Islamic Law Recognizes Muslim Woman's Right To Demand Divorce, Husband's Consent Not Essential: Kerala High Court

Observing that Islamic law recognises a Muslim woman's right to demand termination of marriage, the Kerala High Court has ruled that the will of the wife cannot be "related to the will of the husband" who may not be agreeing to the divorce.Dismissing a review petition against a judgment wherein the court had recognized a Muslim woman's right to resort to Khula, the division bench of Justice...

Police Station Not a Prohibited Place Under Official Secrets Act: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Man Booked For Shooting Video Inside PS

The Bombay High Court recently said that the definition of 'prohibited place' in the Official Secrets Act, 1923 is exhaustive but police station has not been included as one of the establishments or places under it. The court made the observation while quashing an FIR in July this year against a man, who was booked under Section 3 of the Act for recording a video inside a police station...

Babri Demolition Case: Allahabad High Court Reserves Judgment On Maintainability Of Appeal Against Acquittal Order

The Allahabad High Court today reserved its Judgment on the maintainability of a criminal appeal filed against the order of the Special CBI Court at Lucknow that acquitted all 32 persons (including prominent BJP leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharati, Kalyan Singh, etc) accused of hatching the criminal conspiracy behind the demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque on December...

Protest Against SC's Ayodhya-Babri Masjid Decision Promotes Religious Enmity: Karnataka High Court In Alleged PFI Activist's Case

The Karnataka High Court has observed that protesting against Supreme Court's decision in Ayodhya-Babri Masjid case delivered in the year 2019, is nothing but promoting enmity between two groups on the ground of religion. However, the court allowed the petition filed by an alleged member of the Campus Front of India (which is also a part of the PFI), and quashed the criminal...

Lucknow Court Denies Bail To Siddique Kappan In PMLA Case

The Lucknow sessions court today rejected the bail plea filed by Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case initiated against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The order in the case was reserved earlier this month by District Judge Sanjay Shankar Pandey after concluding the hearing in the matter. The rejection of his...

P&H High Court Restrains DRT Judge From Passing Adverse Orders After Bar Association's Complaint Of Harassment

In a development, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has restrained a Presiding Officer of DRT-II Chandigarh from passing any adverse orders in any of the cases pending before him, until November 30. The temporary restraint comes in light of complaints regarding the Officer's alleged rude behaviour with Advocates and long adjournment of cases, some even beyond the year 2026. Taking...

Supreme Court Reiterates Ban On Two-Finger Test; Says It's Based On Patriarchal Mindset That Sexually Active Women Can't Be Raped

The Supreme Court on Monday reiterated its prohibition on the "Two-Finger Test" in rape cases and warned that persons conducting such tests will be held guilty of misconduct.It is regrettable that "two-finger test" continues to be conducted even today, a bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli lamented while restoring the conviction in a rape case."This court has time and...

Supreme Court Issues Guidelines On Disposing Cases Through Plea Bargaining, Compounding Of Offences & Probation Of Offenders Act

The Supreme Court, in an order passed last month, issued the following guidelines for disposal of criminal cases by resorting to the triple method of plea bargaining, compounding of offences and under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958.As a pilot case, one Court each of Ld. Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Ld. ACJM or CJM, and Court of Sessions in each district may be selected. The said...

'CCI Order Against Google Will Boost Digital Innovation': Interview With The 3 Young Lawyers Who Fought The Legal Battle

Search Engine Giant Google has been in news headlines for over a week now. This is because of two orders passed by the Competition watchdog of India, which heavily fined the Company.The first order passed by the Competition Commission of India on October 20 imposed a penalty of Rs. 1337.76 Crore on Google under Section 27 of the Competition Act, 2002, for abusing its dominant position in...

Kantara Movie Song In Copyright Dispute : Kerala Court Restrains Playing Of "Varaha Roopam" In Theatres, Streaming Platforms

A Kerala Court has passed an order of temporary injunction to restrain the makers of Kannada super hit movie "Kantara" from using the song "Varaha Roopam" in theatres and streaming platforms.The Principal District Court at Kozhikode passed the ad-interim order in a suit filed by Kerala based rock music band "Thaikkudam Bridge", which alleged that "Varaha Roopam" has been plagiarized from its...

Governor's Gaffes

Certain recent statements of the Governor of Kerala have been startling. They smack of monarchial tendencies and are totally alien to our constitutional scheme. He has spoken of the withdrawal of his pleasure with regard to Cabinet Ministers. That gives the impression of all this being personal to him. The true position is wholly otherwise. The Constitution has adopted a form of government tersely described as based on the 'Westminster model' which is a constitutional monarchy. The...

Supreme Court Seeks Response From Allahabad HC Judge For Dismissing 45 Anticipatory Bail Pleas On Same Day In Same Fashion For Non-Prosecution

The Supreme Court recently took exception to how a Judge of the Allahabad High Court dismissed almost 45 petitions seeking anticipatory bail on a single day, in the same fashion for non-prosecution.In this regard, a Division Bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar has sought a report from the Registrar of the High Court seeking reasons from the concerned High Court Judge for his...