Nikah After Marriage Under Special Marriage Act: Divorce Petition Maintainable Before Family Court Under Special Marriage Act: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

When a person solemnizes the marriage under this law then the marriage is not governed by personal laws but by Special Marriage Act, the Court observed.The Delhi High Court has held that Family Court can entertain and try a petition for dissolution of marriage under the Special Marriage Act, if the parties married under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, even though they performed Nikah...

Condonation Of Delay Scheme, 2018: Delhi HC Allows Disqualified Directors To File Manual Returns [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Thursday, permitted a few disqualified directors to file manual returns under the Condonation of Delay Scheme, 2018, instead of filing them online.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar further directed that all charges payable under the Scheme be deposited in the Registry of the Court through a fixed deposit receipt in the...

Lalu Sentenced To 14 Years Imprisonment In Fodder Scam Case

Special CBI court on Saturday has sentenced RJD supremo Lalu Prasad to a total 14 years imprisonment and imposed fine of Rs 60 lakhs in a Fodder scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crores from the Dumka treasury.Lalu has been sentenced to seven years and fined Rs 30 lakh under section 120/420, 409, 467, 468, 471 and 477A of Indian Penal Code.  He has also been awarded...

U’khand HC Directs Govt To Reimburse Medical Bills Of Employees In 3 Months, Provide Free Life-Saving Drugs [Read Order]

HC says those sanctioning the claims should remember they may also fall sick and need money for treatmentMoved by the plight of a widow who had to move court seeking reimbursement of medical bills raised against treatment of her husband’s heart ailment way back in 2012, the Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state government to clear medical reimbursement bills of the employees...

Delhi HC Raps Civic Bodies For Failure To Add Grievance Redressal Mechanism On Website; Says It Adds To Allegations Of Corruption [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court last week rapped the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) for its inability to file a status report on its earlier order requiring civic bodies to update their websites to include a grievance redressal mechanism for people complaining of unauthorized constructions and encroachments.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar...

Office Of Profit Row: Here Is What The Delhi HC Said While Setting Aside Disqualification Of 20 AAP MLAs [Read Judgment]

In a major relief for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Delhi High Court has set aside the Election Commission of India's (ECI) recommendation for disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for holding office of profit.The Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Chander Shekhar directed the ECI to take another look at the allegations, observing that the MLAs were not given an...

Jamia Millia Islamia Is Not A ‘Minority Institution’: Centre Tells Delhi HC [Read Affidavit]

A Delhi High Court bench of Acting Chief Justice Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar recently allowed the Centre’s plea to take on record the revised affidavit dated March 5, 2018, that indicated change in the stand taken by the government earlier in Vijay Kumar Sharma v National Commission For Minority Educational Institutions & Ors W.P.(C) 1970/2011. Further, in the absence...

Nobody Will Trust Upon The Judicial System, If Appointments Are Denied Casually: Rajasthan HC Quashes Order That Disqualified Job Appointment Of SC Aspirant [Read Judgment]

It is beyond imagination that employer will treat the offence under Section 323 and 324 IPC at par with the other heinous offence, the bench observed.The Rajasthan High Court has directed to appoint Akashdeep Morya to the post of Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate quashing the order disqualifying him for the post citing four criminal cases registered against him in the past, though he...

Delhi Court Allows Service Of Summons Through WhatsApp, SMS, E-Mail In Domestic Violence Case [Read Order]

A Delhi court has allowed a woman complainant  to serve the summons in a Domestic Violence Case to her estranged husband who is in Australia through WhatsApp, text message and e-mail considering the time consumed in ordinary service and the fact that two attempts to serve summons on him in the past had failed.Metropolitan Magistrate (Mahila Court) Surbhi Sharma Vats allowed the...

INX Media Case: Karti Chidambaram Granted Bail By Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to Karti Chidambaram in the INX Media case registered against him by the CBI while holding that there was no possibility of him fleeing from justice as he has roots in the society, his parents are senior lawyers and he has a family to take care of while also noting that the CBI had not recovered any incriminating material from his possession during...

National Herald Case: Delhi HC Directs Young Indian To Deposit Rs. 10 Crore [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed Young Indian Pvt. Ltd., in which Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are major stakeholders, to deposit Rs. 10 crore out of the total of Rs. 249.15 crore income tax demand from it.The Bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice A.K. Chawla allowed the company to deposit half the amount with the I-T department before March...

Petition Filed In Uttarakhand HC Challenging Minimum Eligibility Criteria For CLAT, 2018 For LLM; Notice Issued

The Uttarakhand High Court, on Wednesday, issued a notice to the Vice-Chancellor of National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi on a Petition challenging the minimum eligibility criteria laid down in order to appear for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), 2018 for LLM.The notice was issued by Justice Sudhanshu Dulia, on a petition filed by two law graduates Mr Deepak Rawat and Mr....