Adopted son no less than a natural son to inherit his father’s properties, reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court, in Pawan Kumar Pathak vs. Mohan Prasad has reiterated that an adopted son is no less than a natural son, when it comes to claiming the right to inherit the properties of his father.Division Bench comprising of Justices A.K. Sikri and R.K. Agrawal made this observation in an appeal arising out of a suit filed by an adopted son claiming his right to inherit properties which...

Centre proposes Investigative Units for heinous Crimes against Women

In order to strengthen the investigative apparatus especially for the heinous crimes against women like rape, dowry death, acid attack and human trafficking, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposed to assist the States in setting up of Investigative Units on Crimes against Women (IUCAW) in 714 Police Districts with a 50:50 cost sharing basis with States/UTs. The objectives of IUCAW are to...

Supreme Court issues Guidelines on listing of Urgent Matters during Summer Vacation

Supreme Court of India has issued the following norms/Guidelines for listing of urgent matters during the ensuing vacation viz. from 16.5.2016 to 28.6.2016.Every matter to be moved before vacation Court should be accompanied by an affidavit, indicating all the material facts necessary for the formation of opinion about its urgency. The required material facts and particulars should...

Law student murdered in Kerala; Another Nirbhaya?

X [name withheld] , a Law student who lived in Perumbavoor, was found dead in her home last week. According to latest news reports, it appears that she was killed brutally and might have even been raped akin to the 2012 Delhi gang rape incident.X, who did her LL.B. Course in Government Law College, Ernakulam lived in Perumbavoor in Ernakulam District, with her mother, Rajeshwari. Although...

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...