Kerala High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2022 [Citations 1-154]

Nominal Index [Citations 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 1 - 154]Vinay Shankar v. Union of India & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 1Rajeswary vs State of Kerala, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 2K.S. Narayana Elayathu v. Sandhya, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3Suo Motu v. Travancore Devaswom Board, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 4Mohammed Suhail & Ors v. State of Kerala & Anr, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 5Vijayakumar V. & Anr. v....

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up :June 6- June 11,2022

Supreme Court Judgements "Totally Misread The Judgment": SC Sets Aside Bombay HC Judgment That Dismissed A Writ Petition In A Tender Matter By Citing 'N. G. Projects Ltd.' Case Case Title: Jai Bholenath Construction vs Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad Nanded | CA 4140 OF 2022 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 542 The Supreme Court set aside a Bombay High...

Ouster Of HC's Jurisdiction Must Be Explicit, Not Implied: Petitioners Before Madras High Court FB Favour Concurrent Jurisdiction In Child Custody Cases

A Full Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday commenced hearing a matter pertaining to the original jurisdiction of High Court to hear child custody and guardianship matters, owing to the advent of the Family Courts Act, 1984.A bench comprised of Justice PN Prakash, Justice R Mahadevan, Justice M Sunder, Justice N Anand Venkatesh and Justice AA Nakkiran was constituted to answer following...

Allahabad High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2022 [Citations: 1 - 150]

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 1 to 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 150 Monthly Digests Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: January 2022 [Citations 1-28] Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: February 2022 [Citations 29-80] Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: March 2022 [Citations 81 To 150] NOMINAL INDEX Mohammad Imran v. State Of U.P. Thru Addl.Chief Secy.Minority Wefare And Ors....

NHAI Best Judge To Decide Which Land To Acquire: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Land Acquisition For Widening NH-161

So far as construction of new highways and widening, development and maintenance of existing highways is concerned, the Supreme Court has observed that "the National Highways Authority of India can be said to be best judge to decide which land to be acquired and which not to be acquired for the purpose of construction of the Highways".The bench of Justices M. R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose...

High Court Transfers Abhishek Banerjee's Defamation Suit Against Suvendu Adhikari To Kolkata From Diamond Harbour

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the transfer of a defamation suit filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee against BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari from a Court in Diamond Harbour, South 24-Parganas to a City Civil Court in Calcutta. Adhikari had moved an application under Section 24 of the Code of...

"Admission Process Can't Be Endless": Supreme Court Dismisses Pleas Seeking Additional Mop-Up Round For Filling Vacant Seats In Nursing Courses

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed plea(s) seeking an extension of the time schedule and conducting an additional mop-up round to fill up seats which have remained vacant in nursing courses for the academic year 2021-22. A vacation bench of Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose while dismissing the pleas observed that the time schedule for admission in an educational institution has...

RS Polls: Bombay High Court Refuses Immediate Relief To Nawab Malik To Cast Vote, Asks Him To Approach Appropriate Bench

Bombay High Court's Justice PD Naik refused immediate relief to Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik to cast his vote in the Rajya Sabha elections today with liberty to approach the appropriate bench.The court said that the petition under Article 227 and 482 CrPC was not maintainable and Malik was at liberty to approach the bench hearing bail applications."From the tenor of the...

Breaking | NEET PG 2021: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea For Special Stray Round Of Counselling

The Supreme Court has dismissed the plea seeking a Special Stray Round of counselling for NEET-PG 2021, to allow the candidates to participate for vacant seats available after the conduct of a stray vacant round of AIQ.A Bench comprising Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose observed, "When a conscious decision has been taken by the Union of India and Medical Council of India for not...

Teens Engage In Sex Unmindful Of Drastic Consequences Under POCSO Act: Kerala High Court Calls For Awareness In Schools

Unfortunately, POSCO Act does not distinguish between rape and consensual sexual interactions, the Court added.

Income, Age, Bigger Family Cannot Be Sole Criteria In Child- Custody Matters : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that income, age , bigger family cannot be the sole criteria to tilt balance in child- custody cases.The bench comprising Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose observed thus while it granted custody of five year boy who lost his parents due to covid to his paternal grandfather.In this case, the paternal grandfather of the boy had approached the High Court by filing a...

BSP MLAs Disqualification: Plea In Supreme Court Against Rajasthan HC's Refusal To Stay Rajya Sabha Election Result

A Special Leave Petition has been filed before the Apex Court, assailing the order of the Rajasthan High Court refusing to stay the declaration of Rajya Sabha Election results till the disposal of a PIL pertaining to disqualification of the six MLAs in the state.The said MLAs were originally elected as members of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and were later declared by the Speaker of...