State Bar Council Can’t Summarily Reject Enrollment Application Sans BCI Opinion: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has held that State Bar Council cannot summarily dismiss an enrollment application without referring the application for opinion to the Bar Council of India.The high court was hearing a writ petition challenging the order of Bar Council of Tamil Nadu by which it summarily rejected the application of K. Periyasamy on the ground that he had not disclosed...

Muslim Mother Can Act As Legal Guardian Of Minor Kid’s Gifted Properties: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court has held that although the principles of Mohammedan law do not expressly confer the right of guardianship to women, mothers can act as legal guardians of properties gifted to their minor children and the acceptance of properties by them would be held as legally valid under specific circumstances.Clarifying the position of Mohammedan law on the issue, Justice RMT Teekaa...

NCLT Dismisses Cyrus Mistry's Contempt Petition Against Ratan Tata

National Company Law Tribunal has dismissed the contempt petition filed by Cyrus Mistry Cyrus Investments Ltd and Sterling Investment against Ratan Tata, N A Soonawala, R K Krishnakumar and R Venkatraman.The division bench of B S V Prasad Kumar and V Nallasenapathy were hearing the contempt petition filed by Mistry on January 11.The bench has asked Mistry's lawyers to file an affidavit to...

Salman Khan Gets Acquittal In 1998 Arms Act Case [Read Judgment]

Bollywood actor Salman Khan was acquitted by the Jodhpur Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Wednesday in an Arms Act case regarding an alleged deer hunt in 1998.The actor was accused of keeping an unlicenced weapon and using it for a deer hunt in 1998. He was also charged under the Arms Act, as part of several cases linked to the poaching of blackbuck.He has been acquitted in the Arms Act case...

CIC Directs CBSE To Allow Inspection Of Smriti Irani’s Class X, XII Records [Read Order]

When a public representative declares his educational qualifications, the voter has a right to check up that declaration, the commission observed.The Central Information Commission has directed the CBSE to allow inspection of Class 10th and 12th school records of Union Minister Smriti Irani within 60 days.Central Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu also directed Minister for...

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...