Hosteller Moves Kerala HC Challenging Gender Discriminatory Hostel Rules Curtailing Women’s Freedom Of Movement [Read Petition]

The hostel rules of Sri Kerala Varma College, Thrissur, Kerala, affiliated to the University of Calicut, have been challenged by a lady student, Anjitha Jose, who is in third year of BA (English) course. According to her, the hostel rules impose unreasonable and discriminatory restrictions on female students.It is stated in the petitioner that for females, the in-time on Monday, Wednesday...

Legal Notice To WhatsApp To Remove ‘Middle Finger’ Emoji

Emoji or emoticons have become increasingly popular for expressing oneself in the electronic media.From hey, yo, cool, thumbs up to various smiling faces, disgust, anger or sadness, you name a feeling and there is an emoji/ emoticon to express it.However, there is one emoji which many might find offensive - the ‘middle finger’ emoji.And an advocate has sent a legal notice to WhatsApp...

Entertainment Tax On Sponsorship: Delhi HC Delivers Split Verdict [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Friday, delivered a split verdict on the question of levy of entertainment tax on sponsorship.The Court was hearing a batch of 22 Petitions challenging an amendment made to the Delhi Entertainment and Betting Tax Act which taxes payments made for admission to a place of entertainment through Section 6(1). The definition of 'payment for admission' under Section 2(m) of...

All India Muslim Personal Law Board Urges Withdrawal Of Bill To Make Triple Talaq Illegal

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), on Sunday, urged the Centre to withdraw The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, which intends to outlaw instant triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat.The Bill prescribes a punishment of three years and fine for any man who resorts to triple talaq, making it a cognizable and non-bailable offence.In a resolution passed in...

Bombay HC Issues Writ Of Habeas Corpus To Release Man Held Over 60 Days In Judicial Custody [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has issued a writ of habeas corpus ordering the release of a man who has been in judicial custody for over the prescribed maximum period of 60 days.The bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice Bharati Dangre held that detention beyond 60 days was in violation of Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and of Article 21 of the...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court observed that a wife working against the wishes of husband or his family is not a ‘cruelty’ to grant divorce to husband.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court on Monday issued notices to the Union of India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, 14th Finance Commission of India, GST Council, State of Maharashtra on a PIL filed by one...

Delhi HC Refers To Larger Bench Questions Of Interplay Between Provisions Of Delhi Rent Control Act [Read Judgment]

A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court, on Friday, referred to the Division Bench several questions of relationship and interplay between Section 14(1)(e) and Section 22 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958.Under section 14(1)(e) of the Act, if a landlord can show that he has no other reasonably suitable residential accommodation and that the tenanted premises is, in fact, required by...

District Court Judges Told To Desist From Pressurising, Threatening Directorate Of Prosecution For Their Choice Of Prosecutors, Naibs [Read Circular]

Anyone familiar with the working of district courts would agree that the judges, their staff and also the prosecutors posted in each court work as a team. The staff and the prosecutors adapt to the style of working of the presiding officer.However, this leads to many judicial officers opting for a particular prosecutor over the other.Some judges go to the extent of threatening the Directorate...

Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code & Ordinance Challenged Before Gujarat HC; Notice Issued

The Gujarat High Court has issued notice on a Petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and the recent ordinance barring Promoters from submitting a resolution plan.The notice returnable on 22 January, 2018 was issued by a Bench comprising Chief Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi on a Petition filed by Accord...

Not Mandatory To File Affidavit Of Assets, Income Etc. Along With Petition And Written Statement In Maintenance Proceedings: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has modified its orders issued on 14 January, 2015 and 29 May, 2017, and has made it non-mandatory to file affidavit of assets, income and expenditure along with the Petition and Written Statements in maintenance proceedings.The Court had, on 14 January, 2015, laid down the guidelines for expeditious hearing and disposal of maintenance applications under Section 24 of...

Prohibit Multinational Fast Food Chains Like McD And KFC From Selling Genetically Treated Chicken: Petition In Bombay HC [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court demanding that multinational fast food chains be prohibited from selling genetically treated chicken.The Petition, filed by NGO 'Citizen Circle for Social Welfare', relies on a report titled ‘Double Standards: Antibiotic Misuse by Fast Food Companies’ by The Centre of Science and Environment, wherein it was claimed that "global fast...

IndiGo, SpiceJet To Shift Operations Partially To IGI Terminal-2 As Delhi HC Upholds DIAL’s Public Interest Over Airlines’ Commercial

IndiGo Airlines will have to shift operation of its flights, to and fro Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru to Terminal-2 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport with the Delhi High Court junking its challenge to the directions of DIAL while observing that traffic load at Terminal-1 was much beyond its capacity and such shifting was in the larger public interest.SpiceJet, which was...