Demanding Information About Bank Accounts & Income Tax Returns, Without Statutory Backing, Violates Right To Privacy : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The HC restrained oil marketing companies from demanding such information from retail dealers.

'If You Want Interim Order, Disclose Your Entire Assets On Oath': Karnataka HC Tells BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The Karnataka High Court has directed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Member of Parliament, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, to disclose on oath entire assets both movable and immovable, possessed by him. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz while issuing rule, on petition filed by Chandrashekhar challenging the order passed by the Debt Recovery Appellate...

Explainer : Judicial Custody And Police Custody

"Custody", in ordinary sense, means control or charge over another person. It implies physical detention of a person from movement based on free will. Custody is a direct invasion on the right to personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, an elaborate procedure has been laid down in law to ensure that a person is taken into custody by...

Arrest In Delhi Illegal, Had Valid Visa To Travel To the US: Shah Faesal Files Rejoinder In Habeas Corpus Petition

Detained J&K politician Shah Faesal has filed a rejoinder before the Delhi High Court today in order to reply to the aversions made by the Jammu & Kashmir government in his habeas corpus petition. He had mentioned in his petition that he was traveling to the Harvard University to complete the last semester of his education when he was made to de-board the plane and then...

Gauhati HC Bar Association Urges Centre To Return The Collegium Proposal To Transfer Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

The Gauhati High Court Bar Association has passed an unanimous resolution expressing dissatisfaction over the recommendation made by the Supreme Court collegium to transfer Justice Ujjal Bhuyan from Gauhati High Court to Bombay High Court.The Association observed that the transfer of Justice Bhuyan, the third senior judge of Gauhati HC, would "adversely affect the administration of...

Mere Demand Of Money Unaccompanied By Any Harassment Would Not Fall Within The Mischief Of 498-A: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that mere demand of money or property unaccompanied by any harassment would not warrant registration of offence under Section 498A of IPC.Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice NJ Jamadar were hearing a criminal writ petition filed by relatives of one Krishna Lohiya whose wife Priyanka had filed an FIR against them.Case BackgroundIn the FIR,...

Desist From Displaying Designation On Personal Vehicles: Allahabad HC Asks All Judicial Officers [Read Circular]

The Allahabad High Court, on the directions of Chief Justice Govind Mathur, issued a circular yesterday, asking all judicial officers of the state to desist from displaying their designations on their personal vehicles or on the number plates of their personal vehicles. The circular stated that the same had been prohibited earlier also vide circulars issued in 1993 and 2006 but the...

Analyzing Product Liability Under The Consumer Protection Act 2019

The Consumer Protection Act, 2019("2019 Act"), which recently received the Presidential assent on the 9th August 2019 and was published in the Official Gazette for general information,aspires to safeguard the interests of the consumers by introducing provisions which aim at addressing consumer concerns in a timely and effective manner. In the words of Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of...

Patna HC: Judicial Work Reassigned to Justice Rakesh Kumar Who Ordered CBI Probe Into Corruption Allegations In Judiciary

The Chief Justice of Patna High Court has reassigned work to Justice Rakesh Kumar, all of whose judicial work was withdrawn on August 29 after he had ordered CBI inquiry into corruption allegations in lower judiciaryA notice in this behalf was issued yesterday, stating that Justice Rakesh Kumar will sit in Court no. 13 to hear service matters from 10.30 am until lunchtime on September 2....

Assam NRC : The Danger In Leaving The Issue Of Citizenship To Foreigners Tribunals

Citizenship is not listed in Article 323B of the Constitution as an issue which can be determined by a Tribunal.

For The Presumption That Wife Who Is Not Seen For Seven Years Is Dead, Husband Has To First Approach Civil Court For Declaration : Karnataka HC

"There is no scope for presumption that wife would be dead, in case if she is not seen for about seven years. For the purpose of the said presumption law provides that the husband has to approach the civil court seeking declaration that his wife is dead. Instead of approaching the civil court and obtaining decree, respondent has presumed that she must have died and had contracted second marriage, which on the face of it is misconduct. "

Explainer : Why Is The Assam NRC Process Controversial? [Video]

An explainer video regarding the questions about Assam NRC controversies. Narration by Ammu Charles. Video Editing by Rajesh K...