High Courts
Children's Only Motive To Prolong Proceedings, Cant Be Allowed At Senior Citizen Father's Cost: MP High Court In Property Dispute Case
The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, dismissed a plea moved by the children of a senior citizen father against an order by the Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue)-cum-Maintenance Tribunal, removing the children from the alleged ancestral property. The case pertained to the application of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 and the children's claim...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Cheating Case Against Ex-MLA Lingesh, Others Accused Of Bartering Away ₹750 Cr Worth Govt Land
The Karnataka High Court refused to quash a cheating and criminal conspiracy case lodged against former MLA Lingesh K S–who was the Chairman of a committee for regularisation of land between 2016-2023, after "prima facie" observing that the committee had bartered away government land as if it was its personal property. It had been alleged that the committee–Bagair Hukum Saguvali Samithi...
Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Four Accused Allegedly Involved In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case
The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to four accused allegedly involved in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh.A single Judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty granted bail to Bharat Kurane, Srikanth Pangarkar, Sujith Kumar and Sudhanva Gondhalekar, on them executing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh each, with two sureties of like amount. The petitioners are charged...
Bombay High Court Quashes Children's Court Order Discharging Father For Sexual Assault Against Daughter On Ground That Victim Was Not Minor
The Goa Bench of the Bombay Hugh Court set-aside an order of the Children's Court, which discharged an accused for sexual assault against his daughter on the ground that she was not a minor under the Goa Children's Act on the day of the alleged incident.Justice Bharat P. Deshpande was considering the State's revision application against the order of the Children's Court, which discharged...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 9 – September 15, 2024
Nominal Index [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 565 – 578]Kerala Public Service Commission v Dinesh K M, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 565Case Title: P V Samuel v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 566Binod B. Kumar and Another v Guruvayur Devaswom and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 567Sreejith Mon v State of Kerala and Another, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 568Egadwa Mercy Adamba v State of Kerala & Connected...
Gauhati High Court Urges State Govt To Notify Draft Child Protection Policy & Rules, Flags Issues Being Faced By Juvenile Justice Boards
The Gauhati High Court recently exhibited its hope and trust in the Assam Government to take immediate steps to notify the Draft State Child Protection Policy as well as the Rules. The division bench of Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury further directed the State Government to take steps for the redressal of the various issues and challenges faced by the Juvenile...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup: September 9 - September 15, 2024
Nominal Index:Yashpal Sharma & Ors. Vs Rupali Sharma 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 253Raman Kumar Vs UT of J&K 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 254Sheikh Owais Tariq Vs Satvir Singh 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 255Bharat Bhushan Jolly and ors Vs State of J&K 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 256Rahees Hayat alias Ayaz Vs Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 257State through P/S Pulwama Vs Nazir Ahmad Rather...
Bombay HC Issues Non-Bailable Warrant Against Promoter Of IT Company Varanium Cloud For Non-Appearance In Case Over Default In Payment To Creditor
The Bombay High Court has directed the issuance of a non-bailable warrant against Harshwardhan H. Sabale, the promoter of IT company Varanium Cloud Ltd, for breach of its earlier orders, where it had directed Sabale to be present in the Court.On September 12, the court ordered Sabale to be brought before it on September 18. “…in view of the egregiously recalcitrant, grossly...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Protects Zambian Woman From Deportation For 2 Months, In View Of 1-Year-Old Son's Pending Passport Plea
The Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court granted interim protection of two months to a Zambian national who was facing deportation after expiry of her visa, after noting that her marriage registration to an Indian citizen and son's passport application was pending. The high court passed the order after Loveness Chinyama (petitioner 2) wife of an Indian national Rahul Raj Pippal,...
Reducing Grant Of Aided Institutions Affects Students' Education, Requires Adhering To Natural Justice Principles: Rajasthan High Court
The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has said that Section 7(1) of the Rajasthan Non-Government Educational Institutions Act–which states that grant in aid cannot be claimed as a matter of right by institutions and can be halted anytime by the state–comes into play only at the initial stage when the aid gets sanctioned. Once such aid has been granted, any subsequent...
[MSMED Act] Statutory Authority Can Only Entertain Dispute If Supplier Was Registered Under The Act During Relevant Period: Madras HC
The Madras High Court recently ruled that the statutory authority under the Micro, Small, Medium, Enterprises Development Act, 2006 would have jurisdiction to entertain disputes only when the supplier had been registered under the Act at the relevant point of time. Justice K Kumaresh Babu thus allowed an application filed by Swiss Garniers Genexiaa Sciences Pvt Ltd to waive off...
Receipt Of Arbitral Award By Party A Sine Qua Non For Limitation U/S 34(3) To Begin, General Clauses Act Does Not Apply: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that receipt of the award by the party is a sine qua non for limitation under Section 34(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to begin and definition of “service by post” under Section 27 of the General Clauses does not apply.The Court observed that Section 27 of the General Clauses Act which defined service by post in a Central Legislation if...