Karnataka HC asks state to constitute Medical Boards for Age determination of Juveniles in conflict with law; issues directives [Read Judgment]

Karnataka High Court has issued some important directives with regard to constitution of Medical Board to carry out age determination of Juveniles in conflict with Law. Justice K.N.Phaneendra has also asked the state to inform all the Doctors in the State that they shall not individually conduct any age determination examination of any Juvenile in conflict with law referred to them for...

Bombay HC orders demolition of Adarsh Building. Here's why? Read Judgment

Prima facie, the bureaucrats and the ministers are guilty of various offences in acquiring the subject plot as also misuse and / or abuse of powers, the Court said.The Bombay High Court, has asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests to forthwith demolish Adarsh building which was unauthorisedly constructed by the Adarsh Co-op. Housing Society Ltd in violation to Environmental norms....

Jharkhand HC constitutes Special Bench to hear Criminal Appeals during Summer Vacations

Jharkhand High Court has decided to constitute a special Division Bench during the ensuing Annual Summer Vacations for taking up Criminal Appeal cases in which the appellants have been in custody for more than 10 years.The notice, published in the daily cause list of the High Court of Jharkhand, demands submission of willingness by Advocates willing to argue their cases during the...

A nation where, without studying, educational degrees are provided to people, will become a nation of block heads: J&K HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir has observed that a nation where without studying,educational degrees would be provided to people, will become nation of block heads, thus, making its future dark.Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar made this observation while refusing to quash an FIR against a person involved in an Education scam. Allegation was that the candidates were lured and amounts,...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court, taking into account the acute drought faced in the state directed the State Government to authorise a 50 percent water cut for liquor industries, breweries and distilleries in the area with immediate effect and a further 10 per cent cut from May 10.The High Court commuted the death sentence imposed on Imdad Ali Wai, accused of...

Order dismissing a suit on ground of Res Judicata does not cease to be a Decree on account of a procedural irregularity of non-framing an issue: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in RISHABH CHAND JAIN & ANOTHER VS. GINESH CHANDRA JAINhas held that an order dismissing the suit on the ground of Res Judicata does not cease to be a decree on account of a procedural irregularity of non-framing an issue. Apex Court bench comprising of Justices Kurian Joseph and R.F. Nariman held that, such orders cannot be assailed in Revision, but only by...

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 comes into force Today [Read the Text]

The much awaited and widely acclaimed Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 comes into force Today i.e May 1, 2016 setting in motion the process of making necessary operational rules and creation of institutional infrastructure for protecting the interests of consumers and promoting the growth of real estate sector in an environment of trust, confidence, credible transactions...

Teach Thirukkural in schools to build a Nation with Moral Values, Madras HC tells Govt. [Read Order]

In a recent judgment, the Madras High Court has asked the state to include first two chapters of  Thirukkural, inVI to XII Standard school syllabus from the next academic year. Justice R. Mahadevan observed that inclusion of this classic literature would help to build a nation with moral values.Thirukkural is a classic Tamil sangam literature consisting of 1330 couplets or Kurals which...

Allahabad HC to cut short summer vacations to clear long-pending cases

Days after CJI Thakur made an emotional appeal for filling in vacancies to expedite disposal of pending cases, at least 68 out of 79 Judges of the Allahabad High Court have decided to cut short their summer holidays, and clear long-pending cases.The Judges have consented to the suggestion put forth by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, and have agreed to prioritize hearing of those criminal...

Oral Sex is not Rape if the victim was unconscious due to intoxication, says Oklahoma Court [Read Judgment]

Lawyers and Layman alike, would hardly doubt that forced sex, of whatsoever nature, without consent with a person who was unconscious at the time of the sexual act, would be a rape within the meaning of penal laws. But a Court in Oklahoma in United States of America has delivered a strange order, which many legal experts describe as “absurd” and “offending”, wherein it has upheld a...

Patna HC upholds disqualification of Member from Bihar Legislative Council [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court has upheld disqualification of Narendra Singh from Bihar Legislative Council. Upholding the order passed by Chairman of the upper house of Bihar Legislature, Justice Kishore Kumar Mandal dismissed the writ petition filed by the former legislator of the state.The court observed “The term objective satisfaction means presence of relevant material inspiring confidence. It...

Nothing Obscene in Cochin ‘Nude Protest’; Kerala HC quashes Proceedings against participants [Read Order]

Court quashed the case against 6 accused women including two lady lawyers for conducting protest march in shawls wrapped with slogans against atrocities of women , in wake of rape and murder of two girls at Badaoul, Uttar Pradesh.The Kerala High Court in Adv Preetha K.K and other v State of Kerala and another[Crl M.C 67482014] has while quashing the criminal case against 6 accused including...