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...

Causes Of Action For Design Infringement & Passing Off Can Be Combined In A Single Suit : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

A five judges bench of the High Court of Delhi has held that the causes of action for infringement of under the Designs Act and the for passing off under the Trademarks Act can be combined together in a single suit.The five judges bench was acting on a reference which doubted the decision of a three judges bench in Mohan Lal vs Sona Paint that both the said causes of action cannot...

Bombay HC Grants Interim Stay On CIC’s Order Directing RBI To Disclose Wilful Defaulters’ List

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted interim stay on Central Information Commission’s order directing the RBI to submit a list of wilful defaulters with a bad loan of over Rs. 1,000 crore. The CIC had also issued a notice to then RBI Governor Urjit Patel for non-compliance of its orders on November 2, 2018.A division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice SV Kotwal stayed the...

Delhi HC Asks Govt Why Tandoor Murder Case Convict Has Not Been Released Yet

The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi government why was former Youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma not released from Tihar jail despite undergoing 25 years of imprisonment in the infamous murder of his wife Naina Sahni which came to be known as the ‘Tandoor murder case’.A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal posed the query before the government while...

Legal Consultant Vacancy At Indira Gandhi National Centre For The Arts (IGNCA)

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) intends to engage one position of Legal Consultant on purely contractual basis.Name of the Post: Legal ConsultantNo. of Post: 01 (One)Remuneration: Consolidated remuneration Rs.50, 000/- per month.Essential Education qualification: Degree of L.L.B. or equivalent from a recognized university and/or institute in India and abroad, recognized...