Section 24 CPC: Mere Inconvenience Of Wife To Attend The Court Not A Ground To Transfer Matrimonial Proceedings: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

"The ground of inconvenience pleaded by the petitioner/wife has to be weighed with other attending circumstances."

Jaya Prada Challenges Azam Khan's Election

BJP leader Jaya Prada Friday filed a petition before the Allahabad High Court, challenging the election of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan from the Rampur parliamentary constituency. Jaya Prada alleged in the petition that at the time of his election, Azam Khan held the post of the Chancellor of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, which was an office of profit. She also alleged that Azam...

Contractual Part Time School Teachers Are Entitled To 'Equal Pay For Equal Work': Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court recently directed the West Bengal government to give salaries and benefits to part-time school teachers at par with full-time permanent employees due to the fact they had the same workload as their full-time counterparts, in view of Article 16 of the Constitution of India. Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya was hearing petitions filed by contractual...

'Article 15' : Uttarakhand Govt Undertakes To Ensure Smooth Screening Of Film After HC Criticized SDM's Order Banning It [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Friday observed that the order passed by Sub Divisional Magistrate, Roorkeebanning the screening of film 'Article 15' is arbitrary."On the face of it, the order dated 28.06.2018 is arbitrary", said Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia while hearing a petition filed by the makers of the film.When the Court expressed its view about the SDM's order during the course of hearing,...

Lok Sabha Passes Aadhaar Amendment Bill [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Aadhaar(Amendment) Bill 2019, which seeks to replace the Ordinance brought by the Centre last March to modify the existing laws in relation to the use of biometric data for authentication of identity for the purposes of grant of services, benefits and subsidies.The Bill proposes to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar voluntary use of Aadhaar for getting...

Rajasthan HC Stays Its Order To Cancel Driving Licences Issued To Illiterates [Read Order]

A Division Bench of Rajasthan High Court has stayed the single bench order that directed cancellation of all light motor vehicle driving licenses issued to illiterate persons. The bench comprising Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Narendra Singh Dhaddha passed the stay order in a writ appeal filed by Deepak Singh. Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, while considering the writ petition filed...

Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Amendments Of HC Rule To Enable Pleadings And Petitions In Hindi [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court dismissed a writ petition which sought a declaration that the Delhi High Court Rules be declared ultra vires the Delhi Official Languages Act, 2003 to the extent they allow only "English" as the language in which the pleadings can be filed in the High Court, as well as a direction to amend the said Rules permitting the pleadings/petitions in Hindi by adding the words "or Hindi...

MDMK Chief Vaiko Convicted In Sedition Case [Read Judgment]

MDMK chief Vaiko was on Friday convicted by a city court here in a sedition case filed in 2009 by the Tamil Nadu government. He was sentenced to simple imprisonment for a year. Judge J Shanthi held him guilty of the offence of sedition. Vaiko, who was present in the court, said he never sought any leniency. A petition was filed to suspend the conviction enabling an appeal...

ICJ To Pronounce Judgment In Kulbhushan Jadhav Case On 17th July [Read Press Release]

The International Court of Justice will deliver its judgment in Kulbhushan Jadhav case on 17th July 2019.A public sitting will take place at 3 p.m. at the Peace Palace in The Hague, during which Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the Court, will read the Court's decision, the press release read. The UN court had held public hearings from February 18 to February 21 in the case...

Murder & Gang Rape Of Mentally Ill Woman: SC Stays Execution Of 7 Men Sentenced To Death [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has stayed execution of seven death row convicts accused of accused of gang rape of a mentally ill woman in Rohtak (Punjab).The bench comprising the Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta granted leave in the special leave petition filed by the seven persons whose death sentence was affirmed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in March.Senior Advocate Vibha...

Payal Tadvi Suicide: Police Should Have Informed MCI And MCM About Arrest Of Doctors Says Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has observed that the police should have informed the Medical Council of India and the Medical Council of Maharashtra about the arrest of doctors Ankita Khandelwal, Hema Ahuja and Bhakti Mehare in relation to the suicide of 26-year-old Payal Tadvi. All three are third-year resident doctors at BYL Nair hospital and they allegedly tormented Tadvi about her tribal status....

Petition Under Art. 226&227 Cannot Be Entertained By HC Ignoring The Statutory Dispensation Under Armed Forces Tribunal Act: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

A Bench of Justices V. Chitambaresh and Ashok Menon of the Kerala High Court dismissed an original petition filed by the petitioner against an interlocutory order of the Armed Forces Tribunal established under the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, holding that the petitioner could prefer such application against the final order. The Court further observed that remedy provided under...