Tolerance, Patience, Harmony Are The Basic Tenets Of Hinduism: Gujarat HC Refuses To Ban Kedarnath Movie [Read Judgment]

Tolerance for all religions, patience, harmony and welfare of mankind are the basic tenets of Hinduism, the Gujarat High Court observed recently, while refusing to ban showcase of the movie “Kedarnath” in the State of Gujarat.The order was passed by a bench comprising Acting Chief Justice AS Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav on a petition filed by an organisation called International...

Delhi HC Upholds Conviction Of Three Men Who Attacked Judges In 2012; But Reduces Sentence [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of three men for attempting to murder three judges by hurling bricks at their official car in 2012.Justice Mukta Gupta, however, modified the sentence awarded to the three convicts—Rohit (five years), Anil Raj (five years) and Prashant Kumar (period already undergone).The then judges in Saket district court - Ajay Garg, MK Nagpal and...

Serving Judicial Officers Can't Participate in District Judge Selection Meant For Lawyers: Orissa HC

The Court has to keep in mind that while taking struggle, the experience which he has earned as a lawyer is to be considered as a direct recruit.

Serving Judicial Officers Can’t Participate in District Judge Selection Meant For Lawyers: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

‘The Court has to keep in mind that while taking struggle, the experience which he has earned as a lawyer is to be considered as a direct recruit.’The Orissa High Court has observed that serving judicial officers cannot participate in the selection process of the direct recruitment meant for lawyers in the cadre of District Judge.Some candidates, who had seven years of practice at the...

Archakas To Be In Service As Long As They Are Physically Fit: T&AP HC [Read Order]

“The T.T.D. ought to have taken note of the fact that the State Government as well as the Supreme Court have time and again treated hereditary Archakas as a special category entitled to special benefits (not on par with other employees of the TTD) notwithstanding the abolition of hereditary rights.”The High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has quashed an order of Tirumala...

In Male Dominating Society, Wife To Get Tax Exemption Even If Investment Made In Joint Name Of Husband: ITAT [Read Order]

“In a male dominating society, investment made in the name of the husband is also to be considered as investment” and the assessee wife can claim exemption from tax liability under Section 54F of the  Income Tax Act, the Chennai bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has said.The Tribunal said the assessee is eligible for exemption under Section 54F of the Act even though the investment...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtLucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a judicial officer on grounds of misconduct, on the basis of two orders passed by her in land acquisition cases. Bombay High CourtIn a significant decision that will have an impact on elections for bar associations to be held across the State of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court directed the...

Govt Can Withdraw Power, Water, Ration Card From Encroachers Refusing To Shift To Areas Marked By Slum Clearance Board: Madras HC [Read Order]

Taking a strict view of the menace of encroachment, the Madras High Court has said the government and its functionaries can take coercive steps, such as disconnection of electricity, water supply, and withdrawal of ration card to ensure that the encroachers do not get any benefits from January, 2019, including Pongal gifts, if any, declared by the government if they do not move to the...

Educated Woman Supposed To Be Fully Aware Of Consequences Of Having Sex With A Man Before Marriage: J&K HC [Read Order]

“Now-a-days there are cases where boy and girl having love affair, indulging into sexual relationship and ultimately ending into a breakup. Undoubtedly that amounts to consensual sexual relationship as they were in love with each other.”While quashing a ‘rape’ case, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court observed that when a woman is major and educated, she is supposed to be fully aware of...

Any Policy Of Govt. Is Subject To Public Scrutiny: Madras HC Stays Probe Against ‘Sarkar’ Movie Director [Read Order]

“If every person, who is not in agreement with the issue projected in the Movie, starts giving complaint against the director and an FIR comes to be registered on each complaint, it will sound the death knell to the mother of all other liberties namely; the freedom of speech and expression.”The Madras High Court has stayed the investigation in criminal cases registered against director of...

IDIA Captures The Constitutional Spirit Of Social Progress: Justice DY Chandrachud

Justice DY Chandrachud last Sunday appreciated IDIA (Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education) for the initiatives taken by it to stay true to its motto and make the legal professional more inclusive.Delivering the keynote address at the IDIA Law Annual Conference on ‘Law and Storytelling’ in New Delhi, he said, “The spirit of the Constitution in essence is...

Secret Phone Sex With Husband’s Friend Cannot Be Ground For Abetment To Suicide Charge: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court, on Friday, discharged a woman from a case registered against her for abetment of her husband’s suicide by indulging in phone sex with his friend.Justice Mridula Bhatkar emphasised on the fact that such an act would constitute mens rea under Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code only when it was done with a planned intention of harassing the husband, by...