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Frame Policy Regulating Sale & Consumption Of Non-Veg Food Within 100 Metres Of Temples, Schools, Hospitals: Telangana High Court To State
The High Court of Telangana, in a recent judgement, has directed the State and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to formulate a comprehensive policy regulating the sale and consumption of non-vegetarian and meat products within a 100 m radius of places of worship, educational institutions or hospitals within four weeks. Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy passed the directions while...
Jan Suraaj Party Moves Supreme Court Challenging Bihar Elections, Questions Direct Transfer Of Rs 10K To Women
The Jan Suraaj Party floated by Prashant Kishore has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Bihar Assembly Elections, 2025 on account of illegal practices and seeking fresh elections. The party particularly challenges direct transfers of Rs.10,000 to women voters in the state while the Model Code of Conduct was allegedly in force.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice...
Delhi High Court To Pass Interim Order Protecting Personality Rights Of Actor-Entrepreneur Vivek Oberoi
The Delhi High Court on Friday said that it will pass an interim order protecting the personality rights of actor and entrepreneur Vivek Oberoi.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said so after Advocate Sana Raees Khan appeared for the actor in his suit seeking protection of his personality rights.At the outset, the judge remarked: “We will pass orders.”To this, Khan said, "Do I need to make...
Jamiat Flags Assam CM's Speech On 'Miyas', Seeks Supreme Court Directions To Regulate Comments By Constitutional Office Holders
Citing the recent speeches made by the Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Islamic clerics' group Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind has urged Supreme Court to issue directions to restrain persons holding Constitutional posts from making divisive comments.In the written submission filed in the petition filed by Jamiat in 2021 seeking directions to regulate hate speeches, Jamiat referred to the...
Unproven Allegations Of Adultery No Basis To Deny Interim Maintenance Under Domestic Violence Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that mere allegations of adultery, unsupported by proof, cannot be a ground to deny interim maintenance to a wife under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDV Act). Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that unlike Section 125(4) of Cr.P.C., there is no express statutory bar under the DV Act disentitling a woman from seeking reliefs merely on...
No Disability Pension Where Condition Not Attributable To Military Service: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently dismissed a writ petition challenging the order of the Armed Forces Tribunal that rejected an ex-serviceman's application against non-grant of disability pension for Generalised Anxiety Disorder.The Division Bench of Justice K. Natarajan and Justice Johnson John held that the presumptions under the Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 1982 regarding...
Advocate Forced To Litigate For Fees, Paid After 15-Year Delay By State
A woman advocate practicing for almost 32 years at the Rajasthan High Court, received her professional fees for acting as advocate for the National Rural Health Mission (“NRHM”) in 84 petitions, only after 15 years, upon filing a legal case against the State. The petitioner was engaged by NRHM in 2010 as its advocate for appearing in a bunch of 84 petitions which were decided by the Court...
Assistant Professor (IP Law) Vacancy At National Law University, Delhi
National Law University, Delhi invites online application for the post of Assistant Professor (IP Law). Name of the Post: Assistant Professor (IP Law) No. of Post: 01 (One) Remuneration: Rs. 90,000/- per month (subject to TDS deduction @10% under the Income Tax Act) Essential Qualification and Experience LL.M. with 55% marks (or equivalent) in Intellectual Property Rights with a good academic record from a recognized university.UGC-NET/SLAT (Law) OR Ph.D. in a relevant...
'No Mechanical FIRs For Harsh Political Posts' : Supreme Court Upholds Telangana HC Guidelines For Cases Over Social Media Posts
The Supreme Court recently upheld the guidelines framed by the Telangana High Court regulating registration of FIRs in cases arising out of social media posts and directing the police not to mechanically register FIRs over "harsh, offensive, or critical political speeches".The High Court had held that in case of social media posts FIR for promotion of enmity, threat to public order, or...
Kerala High Court Seeks State's Stand In Plea Challenging Appointment Of Ex-CM VS Achuthanandan's Son As IHRD Director
A plea has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the appointment of Dr. V.A. Arun Kumar as the Director In-Charge of the Institute of Human Resources Development. Dr. Arun Kumar is the son of the late former Chief Minister V.S. Achuthananthan.This is the second such plea challenging his appointment. The petition is filed by Dr. Vinu Thomas, Dean (Academic) and Controller...
Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Tamil Nadu Resident Accused Of Unlawful Conversion Of Over 60 People In Mirzapur
The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to a Tamil Nadu resident (Dev Sahayam Deniyal Raj) in a case involving alleged unlawful religious conversion in Mirzapur. UP Police has claimed that Deniyal was the gang leader who lured people into converting, and his gang has so far converted 70 people and was planning to convert 500 more when he was arrested in September last...