High Courts
Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Issue Instructions To Hospitals To Ensure Identity Of Minor Rape Victims In MTP Cases Is Not Revealed
The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to issue appropriate instructions to all hospitals to ensure that the identity of minor rape victims undergoing medical termination of pregnancy is not revealed and the record is kept confidential.Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta was dealing with a plea moved by a 16 year old minor girl seeking termination of her pregnancy of approximately...
Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Raping 6-Yr-Old Daughter, Says Long Term Effects Of Child Sexual Abuse Insurmountable
The Delhi High Court has denied bail to a man accused of raping his 6-year-old daughter in August last year, underscoring that the long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse are, at many times, insurmountable. “An act of sexual assault or sexual harassment, therefore, has the potential to cause mental trauma to the child and may dictate their thought process for the years to come. It...
Twelve-Month Period For Arbitral Award Begins From Completion Of Pleadings, Not Statement Of Defense: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar has held that Section 29A(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, when read with Section 29A(4), implies that the mandate of the arbitral tribunal terminates if the tribunal does not issue the award within twelve months of completing the pleadings under Section 23(4). The bench held that the twelve-month period is to...
Delhi High Court Vacates Interim Order Directing Journalist Abhishek Baxi To Delete Tweet On Rohan Dua
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday vacated its interim order directing journalist Abhishek Baxi to delete his tweet against journalist Rohan Dua in relation the latter's interview of olympian Manu Bhaker.Justice Navin Chawla vacated the interim order passed on September 02 directing Baxi and other social media handles to delete tweets against Dua regarding the interview. Baxi then filed...
PoSH Act Doesn't Cover Sexual Harassment Of Women Seeking Jobs, Govt Should Consider Framing Laws With More Feminist Perspective: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court today orally pointed lacunae in the PoSH Act 2013, stating that the legislation doesn't take within its purview sexual harassment faced by women seeking employment.The law only applies to sexual harassment of women at the workplace, thus excluding informal situations where there is no clear employer-employee relationship. "Job seekers do not come in POSH Act. How would...
High Court Restrains Media From Publishing Details Mentioned In Chargesheet Filed Against Murder-Accused Kannada Actor Darshan
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday by way of an ex-parte interim order restrained the media from broadcasting, printing or publishing any details from the chargesheet filed by the police against Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa who is an accused in a murder case, till next date of hearing.A single judge bench of Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the order on a plea filed by Darshan...
Rajasthan High Court Upholds Acquittal Of Husband Accused In Wife's Dowry Death, Cites Delay & Inconsistencies Between Dying Declarations
Rajasthan High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against an acquittal order passed 35 years ago in an alleged case of murder owing to unfulfilled dowry demands. The court noted that the implicating dying declaration was made 16 days after the first dying declaration and consequently the report was also lodged after an inordinate delay of 16 days after the incident.The division bench of...
Choosing To Waive Inspection For All Tender-Applicants Not Malafide Or Arbitrary, Not Subject To Writ Jurisdiction: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has recently held that the 'Sal' Purchase Committee choosing to waive inspection for all applicants during the tender process cannot be said to be mala fide or arbitrary. It was held that such waiver was not amenable to challenge under the writ jurisdiction.Clause 6(g) of the tender document provides that “The technical bids will be evaluated on the basis of scrutiny...
Question Of Paying Maintenance To Parents Doesn't Depend On How Much Property Has Been Given To Children: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the question of a child paying maintenance to their parents does not depend on how much property was given to the child by the parents and that it is the duty of children to maintain their parents.A bench of Justice G.S. Ahluwalia was dealing with a writ petition challenging a maintenance order under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and...
Local Sales Assessment Does Not Exempt Assessee From Inter-State Sales Tax Claims, Rules Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that local sales assessment does not exempt assessee from inter-State Sales tax claims. The Bench consists of Justices Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Sanjay Vashisth observed that “merely because the concerned respective States has assessed the assessee/petitioner for the local sales, it cannot absolve itself from the claim...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Asks CBI To Delve Deep Into Issue Of Suspected 'Illegal Religious Conversions'
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reiterated that the CBI needs to delve deep into the roots of the cause of suspected illegal religious conversions, in the name of inter-faith marriage.Justice Sandeep Moudgil directed so upon coming across a case involving inter-faith marriage solemnized in an autorickshaw, without any witnesses. Reiterating its earlier order, the Court said, "it is a...