Gujarat HC allows a rape survivor to abort her 8 week old foetus [Read Order]

Gujarat High Court today (28.12.2015) has allowed a rape victim to abort her 8 week old foetus. Justice K.J Thaker has allowed Special application moved by father of the victim who is a minor and said that the abortion can be carried out after collecting / securing evidences necessary for the prosecution to prove its case including DNA samples etc.The father of the victim, who approached...

Allahabad HC quashes 53 appointments of Assistants made by Aligarh University; directs fresh selection [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court quashed 53 appointments of Administration Assistants (Upper Division Clerks) of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), giving a massive blow to the selection committee. The petition was filed by one Vinod Kumar and others challenging the decision of the selection committee. They alleged that the appointments had not been made as per rules and that the selection process,...

Gujarat HC waives off 6 months cool off period in granting Mutual Divorce [Read Judgment]

Relevant circumstances namely the fact that the parties are residing separately more than 7 years, execution of divorce deed to obtain customary divorce, reason of urgency expressed on behalf of one of the spouses namely the wife, are not considered by the trial Court, the Court said while setting aside the order.In a rare order, the Gujarat High Court has waived off 6 months...

Union Govt. assures High Court on Separation of Investigation from Law and Order

The Union government has assured the Delhi High Court of its prompt action to separate criminal investigation from the maintenance of law and order.While doing so it has informed the Court that it had sanctioned as many as 4,227 posts in Delhi Police for the purpose.Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain told the Court that these posts will be operational in two phases, half would be filled...

A public Servant cannot enter into compromise with accused even if the assault is against him : Punjab and Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

After Public servant lodges an FIR regarding the assault raised upon him while he was performing his official duty, he loses the locus standi to enter into compromise with the accused, the Court said.Punjab and Haryana High Court in Amrik Singh vs. State of Punjab has held that no compromise can be entered between accused and officials of a State. Justice Rajan Gupta, dismissing a petition...

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Meghalaya HC seeks security for Judges post their retirement; asks Centre to file affidavit on 4th January, 2016 [Read Judgment]

We direct the Union of India to file affidavit after doing categorization of security cover on permanent basis for the members of the Full Bench (the Chief Justice and two Judges) so that as and when there is a request for security, it can be provided without procedural delay as per such category by the Central Government or the State, as the case may be, at the place of residence of the...

After 13 years, a man who lost his fingers due to negligence of state run Hospital staffs, gets compensation of Rs. 21 Lakhs [Read Judgment]

When a patient is admitted in the hospital, it is the duty of the doctors and nursing staff of the hospital to give best possible care and treat the patient. We find the conduct of the doctors and the nurses to be outrageous. It shocks the conscience of this court, the Bench said.A man who approached Bombay High Court, thirteen years ago, complaining negligence of doctors which cost him...

While granting divorce in favour of Husband, Permanent alimony can be granted to a wife who did not join him in spite of direction of restitution of conjugal rights: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

We are not inclined to accept the contention raised by the learned counsel for the respondent husband that if a wife does not join the company of her husband in spite of the direction of restitution of conjugal rights, at the time of passing decree of divorce in favour of the husband, no permanent alimony can be granted to the wife, the bench said.Orissa High Court Ranjana Rani Panda vs....

Pay-hike for Parliamentarians for no work?

It refers to media-reports indicating about proposal for an hefty hike in pay/perks/allowances etc of our Parliamentarians at a time when Indian Parliament has achieved notoriety for large-scale disruptions holding important legislative work to a ransom even to the extent that much-needed amendment to Juvenile Act could not be timely legislated and dreaded ‘juvenile’ rapist-cum-murderer...

Madras HC Division Bench creates history conducting hearing over ‘Skype’

The Madras High Court created history again when its Division Bench conducted the court proceedings over Skype from Chennai for the first time in a case related to 89 inmates of an unauthorized private children’s Home for girls run by Mose Ministries in Tiruchi. Justices V. Ramasubramanian and N. Kirubakaran presided over the proceedings over video call from the former’s residence in...

Protest against manhandling of Dr. Pramod Joshi; Uttarakhand HC directs doctors to call off the Illegal Strike [Read Order]

In a Public Interest Litigation filed by Youth Bar Association of India (Regd) against the illegal strike carried out in the private hospitals of entire state of Uttarakhand the Division Bench of High Court of Uttarakhand in Nainital comprising of Chief Justice K.M. Joseph and Justice V.K. Bist issued an interim order directing to resume the work and call off the strike. The strike had...