Every Breach Of Promise To Marry Cannot Amount To Rape: Bombay HC Reiterates [Read Order]

Granting anticipatory bail to an accused, the Bombay High Court recently reiterated the proposition that every breach of promise to marry cannot amount to rape.Terming it an “unfortunate but routine case”, Justice Mridula Bhatkar observed, “Initially, a boy and a girl genuinely may want to marry and are true to their emotions and establish sexual relationship, however, after some time,...

No Collaboration With Tainted UK Based Note Printing Company: Ministry Of Finance

Ministry of Finance on Tuesday denied the news regarding collaboration with the tainted UK based Note Printing Company.It was widely reported that the Union Government has compromised the national interest by collaborating with a tainted UK based Note Printing Company.As per the Ministry press release the said company had been supplying bank note paper till 2010.“Further as per the...

It Is The State’s Duty To Compensate Rape And Acid Attack Victims, Says Bombay HC

A division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Shalini Phansalkar Joshi of the Bombay High Court pulled up the Maharashtra government for delaying the decision regarding grant of compensation to rape, acid attack and child abuse victims under the Manodhairya Scheme retrospectively. The bench is hearing a PIL filed by father of a rape victim.Under the said scheme, the state government had...

Right To Alcoholic Drink Not A Fundamental Right: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Right to privacy—if right to take intoxicating drinks were one— always subject to reasonable restrictions, the bench held.The Kerala High Court has dismissed a challenge against the government’s liquor policy, observing that the laws prohibiting alcoholic drinks will not fall foul of the fundamental rights guaranteed to a citizen.Anoop MS had challenged the policy on the ground that...

EC Notice To Delhi CM Aravind Kejriwal [Read Notice]

The Election Commission of India has issued notice to Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly violating the model code of conduct.The commission said it ‘prima facie’ felt that Kejriwal violated the code by making a speech calling upon voters to accept bribe from politicians belonging to other parties.It was considering a complaint filed by the BJP accusing the...

ECI Says ‘Bicycle’ Belongs To Akhilesh Yadav [Read Order]

The Election Commission of India has held that the group led by Akhilesh Yadav is the Samajwadi Party and is entitled to use its name and its reserved symbol ‘bicycle’.Rejecting the contention put forth by the group led by Mulayam Singh Yadav on the touchstone of the functioning of rival groups as per the party constitution, the commission observed that the test of majority should...

Police Can’t Restrict Hotel From Functioning At Late Hours: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court, in R Ravikumar Vs The Sub Inspector Of Police, has struck down an order issued by the Sub Inspector of Police directing the owner of a hotel to close down the hotel after 11 pm. The case delved with the question whether the Kerala Police Act provided for any power to a sub inspector of police to issue such orders that could restrict eateries, hotels from functioning...

Karnataka HC Rejects Malleswaram Blast Accused’s Bail Plea [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court in Bengaluru rejected the bail application of one Zulfikar Ali, who is an accused in the Malleswaram blast case that occurred on April 17, 2013.According to the investigation, during the first week of March, 2013, Zulfikar, along with two other accused namely Kichan Buhari and Suleman Manbhai, transported 20-30 kg of gel ammonium nitrate base explosive and...

NCLT To Pronounce Judgement In Cyrus Mistry's Contempt Petition On Jan 18

The National Company Law Tribunal reserved it's order in the contempt petition filed by Cyrus Investments Ltd and Sterling Investment against Ratan Tata, N A Soonawala, R K Krishnakumar and R Venkatraman till January 18.Apart from Tata the other three respondents are directors of Tata Sons and trustees of Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Sir Dorabjee Tata Trust.The division bench of B S V Prasad...

Bombay HC Grants Bail To Murder Accused, Says They Were "Provoked In The Name Of Religion" [Read Order]

Making drastic observations, Bombay High Court has granted bail to three men accused of murdering Shaikh Mohsin. The single bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar granted bail to the three accused observing – “The fault of the deceased was only that he belonged to another religion. I consider this factor in favour of the applicants/accused. Moreover, the applicants/accused do not have...

Gujarat HC Orders Govt To Uphold Job Selection Of Differently-Abled Candidate [Read Order]

Espousing the cause of equality and empowerment of the differently-abled, the Gujarat High Court has directed the state government to give back a job to a person to which he was initially selected but was later denied placement, owing to his condition of cerebral palsy.Justice Sonia Gokani ordered that the petitioner shall be given the appointment order at the earliest, but in no case later...

Allahabad HC Disposes Of Plea Against Mayawati For Wooing Voters On Religious Lines [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has disposed of a writ petition against BSP president Mayawati filed by BJP leader Neeraj Kumar Saxena, wherein he had alleged that Mayawati openly sought votes to a public at large, amounting to wooing the electorate, based on a religious appeal.Neeraj Saxena contended that any poll campaigning or public speaking that amounts to wooing the voters on religious lines is...