Pendency Of Divorce Petition Not A Bar To Initiate Proceeding Under DV Act: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Madras High Court has recently held that pendency of divorce petition filed by husband is not a bar to initiate proceedings under Domestic Violence Act by wife.Justice PN Prakash was hearing a petition filed by husband and his parents to quash the proceedings under Domestic Violence Act filed by wife.The petitioners submitted that wife of third respondent is visually challenged and the same...

Banks Cannot Refuse To Accept Scribbled Bank Notes: RBI [Read Notification]

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has clarified by its notification dated 25th April 2017 that the bank branches cannot refuse to accept scribbled/coloured/faded bank notes.Lately, RBI has received complaints from the general public that bank branches are refusing to take scribbled bank notes or whose colour has faded, particularly the ones in the denomination of INR 500 and INR 2000.Earlier RBI...

Save Lakes, Biodiversity: Kerala HC Orders Prompt Action Against Defaulters [Read Judgment]

Expressing great concern over the deteriorating status of lakes and biodiversity, the High Court of Kerala, while disposing of a batch of writ petitions, has directed the authorities concerned to take stern and prompt action against defaulters.Such action should be carried out without insisting/ waiting for any court orders/directions, the court said.Justice Devan Ramachandran was considering...

Fired From Job For Being Drunk On The Way To Duty: Kerala HC Calls It ‘Shockingly Disproportionate’ [Read Judgment]

Axing employees on peccadilloes spells doom, of all, to the well being of the very organization. Intolerance of triviality is as dangerous as tolerance of barbarity, the court said.An SBI Life employee, having won a contest, was sent for training abroad. On his flight to Colombo, where he would attend the training, he was deplaned having found ‘drunk’. The employer fired him, dismissing...

Allahabad HC Stays Bail Granted To Former UP Minister In Rape Case, Suspends The Judge [Read Stay Order]

Allahabad High Court has stayed the bail granted to  Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati in a rape case.The High Court has reportedly suspended special judge of POCSO Court Om Prakash Mishra who granted bail to Gayatri Prajapati.The Special Court Judge has granted bail to Gayatri Prajapati, who  is accused of allegedly raping a woman and attempting...

Don’t Permit 8 SC Judges To Travel Abroad: Justice Karnan ‘Directs’ Air Control Authority [Read Order]

“There is a probability of the virus of caste discrimination spreading in the said country by such perpetrators.” the judge said. Justice CS Karnan has now 'directed' the Air Control Authority not to permit eight judges of the Supreme Court from travelling abroad.The judges restrained by Justice Karnan include the seven judges who initiated contempt proceedings against him and Justice...

Magistrate Court Accepts C-Summary Report That Rules Out Rs. 900-Cr MCX Fraud Alleged By PWC

A Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Andheri has accepted a C-summary report filed by the investigating officer in a case which emanated out of a complaint alleging a Rs. 900-crore scam in Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX).One of the shareholders in MCX, Ketan Anil Shah, had filed a complaint under Sections 409, 465, 466, 467, 468, 471, 420 and 120B of Indian Penal Code against directors of...

Delhi HC Allows Settlement Between Tata Sons, NTT Docomo [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed Tata Sons and NTT Docomo to enforce an arbitral award by the London Court of International arbitration.On June 22, 2016, the London Court of International Arbitration had ruled that Tata Sons will pay $1.17 billion to NTT Docomo, a Japanese company.Justice Muralidhar had reserved verdict in the case last month after both parties filed an affidavit...

Don’t Rely On Headnotes Of Law Journals: MP HC Circular Tells Judicial Officers

Headnote, in a given case, may not reflect the correct position, it said.The Registrar General of Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently issued a circular to the judicial officers of the state directing not to rely or reproduce the headnotes of Supreme Court and high court judgments published by various law journals.According to the registrar, during the assessment of lower court judgments,...

Every Courtroom Should Be Disabled Friendly: Bombay HC [Read Order]

Heritage Conservation cannot impede disabled people’s access to court, said the bench.Justice GS Patel of the Bombay High Court made some significant observations while hearing a suit filed by one Harish Manilal Shah and asked the HC Registry to take note of the same.The defendant in the suit, Jayaben is 96 years old and is in a wheelchair. Her counsel, Farahan Dubash filed an application...

BCI Merely Degree-Recognising Body, Can’t Regulate Admissions: Maharashtra Tells Bombay HC [Read Affidavit]

In a relief to law colleges and students in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has directed the completion of admission process to law colleges for this academic year within the stipulated time without the Bar Council of India’s consent or approval.A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice GS Kulkarni passed these directions on April 20 in a PIL filed by one Vibhuti...

Make ITC, Finance Ministry & SEBI Parties In PIL Against LIC Investment In Tobacco Giant ITC: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has directed petitioners of a PIL opposing the idea of the Life Insurance Corporation of India holding one-third equity stake in tobacco giant ITC, to implead the Union Ministry of Finance, ITC, Ministry of Industries and Commerce and SEBI as respondents.The petitioners are a group of seven people, two of them being members of Tata Trusts, R Venkatramanan and...