Father-Son Face Off In Supreme Court

The five-judge constitution bench commenced hearing on the pleas seeking a ban on candidates from contesting elections against whom charges have been framed.The Court witnessed an interesting father-son face off in the Constitution Bench hearing of PIL seeking to bar charge-sheeted politicians from contesting elections.Opposing the PIL, Attorney General K.K Venugopal submitted that Court...

In “Indian Setting”, Mother Won’t File False Case Of Sexual Assault Involving Her Daughter: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently upheld the conviction of a man for sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl in Pune, observing that it is highly unlikely for a mother to file a false case of sexual assault involving her daughter in the “Indian setting”.The observations were made by Justice AM Badar, who was hearing an Appeal filed by one Rajendra Bhima Asudeo challenging his conviction...

Fundamental Right To Freedom Of Speech Not An Absolute License To Hurt Fellow Citizens’ Religious Sentiments: Kerala HC

‘Persons who take the risk of publication and dissemination of scurrilous and blasphemous messages are not entitled to get the discretion of the court exercised in their favour.’While rejecting anticipatory bail to a man who posted a comment on Facebook post, insulting members of Islamic community and the prophet, the Kerala High Court observed that the fundamental right to freedom of...

Tear Down This Wall: NGT Refuses To Review Its 2016 Order To Demolish NRL Wall Erected In Elephant Corridor Near Kaziranga Nat’l Park

The wall in question segregates the township from the rest of the forest area and has claimed lives of 12 elephants as they moved along this corridor for food. It encroaches upon the Deopahar Proposed Reserve Forest as well as the No-Development Zone.A controversial wall erected in the proposedin close proximity to the Kaziranga National Park, by public sector oil company Numaligarh...

The Extreme Punishment May Convey Message To These Predators That It Is Not A Soft State: MP HC Upholds Death Penalty To Youth Accused Of 4-Yr-Old’s Rape-Murder [Read Judgment]

‘This Court has the social responsibility to make the citizen of this country know that law cannot come to the rescue of such person on the basis of humanity.’Affirming the death sentence awarded to a youth accused of raping a four-year-old girl, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that it has the social responsibility to make the citizen of this country know that law cannot come to...

Retd SC Judge-Headed Panel To Look Into Plight Of Children Of Women Prisoners [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has ordered the appointment of a committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to look into issues of children of women prisoners.On Wednesday, when the matter was taken up  the Bench of Justices Madan Lokur, Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta the Attorney General expressed his concurrence with the view expressed by the court about the formation of a committee to study...

Punjab & Haryana HC Sets Aside Income-Based Sub Category Under Backward Classes Quota [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday set aside a government notification fixing income criteria for allotting quota seats to candidates from the backward class category.The impugned notification had been issued on 17 August, 2016 under the Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and Admissions in Educational Institutions) Act, 2016. It had stipulated that the children of people with...

Kerala HC Stresses Need For Mechanism To Regulate Fees in Private Schools [Read Order]

"Education is a charitable activity; both the provider and the beneficiary have to see that in such a manner. There cannot be any element of profit except for the further development of the school infrastructure", Justice Mustaque observed in the orderWhile dealing with writ petitions concerning fee hike in a private school, the High Court of Kerala lamented that there was no statutory...

In Case Of Perjury, Court Can Invoke Its Contempt Jurisdiction: Delhi HC Jails Litigant For Lying Under Oath [Read Judgment]

‘As the respondent no.2/ defendant no.2 has admittedly made false statements under oath, this Court is of the view that it strikes a blow at the rule of law and no Court can ignore such conduct which has the tendency to shake public confidence in the judicial institutions because the very structure of an ordered life is put at stake.’All parties to a civil litigation swear before courts...

Ishrat Jahan Fake Encounter Case: Special CBI Court Rejects Discharge Pleas Of Former Cops Vanzara And Amin

A Special CBI Court on Tuesday rejected the discharge petitions filed by two former police officers —DG Vanzara and NK Amin, who are accused in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case.19-year-old Ishrat Jahan, along with three others—Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar—was gunned down by the Gujarat police in an “encounter” in the...

Outside Food In Multiplexes: Maharashtra Govt Takes U-Turn, Says Allowing Outside Food A Security Threat, Bombay HC Asks How?

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned the state government in light of an affidavit filed by the Deputy Secretary, Home Department in a PIL filed by Jainendra Baxi challenging the rule imposed by multiplexes on moviegoers of not carrying any outside food, thereby, forcing them to buy food from private vendors at exorbitant prices.A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice...

Restore 100-Yr-Old Lake: Bombay HC Directs BMC To Demolish Illegal Garden Built Over Khajuria Lake [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (BMC) to restore the 100-year-old Khajuria Lake which is a natural lake that was filled by the corporation and a municipal garden was built over it.Petitioner Pankaj Kotecha averred in his petition that the said construction was done illegally at the behest of then local Councillor and now an MLA for the...