Wife Living Separately From Husband Without Any Reason Can’t Get Maintenance: MP HC [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore bench) in Anil Jain vs. Sunita Jain, has said a wife residing separately from husband without any reason is not entitled for maintenance under Section 125 of CrPC.Anil Jain filed the revision appeal against an order passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Ratlam, whereby it directed the Anil Jain to pay maintenance of Rs.4,000 per month to his wife....

Delhi HC Quashes Centre's Ban On 344 Combination Drugs [Read Judgment]

In a landmark judgment with strong repercussions for the government, the Delhi High Court on Thursday quashed a Central Government Order (CGO) banning 344 fixed dose combinations (FDCs) of drugs.Authored by Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, the judgment answered various challenges raised in 454 petitions from various pharmaceutical companies after the Centre's decision to ban the drug...

Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Eases Dress Code For Women [Read Order]

Women devotees wearing churidars or salwar kameez would, henceforth, be allowed to enter Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram without the need to wear a dhoti over her garments.The decision of the Executive Officer was in pursuance to the orders of the Kerala High Court dated 29th September, directing a thorough deliberation on the matter and reaching a just...

Delay Cannot Be Fatal To Prosecution In All Cases Holds Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The single bench of Justice Sadhna Jadhav of the Bombay High Court has refused to grant bail to an accused under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including wrongful confinement, rape. He has also been booked under three sections of Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act(POCSO).The accused had filed a bail application under Section 439 of the CrPC. An FIR has been lodged by...

Women In Live-In Relationships Entitled To Maintenance Akin To Legally-Wedded Wives: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

“Section 125 CrPC was incorporated in order to avoid vagrancy and destitution for a wife/minor children/old age parents, and the same has now been extended by judicial interpretation to partners of a live-in relationship.” The Punjab and Haryana High Court in Ajay Bhardwaj vs. Jyotsana and others, has dealt with the status and rights of a woman in a live-in relationship.A bench...

No Seizure Of Gold Jewellery To Extent Of 500 Gms Per Married Lady, 250 Gms Per Unmarried Lady And 100 Gms Per Male: FM

The Finance Ministry has clarified that the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 has not introduced any new provision regarding chargeability of tax on jewelry."The Bill only seeks to enhance the applicable tax rate under section 115BBE of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) from existing 30% to 60% plus surcharge of 25% and cess thereon. This section only provides rate of tax to be...

Bombay HC Rules Agaisnt Bank Of Baroda, Grants Relief To Pensioner [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently directed the Bank of Baroda to grant pension to its former employee who served them for 39 years with a retrospective effect of five years along with 9% interest.A division bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice G S Kulkarni also directed the Bank to pay 70 years old Ramesh Gajanan Nigudkar Rs. 50,000 in addition to the pension from March 31, 2011.Under the...

Not Being In Conscious Possession Of A Live Cartridge Is Not An Offence Under Arms Act Says Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has held that if someone is not consciously in possession of a live cartridge then it does not amount to an offence under the Arms Act. The bench of Justices VM Kanade and Nutan Sardessai were hearing a writ petition filed by a woman against whom an FIR was registered after a bullet was found in her bag at the Mumbai International Airport in 2013 when she was travelling...

Delhi HC Refuses To Set Aside Circular Laying Down Conditions For Withdrawal In Weddings Post-Demonetisation [Read Order]

Delhi High Court yesterday dismissed a petition seeking quashing of the RBI circular dated November 21. This circular allowed withdrawal of Rs. 2.5 lakh for weddings, however in order to establish that the persons for whom the payment is proposed to be made conditions were imposed under paragraph 2(vi)(c) with regard to the limits of cash withdrawal for the purpose of celebration of...

BMC Commissioner Appears Before Bombay High Court, Gets Lectured

Last Week, BMC Commissioner Ajoy Mehta was asked to remain present in court in a matter regarding identification of a site for installation of a Doppler Radar System(DRS) in suburban Mumbai by the division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice MS Sonak last week. Mehta appeared in court today and was pulled for a “lethargic approach”.The division bench was hearing a PIL filed...

Ex Parte Order For Custody Of Child Under DV Act Does Not Suffer From Illegality: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

The Orissa High Court in Vinay Gupta vs. Saveri Nayak, has dealt with whether passing of an ex parte interim order regarding custody of their child in favour of the opposite party was permissible under Section 23(2) of the PWDV Act or not.Petitioner Vinay Gupta filed the criminal revision petition challenging the order dated 02.08.2016, passed by learned Sessions Judge, Cuttack, dismissing...

Key Features Of Whistle Blower’s Amendment Bill 2016

Salient features of the Whistle Blower’s Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015, were deliberated upon in a written reply to a question by Ashok Shankarrao Chavan in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr Jitender Singh enlisted the following features of the...