Kerala Govt Brings Ordinance To Give Employees 'Right To Sit' In Shops & Establishments [Read Ordinance]

The Kerala Government has promulgated an Ordinance to give employees the 'right to sit', by amending the provisions of Kerala Shops and Establishments Act 1960. The Ordinance titled 'The Kerala Shops and Establishments(Amendment) Ordinance 2018' was promulgated by the Governor of Kerala and notified in the Gazette on October 4.It contains a mandatory condition to provide seating arrangements...

Application To Set Aside Ex Parte Divorce Decree Won’t Be Rendered Infructuous Merely Because The Spouse Remarried In The Meanwhile: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

‘Remarriage of the spouse is not a relevant factor to be taken into account in deciding the merits of an application filed for setting aside an ex parte decree of divorce.The Kerala High court has held that remarriage of the spouse who obtained an ex parte decree of divorce, after the filing of the application for setting aside the ex parte decree by the opposite spouse, would not render...

Delhi HC Appreciates Woman’s Big Heart, Lets Off Man After Estranged Wife Forgives Him [Read Judgment]

Appreciating how big the heart of a woman is to forgive her estranged husband who created fake online accounts in the name of his estranged wife seeking companionship, the Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered against the man subject to him depositing cost of Rs 1 lakh with the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva so ordered while deciding the petition...

Kerala HC Directs Recovery Of Value Of Minerals Extracted Illegally Without Environmental Clearance [Read Judgment]

The present case is a classic case in which illegal mining was allowed to be carried on by the successive Governments without any care for the environment and ignoring the pleas of the local residents", observed the judgment authored by Justice Vinod Chandran.The High Court of Kerala has directed the recovery of 100% value of minerals extracted without obtaining prior...

Rajasthan HC Fines ICICI With Rs. 10 Lakhs For Trying To “Wrongfully Influence” Judges By Impleading Them

The Rajasthan high Court recently slapped ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company with penal costs of Rs. 10 lakhs for impleading several judges of District Judges Cadre as parties to a petition filed by it.Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma saw right through the impleadment, opining that it was done in an attempt to influence compensation cases pending before the judges. Opining that this...

Wife’s Lawyer Can’t Seek Husband’s Salary Details Through RTI, Says Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

“It would have been a different matter, had the information been sought by the wife in order to support her contention in a litigation, which she has filed against her husband”The Bombay High Court has held that information relating to salary details of the husband cannot be disclosed in an RTI application filed by wife’s lawyer.The lawyer of the wife, who had filed maintenance case...

Suit For Mere Injunction Not Maintainable When Defendant Can Successfully Raise Cloud Over Plaintiff’s Title: SC [Read Judgment]

‘A suit for mere injunction does not lie only when the defendant raises a genuine dispute with regard to title and when he raises a cloud over the title of the plaintiff.’The Supreme Court has reiterated that a suit for bare injunction would not be maintainable when a defendant could successfully raise cloud over the title of the plaintiff.The Jharkhand State Housing Board had approached...

#Metoo Allegations Against Director Vikas Bahl: Alleged Victim Wishes To Be Removed As A Party From The Case

The former employee of Phantom Films who had alleged sexual assault by director Vikas Bahl gave a statement before the Bombay High Court through her lawyer Senior Advocate Navroz Seervai. She said: “I do not wish to relive any further what has transpired and I request that my presence in this proceeding be dispense with and I be dropped as a party.”In the previous hearing, Seervai had...

Breaking: Justice NH Patil Appointed As Chief Justice Of Bombay HC [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed Justice NH as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended his appointment by a resolution dated 12th October 2018While making the recommendation , the collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph pointed out that the office of the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court...

Plea Before Kerala HC Seeks Regulation Of Entry Of Non-Hindu/Non-Idol-Worshipping Persons To Sabarimala [Read Petition]

“Atleast persons having declared positions against Idol worship need to be kept away from entering Sannidhanam.”A writ petition has been filed before the High Court of Kerala seeking to regulate entry of non-Hindu and non-idol worshipers into the shrine of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala.The writ petition is posted on Monday ‘for instructions’ along with those filed by some women...

Bhima Koregaon Case: Bombay HC Quashes Pune Court Order Giving More Time For Filing Chargesheet Against Lawyer Surendra Gadling [Read Judgment]

While Justice Bhatkar's verdict paves the way for Gadling and other activists to be released on bail, the judge stayed her own order from becoming operational till November 1, following a request from the Maharashtra government, thus giving time to the state to file an appeal in the Supreme Court.The Bombay High Court on Wednesday set aside a Pune court that had granted more time to the...

Illegal Flex Boards: Remove Them Or Be Personally Liable: Kerala HC Issues Ultimatum To Heads Of Local Self Govt Institutions [Read Order]

A single bench of the High Court of Kerala has warned the various heads of Local Self Government institutions to ensure the removal of all illegal flex boards /banners/hoardings/flags before October 30 in due compliance with its earlier orders. The court had earlier issued guidelines to ensure prompt removal of such flex boards and the government in compliance with that order had formulated...