Son Has No Legal Claim On Parents’ House, Can Stay Only Till They Allow: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

A son can reside in a self-acquired property of his parents so long as they desire and cannot claim a legal right to stay there, irrespective of his marital status, ruled the Delhi High Court in its latest judgment.Justice Pratibha Rani expressly stated, “Where the house is a self-acquired house of the parents, a son, whether married or unmarried, has no legal right to live in that house and...

Divorced Woman, Too, Can Seek Protection Under Domestic Violence Act: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court in Bipin vs. Meera, has dealt with the question whether subsistence of the matrimonial relationship is the sine-qua-non for seeking reliefs under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act).The petitioner husband, Bipin, married Meera in 2011 and a child was born to them. The matrimonial relationship got strained, thereafter, and, hence, the...

Info Relating To SBI’s Loan To Adani Group Need Not Be Disclosed :CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission (CIC) disposed of an appeal of Shri Ramesh Ranchordas Joshi from Mumbai seeking information from the State Bank of India (Mumbai) regarding the basis of giving huge loans to Gautam Adani Group along with the evidence that the loan was connected to the coal mines of Australia.The CPIO informed Ramesh Ranchordas that the information being sought was...

Sales Tax Can Be Levied On The Defaulter Or The Successor Not A Transferee Who Has No Prior Knowledge Of The Dues Holds Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

A division bench of the Bombay High Court has held that sales tax dues cannot be recovered from a transferee under Section 38C of the Bombay Sales Tax Act against any property if the same has been legitimately purchased by the transferee without having any notice of the alleged dues of the Sales Tax authorities.The division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice BP Colabawalla passed...

Demonetisation: Govt Tables Amendments To Income Tax Act 1961

Amidst the commotion on demonetisation in Parliament, the government has introduced The Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016, to amend certain provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961, to further tighten the noose on black money hoarders.A scheme namely Taxation and Investment Regime for Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016 (PMGKY) has been proposed in the Bill. The amount...

Kedarnath Floods 2013: Uttarakhand HC Issues Directives To Govt To Ensure Future Preparedness [Read Judgment]

Highlighting the State’s lack of preparedness and functional ‘paralysis’ in the face of the massive tragedy in the form of flash floods that struck Kedarnath in 2013, the Uttarakhand High Court has issued mandatory directives to the State to deal with such exigencies and also to maintain the ecological sanctity of the area.Among other things, the court has directed the State to form...

Goan Courts To Go Cashless, HC Introduces E-Court Fees System

Amidst reports that Goa is going to be ‘cashless’, the Bombay High Court at Goa has introduced ‘e-payment of court fees’, which would help litigants and advocates to make court fees payment online using the e-challan payment gateway website through net banking, debit/credit cards with any of the registered banks in the website.The service, which will be available for the High Court...

Madras HC Regrets Passing Orders That Helped ‘Vulgar’ Dance Adal Padal Organisers [Read Order]

Dismissing petitions seeking permission to conduct Adal Padal, a vulgar and obscene dance programme conducted during temple festivals in the state, Justice PN Prakash of Madras High Court judge has expressed his ‘anguish’ and ‘regret’ for passing some orders in the past, which helped some groups to coerce police to give permission to such programs.The judge said that he had passed...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Andhra Pradesh High CourtThe High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad in K.Veera Raghava Reddy vs. State Of Telangana, held that no complaint, under Section 154 of Code of Criminal Procedure, can be registered against a sitting high court judge even for matters unconnected with his judicial duties, except with the sanction of the President of India, who is required to consult the Chief Justice...

Illicit Relationship Can Justify Irrational Behaviour Of Spouse, Constitutes An Act Of Cruelty: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, in Harjit Kaur vs. Surinder Singh, has held irrational conduct of the a spouse, even if correct as stated by the opposing spouse, must be seen in the light of the fact that the opposing spouse was in an open adulterous relationship.The appeal filed by Harjit Kaur challenged the grant of decree of divorce under Section 13(1)(i)(a) of the Hindu Marriage Act by the...

Fairness An Integral Part Of Good Administration, Principals Of Natural Justice Must Be Followed Holds Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has set aside an order by the state of Madhya Pradesh removing Dr. KS Dubey as the Chairman of the Child Welfare Committee, Bhopal. The single bench of Justice Sujoy Paul has held that the principles of natural justice should have been followed while ordering cancellation of Dubey’s appointment.Dr. Dubey was appointed on February 21, 2014 and he was removed via...

JNU Student Najeeb Ahmed's Mother Files Petition In Delhi HC, Court Issues Notice [Read Petition]

A division bench of Justices G S Sistani and Vinod Goel of the Delhi High Court has asked the Government of Delhi and the Delhi police which comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) to file a reply in a writ petition filed by Fatima Nafees, mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed.According to the petition, her 27 year old son Ahmed was a student of MSc. Biotechnology (1st Year) Jawaharlal...