Married Woman Can't Be Lured To Give Consent For Sex On False Promise Of Marriage: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that a married woman, who enters into a consensual sexual relationship with a man other than her husband, cannot later on prosecute him for rape on the false pretext of marriage. In other words, the Court was of the view that a married woman cannot be lured to give consent for sex on the false promise of marriage, as such promise is illegal. While...

If Society Is Progressing, Why Can't Laws Also Progress? Bombay High Court Pulls Up Govt For Not Complying With SC Ruling On Transgender Rights

The Bombay High Court on Thursday pulled up the state government for being in a "slumber" and not making provisions for transgender persons in recruitment in the police department."For seven years your government has not done anything despite there being an order of the Supreme Court. Why do we have to do it? You do not perform your functions and citizens are forced to come to court," the...

'No Delay Is Too Long For Court To Correct Its Own Wrong': JKL High Court On Inadvertent Proceedings & Judgment Against A Dead Man

While setting aside a series of orders and judgments inadvertently passed against a dead man, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court observed that it is empowered to correct its mistakes, no matter the delay."No delay is too long/late for the Court to do course correction for its own wrong/mistake/error so as to undo the effects and restore the justice...Court only enhances its...

['Fake' Tweet On PM Modi] Saket Gokhale Granted Bail By Gujarat Court, Arrested Again In A Fresh Case

A court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district yesterday granted bail to Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Saket Gokhale in connection with an FIR against him for allegedly endorsing a fake news report on Twitter pertaining to Prime Minister Modi's visit to the Morbi last month at the site of the bridge collapse which killed 135 persons. However, he was arrested soon thereafter in a fresh FIR...

Insurer Has Third Party Liability If Cancellation Of Policy Over Dishonour Of Premium Cheque Is Not Intimated To Insured Before Accident: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said that an insurance company is liable to pay compensation to a third party, even if the cheque issued towards premium by the insured was dishonoured, if such fact was not intimated to the policy holder before the occurrence of the motor accident. A single judge bench of Justice HP Sandesh while allowing the appeal preferred filed by a claimant against...

No Blanket Bar On Judicial Review Of Decisions Made By Election Authority: JKL High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that there is no blanket bar to the judicial review of decisions made by an Election Authority but it is only those decisions which have the effect of retarding, interrupting, protracting or stalling the completion of the election process that can be challenged in the writ jurisdiction. A bench comprising Justice Sanjay...

"Political Activists Have A Right To Protest Against Administration": Allahabad HC Quashes Case Against UP Minister

"In a democracy based on adult franchise, the political activist and other public-spirited persons would have right of protest against the Administration by staging Dharana etc. against perceived discrimination/atrocities, inaction, omission or commission of the State Authorities," the Allahabad High Court observed as it quashed a 2013 criminal case filed against the sitting minister in...

'Strong Suspicion': Delhi Court Frames Corruption Charges Against Swati Maliwal, 3 Others Over 'Illegal Appointments' In DCW

A Delhi Court on Thursday framed corruption charges against Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Swati Maliwal and three others in a case alleging that they abused their official position and obtained pecuniary advantages by illegally appointing various acquaintances, including Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers, in the women rights body between August 6, 2015 to August 1, 2016....

High Court Orders Probe Into Conduct Of J&K Service Selection Board After It Appoints 'Blacklisted' Agency For Conducting Exams

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Thursday quashed the ongoing recruitment process for Junior Engineer-civil (Jal Shakti Department) and Sub Inspector (Home Department) and directed the UT Government to constitute a high level Committee headed by not less than a retired High Court Judge to enquire into the conduct of Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection...

'It Appears Facebook Is Not Complying With IT Rules': Uttarakhand High Court Imposes ₹50K Costs On FB For Not Filing Reply In PIL

Imposing costs of Rs 50,000 on Facebook for failing to reply to a petition alleging circulation of a morphed video on the social media site, Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday said prima facie it appears that the Meta-owned platform is not complying with Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.The division bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi...

Bengaluru Court Vacates Stay On Sale Of Kannada Book 'Tippu Nija Kanasugalu'

Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge on Thursday vacated the ex-parte injunction by which the author, printer and publisher of the book 'Tippu Nija Kanasugalu' were earlier restrained from distributing and selling it, in a suit claiming that the book would cause unrest and disturb communal harmony.Addanda C Cariappa, Ayodhya Publications, Rashtrotthana Mudranalaya are the author,...

Ensure Completion Of Project For Installing Panic Buttons, Tracking System In DTC And Cluster Buses: High Court To Delhi Govt

The High Court has directed Delhi Government to ensure completion of its project for installing panic buttons and Automatic Vehicle Location Tracking System (AVLTS) in all DTC and cluster buses plying in the national capital. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that the task must be completed within a time-frame which has been decided as...