Petition In Madras HC Against Triple Talaq Ordinance

A PIL has been filed in the Madras High Court against the ordinance that makes the practice of instant 'triple talaq' a punishable offence, contending that it violated the Constitution and was discriminatory.When the public interest litigation petition by Hussain Afroze, an advocate of the high court, came up for hearing, a bench comprising justices S Manikumar and P T Asha directed the...

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Gets Bail In Mass Castration Case

Rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim was on Friday granted bail by a Special CBI court in Haryana’s Panchkula in a case of forcible castration of his followers.The Special CBI court granted regular bail to Gurmeet but he will remain behind bars serving his 20-year imprisonment for raping two sadhvis at his ashram.Gurmeet was represented by advocate Tanveer Ahmed Mir,...

Plea Filed In Madras HC To Link Aadhaar With Voter ID; Notice Issued

The Madras High Court on Friday issued notice on a petition demanding linkage of Aadhaar with Voter ID.The notice was issued by a Bench comprising Justice S. Manikumar and Justice PT Asha, on a petition filed by Advocate ML Ravi, president of the Desiya Makkal Sakkthi Katchi. The matter will be taken up next after two weeks.In his petition, Mr. Ravi contends that linkage of Aadhaar with...

Claim For Maintenance Not Must For Eviction Of Abusive Children; Parents Can Seek Eviction Of Legal Heirs From Ancestral Properties: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, while dealing with cases of eviction of legal heirs from the property on the ground of harassment of parents, was recently faced with two questions.Firstly, whether the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 provides for a remedy to Senior Citizens/parents of monetary maintenance by the children/relative or does it provide for eviction of...

No Fundamental Right To Carry On Liquor Business, But State Mustn’t Discriminate Between Qualified Liquor Suppliers: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

‘The policy for procurement should be framed by the State Government.’The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a citizen has no fundamental right to carry-on any trade or business in liquor, as trade in liquor has been regarded as res extra commercium.However, Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal observed that, once the State permits trade and business in liquor, it cannot discriminate between...

Illegal Hoardings/Flex Boards: Kerala HC Expresses Anguish Over Authorities Not Implementing Its Orders [Read Order]

“The distress of this Court is compounded because when the Government and in particular the Chief Minister has made a call to all citizens, including expatriates, to contribute the relief fund to the best that they can, the Authorities are allowing huge revenue loss by not collecting money from the persons/entities for the Flex Boards/Bill Boards/Advertisement Boards placed by them and I...

Delhi HC Acquits Suhaib Ilyasi After Holding His Wife Committed Suicide [Read Judgment]

Did Suhaib Ilyasi murder his wife or was it a case of suicide?The Delhi High Court on Friday concluded that it was a case of suicide thereby acquitting Ilyasi, who had been held guilty of murdering his wife by a trial court in December, 2017 and sentenced to life imprisonment.“The learned Additional Sessions Judge, Shahdara District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi in a judgment dated 16th...

Delhi HC Sets Up Panel To Examine, Recommend Welfare Measures For Lawyers' Clerks

The Delhi High Court on Thursday decided to set up a committee to examine and give recommendations on providing several welfare measures like provident fund, pensions and group insurance policies to clerks of lawyers.A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao said the panel would comprise the Registrar General of the high court, two senior advocates, the president and...

Bombay HC Allows Transfer Of Proceedings In A Case Of Domestic Violence Due To Husband’s Fear From Wife And Relatives [Read Order]

In an unusual case, the Bombay High Court has allowed transfer of proceedings from JMFC Shindkheda to JMFC Dhule in a case under the Domestic Violence Act as the applicant husband fears for his security from wife and her relatives.Justice AM Badar was hearing the application filed by the husband and said that justice would be served in transferring the proceedings.Case BackgroundRespondent...

Relevance Of ‘Clear’ Medico-Legal Report Enormous, Allahabad HC Fines Docs For Poor Handwriting [Read Order]

Pained to note how poor handwriting of doctors in medico-legal reports was obstructing the administration of justice at a time when judicial system was faced with ocular testimony of interested witnesses, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has fined three doctors for writing medico-legal reports shabbily and directed Principal Secretary Home, Principal Secretary Medical and...

P&H HC Gets Wheelchair-Bound Boy Closer To His Dream Of Becoming A Doctor [Read Judgment]

Putting to rest uncertainty shrouding the ambition of a physically disabled wheelchair-bound boy to study medicine, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the government medical college, Chandigarh, to grant him admission in MBBS course after a medical board constituted by PGIMER, Chandigarh, on the orders of the court found him capable of facing rigours of a medical course.The court...

Orissa Lawyers Prolong Stir Even As IGP Investigates Into 4 Cases

The Orissa High Court Wednesday adjourned till October 10, the hearing of the writ petition pertaining to the recent lawyers-police standoff, while the agitating lawyers of the city, who are on strike since August 29, decided to continue their stir till Wednesday next."The General Body of the High Court Bar Association decided to continue the strike till October 10 and further course of...