High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court on Wednesday confirmed death penalty awarded to a man convicted for the murder of six persons. Upholding the conviction recorded by the trial court, the bench observed: "All family members were done to death. Circumstances established by the prosecution are firm, cogent and believable. Chain of events are completed and linked with each other. There is no chance of false implication of accused." Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court held that consistent improvements made by the victim suiting their convenience cannot be acted upon by the courts. Justice AM Badar acquitted two men, one accused of raping a minor and the other was accused of sexual assault by the same minor.While hearing a petition filed by lawyer Sagar Suryawanshi on Friday, the Bombay High Court asked the Election Commission and the petitioner to submit suggestions on regulating paid content on social media 48 hours before polling day.Quashing the issue of process order of the Magistrate Court against a son in a case filed by his father, the High Court recently observed that parents are obligated to spend money on their children's education and that such monetary transactions shouldn't be transformed into litigations. Calcutta High CourtThe Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the validity of the amendment to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, permitting elected councillors of the corporation to appoint any individual as the Mayor, subject to such individual getting elected within a period of six months from the date of his initial appointment.The High Court in a recent judgment observed that parents should not force their children to pursue subjects without taking into consideration their capabilities and wishes. Chhattisgarh High CourtThe Chhattisgarh High Court observed that offerings made by worshipers to a deity do not become the property of the priests. Justice Goutam Bhaduri was considering a plea by some poojaris (priests) of a temple who had challenged a trial court order directing dissolution of the trust committee of the temple. Delhi High CourtThe Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to suspend the trailer of the upcoming movie "The Accidental Prime Minister" and asked the petitioner to file it as a public interest litigation. Justice Vibhu Bakhru disposed of the plea which was filed by the petitioner in her personal capacity. The judge made it clear that she has not examined the controversy raised in the plea.The High Court on Monday also set aside the Centre's ban on Indian pharma major Wockhardt's anti-inflammatory medicine 'Ace Proxyvon', used in painful rheumatic conditions. Justice Vibhu Bakhru passed the order on the firm's plea challenging the Centre's September 7, 2018 notification banning the manufacture, sale and distribution of 328 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs.In an important judgment, the High Court held that the Extradition Act is not a penal statue and that issuance of a Notified Order making applicable the provisions of the Act to the foreign country can be given retrospective effect. The bench comprising Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice IS Mehta also held that laying of the Notified Order before the Parliament is not a pre-requisite to the enforcement of the Notified Order.On Tuesday, the High Court quashed an order issued by Consulate General of India (CGI), Houston, that cancelled a Doctor's Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card on the ground that he was involved in missionary activities in India.The High Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a plea by the Union government seeking to restrain Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland from continuing with the arbitration process initiated by it in the wake of scrapping of contracts for supply of 12 VVIP choppers to the Indian Air Force.Mere act of slapping the husband publicly would not, under normal circumstances, instigate the husband to commit suicide, the Delhi High Court has said. The court was hearing a petition filed by the wife, who had challenged the framing of charge against her under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code."Vyapam wounds are still raw and festering and do not promise to heal at any foreseeable distance of time" said the Delhi High Court as it refused to interfere with the order of the CBSE disaffiliating petitioner-school Mother Khazani Convent School in connection with the leak of Class XII Economics question paper last year, an incident that shook the entire nation with lakhs of students getting affected.Reminding the central government authorities that India is a secular country, the Delhi High Court observed that missionary activities are not prohibited as fundamental right to religion is not restricted to citizens, but is available for all persons,The High Court on Friday asked two advocates to place before the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) their petition against alleged misappropriation/misuse of funds to the tune of Rs 21,75,03,000 sanctioned to...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

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