No Property Right To Son Who Beats Parents: Gujarat HC [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court has refused to grant any relief to an ungrateful son, who claimed right in her mother's property, a bungalow at Vadodra after he was excluded by the mother in her 'Will' as he would beat the parents. Justice Paresh Upadhyaya while turning down the appeal filed by Jayeshbhai Patel who had challenged orders of the lower court said "The conjoint reading thereof makes...

Dishonour Of Cheque: Complaint Against Partnership Firm Not Maintainable Without Making The Firm An Accused: Madras HC

Quashing the proceedings against the Petitioners, the High Court of Madras held that a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (the Act), cannot be maintained against the partners of a firm, without making the firm as an accused person. The Respondent had filed a complaint against the Petitioners before a Judicial Magistrate, for an offence under the said...

Punjab & Haryana HC Bans Use Of Loudspeakers Without Permission [Read Judgment]

Disposing off various Writ Petitions filed to curb excessive noise pollution in the States of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh, the High Court of Punjab & Haryana prohibited the use of loudspeakers in the territory without prior permission from the authorities. An ad-hoc Committee, headed by Advocate M. L. Sarin, was appointed by the court to make suggestions for...

Custodial Death of School Teacher: Chhattisgarh HC Orders 15 Lakh Compensation to Legal Heirs [Read Order]

Holding the jail authorities liable for custodial death of a government school teacher, the High Court of Chhattisgarh granted a compensation of Rs. 15 lakhs to his legal heirs.

Bombay HC reserves order on Gautam Navlakha's plea for quashing of FIR against him in Bhima Koregaon case

The Bombay High Court on Friday reserved its order in Gautam Navlakha's writ seeking to quash the FIR filed against him by the Pune police following the Bhima Koregaon violence that took place on January 1, 2018. Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre extended the relief of protection from arrest granted to the 65-year-old activist until an order is pronounced in...

Lawyer's Collective Case- There Is No New Material In The FIR: Bombay HC [Read Order]

In the July 25th order granting relief to Lawyer's Collective, the Bombay High Court noted that there was no new material on the basis of which a FIR has been registered against Lawyers Collective, the NGO working in the field of human rights. The bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre accepted the submissions put forth by Senior Advocate Aspi Chinoy who appeared on behalf of...

Delhi HC Dismisses Plea to Legalise Cannabis For Medical Use, Imposes Rs 10K cost

The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed with a cost of Rs 10,000 a petition seeking to legalise cannabis, a banned drug which attracts criminal prosecution, for medical purpose. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said there was no substance in the petition and it was not inclined to grant the prayer. "It appears this petition is seeking direction to...

Categorize Areas As Per Noise Pollution Rules: Karnataka HC To Govt.

The Karnataka High Court has directed State government to by August 13 spell out time limit in which it would categorize areas, in Bengaluru city and State under the Noise Pollution rules. As per the act areas can be segregated under Industrial, Commercial, Residential and Silence zones. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice H T Narendra Prasad said "Noise pollution...

Lok Sabha Passes Companies Amendment Bill [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Companies (Amendment ) Bill 2019, which seeks to amend the Companies Act 2013.Speaking about the Bill, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Bill containing 44 clauses is being brought in to "ensure more accountability and better enforcement to strengthen the corporate governance norms and compliance management...

Payal Tadvi Suicide: In A first, Bombay HC Directs Video Recording Of Proceedings Under SC/ST Act

For the first time in the Bombay High Court, proceedings will be recorded on video as the Court has ordered its registry to make the necessary arrangements for recording of the hearing in the appeal filed by three doctors accused of abetting the suicide of Dr.Payal Tadvi, a second-year MD student of Gynecology. Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu noted that as per an amendment to the Scheduled...

Allahabad HC Reprimands AICTE For Uncertain Standards And Patchy Implementation [Read Order]

The Allahabad HC quashed the order of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), denying extension of approval to Integrated Academy of Management And Technology (IAMT) for not submitting occupancy certificate, on account of violation of principles of natural justice. The Wirt was filed by IAMT, aggrieved by the order of AICTE, dated 30.04.2019, wherein the institution was...

Delhi HC Dismisses Plea To Declare 'Vande Mataram' National Anthem Or National Song

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Centre to declare 'Vande Mataram' the national anthem, at par with "Jana Gana Mana", or the national song. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said it finds no reason to entertain this petition, while exercising its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution. "We see no reason to...