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Wife Pursuing S.498A IPC Case Against Husband In India After Accepting Divorce Settlement In US Is 'Abuse Of Process': Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a wife cannot be permitted to continue criminal proceedings under Section 498A IPC in India after having accepted a divorce decree and monetary settlement passed by a competent court in the United States.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna thus quashed an FIR registered against the husband and in-laws, observing that the complainant-wife having voluntarily...
More Women Joining Workforce To Become Economically Independent, State Cannot Deny Maternity Benefits: Bombay High Court
At the time when more and more women are joining the workforce for becoming economically independent, the authorities by denying them maternity leave benefits cannot compromise their role as a care giver to the child, observed the Bombay High Court while ordering the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to pay and extend the benefits to a Doctor, working in the civic-run KEM hospital, at...
J&K&L High Court Sets Aside CAT Order Granting Sanction For Foreign Job; Says Taking Overseas Assignment Without Prior Permission Is Misconduct
Holding that Schedule XIX of the CSR and Rule 14(b) of the Leave Rules read in conjunction with Rule 10 of the Conduct Rules leave “no iota of doubt” that a Government servant who takes up foreign assignment without prior permission commits misconduct inviting disciplinary action, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has set aside a Central Administrative Tribunal order that...
Supreme Court Reprimands Advocate Who Filed Petition Seeking FIR Against PM & HM For Enacting CAA
The Supreme Court today reprimanded an advocate who filed a petition seeking an FIR against constitutional functionaries for passing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019.The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymaly Bagchi was hearing the challenge against the Rajasthan High Court order, which slapped a cost of ₹50,000 on the advocate for filing a 'frivolous'...
Bombay HC Grants ₹50 Lakh COVID Compensation To MSRTC Supervisor's Widow; Says Field Staff Faced Same Risk As Drivers During Pandemic
The Bombay High Court has held that supervisory staff deputed to manage traffic operations during the COVID-19 pandemic were exposed to the same risk as drivers and conductors, and are therefore entitled to compensation of Rs. 50 lakhs under the applicable Government Resolution and MSRTC circulars. The Court observed that the deceased did his job at the risk to his life in a time when the life...
Jharkhand High Court Issues Directions For Bio-Medical Waste Management; Says Lax Enforcement Threatens Public Health & Violates Article 21
The Jharkhand High Court has issued a slew of directions in a public interest litigation concerning bio-medical-waste, emphasising the need for strict enforcement of the statutory framework governing handling and disposal of biomedical waste in the State.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar was hearing the PIL filed by the Jharkhand Human...
Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Old NCERT Book Remark 'Judgments Tend To View Slumdwellers As Encroachers'
A former member of NCERT, Dr Pankaj Pushkar, has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court challenging allegedly unconstitutional improper content in NCERT's old Social Science textbook for Class 8. The petition, filed under Articles 32 and 129 of the Constitution, comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding NCERT's recent Class 8 Social Science textbook which contained a chapter...
'Rigour Of Law Applies To All': Delhi High Court Rejects Centre's Bid To Revive Writ Dismissed Thrice For Non-Prosecution
The Delhi High Court has refused to restore a writ petition filed by the Union of India, holding that government departments are not entitled to any preferential or lenient treatment in matters of delay and procedural defaults.Justice Renu Bhatnagar also dismissed the Centre's application seeking condonation of a 395-days delay and restoration of a writ petition that had been dismissed...
Allahabad HC Grants Interim Relief To Swami Avimukteshwaranand In POCSO Case; Reserves Verdict On Anticipatory Bail Plea
The Allahabad High Court today granted interim relief to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple in the POCSO Case and stayed theur arrest for now. Reserving verdict on their anticipatory bail plea, a bench of Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha directed that the applicants shall not be arrested until the final disposal of the anticipatory bail application. The bench, however,...
"Filed Out Of Vendetta" : Supreme Court Dismisses Ex- Judicial Officer's Plea For FIR Against HC Judges Over His Compulsory Retirement
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea by a former Telangana Judicial Officer who sought directions to register an FIR against former HC Judges in relation to his compulsory retirement order. The Court termed the petition as being filed out of 'frustation and vendetta'. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a petition by the petitioner in person,...
Actor Vijay's Wife Moves Family Court Seeking Divorce
Actor-turned-politician Vijay's wife Sangeetha has approached the Chengalpettu Family Court seeking a divorce. In her plea, Sangeetha has alleged that the actor had been in an adulterous relationship with an actress since April 2021, which has caused her emotional pain and mental suffering, and has betrayed the marital trust. She has stated that though Vijay had initially assured that he...