Prisoner Has Right To Conjugal Visits, Says Madras HC; Allows Leave To Lifer For Fertility Treatment [Read Order]

Recognising that “Conjugal visits of the spouse of the prisoners is also the right of the prisoner”, the Madras High Court has allowed a 40-year-old lifer detained at Palayamkottai Central prison to proceed on a leave for two weeks for assisting his wife in infertility treatment.Quoting from a 1978 Supreme Court judgement which said “Whether inside prison or outside, a person shall not...

God, Sex and Truth: RGV Faces Rs.5-Lakh Lawsuit From ‘Sarkar 3’ Scriptwriter Jaya Kumar [Read Petition]

While Ram Gopal Varma is gearing up for the release of his new film God, Sex and Truth, a civil suit has been instituted in  District Court, Hyderabad, alleging copyright infringement by the film’s script. The suit has been filed by Parisi Jaya Kumar. Jaya Kumar was the scriptwriter of Ram Gopal Varma’s film Sarkar 3.He alleged that the concept and idea of the film was developed by him,...

Plea In Bombay HC Challenges Vires Of The Maharashtra Court Fees (Amendment) Act, 2017 [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed in the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Court Fees (Amendment) Act by the Advocates’ Association of Bombay High Court at Aurangabad.The petitioners have contended that under the said amendment court fees has been hiked much beyond the rates in Central Legislation of 1870.Legislative HistoryMapping...

Part Shifting From T-1 To T-2: HC Reserves Order As Airlines, Authorities Fail To Reach Settlement

The Delhi High Court was on Wednesday informed that no settlement could be arrived at between the airlines – IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir – and the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation and DIAL on the issue of part shifting of operations from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.A bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Rekha Palli was informed that no settlement...

Attack On Advocates: Delhi HC Bar Association To Abstain From Work Tomorrow

The Delhi High Court Bar Association has resolved to abstain from work on Thursday, i.e. 25 January, as a mark of solidarity against a recent attack on two Senior Advocates- Mr. Kirti Uppal and Mr. Vikas Pahwa.As per a resolution passed by the Executive Committee of the Association, another attack had been staged against Advocate Ravi Sharma, when two of his vehicles parked in the courtyard...

Bawana Fire Tragedy: Factory Owner Sent In 5-Day Police Remand For Nabbing Co-Accused, Identifying Source Of Raw Material [Read Order]

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent Manoj Jain, the accused in Bawana fire tragedy, in five-day police custody as the investigating officer said he needs to be taken out of Delhi to places from where he sourced explosives and also to nab man named Lalit Goyal who he had named during interrogation.Metropolitan Magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh granted Jain’s five-day custody to the police saying...

Petition In Madras HC For Fair Elections To Bar Council Of TN & Puducherry, HC To Wait For SC Decision[Read Order]

Two days after the Bar Council of India announced the schedule of elections of various state bar councils, a petition was moved before the Madras High Court on Wednesday for the appointment of judge-commissioners to supervise the elections to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.A bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose agreed that there was no doubt...

Delhi HC Refuses To Stay AAP MLAs’ Disqualification But Tells EC Not To Precipitate Situation Till Monday

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the disqualification of AAP MLAs for holding ‘Office of Profit’ but told the Election Commission of India (ECI)  not to “precipitate” the situation by announcing fresh bypolls till January 29, when it will hear the matter further.Justice Vibhu Bakhru also called for the ECI’s and Centre’s response to the petitions moved by some of...

Bihar’s Former CMs Lalu Prasad, Jagannath Mishra & 48 Others Convicted In Fodder Scam, Sentenced To Five Yrs

This is the third case related to fodder scam in which Lalu Prasad has been convicted. He was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison in a case related to fraudulent withdrawal from the Deoghar treasury on December 23, 2017. Former chief ministers of Bihar Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra and 48 others, including politicians, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and suppliers, on Wednesday...

Delhi HC Raps Railways For Requiring Declaration From Husband/ Father Before Granting Medical Benefits To Mother/Daughter Duo [Read Judgment]

Mere involvement in litigation against each other would not change the status of their relationship.The Constitution of India establishes a welfare state whose duties include the providing of medical care for its citizens. This right is firmly protected within the right to live with dignity under Article 21. Additionally, as an employer, the government must ensure (as Section 603 of the...

CBI Will Oppose PIL Against Its Decision Not To Challenge Amit Shah’s Discharge In Sohrabuddin Case

Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that the CBI will oppose the PIL filed by the Bombay Lawyer’s Association against its decision to not challenge BJP national president Amit Shah’s discharge in the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh.Singh, who is appearing for the investigating agency in this case, said the discharge order was passed...

Property Inherited By Female Hindu From Her Parents Shall Devolve Upon Heirs Of Her Father, Not Husband If She Dies Childless: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Quashing an order passed by a joint civil judge junior division, Pune, the Bombay High Court has held that under Section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act, any property inherited by a female Hindu from her father or mother, will devolve upon the heirs of her father/mother, if she dies without any children of her own, and not upon her husband.Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi was hearing a...