Visa Extension Is Call Of Executive, Says SC While Rejecting Pak National's Plea

The Supreme Court has turned down a Pakistani national’s plea for extension of visa as “the issue is in the domain of Executive and court cannot interfere in it”.The petitioner, Syed Sufi Mansurl Hussain Shah, claimed that he was declared as Sajjadanashin as per the traditions and customs of Sufi Silsila-Aliya.He was entrusted with the work of propagating Sufism through several...

Bombay HC Sets Aside Circular Prohibiting Sale Of Alcohol For Four Days During And After Municipal Elections [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has set aside a circular issued by the Collector, Thane District directing the state excise department to prohibit restaurant owners, hoteliers and liquor stores to prohibit sale of liquor from February 19 to February 21 and thereafter on February 23.According to the order, the sale of liquor will now be allowed on February 19 and February 23, however alcohol will not...

Additional Judges Appointed In Allahabad and Karnataka HCs [Read Notifications]

President of India has appointed Shri Ashok Kumar, Vivek Chaudhary and Saumitra Dayal Singh as Additional Judges of Allahabad High Court for a period of two years with effect from the date they assume charges of their respective officesShri N. K. Sudhindrarao, and Dr. H. B. Prabhakara Sastry are appointed as Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court for a period of two years with effect...

Gujarat HC Allows Pregnant Rape Victim To Stay With Accused’s Family [Read Order]

She told the court that she wants to continue with the pregnancy and to live with him.In a dramatic turn of events, the Gujarat High Court has directed the police to take a pregnant ‘rape victim’ to the family of the ‘rape accused’ after she told the court that she wants to continue with the pregnancy and to live with him.The court was considering a writ application which stated that...

Kids Being Used As Tools Of Vengeance By Vindictive Parents: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Innocent children are used as tools of vengeance by vindictive litigants, the Delhi High Court has observed while disposing of a matrimonial appeal.The court observed that the number of divorce cases across all sections of the society is on the increase, resulting in rise of bitter child custody battles. ”A perusal of Article 39 (e) & (f) of the Constitution of India would guide that of...

BMC Polls: Bombay HC Tells Civic Bodies To Ensure Permission Details Are Displayed On Hoardings [Read Order]

Ahead of the Brihanmumbai municipal elections to be held on Tuesday, a division bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai of the Bombay High Court on Thursday passed some directions that would have a significant impact on the display of illegal hoardings by political parties during the civic polls.Previously, the bench, in a 97-page judgment, had laid down certain procedures to...

2008 Malegaon Blast Case: NIA Opposes Colonel Prasad Purohit’s Bail In The Bombay HC

Today the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) counsel Sandesh Patil argued against the appeal filed by Lt. Colonel Prasad Purohit in the Bombay high Court following the rejection of Purohit’s bail application by the Special NIA Court in September last year.The division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Dr.Shalini Phansalkar Joshi gave a patient hearing to Purohit’s counsel...

Loot Of Ocean Wealth By Foreign Vessels: Kerala HC Asks RBI, Coast Guard, Centre, States To Reply To PIL [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday asked Reserve Bank of India, Coast Guard, Centre and state governments to respond to a petition alleging looting of India’s ocean wealth by foreign vessels violating law.A division bench of high court comprising Justice Thottathil Radhakrishnan and Justice Devan Ramachandran was hearing a public interest litigation by Salim seeking directions to...

Rape Case Can’t Be Quashed On The Ground That Accused Married Victim: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that it has no power under Section 482 of CrPC for quashing of criminal proceedings for serious offence like rape, on the ground of settlement between an offender and a victim.Justice John Michael Cunha was hearing a joint petition filed by the accused and victim seeking quashing of proceedings pending before the Special Court under Section 366A and...

Law Ministry Writes To High Court Chiefs Seeking Implementation Of E-Courts Project [Read Letter]

Union Minister of State for Law and Justice PP Chaudhary has written to Chief justices of all High Courts urging them to establish a mechanism in order to send feedback on the e-Courts system on a regular basis, in order to improve the system further.Chaudhary has sought to know the challenges faced by judges and judicial officers in using the current e-Courts system so that necessary changes...

Gujarat HC Slams State Police For favouring Ex-BJP MP Solanki, Transfers Probe To CID [Read Judgment]

“I take notice of the fact that the writ applicant belongs to the minority community. The incident, like the case at hand, could have easily triggered communal tension to spread across the state”, said Justice Pardiwala.The Gujarat High Court has made some stark observations while hearing a writ petition seeking an FIR to be registered against former BJP MP from Junagadh, Dinu...

Minutes Of Bar Council Meetings Can’t Be Put In Public Domain: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that the minutes of full house meetings of the Bar Council cannot be disclosed and put in public domain or on the council’s website.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, while allowing an appeal filed by Delhi Bar Council against an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC), held that the CIC clearly fell in error in issuing the direction of putting all...