Educational Institutions Can’t Be Hijacked & Permitted To Turn Into Political Battlefield: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

There is no explanation why the Police cannot go to the residence of the students and arrest them to be released on bail so that at least the parents of the students would know what their wards and students are up to when they are in the college, the bench remarked.In yet another contempt plea pertaining to ‘campus politics’ in the state, the Kerala High Court has reiterated its stance...

Family Welfare Committees Become Functional In Delhi Even As CJI Decides To Re-look In SC Guidelines On Misuse Of S 498A [Read Circular]

The Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) has constituted three-member family welfare committees in all 11 districts in Delhi even as an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has decided to relook into its division bench judgment which had issued guidelines to form such committees to check abuse of Section 498A.The family welfare committees have been...

Madras HC Permits Filing Of I-T Returns Without Quoting Aadhaar Number [Read Order]

The Madras High Court, on Tuesday, permitted a Petitioner to file her income tax returns manually without quoting Aadhaar number or Aadhaar enrolment ID, paving the way for more such Petitions to be filed all across the country.The interim order was issued by Justice T.S. Sivagnanam on a Petition filed by Ms. Preeti Mohan, through Advocate Suhrith Parthasarathy. She had relied on the...

Consumer Forum Dismisses Plea To Summon Shahrukh Khan As Witness In Case Against Fair & Handsome [Read Order]

Many a men might have been swayed by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan promising that a brand of fairness cream can make them lighter in three weeks, but a consumer forum here has dismissed an application to summon him as witness in the complaint against Emami, the manufacturer of Fair & Handsome.The District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum (Central) has dismissed the application moved...

Witch-Hunt Still Prevalent In Many States; Need Special Law To Tackle It: Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

Witch hunting is the most dehumanising act and is one of the worst forms of human rights violations, the Bench said.Taking note of the prevalence of the inhuman and barbaric practice of witch hunting in Assam and other North-East states, the Gauhati High Court has observed that branding of a man or a woman as a witch and then resorting to witch hunting is the most dehumanising act and is one...

Karnataka HC Commutes Death Penalty Awarded To 3 Members Of Dandupalya Gang [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded to three members of the notorious Dandupalya gang and has acquitted another member.The three who have been convicted are Venkatesh alias Chandra, Munikrishna alias Krishna and Nallathimma alias Thimma. The fourth accused, Lakshmamma, has been acquitted.The Bench comprising Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice John Michael...

NGT Orders Demolition Of Building Owned By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Trust For Encroaching Upon Protected Wetlands [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has ordered demolition of a three-storied building belonging to spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Vaidic Dharma Sansthan (VDS).A two-member Bench of the NGT, comprising Justice S.P. Wangdi and Prof. (Dr.) P.C. Mishra, directed the East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority (EKWMA) to demolish the structure, observing that the structure had encroached upon...

Delhi HC Comes To The Aid Of 11Yr Old Ailing Daughter Of A Daily Wage Labourer [Read Order]

Coming to the aid of an 11-year-old in need of a life-saving surgery, the Delhi High Court has directed Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital to immediately admit and provide necessary treatment to the daughter of a daily wage labourer whose health is deteriorating due to a structural heart defect.The girl needed immediate surgery, but her father could not arrange the money.Justice Vibhu Bakhru...

Junaid Khan Lynching Case: Trial Court Says Haryana AAG Helping The Accused; Directs Action For Professional Misconduct [Read Order]

Additional Sessions Judge Y.S. Rathore has accused Additional Advocate General for State, Mr. Naveen Kaushik, of assisting the defence counsel appearing for the accused persons charged with brutally lynching 16-year-old boy, Junaid Khan, in June this year.According to an interim order, it came to the notice of the Court that Mr. Kaushik was helping the defence counsel during the cross...

Kerala HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To Criminal Lawyer Adv. CP Udayabhanu In Rajeev Murder Case [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala dismissed the application seeking pre-arrest bail filed by Advocate C.P Udayabhanu, who stands accused of hatching the conspiracy to murder a real estate broker Rajeev.  The order was pronounced today by Justice Hariprasad, after Justice P.Ubaid recused from hearing the bail plea.Adv.Udayabhanu was appointed as special public prosecutor in the sensational...

Kerala Nurses’ Assn Moves SC, Says Pvt Hospitals Trying To Wriggle Out Of Implementing Revised Salaries [Read Application]

Amid growing resentment in nurses’ associations over meagre salaries, the Kerala State United Nurses’ Association on Monday moved an application before the Supreme Court for impleadment in the matter concerning revision of salaries of nurses in private hospitals in Kerala.The impleadment application comes close to the stay granted by the apex court on Friday on implementation...

Defamation Case By Arun Jaitley: Delhi HC Refuses To Quash Summons Against AAP's Deepak Bajpai [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Monday, refused to set aside the summons issued against AAP leader Deepak Bajpai in the criminal defamation case filed against him by Union minister Arun Jaitley.Mr. Jaitley had filed the complaint against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders for allegedly making defamatory allegations against him regarding his tenure as the Chief of the Delhi...