Single Co-Owner Cannot Terminate Tenancy for Seeking Recovery of Possession When Other Co-Owners Object- Delhi High Court [Read Order]

“When there are various co-owners/co-landlords, only one co-owner/co-landlord cannot terminate the tenancy for seeking possession of the tenanted property and/or mesne profits”Applying the legal principle that a suit for recovery of possession was not maintainable at the instance of a co-owner alone when other co-owners object to it, the Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed...

Over 80 DSNLU Students Continue Protests After Being Ousted From Hostel

After being expelled from the campus for failing to clear examination backlog, over 80 students of the Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU), Visakhapatnam continued their protest against “arbitrary examination rules and their faulty implementation” on Monday.According to reports, the students have to pass two categories of exams—even semester (May to July) and the odd semester (November/ December). Up until February, every student was allowed four attempts to clear backlogs of...

Mehul Choksi Files Application To Cancel Non Bailable Warrant Against Him Citing “Fear of Mob Lynching” As One Of Reasons For Non-Appearance

Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi, the owner of Gitanjali Gems, who is alleged to be involved in the Rs.17,200 crores PNB fraud along with his nephew Nirav Modi, has filed an application to cancel the non-bailable warrants issued against him in the case filed against him by the Enforcement Directorate(ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act(PMLA).  The Sessions Court, Greater...

From Aug 1, Approaching Authorities Concerned A Must Before Coming To Tribunal, Says NGT [Read Order]

From August 1, every person coming to the National Green Tribunal highlighting violation of any environmental law must first approach the authorities concerned and give them 15 days’ time to respond before moving the tribunal.The same has been ordered by NGT bench headed by chairperson Justice AK Goel with a view that the same may provide quicker remedy.The bench said so while hearing...

P Chidambaram Gets Anticipatory Bail From Delhi Court

Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has got protection from arrest in the multi-crore Aircel-Maxis and INX Media case with a Delhi court granting him anticipatory bail on Monday.Special CBI judge OP Saini granted the relief to Chidambaram who has been named as an accused along with his son Karti in the charge sheet filed by the CBI on July 19.Chidambaram had moved the court in...

Delhi HC Upholds DUSU President Rocky Tuseed’s Disqualification [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the disqualification of Rocky Tuseed's candidature by the varsity, a month before his tenure as the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) President ends.Justice V. Kameswar Rao noted that Tuseed had failed to disclose the disciplinary action taken against him during his undergraduate days at Shivaji College for assaulting another student. This, it...

Women’s Commission Has No Power To Order Maintenance; Kerala HC Quashes Order That Directed Man To Pay ¾ Of Salary To Wife, Kids [Read Judgment]

‘No power is granted to the Commission to issue directions with regard to the matters where specific provisions are made in other statutes and where the parties have appropriate remedies available on them.’Quashing an order passed by the Women’s Commission asking a man to pay three-fourths of his salary to wife and children, the Kerala High Court in Sreekumar v. Kerala Women’s...

Woman’s “Loose Character” Does Not Give Men The Right To Rape Her: Bombay HC Rejects Attempts To Tarnish Rape Survivor’s Character [Read Judgment]

Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently dismissed an appeal filed by a rape convict, upholding the lower Court’s decision to reject attempts to tarnish the rape survivor’s character.Justice Manish Pitale was hearing an appeal filed by one Ramkrishna Ganesh Wagh, challenging an order passed in October 2005 by the Sessions Court, Akola convicting him for raping a 15-year-old...

Kerala HC Recalls Judgment Dismissing PIL to Inquire Alleged Non-Utilization Of Public Funds By Journalists' Union [Read Order]

The PIL alleged that Rs.25 Lakhs allotted to the Union by Kerala Govt to construct Kerala Press Club in New Delhi was kept unused.By allowing a Review Petition, the High Court of Kerala has recalled the judgment which had dismissed a PIL seeking inquiry into the alleged non-utilization of funds by Kerala Union of Working Journalists(KUWJ). The petition alleged that the  KUWJ had kept the...

Bombay HC Refuses Relief To Final Year Law Student With Low Attendance [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently refused to grant any relief to a final year law student from Govind Ramnath Kare College of Law with low attendance.A bench of Justice NM Jamdar and Justice Prithviraj K Chavan was hearing the writ petition filed by the student himself.According to the petitioner, right before the sixth-semester examinations, students are required to obtain an attendance note...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court in Sham Kumbhakarna vs. Yogita  held that no ‘permanent custody’ orders can be made in proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.Giving the benefit of doubt to the accused, the High Court recently acquitted a man convicted under Sections 302 and 376(f) of the Indian Penal Code. Gaikwad was found sleeping over a foot...

Himachal Pradesh HC Enlists Indian Army’s Assistance For Removing Encroachments In Villages [Read Order]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday enlisted the Eco-Task Force set up by the Indian Army based at Kufri (Shimla) for removing encroachments over forests or public land in the Jalatha, Chaithla, Pungrish, Pandali and Kalemu villages in Kotkhai tehsil in Shimla district.The Army is expected to accompany the SIT constituted by the Court on 25 April for the purpose. The SIT comprises...