Bombay HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Man Accused Of Giving Triple Talaq To His Wife [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to one Imtiyaz Patel, accused of giving triple talaq or instantaneous divorce to his wife, complainant in the case. Justice Revati Mohite Dere heard the anticipatory bail application filed by Imtiyaz and directed the Assistant Public Prosecutor to take detailed instructions from the State before the next date of...

NCLAT Gives Nod To Insolvency Proceedings Against Sahara Q Shop [Read Order]

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal refused to grant relief to Sahara Q Shop Unique Products Range Limited against an order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal admitting an application filed against the said company under section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The present appeal arose from the order of the National Company Law Tribunal which had admitted...

Bombay HC Allows Termination Of 28-Week-Old Foetus As It Had Substantial Risk Of Serious Physical Handicap [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently allowed a petition filed by a 28-week pregnant woman seeking permission for termination of pregnancy as several deformities were found in the foetus during sonography. According to the petitioner, there is a substantial risk that if the child is born, it would suffer from serious physical or mental abnormalities which would render the child...

Will Resume Work From Tomorrow: P&H Bar Association Tells HC [Read Order]

The Bar Association of Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended its agitation against setting up of the State Service Tribunal and will resume work from tomorrow. During the proceedings of the case titled "Court on its own motion v. State of Haryana", the Bar today submitted in the court that the General House meeting of the Bar Association, which convened this morning, had decided that...

PIL Filed In Delhi HC Challenging Difference In Minimum Age For Marriage For Men and Women [Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Delhi High Court by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking abolition of different minimum age for marriage for men and women. The petitioner calls the distinction 'unscientific' and a patriarchal stereotype. According to the Petitioner, the following statutory provisions are responsible for this discriminatory bar: a. Section 60(1) of...

Calcutta HC Commutes Life Sentence Of An Alleged Maoist Leader [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court exonerated certain alleged Maoists from the charge waging war against India and commuted their life sentence to three years rigorous imprisonment, for lack of evidence. Background The accused, Sagun Murmu, Sambhu Soren and Chhatradhar Mahato, were apprehended by a raiding party while working out an information regarding terrorist activities. Materials such as flash...

Deposit Of Minimum 20% Fine/Compensation U/s 148 NI Act Mandatory, Holds Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"The imposition of payment contemplated under Section 148 N.I. Act cannot be restricted to some prosecutions and evaded in other prosecutions."

NCDRC Directs Jet Airways To Pay Rs 1 Lakh To Traveler For Failing To Inform Rescheduling Of Flight [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has directed Jet Airways to compensate one of its travelers to the tune of Rs. 1 lakh for failing to inform him about re-scheduling of his flight. The Complainant, Dr. Akash Lalwani, had booked an air ticket through M/s Yahoo Tour and Travels, on a Jet Airways Flight from Raipur to Kolkata. However, on the scheduled date of...

Madras Bar Association Cancels Lecture On Article 370 Due To Objection From BJP Legal Wing

A lecture scheduled by the Madras Bar Association on Article 370 of the Constitution of India had to be cancelled due to the objection taken by the legal wing of the Bharatiya Janatha Party(BJP), reports the Times of India.Senior Advocate K M Vijayan of Madras High Court was supposed to deliver a lecture on the topic during the lunch break on August 14 as part of the Bar Association's...

Delhi HC Removes Requirement Of Joint Proposal By Three Senior Advocates To Apply For Senior Designation [Read Notice]

The Full Court of High Court of Delhi has passed a resolution to remove the pre-requisite of joint proposal by three senior advocates for a lawyer to apply for Senior designation. This step has come in the light of an order, earlier passed by a division bench of the high court, which stayed the operation of Rule 7 of the High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules 2018 to the...

Karnataka HC Seeks Scheme From State/BBMP On Restoring 19 Disappeared Lakes In City

The Karnataka High Court has directed State government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to in a month's time come out with a comprehensive scheme to either restore 19 disappeared lakes or create artificial lakes to compensate for the loss. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz while hearing a public interest litigation filed by Citizen...

Bombay HC Acquits Two Convicted Of Kidnapping And Murdering A 12-Year-Old Boy For Lack Of Evidence [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court today acquitted Imtiyaz Shaikh, who was sentenced to death by the sessions court and Azad, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and killing a 12-year-old boy in 2012, due to lack of evidence. Division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice Swapna Joshi held that the prosecution had failed to prove the guilt of the accused. Court also concluded...