Politicos must maintain properly audited accounts of ‘voluntary contributions” received by it: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

A political party which seeks to avail of the exemption cannot be heard to say that it is not possible for it to maintain its accounts on a consolidated basis. As long as a political party continues to avail the exemption from payment of income tax, there can be no excuse for not maintaining its account whether it has one or more state units, the Bench said.Delhi High Court has observed...

Madras High Court “smells a rat” in the Magistrate’s actions, recommends initiation of contempt proceedings

Madurai Bench of Madras High court on Thursday reportedly recommended that contempt proceedings or disciplinary action be initiated against the Judicial Magistrate of Melur K.V. Mahendra Boopathy for “deliberately disobeying” its order in the illegal mining cases filed against some quarry barons in Madurai.Justice P.N. Prakash observed, “This court smells a rat in the act of the...

SC’s Social Justice Bench scrapped

Chief Justice T.S. Thakur has scrapped the social justice bench, which was set up by his predecessor Justice H.L. Dattu in December, 2014. On enquiry about non-listing of matters, the CJI reportedly informed Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves that the Bench no longer existed. The Bench was set up to deal specially with the matters relating to society and its members, to secure social justice, one...

Exercise of Statutory functions cannot be interdicted under realm of Model Code of Conduct: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

“The model code of conduct does not fetter or keep in limbo the exercise of statutory functions that are manifestly quasi judicial in character.”The Kerala High Court, speaking through Justice V. Chitambaresh has in T.M Basheer v Secretary, Regional Transport Authority and another [W.P(C) No:9390 of 2016] and a batch of similar writ petitions has held that, the exercise of statutory...

Delhi HC gives eight weeks to authorities to consider the complaint against the reappointment of Prashant Saran as whole-time member of the SEBI [Read Order]

The Delhi high court bench comprising the Chief Justice G.Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw gave the Union of India and other respondents eight weeks to consider the legal notice dated 23 July 2015 issued to them by the petitioner, Society Standing for all Youth Mass Awareness (SSAYMA), challenging the reappointment of the whole-time member of Securities and Exchange Board of India,...

Withdrew State Circular directing Police to conduct inquiry before filing FIR against Government Officials: Guj. Govt. to HC

The Gujarat Government on Wednesday informed the High Court that it had withdrawn the notification which had asked the Police not to file FIRs against Government officials without first conducting an inquiry into the matter. Justice Sonia Gokani was informed that the notification was withdrawn on March 19.The Court is hearing a petition filed by Mr. Indravijaysinh Gohil, General Secretary...

Kerala High Court to hear Old cases during summer vacation

The Chief Justice of High Court of Kerala, Justice Ashok Bhushan has ordered to take up certain old cases which are ready for hearing during the summer vacation. This is in view of large number of civil, criminal and Writ petitions which are pending for quite long time in the High Court.In a press release issued on Wednesday, the Registrar General said that counsel on either side can request...

Politics without principle and politicians without character are the most damaging elements of the social order: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

Politics without principle and politicians without character are the most damaging elements of the social order, remarked the Orissa High Court while dismissing a petition filed by National Congress Party leader, Chiranjib Biswal.Justice S.K Sahoo in his introductory paragraph in the Judgment dismissing the petition under Section 482 CrPC preferred by the NCP leader, to quash the complaint...

Is husband entitle to get Divorce from 'Cruel Wife '? [Read this Delhi HC Judgment]

Does only a Wife get divorce on the ground of Cruelty? Do Husbands get Divorce from a ‘cruel’ wife? Delhi High Court recently witnessed such a case, when a wife appealed against the Divorce decree granted by the Family Court on the ground that she treated her husband with cruelty. The Delhi High Court, by dismissing her appeal and upholding the view adopted by the family court, also said...

Madras High Court orders revocation of suspension of seven lawyers [Read Order]

A Division Bench of Madras High Court on Monday directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to revoke suspension of seven out of eight advocates against whom disciplinary action was taken for disrupting the functioning of CISF within the Court premises.Observing that the disease of Court boycott and confronting judiciary is at such an advanced stage that surgical procedure alone is...

Madras HC Lawyers approach CJI and PM to reconsider transfer request of Justice R. Sudhakar and Justice V. Ramasubramanian

Referring to a newspaper article which claimed that Justice R. Sudhakar and Justice V. Ramasubramanian had sought to be transferred from Madras High Court, around 100 senior lawyers on Tuesday requested the Chief Justice of India to reconsider the transfer. While Justice Ramasubramanian’s request to be transferred to the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh High Court has reportedly been accepted,...

Kerala HC asks children to provide ‘welfare measures’ to mother’s live-in partner [Read Judgment]

Kerala High Court has directed the children to provide welfare measures to a senior citizen, who was in a relationship with their mother. Upholding the order of the Maintenance Tribunal constituted under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque observed, “It is open for the Tribunal to impose a liability for providing...