High Courts
Barred By Limitation: Allahabad HC Rejects BJP Leader Maneka Gandhi's Plea Against Sultanpur MP's Election
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) today DISMISSED a plea moved by Senior BJP leader, former MP and Cabinet Minister Maneka Gandhi challenging the election of Samajwadi Party MP Ram Bhuwal Nishad from the Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency.A bench of Justice Rajan Roy found the election plea to be barred by limitation, holding that Gandhi's election plea had been filed in contravention...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Calls For Report On HC Expansion After Heavy Rains Lead To Destruction Of Court Files
Taking note of the "disturbing event" of heavy rains in Chandigarh which led to the destruction of the Court files, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Union Government to complete the report on the holistic development of the High Court building "expeditiously."Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal noted, "It is pertinent to point out that old District...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice To BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj On AAP Leader Somnath Bharti's Plea Challenging Her Election
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj in the plea moved by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti challenging her election from New Delhi Parliamentary Constituency in the Lok Sabha Polls, 2024, on the grounds of 'corrupt practices'.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed Swaraj to file a response to the plea within 30 days. However, the court...
Hindu Father Bound To Maintain Unmarried Daughter As Per S. 20 HAM Act If She Is Unable To Maintain Herself: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has observed that Section 20 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, casts a statutory obligation on a Hindu man to maintain his daughter, who is unmarried and unable to maintain herself out of her own earnings or other property. “Section 20(3) of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 is nothing but recognition of principles of Hindu Law...
Bombay High Court Issues Notice To BMC After Woman, Newborn Die In C-Section Delivery Done Using Mobile Torchlight
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) while noting the "lack of basic facilities" in a maternity hospital in suburban Bhandup, wherein a woman and her just delivered child died due to the alleged negligence on part of the hospital authorities.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan took note of...
Allahabad HC Orders Inquiry Against Judicial Officer For Issuing Summons In Gangsters Act Case While 'On Leave'
On Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court ordered an inquiry against a judicial officer who issued a summons against two accused to face trial for the offence under Section 3(1) U.P. Gangsters Act, despite the officer being purportedly on leave that day. A bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery directed the District Judge, Kanpur Nagar, to inquire under which circumstances the...
Kerala High Court Seeks State's Stand On BJP Leader's PIL Alleging Illegal Beach Sand Mining Under Guise Of Disaster Management
A PIL has been filed by lawyer and BJP leader Shone George before the Kerala High Court alleging illegal mining and exploration of beach sand minerals from Thottappally area of Alappuzha district and other coastal areas in the State under the guise of The Disaster Management Act.The Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice A.Muhamed Mustaque and Justice S Manu observed that a...
Making Remarks About CM, Pointing Failure To Fulfil Poll Promises Not Obscene Or Causing Enmity: Madras High Court
While quashing cases registered against AIADMK MP C VE Shanmugam for his remarks against Chief Minister MK Stalin during a hunger strike condemning the arrest of former Minister Jayakumar, the Madras High Court observed that making remarks about the government and pointing out the failure to fulfil poll promises would not amount to causing enmity between groups. The court...
HC Directs Srinagar Dy Commissioner To Take Over Management Of Raghu Nath Ji Temple Land To 'Demarcate Boundaries' Amidst Claims Of Encroachment
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Srinagar to take over the management of over 159 kanals of land belonging to the Raghu Nath Ji Temple in Barzulla Srinagar. The court also ordered the demarcation of the temple's land and the removal of any encroachments.“This arrangement shall continue to remain in operation till an appropriate mechanism is put in...
Karnataka High Court Quashes "Delayed" Criminal Complaint Against Additional DGP Accused Of Intimidating, Hurting Woman In 2019
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case initiated against Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Alok Kumar, accused of causing hurt and criminal intimidation to a woman in 2019, when he was the incharge police commissioner of Bengaluru.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna quashed the proceedings which were initiated under sections 34, 120A, 166A, 323, 325, 351...
AO Not Empowered To Summarily Reject Section 197 Application: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has held that a demand pending against the assessee would not clothe the Assessing Officer with the power to summarily reject an application under Section 197 of the Income Tax Act. The bench of Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice Partha Sarthy has observed that Section 197 only clothes the Assessing Officer with the power to satisfy himself that the total income...
Madras High Court Allows BJP's Bike Rally For Independence Day, Asks DGP To Not Prohibit Rallies Carrying National Flags With Dignity
The Madras High Court on Wednesday allowed the Bharatiya Janata Party to conduct a bike rally in Coimbatore carrying the National Flag, as part of the Independence Day Celebrations. Justice G Jayachandran allowed the petition filed by A Krishna Prasath, District Secretary of the BJP- Yuva Morcha, Coimbatore District. The court did not find "merit" in the apprehensions raised by...