Madras HC Directs Framing Of Guidelines For Selection Of Govt Law Officers [Read Order]

“No appointment should be made either for pursuing a political purpose or for giving some undue advantage to any section”While dealing with a petition filed by a practising lawyer against the selection procedure of Government Law Officers, the Madras High Court has directed the government to frame guidelines for selection of Government Law Officers.  The petition was filed challenging...

Lightning A Natural Calamity: Punjab And Haryana HC Relief To Man Whose Pregnant Wife Died Struck By Lightning [Read Order]

The lightning causes death because heavy current passes through the body, damaging several parts and largely affects the poor people of the lower strata who work in open even during the rain, the court said.The Punjab and Haryana High Court, holding ‘lightning’ as a natural calamity, has directed the state authorities to consider granting compensation to a man whose pregnant wife had...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court, on Wednesday, granted bail to Dr. Kafeel Khan, who was arrested by UP Police in connection with the Gorakhpur BRD medical college tragedy where scores of children died last year due to lack of oxygen.Bombay High CourtJustice GS Patel of the Bombay High Court directed the Prothonotary and Senior Master to institute a quota control system for...

Bombay HC Rules In Favour Of Wife, Nullifies 9yr Old Marriage Due To Non-Consummation, Husband To Appeal Before SC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has allowed an appeal against a judgment of a District Court in Kolhapur and nullified a 9-year-old marriage between two parties on grounds of non-consummation.Justice Mridula Bhatkar held that the first appellate court at Kolhapur had erred in holding that the marriage was valid despite the fact that there was no consummation.Case backgroundThe appellant wife contended...

‘It May Be Morally Wrong To Glorify The Corrupt, But Cannot Interfere’: Madras HC Rejects DMK MLA’s Plea To Remove Jayalalithaa Portrait From TN Assembly [Read Order]

The bar on appointment to a responsible position possibly cannot be stretched to be a bar on display of the photograph of a former Chief Minister charged with a serious offence, the Court said.The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea seeking removal of the portrait of Late J. Jayalalithaa from the precincts of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.The Bench of the Chief Justice Indira...

A Murder Can’t Be Termed As ‘Honour Killing’ Only Because Caste Was A Contributing Factor In The Perpetration Of The Crime” Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Neither the couples nor the family have been done away with, but only the deceased, the bench said.While commuting death penalty in a murder case, the Madras High Court observed that a murder cannot be termed as honour killing merely because caste of the accused and deceased was a contributing factor in the perpetration of the crime.A husband and wife couple, were convicted by the Trial court...

Solitary Confinement Of A Death Convict Before The Exhaustion Of His Complete Legal And Constitutional Remedies Unconstitutional: Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court held that practice to keep the convict in custodial segregation/solitary confinement before the exhaustion of his constitutional, legal and fundamental rights is unconstitutional.The Bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Alok Singh ruled, “It will amount to additional punishment. It also amounts to torture and violative of his basic...

Cancel Driver's License Of Those Using Mobile Phones While Driving: Rajasthan HC To State [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday directed the Addl. Police Commissioner-Traffic, Jodhpur to cancel driver's license of those found using their mobile phones while driving.The Bench comprising Justice Gopal Krishan Vyas and Justice Ramchandra Singh Jhala issued the direction after it was informed by Additional Advocate General Mr. Rajesh Panwar that several drivers were using mobile phones...

Madras HC Dismisses DMK Plea For Disqualification Of O. Panneerselvam, 10 AIADMK MLAs [Read Order]

In a huge relief to the ruling AIADMK Government, the Madras High Court on Friday dismissed Petitions seeking disqualification of Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and 10 other MLAs for having defied the party whip in February, 2017.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose opined that it cannot take up the role of the Speaker for deciding on...

Now Law Degree Not Must For Accreditation Of Reporters From Kerala HC, Training From Judicial Academy A Must [Read Rules]

While it once stressed on journalists to have law degrees in order to obtain accreditation for court reporting, the Kerala High Court has now revised norms for accreditation of legal correspondents with immediate effect spelling out that a journalist should hold a law degree or a post-graduate degree in any faculty, a degree in journalism or a degree in any faculty with diploma in journalism...

High Range ATMs No Substitute For A Natural Mother: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

Allowing a habeas corpus Petition filed by the mother of a seven-year-old girl, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday asserted that an ATM cannot be considered a substitute for a mother, and rejected weak financial status as a parameter to deny the child's custody to the mother.The Bench comprising Justice Budihal R.B. and Justice K.S. Mudagal observed, "Motherhood/parenthood requires...

Act Constituting Offence Under S.228 IPC Doesn’t Bar Contempt Of Court Proceedings: Karnataka HC Convicts Man Who Hurled Footwear At Judicial Officer [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has convicted a litigant for contempt for hurling footwear at a judicial officer.Taking note of the district judge report, the Chief Justice of the High Court had initiated contempt proceedings against BM Shivanna.In his reply, apart from apologizing, he contended that for the same act, on the complaint of the magistrate he is being tried for the offences punishable...