Karnataka HC Condemns Threats Made Against Senior Advocate; Madhukar Angur Apologizes For Acts Of His 'Followers'

The Karnataka High Court on Friday took strong exception to threats given to Senior Advocate M S Shyam Sundar, who is representing M/s Alliance University which has filed a petition in the court seeking to cancel the bail granted to former Chancellor of Alliance University Madhukar G Angur, who came to be arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering...

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea By AR Rahman, GV Prakash and Santhosh Narayan Challenging GST Department’s Order Claiming Service Tax

The Madras High Court has recently dismissed the pleas filed by music composers AR Rahman, GV Prakash and Santhosh Narayan challenging the proceedings initiated by the Commissioner of the GST Department levying service tax on transfer of copyright in musical work for the period between 2013 and 2017. The department had asserted that the music composers were not the owner of the...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against ASI’s Refusal To Permit Birth Anniversary Celebration Of Chhatrapati Shivaji At Agra Fort

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a plea seeking permission to organize a cultural programme at Agra Fort on February 19 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Justice Prathiba M Singh was hearing a plea moved by Maharashtra based registered trust R.R. Patil Foundation along with Ajinkya Devgiri Pratishthan, challenging a communication of...

'Safety & Hygiene For Schoolgirls Paramount': Bombay HC On Startup's Plea To Relax Tender Conditions For Sanitary Napkin Disposal Machines

Noting that the safety and hygiene of a girl child was paramount, the Bombay High Court disposed of a start-up's petition seeking relaxation of certain tender conditions regarding sanitary napkin vending and disposal machines to 9,940 schools across the State.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Manre were hearing a petition by Kirvan Vendsol Pvt...

‘Once A Daughter Always A Daughter’: High Court Says Punjab Policy Excluding Married Daughters From Compassionate Appointment Violates Articles 14 & 15

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the policy excluding married daughters from the benefit of compassionate appointment upon the death of their fathers is unconstitutional on account of being violative of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India. The division bench of Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Harpreet Kaur Jeewan said: “We are of the considered...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Judicial Officer Aribam Guneshwar Sharma As Manipur High Court Judge

The Central government on Friday notified the appointment of judicial officer Aribam Guneshwar Sharma as judge of Manipur High Court.The notification dated 3rd February 2023, reads "In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Aribam Guneshwar Sharma, to be a Judge of the Manipur High Court, with effect...

Body Building Competition A Secular, Neutral Activity; Won't Aggravate Differences Between Shiv Sena Factions: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently permitted a member of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to organise a bodybuilding competition, observing that it is a secular activity and does not aggravate differences between two political parties.A division bench of Justice Sunil B. Shukre and Justice M. W. Chandwani, while quashing Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation’s (KDMC) communication withdrawing...

Agreement By Which Wife Waives Right Of Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC Not Enforceable, Kerala High Court Reiterates

The Kerala High Court on Thursday said the law is well settled that an agreement by which a wife waives her right of maintenance under Section 125 of CrPC is an agreement against public policy and the same is ab initio void and not enforceable."Therefore, the claim for allowance of maintenance by the wife cannot be disputed or denied on the basis of a void agreement and the wife is entitled...

Consensual Relationship Leading To Child Birth: Meghalaya High Court Quashes POCSO Case

The Meghalaya High Court has quashed proceedings under the POCSO Act on the ground that the victim was in an intimate and consensual relationship with the accused and both have agreed to stay together as husband and wife. While allowing the petition, Justice W. Diengdoh observed: “this is one such case where a young couple about to cross their years of adolescence have got...

PSI Recruitment Scam: Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To State On Congress MLA Priyank Kharge's PIL Seeking Court-Monitored Probe

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued notice to the State government on a public interest litigation filed by Congress Member of Legislative Assembly, Priyank M. Kharge, seeking a court-monitored investigation into the Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) recruitment scam through a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to be constituted. A division bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice...

Reports And Dossiers Of Intelligence Agencies Can’t Be Disclosed Under RTI Act, State Police ATS Exempted: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Friday observed that the reports and dossiers prepared by intelligence agencies cannot be disclosed under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Justice Prathiba M Singh said that major public interest is in protecting safety and security of the country and not in disclosing such reports. “Reports and dossiers by intelligence authorities, which are subject matter...

[Appointment Of Judges] Centre Wrote To CJI To Finalize MoP On Jan 6, Response Of SC Not Yet Received

The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that the Government wrote to the Chief Justice of India (on January 6) emphasizing the need to finalize the MoP (Memorandum of Procedure) for the appointment of Judges to the SC and HCs, however, the response to the same is yet to be received from the Supreme Court. The Union Law Minister, Kiren Rijijju...