Bombay HC Dismisses Appeal By Man For Divorce On Grounds Of Cruelty, Wife’s ‘Mental Disorder’ [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has dismissed an appeal by a man who challenged a judgment by the family court of Bandra, wherein his petition for divorce was rejected.A bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai was hearing the appeal wherein the grounds for seeking divorce were cruelty and that the respondent wife has been “suffering intermittently from mental disorder” and,...

Victims Of Acid Attacks Before Cr.P.C. Amendment Entitled To Compensation: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

Calcutta High Court on Friday ruled that victims of acid attacks prior to 31 December, 2009, i.e. the insertion of Section 357A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 would be entitled to compensation.“Section 357A is a beneficial piece of legislation introduced for the benefit of the victims of a crime. It does not prescribe a time limit. It does not say that, a crime occurring prior to...

Remedy Under SARFAESI Act Subject To Provisions Of Limitation Act: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ruled that any remedy under Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) would be subject to the provisions of Limitation Act, 1963.“The Act of 2002 gives an independent right to a secured creditor to proceed against its financial assets and in respect of which such asset the...

Imprisonment For Throwing Pamphlets In Delhi Assembly: Petition In Delhi HC To Quash Speaker’s Order [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court, challenging the Delhi Assembly Speaker’s order of imprisonment handed down to two men who had thrown pamphlets in the Assembly last week.The Assembly had witnessed high-pitch drama after two visitors had hurled pamphlets and raised slogans demanding resignation of Health Minister Mr. Satyendar Jain. AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj had then...

Long Queue In Front Of Liquor Shops, An Affront To Citizenry And Loss Of Self Respect, Avoid It: Kerala HC Tells Excise Dept [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala through Justice Devan Ramachandran, in a recent judgment, has directed the state Excise department to take proactive steps to avoid long queue formations in front of liquor shops all across the state.The court observed that such longer queues extending even to public roads amounted to public nuisance and caused severe hardships to the general public.Terming such...

PIL Questions Legality Of Amit Shah’s ‘Public Meeting’ At Goa Airport [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed by advocate Aires Rodrigues before the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court questioning the legality of the public meeting that took place at Goa’s Dabolim Airport when BJP president Amit Shah arrived there on July 1.The PIL stated that “for the first time ever in the history of our country”, a public meeting was organised by a political party on July 1, 2017, within...

Bombay HC Dismisses Review Plea By ‘Guilty’ Student To Revoke Degree He Obtained Fraudulently

The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition filed by one Vaibhav Patil, who sought his graduation degree from Mumbai University to be revoked.Patil claims to be guilt-ridden as he obtained the degree through “fraudulent means”.He filed a review petition against an order dated October 4, 2016, wherein his plea was initially rejected.Rui Rodrigues, standing counsel for...

Visually-impaired Misses DU MPhil Test As Train Door Remains Shut: Delhi HC Takes Suo Moto Notice Of News Report

Moved by a media report about a 100 per cent visually-impaired youth missing MPhil entrance examination at Delhi University early this month, after he failed to board the coach reserved for the disabled on Gorakdham Express train from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, the Delhi High Court on Friday sought to know from the Railways its preparedness for the disabled.A bench of Acting Chief Justice...

Delhi HC Takes Serious View Of Industries In Residential Areas As Industrial Plots Lie Vacant

The Delhi High Court on Friday took serious view of industries operating in non-profit conforming or residential areas despite the government developing industrial area at Narela- Bawana.A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal directes the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to look into the situation.The court was hearing a petition filed by Bawana Factory Welfare...

Public Protests Cannot Hold Rule Of Law For Ransom And Negate Statutory Mandate: Kerala HC

While allowing a writ petition filed seeking police protection for the functioning of an M-Sand Manufacturing unit, a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court stated that however justified an instance of protest is, it cannot hold the rule of law for ransom and negate the statutory mandate. The manufacturing unit in question was equipped with all requisite statutory licences and permits. Yet...

Delhi HC Tells CBSE To Accept All Class 12 Re-Evaluation Pleas, Re-Evaluate Forthwith [Read Order]

In a major interim relief to students, the Delhi High Court has directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to compulsorily accept all applications of all students for re-evaluation of class 12 answer sheets and re-evaluate them forthwith while holding that grave and irreparable loss and damage would enure so far as their admissions to colleges and universities are concerned.A...

Holding Firearms Not a Fundamental Right: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

There is no fundamental right of an individual to hold a firearm, the Delhi High Court remarked while ruing how possession of Arms has become a status symbol.“The grant of Arms license is a privilege conferred by the Act. There is no fundamental right of an individual to hold an Arm. We are not living in a lawless society where individuals have to acquire or hold Arms to protect...