Adult sex workers “participating with consent” should not be arrested: SC panel

A Supreme Court Panel set up in 2011 has reportedly recommended that the Police must not interfere or take criminal action against adult sex workers “participating with consent”. “Whenever there is a raid on a brothel, since voluntary sex work is not illegal and only running the brothel is unlawful, the sex workers should not be arrested or penalized or harassed or victimized,” the...

Alleged Dowry demand made two years before death is not “soon before her death” to attract Section 304B IPC : Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court, in State of Karnataka vs. Dattaraj has held that alleged demand of dowry about two years before the death of the Wife would not satisfy the requirement of “soon before her death” contemplated under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code.Apex Court Bench comprising of Justices Jagdish Singh Khehar and S.A. Bobde on Monday upheld the Karnataka High Court judgment acquitting...

Hit and run case: SC dismisses plea to probe if Salman used “money power to secure acquittal” [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition for probe into if bollywood super star Salman Khan and his family used money power to secure his acquittal in 2002 hit and run case in which one person was killed.“These are wild allegations without any basis. Why should we go into all this. The main controversy regarding the acquittal is already being looked into by this court”,  bench led...

Allahabad HC suspends Judicial Officer who slapped sedition charges against Arun Jaitley

Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on Saturday suspended Judicial Officer Ankit Goel, who had slapped sedition charges against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in October last year. The Judge has been suspended for irregularities and acting beyond his jurisdiction. He has been found prima facie guilty of “indiscretion in carrying out judicial work” and an inquiry has been ordered against...

Actor not liable for failure to display the Statutory warning on Alcohol Consumption in the Film ; Kerala HC quashes Case against Actor Prithviraj [Read Order]

Kerala High Court has ruled that an actor cannot be prosecuted for not displaying the statutory warning “CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH” in a particular scene in a film in which he acted in the lead role.Prithviraj, a Malayalam Actor , had been booked u/s 55 I (1) & (2) of the Kerala Abkari Act. The same was done pursuant to an allegation that in one of his...

Law student wins 2 year legal battle after being illegally detained for 6 hours over argument with senior IAS Officer

Two years after being illegally detained due to an argument with a senior IAS Officer, 27 year old law student Ankita Shah has succeeded in freeing herself of all charges levied against her.The argument had begun in 2013, when Ms. Shah was stopped from taking part in a hearing at the Urban Development Department (UDD) over the cancellation of a permit of a cold storage unit in Nagpur that collapsed in January 2012, killing 18. Following the accident, local development authority Nagpur...

Parliament cannot change terms of a Treaty unilaterally, through Domestic Law: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

A Division Bench of Delhi High Court on Monday held that Parliament cannot change the terms of a treaty, by bringing in amendments in the domestic law.The Bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice R.K. Gauba observed, “Parliament, supreme as it may be, is not equipped, with the power to amend a treaty. It is certainly true that law laid down by the Parliament in our...

Second ‘Wife’ in bigamous marriage cannot claim to be a ‘widow’ entitled to pension: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that if marriage is contracted with second lady in subsistence of first marriage, then the second lady cannot claim to be a widow entitled to pension after the death of the man. “The Indian system has adopted monogamy as a legal structure of the marriage institution and, therefore, occasional second marriage in subsistence of first marriage is held void...

Zandu Balm wins disparagement Case against Moov in Supreme Court [Read Order]

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld Emami Ltd's allegations of disparagement against Reckitt Benckiser (RB). The Bench, comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Prafulla C. Pant dismissed the appeal challenging the injunction against an advertisement of the pain ointment Moov manufactured by Reckitt Benkiser.“Reckitt Benckiser has been restrained by the Supreme Court...

SCOTUS interdicts Obama administration from implementing Carbon Norm Regulations [Read Order]

In a severe setback to President Barack Obama , the Supreme Court of United States by a majority of 5 -4 voted on Tuesday, staying the implementation of federal regulations aimed to curb emission of carbon dioxide namely from coal-fired power plants, the major manifesto of his administration’s ‘clean power plan’ to fight climate change.The court was considering a plea made by 27...

The greatest mistake couples make is that they listen half, understand quarter, think zero and react double: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

While quashing an FIR filed against one Komal Soni, Gujarat High Court recently observed, “It is rightly said that the greatest mistake a husband and wife makes in their relationship; is that they listen half, understand quarter, think zero and react double. This is exactly seems to have happened in the present case.”The Court was hearing a petition filed by Ms. Komalben Soni, who was...

Lahore High Court agrees to hear petition to bring back Koh-i-Noor from British Queen Elizabeth-II

Lahore High Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition seeking a direction to the Government to bring back Koh-i-Noor from British Queen Elizabeth-II. The court has directed the office to fix the petition before any appropriate bench for hearing.Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan overruled the objection by the Court’s Registrar Office to the petition filed by barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffry. The...