Bombay HC Dismisses Petition Filed By Man Claiming To Have Participated In Quit India Movement [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by a man claiming to have participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942 recognised by the State of Maharashtra as a ‘freedom fighter’ seeking government pension.The bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice Bharati Dangre decided not to intervene in the order by the Central Government rejecting the petitioner’s...

To Achieve Speedy Disposal Of PILs, Bombay HC Distributes Different Categories Amongst Division Benches [Read Order[

In an unusual move, the Bombay High Court has decided to distribute different categories of public interest litigations amongst different division benches. While sitting lists were usually modified before or after every court vacation, this time PILs are categorized on specific issues and distributed to different benches.The notice dated November 16 states: It is noticed that in this High...

Kerala HC Directs To Exhibit The Film 'S DURGA’ In IFFI [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has directed the organizers of International Film Festival of India to include and exhibit the film ‘ S Durga’, directed by Sanal Kumar Sashidharan in the Indian Panorama section of the Festival. Justice K. Vinod Chandran, the learned Single Judge who considered the matter, overruled the objections raised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and held that...

Muslim Father Can Act As Legal Guardian Of Minor Daughter To Alienate Immovable Property: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Referring to tenets of Muhammedan law, the Kerala High Court has ruled that Muslim father can act as the legal guardian of his minor daughter so as to alienate immovable property. The ruling was given by dismissing the appeal suit of a Muslim daughter who had sought for partition of property, ignoring the alienation effected by her father in capacity of her legal guardian.The subject-property...

Time Has Come To Sub-Categorise Communities Enjoying Reservation: Vice President, M.Venkaiah Naidu

The Vice-President, M.Venkaiah Naidu, during a book release function on Friday, said time has come to sub-categorise communities enjoying reservation benefits. Asking whether the backward communities are getting benefits proportionate to their population, Naidu claimed that people belonging to these communities are now saying they are being ignored.  If reservation is justified because...

Amity Law School Lands In Legal Soup Over Blanket Detention Of Students ‘Short Of Attendance’

Amity Law School, Delhi, affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, has once again found itself at the pivot of controversy, this time in students’ challenge to its opaque attendance policy.One would recall how earlier on August 10 last year, Sushant Rohilla committed suicide for being debarred from appearing in the sixth semester examinations for want of attendance....

Uttarakhand HC Suggests Enactment Of Freedom Of Religion Act To Curb "Sham Conversions" For Marriage [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court, on Monday, suggested that the Freedom of Religion Act be enacted by the State legislature, in order to put an end to sham conversions for the sole purpose of marriage."...it needs to be mentioned that the Court has come across number of cases where the inter-religion marriages are being organized. However, in few instances, the conversion from one religion to...

Politics Have Become Criminals’ Paradise: Orissa HC [Read Order]

Criminals and politics, which should have been poles apart from each other, are now on the two sides of the same coin, the court said.Politics have become criminals' paradise, remarked Justice SK Sahoo of Orissa High Court recently while dismissing a bail application filed by a politician.The petitioner in the case, a politician, was accused of murdering his political opponent.There is no...

Gujarat HC Rejects Plea For Permitting Poker And Rummy At Club [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court, on Friday, turned down a Petition demanding that the games of Poker and Rummy be permitted at a city club.The Court was hearing Petitions reportedly contending that since Poker is a game of skill and not chance, it does not amount to gambling.One of the Petitioners, Mr. Samir Patel had, therefore, sought a direction to the police authorities and the Department of...

Rape Survivor's Testimony Can Be Accepted Without Corroboration When Father Is The Alleged Rapist: Delhi HC [Real Order]

The Delhi High Court recently observed that a rape survivor's testimony can be accepted without corroboration, especially in a case where the rapist is her father."While dealing with the case of the rape wherein the offender is none else but the father, the version of the prosecutrix can be accepted without any corroboration," Justice Pratibha Rani observed.The Court was hearing an...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court came to the aid of a railway employee, who suffered decline in his eyesight due to strenuous round-the-clock job only to be decategorized medically and moved to another post at a much lower pay scale and then being dragged into unnecessary litigation by the Railways.While acquitting a man who was in jail for 21 years for a murder crime that happened...

Most NRIs, PIOs, OCIs Not Entitled To Aadhaar: UIDAI

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has clarified that most Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Person of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs) are not entitled to Aadhaar.A recent Circular issued by the UIDAI states, "The laws regarding submitting/linking of Aadhaar for availing the services/benefits applies to the resident as per the Aadhaar Act, 2016. In view...