In A First In India's Legislative History, Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Uses 'Her' & 'She' To Refer To Individuals

In a first in India's legislative reforms, the union government has used 'her' and 'she' to refer to individuals irrespective of gender in the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 instead of using 'he' and 'him'. Section 3(3), Interpretation Clause of the Bill states that the pronouns "her" and "she" have been used for individuals, irrespective of gender. "For the first time...

S.101 Evidence Act | Defendant Can Lead Evidence Before Plaintiff In Suit To Prove Existence Of Will When Plaint Claims Otherwise: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently observed that a Defendant can lead evidence before the Plaintiff in a civil suit when they claim the existence of a Will, contrary to what is pleaded in the Plaint. Justice Vivek Agarwal observed that in a case where the Plaintiff claims that a person died intestate whereas the Defendant argues the existence of a Will, the assertions put forth by...

"No Respect For Rule Of Law": Allahabad HC Imposes ₹5Lakh Cost On Gorakhpur DM For Launching 'Malicious' Goonda Act Proceedings

The Allahabad High Court on Monday imposed a ₹5 lakh cost on the office of the District Magistrate, Gorakhpur for initiating 'malicious' proceedings under the UP Goondas Act against a man in an attempt to coerce him to vacate the property, admittedly owned by him, and release the same in favour of the district administration.The bench of Justice Suneet Kumar and Justice Syed Waiz Mian...

Gauhati High Court Upholds Conviction Of Man Who Killed Daughter Due To Dispute With Wife Over Her Alleged Illicit Relation

The Gauhati High Court recently upheld the conviction of a man who 'brutally' killed his 2.5 years old baby girl with a sharp weapon due to a quarrel arising between himself and his wife out of suspicion of an illicit affair maintained by the wife with another person. The bench of Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Mitali Thakuria relied upon the testimony of the wife of the convict (and mother...

'What Is So Special About 0001 To 0010?': HP High Court Asks Chief Secretary To Justify Allotment Of VIP Numbers For Govt Vehicles

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday asked the state Chief Secretary to explain why serial numbers 0001 to 0010 for the number plates of vehicles have been exclusively reserved for government officials and departments. Hearing a petition related to the denial of allotment of a registration number to one Sanjay Sood, Justice Ajay Mohan Goyal perused a Department Of...

Bombay High Court Stays Centre's Notification Limiting Jurisdiction Of Cases Above Rs 100 Crores To 3 DRTs

The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court on Thursday stayed a notification issued by the central government on October 04, 2022, revising jurisdiction of various Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) and giving jurisdiction for adjudicating cases valued over Rs. 100 crores to three DRTs located at Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai. Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge And Justice Sanjay A. Deshmukh issued...

MP High Court Upholds BCI's Decision Restricting Internships To College Vacation Period, Says Students' Academics Will Not Be Compromised

The Madhya Pradesh High Court's Gwalior Bench recently dismissed a writ petition preferred by a law student challenging a 2014 Circular issued by the Bar Council of India, which had notified that students could only take up internships only during their university/college vacations and not when their academic session was going on. The Circular directed all Universities/Colleges to...

Air India Tells Kerala High Court It Is Not 'State' Under Article 12 Following Disinvestment; Not Amenable To Writ Jurisdiction

Following the policy decision taken by the Central Government to disinvest 100% of its holdings in Air India and transfer of its share to Tata Group (M/S Talace Pvt. Ltd.) in January this year, the Kerala High Court has been informed that the airline company is no more a 'State' within the purview of of Article 12 of the Constitution.In an affidavit filed through its Assistant...

Political Parties Can't Consider Election Symbol 'Exclusive Property', Right To Use Can Be Lost With Dismal Performance: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that the political parties cannot consider the election symbol as their "exclusive property."A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad observed that the Election Symbols (Reservation And Allotment) Order, 1968 makes it very clear that the right to use an election symbol can be lost with the dismal performance of...

Birth Record As Per School Certificate Enjoys Priority Over Village Records While Determining Claims For Juvenility: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Thursday reiterated that in order to ascertain the claims of juvenility, courts should give priority to the certificate issued by the educational institution other than play school which was firstly attended by the accused. The observations came from a bench comprising Justices M A Chowdhary while hearing a revision petition against...

After Gujarat & Telangana, Madras Bar Protests Against Supreme Court Collegium Proposal To Transfer Judge

After Gujarat and Telangana, the Madras High Court Advocates Association has come forward opposing the proposal to transfer a sitting judge. The Association has taken objection to the transfer of Acting Chief Justice T Raja to Rajasthan High Court.The Association wrote a letter to Chief Justice DY Chandrachud opposing the transfer. In its letter, the association President G Mohanakrishnan...

Court Acquits Four Men For Lack Of Evidence In Delhi Riots Case

A Delhi Court on Friday acquitted four men of all charges levelled against them by Delhi Police in a case connected to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Giving the accused a benefit of doubt, Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala acquitted Mohd. Shahnawaz, Mohd. Shoaib, Shahrukh and Rashid of all charges under Sections 143, 147, 148, 149, 454, 435 and 436 of Indian Penal Code,...