convicted for sodomizing on the ground that he was juvenile at the date of offence. 'X' was convicted under Section 377 read with Section 511 of the Indian Penal Code, on the ground that he subjected a 10 years old boy to carnal intercourse. He was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years with a fine of Rs.3000/­ with...

Student Organisations Cannot Resort To Strikes In School/College Campuses, Declares Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"In so far as the students in the campus have a fundamental right to education, it can be safely held that anything that causes an impediment to the said right would be unconstitutional."

Nirbhaya Case: Plea Moved In Delhi HC Seeking NHRC Inquiry Into Alleged Torture Against The Convicts

A plea has been moved in Delhi High Court seeking court's direction to National Human Rights Commission to conduct an inquiry into the physical and mental conditions of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case. Moved by activist A Rajarajan, the petition wants National Human Rights Commission to intervene and enquire about the physical and mental conditions of the four death convicts with...

[Shyamamaadhavam] Kerala HC Stays Granting Of Njanappana Award To Poet Prabhavarma [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has stayed the granting of Njanappana award to poet Prabha Varma, the author of Syama Madhavam. Shyamamaadhavam, described as a novel in verse, is a 15-part poem that captures the thoughts and images that pass through Krishna's mind as he lies dying, hit by a hunter's arrow. Prabha Varma had won Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Shyama Madhavam in 2016. On a writ...

No Protection For Married Live In Partners, Holds Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday held that where a man and a woman, during the subsistence of their marriages to other persons, reside as a live in couple, they will not be entitled to any protection under the law. While dismissing the writ petition moved by a live in couple, who "candidly" stated that they had married to other persons but they now lived with each other, the...