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'Mere Wish Of Wife That Husband Should Live As 'Gharjamai' Is Not Cruelty': Jharkhand High Court Refuses Divorce To Husband
The Jharkhand High Court has held that a wife's mere wish that her husband live as a Gharjamai cannot constitute cruelty for the purpose of seeking divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act.A Division Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Sanjay Prasad was hearing an appeal filed by the husband challenging the dismissal of his divorce petition under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu...
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'Arbitration Cannot Be Arbitrary' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Arbitral Tribunal Appointment For Lack Of Consent...
'Arbitration Cannot Be Arbitrary' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Arbitral Tribunal Appointment For Lack Of Consent
The Court quashed the attachment orders passed by the Tribunal noting that the Tribunal's appointment was non-est.
Karnataka High Court Directs State To Decide Representation On Reconstruction Of Parashurama Statue At Udupi Theme Park
The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to consider a representation seeking reconstruction and reinstallation of the Lord Parashurama statue at the Parashurama Theme Park in Karkala, Udupi district.Disposing of a PIL filed by Uday Shetty Muniyal, a Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice T.P. Vivekananda observed that the dispute was “purely factual” and...
Brothel Customer Can't Be Booked For Running Premises Or Procuring Women For Prostitution: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that a customer at a brothel cannot be booked for running a brothel or procuring a person for prostitution under Immoral Traffic Act. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 251]In doing so the court quashed a 2010 FIR against a man under the Act, who was caught after a raid was conducted at a hotel allegedly being run as a brothel.The petitioner had approached the high court...
Calcutta High Court Directs Police, Customs To Stop Unauthorised Sale Of Pets At North Kolkata's Galiff Street
The Calcutta High Court has directed the Kolkata Police, Customs authorities and the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, West Bengal, to take effective steps to stop unauthorised sale and trading of birds, pets, fish, plants and other animals at Galiff Street in North Kolkata.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge and Justice Arijit Banerjee passed the...
High Court Rejects Chandigarh Admin's Plea Against Minimum Pay Scale For Part-Time Class IV Employee, Cites Pay Parity
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition by the Chandigarh Administration challenging a Central Administrative Tribunal order that granted a part-time Class-IV employee the minimum pay scale of the Group-D post he holds. The Court said the Administration had extended the same benefit to almost all similarly placed part-time employees.A Division Bench of Justice Harsimran...
'Stipendiary Nurses' Performing Full-Time Duties Of Staff Nurse For Years Entitled To Regular Wages Under 2019 GO: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has upheld an order directing an autonomous medical institute to pay the “stipendiary nurses” at par with regular employees as well as to not discontinue their service until recruitment for staff nurses on a regular basis takes place.For context, stipendiary nurses are employed on a contractual basis who receive a regular fixed stipend instead of a salary. A...
Ram Temple Donation Theft Case : Will File Chargesheet In 2 Days, UP SIT Tells Supreme Court
The State of Uttar Pradesh informed the Supreme Court on Monday that the chargesheet in the Ayodhya Ram Mandir donation theft case will be filed within two days.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta made this statement before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana, which was hearing a bunch of petitions seeking...
Arrest Safeguards Exist Only On Paper, Actual Compliance Not Shown In Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh: High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has rejected the compliance affidavits filed by police and administrative heads of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on the Arnesh Kumar safeguards against unnecessary arrest. It said the States and the Union Territory had again filed standard operating procedures (SOPs) that showed compliance "on paper" but not "actual compliance" on the ground.Justice...
Complainant Can't Force Unwilling Accused To Undergo Narco Test: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a complainant cannot seek to compel an accused who has expressly refused consent to undergo a Narco Analysis Test. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that consent is a personal and non-derogable safeguard available to the subject of the test.“If, therefore, even an accused person cannot claim an indefeasible right to undergo the test on an...