BREAKING: MP Freedom Of Religion Act | HC Finds Provision Requiring Inter-Faith Couples To Declare Conversion Before Collector 'Prima Facie Unconstitutional'

In a significant order, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has restrained the State Government from taking coercive action against any person who contravenes Section 10 of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2021 which requires a person desiring to convert religion to give a declaration in this regard to the District Magistrate.Finding this provision to be prima facie unconstitutional, a...

Cheque Dishonour- Additional Accused Cannot Be Impleaded After Expiry Of Limitation Period Under Sec 142 NI Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that impleadment of additional accused subsequent to the filing of a cheque bounce complaint is not permissible once the limitation prescribed for taking cognizance of the offence under Section 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act has expired.In this case, the High Court quashed a summoning order passed by a Magistrate in a cheque bounce complaint on the ground that...

Telangana High Court Bar Resolves To Abstain From Work Indefinitely To Protest Against Proposed Transfer Of Justice Abhishek Reddy

The Telangana High Court Bar Association has resolved to abstain from Court work indefinitely to protest against the proposal of the Supreme Court collegium to transfer Justice Abhishek Reddy to Patna High Court. Following reports regarding the proposal to transfer Justice Reddy, an extraordinary meeting of the Association was called today afternoon. The entire court work of the High Court...

"Real Teaching Experience Needed" : Kerala HC Directs Kannur University To Re-Examine Credentials Of Priya Varghese, Wife Of CM's Private Secretary

The Kerala High Court on Thursday allowed the plea challenging the selection of Priya Varghese, wife of K.K. Ragesh, private secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as an Associate Professor at the Department of Malayalam at Kannur University and directed the competent authority of the University to reconsider the credential of the 5th respondent (Priya Varghese) and decide whether...

BREAKING: Varanasi Court Dismisses Masjid Committee's Challenge To Maintainability Of Suit Seeking Possession Of Gyanvapi Premises

A Varanasi Court today DISMISSED an application of the Anjuman Masjid Committee (which manages the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi) filed under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC challenging the maintainability of a title suit praying to hand over the possession of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises to Lord Vishweshwar Virajman (Swayambhu) and others. Dismissing the O7R11 CPC Plea, the Fast Track Court of Civil...

Gujarat HC Advocates' Assoc. To Abstain From Work Indefinitely To Protest Against Justice Nikhil Kariel's Proposed Transfer

The Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association (GHCAA) today resolved to abstain from work indefinitely to protest against the Supreme Court Collegium's proposal to transfer High Court Judge Justice Nikhil S. Kariel to Patna High Court.The decision was taken by the Association in an urgent meeting convened today hours after the members of the bar gathered today in the court of Chief...

Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Observation That People Who Feed Street Dogs Must Adopt Them; Asks Dog Feeders Not To Create Public Nuisance

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that no coercive steps shall be taken in pursuance of the order of the Bombay High Court(Nagpur Bench) which prohibited the public feeding of street dogs.The Court also stayed the High Court's observation that persons who feed street dogs must adopt them.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and JK Maheshwari stayed the following observation in the...

Morbi Incident | "Don't Take This Matter Casually; File Counter-Affidavit By 4:30 PM Today Or Pay ₹1Lakh Cost": Gujarat HC To Civic Body

Hearing a suo moto case pertaining to the October 30 Morbi Bridge Collapse incident, the Gujarat High Court today directed the Morbi Civic Body to file its counter-affidavit in the matter by 4:30 PM today or pay 1 lakh cost. The Court also asked it to stop taking this matter casually. A bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J Shastri directed thus as it was informed today...

Kathua Rape-Murder Case : Supreme Court Sets Aside Order Which Declared One Accused As Juvenile; Directs To Prosecute Him As An Adult

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court which held that one of the accused in the Kathua rape-murder case was a juvenile.The Apex Court has directed that the said accused Shubham Sangra should be tried as an adult.A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Justice JB Pardiwala allowed the appeal filed...

Offices Held By Constitutional Functionaries Not Open To Denigration By 'Self-Styled' Warriors Of Public Interest: Delhi HC On PIL Challenging CJI Appointment

Dismissing a PIL challenging the appointment of newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, the Delhi High Court has observed that the offices held by constitutional functionaries are not open to denigration by "self-styled warriors of public interest" on the basis of superficial allegations, having no basis in law or fact.Calling the plea challenging Justice Chandrachud's appointment...

"Common Man Interested In Solutions Not Meetings": Supreme Courts Raps Punjab, Haryana Govts Over Failure To Prevent Flooding In Ghaggar River

Opining that the common man is interested in real solutions and not meetings, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday pulled up the state governments of Punjab and Haryana for not taking any effective steps to prevent flooding near the Ghaggar river basin. A Bench of Justices MR Shah and MM Sundresh noted that both the Punjab and Haryana state governments took no concrete steps...

Morbi Incident | How Contract Of Renovation Granted Without Inviting Tender? Gujarat High Court Raises Questions About MoU For Bridge Maintenance

While hearing the suo moto case pertaining to the October 30 Morbi Bridge Collapse incident, the Gujarat High Court raised its eyebrows over the way in which the contract for renovation was granted to the Gujarat-based Ajanta Manufacturing, a part of the Oreva Group."State took steps that are expected from it (after the incident) but the agreement signed b/w Morbi civic body and a...