Can’t Deny Fundamental Right Of Holding Public Meetings Merely On Fear Of Law & Order Situation: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madras High Court recently held that the Fundamental Right to hold public meetings cannot be denied merely on the apprehension of a law and order situation arising.“Since it is the fundamental right of the petitioner to conduct such a meeting, if at all, the respondent is of the view that they intend to instigate people and thereby create law and order problem, it was always open to them...

Bombay HC Slams Trial Court For Branding Petitioner With Stigma Of ‘Living In Adultery’ Without Evidence [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an order of a family court in Sholapur wherein an application filed by X seeking enhancement of compensation for herself and her son was rejected and her ex-husband’s (respondent) application seeking cancellation of maintenance was allowed.The family court had relied upon an earlier order dated December 21, 2006, which allowed the...

Going Cashless! Beware Of MDR As Goa Consumer Forum Holds Restrobar Guilty Of Charging Customers On Card Payments [Read Judgment]

Even as the government has been propagating cashless transactions, consumers across India have been falling prey to the malpractice of many service providers charging a percentage on payments made by debit or credit cards.In one such case, a district consumer forum in Goa has come down heavily on a restaurant for indulging in illegal trade practice of shifting the burden of merchant discount...

Higher, But Not Abnormal, Pathology Report No Ground For Denying Insurance Claim: Consumer Commission [Read Order]

Can higher level of metabolic fluids in the blood, though within normal limits, be a ground for the insurance claim to be repudiated? The Maharashtra State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission has ruled in the negative.It has decided that if some results of the blood pathology are higher but not abnormal or show nothing dangerous, the insurer cannot repudiate a claim.The Consumer Commission...

IT Returns May Not Reflect True Picture, Court Has To Take Lifestyle Into Account: Bombay HC On Maintenance

Allowing a petition seeking enhancement of maintenance amount, the Bombay High Court doubled the amount holding that the respondent husband made every attempt to conceal his income in order to avoid paying maintenance for his two children and their mother.Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi was hearing a writ petition challenging an order of the family court dated May 5, 2016, filed under S.125...

Bombay HC Sets Aside Order Permanently Barring Medical Student From Seeking Admission To Any MBBS Course In Maharashtra [Read Judgment]

In a huge relief to a 22-year-old medical student, the Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an order of the Director of Medical Education and Research which cancelled the admission secured on merits in open category and permanently barred him from pursuing any health science course in Maharashtra.The reasoning behind this order was that the petitioner's admission had already been...

Bombay HC Appoints Advocate Zal Adhyarujina As Amicus Curiae In Elphinstone Stampede Case

The Bombay High Court has appointed advocate Zal Adhyarujina as amicus curiae in the matter regarding a stampede that occurred at Elphinstone Road railway station leaving 23 people dead.On September 29, due to heavy rains around 10 am, many commuters took shelter below a narrow foot overbridge at Elphinstone. An hour later, there was a hue and cry over some portion of the bridge collapsing,...

MP HC Bars Judicial Officers From Using Social Media During Court Hours

The Madhya Pradesh High Court administration on Saturday restrained the judicial officers and other officials from using any social media such as WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook etc. during the court hours for personal and for any official communication.High Court Registrar General Fahim Anwar has issued the order to this effect.He gave reference of the orders issued by the Chief Justice on...

Ryan School Owners Get Protection From Arrest Till Dec 5

In a major relief to the owners of Ryan International School, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday granted them interim anticipatory bail till December 5 giving them protection from arrest in connection with the murder of 7-year-old Pradhyuman Thakur.Justice Surinder Gupta granted interim anticipatory bail to Ryan Group CEO Ryan Pinto and his parents Augustine Pinto and Grace...

5,800 Shell Firms Found Having Over 13K Bank Accounts; FinMin Orders Probe

The Finance Ministry has indicated that some vital post-demonetization information has been received from 13 banks. These banks, in their first instalment of data, revealed that 5,800 out of the 2,09,032 shell companies, which were struck off the Register of Companies this year, had 13,410 accounts to their names. The following statement was released by the ministry recently:“In what...

Justice HG Ramesh Appointed As Acting CJ Of Karnataka HC [Read Notification]

President has appointed Shri Justice Humchadakatte Gopalaiah Ramesh, senior most Judge of Karnataka High Court, as the Acting Chief Justice of High Court with effect from 10th October, 2017 consequent upon the retirement of Shri Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee, Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court.Mr. Justice H.G.Ramesh enrolled as an Advocate on July 16, 1982. He practised in the High Court...

Pre-Constitutional Documents Have Higher Probative Value While Considering Caste Claim Of A Candidate: Bombay HC [Read Order]

Upholding the decision of the Supreme Court in Anand vs Committee for Scrutiny and Verification of Tribe Claims and Ors, the Bombay High Court has held that pre-constitutional documents have a higher degree of probative value while considering the caste claim of a candidate.A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai was hearing a writ petition filed by three men from Nashik...