Karnataka HC Quashes Family Court Order Which Refused Delivery Expenses To Woman From Estranged Husband [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court set aside a family court order which refused delivery expenses to a woman from her estranged husband saying, "It is her first delivery, it is the duty of the (woman's) parents to bear the expenses as per customs in all communities." Justice Alok Aradhe while setting aside the order passed by Family court rejecting the application made by one Shaista Sultana said;...

"Access To Clean Water Is A Fundamental Right": NGT Calls For Firm Action Against Illegal Discharge Of Waste Into The Ganga

NGT has directed the UP State authorities to ensure to take immediate steps to effectively stop discharge of untreated sewage into the Ganga and its tributaries, and ensure supply of clean water to inhabitants of Rania and Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur. The Bench also showed its displeasure for failure on part of UP's Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) on not taking any action...

'Telegram Promotes Child Pornography, Terrorism' : Plea In Kerala HC Seeks Ban On Messaging App

Stating that the messaging platform 'Telegram' is unregulated, and is promoting child pornography and terrorism, a Public Interest Litigation petition was filed in the High Court of Kerala for banning it.The petition filed by Athena Solomon, an LLM student of National Law School of India University Bengaluru, stated that Telegram allows for anonymous posting of messages. This facility is...

DJS 2019:Delhi HC Corrects Nine Mistakes In The Answer-key, Orders Re-computation Of Marks [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has accepted 9 out of the 15 corrections pointed out in the answer-key of the Delhi Judicial Services examination and have noted that the same has caused substantial prejudice to the Petitioners.In the present PIL, 10 Delhi Judicial Services-2019 unsuccessful candidates had moved the Delhi High Court complaining about six "patently erroneous questions" in the examination...

Bombay HC Reserves Judgment In PILs Against Cutting Of Trees At Aarey For Mumbai Metro Car Shed

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved judgment in the public interest litigations filed against the Tree Authority's resolution to remove 2646 trees at Aarey Colony in order to build a car shed for Mumbai Metro. Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre have heard the case at length and examined the Tree Authority's decision taken at a meeting held on August 29, 2019,...

CBI Court Extends DK Shivakumar's Judicial Custody Till Oct 15; Allows ED to Interrogate Him For 2 Days

Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar on Tuesday extended prominent Congress leader DK Shivakumar's judicial custody till October 15 in a money laundering case.The Judge has also allowed Enforcement Directorate to interrogate the leader from Karnataka in custody for two days - October 4 and 5. The proceedings began with Enforcement Directorate's counsel Amit Mahajan moving an application...

PMC Bank Account Holders File PIL In Bombay HC For Lifting Restrictions On Withdrawal

A group of depositors at the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank have filed a PIL before the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the Reserve Bank of India to remove withdrawal restrictions imposed on account holders at PMC after the bank disclosed certain irregularities to the central bank.RBI had imposed such withdrawal restrictions under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act,...

ITAT Can Pass Orders Directing CIT To Register A Trust Under S. 12AA Of IT Act : Allahabad HC (FB)[Read Order]

A Full bench of the Allahabad High Court has held that the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal can, on satisfaction of genuineness of activities of a Trust, pass an order directing the Commissioner of Income Tax to grant registration to such Trust under Section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, while hearing an appeal under Section 254(1) of the Act and it need not remand the case back to...

Child Labour: Even If Accused Pleads Guilty, Courts Not Empowered To Award Less Than The Minimum Sentence: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that even if the accused pleads guilty, Courts are not empowered to impose a sentence below the minimum sentence prescribed in the given act passed by the Legislature and allowed an appeal filed by the State government seeking enhancement of the fine amount of Rs.1200 imposed on one Yalappa Khot, for employing a 12 year old boy for weaving in his factory.Justice...

5 NLUs Collaborate To Provide Legal Assistance To Persons Excluded From NRC- Assam

In an unprecedented collaboration, various National Law Schools have come together to set up a legal aid clinic, namely Parichay, with an aim to provide legal assistance to persons excluded from the National Register of Citizens- Assam (NRC). The final list of NRC, which was published on August 31, had excluded over 19 lakh persons (19,06,657) out of 3.3 crore applicants, and the...

Delhi HC Orders Facebook, Google To Take Down Posts Alleging Sexual Harassment By Artist Subodh Gupta [Read Order]

In a unique move, the Delhi High Court passed an ex-parte interim order directing Facebook, Instagram and Google to take down posts containing sexual harassment accusations against leading Indian contemporary artist, Subodh Gupta.The allegations of unwelcome sexual advances were made by an unnamed co-worker of Gupta a year ago, on an anonymous Instagram page. She listed a series of such...

Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Trial Court Reserves Order

A Delhi court will pronounce on November 14 the judgment in a case of alleged sexual and physical assault on several girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur, which was run by former Bihar People's Party (BPP) MLA Brajesh Thakur, lawyers said.CBI told a special court there was enough evidence against all the 21 accused.The accused however claimed that the CBI had not done a "fair investigation"...