High Courts
Application For Certification Of 'Emergency' Movie Is Pending, Will Ensure No Offensive Content Is Certified: CBFC To Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) today submitted before the Punjab & Haryana High Court that an application for certification of the "Emergency" movie has been received but pending consideration and as of yet no certificate has been issued to the movie.The CBFC also known as Censor Board is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting...
Records Not Given On Time, Standing Counsels Unable To Provide Proper Assistance To Court: Allahabad High Court
Recently, the Allahabad High Court observed that since records of cases are not handed over to the standing counsels prior to the hearing of the case, they are unable to provide proper assistance to the court. The court observed that despite various orders of the court that records summoned should be provided to the standing counsels a day prior to the hearing, the same was not being...
Kerala High Court Suggests Govt To Come Up With Scheme Incentivising People For Collecting Plastic Waste
The Kerala High Court has suggested the State government to rope in the public in collecting plastic waste by incentivising them for the waste they collect. The Court said the government can test the viability of this project by starting it in any one place. The government can fix a minimum quantity and the rate at which they want to buy clean plastic (plastic which is cleaned and used...
[Commercial Courts Act] Himachal Pradesh High Court Nixes Patent Infringement Lawsuit As No Urgency Shown To Not Follow "Pre Litigation Mediation"
The Himachal Pradesh High Court rejected a patents and design infringement lawsuit after observing that it did not contemplate any "urgent relief" and the interim relief plea was filed by the plaintiff just to "wriggle out" of the pre-litigation mediation mandate under Section 12A of Commercial Courts Act. For context, Section 12A states that a suit which does not contemplate any urgent...
Wife Declining To Cohabit With Husband By Forcing Him To Live In Separate Room Amounts To Cruelty: Allahabad High Court
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has held that wife denying cohabitation to the husband by forcing him to live in a separate room amounts to cruelty and therefore, is a ground for divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act.The bench comprising Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi held,“Cohabitation is an essential part of a matrimonial relationship and if...
Every Offence Is Seriously Investigated, Especially Crimes Against Women: Mumbai Police Tells High Court
In a response to the 'continuous criticism' by the Bombay High Court for 'shoddy probes' in cases pertaining to women, the Mumbai Police has informed the High Court that it takes each and every offence seriously and gives priority to offences against women.In an affidavit, Vivek Phansalkar, the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai has urged the bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Dr Neela Gokhale not...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Claiming Non-Vegetarian Ingredient In Patanjali's Divya Manjan Product
The Delhi High Court yesterday issued notice on a plea alleging that Patanjali's Divya Manjan product contains non-vegetarian ingredient.Justice Sanjeev Narula sought response of the Central Government, Divya Pharmacy (manufacturer), Patanjali Ayurveda (seller), Yoga Guru Ramdev, Acharya Balakrishna, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and other relevant parties. The matter...
Police Lack Authority To Adjudicate Civil Disputes, Must Refer Parties To Competent Civil Court Or ADR: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has observed that the police lack the power or authority to act as a Civil Court or to adjudicate civil disputes between the parties.Justice Kauser Edappagath observed that the police cannot adjudicate civil disputes relating to title, possession, boundary, or encroachment of land and it can only refer parties in civil disputes to a competent civil court or ADR...
"Defective Investigation Shakes Public Confidence": Bombay High Court Transfers Probe In Nagpur Ram Jhula Hit And Run Case
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday transferred the investigations of the infamous Nagpur Ram Jhula hit-and-run case, wherein a woman under the influence of alcohol drove her Mercedes Benz and mowed down two youngsters, from the local police station to the State Crime Investigation Department (CID) after noting several lapses in the initial investigation.A division bench...
[RPC 498A] Mere Demand For Dowry Not Cruelty In Absence Of Persistent Harassment: J&K High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a simple demand for dowry, without consistent harassment aimed at coercing the victim to meet such demands, does not constitute "cruelty" under Section 498-A of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC).Setting aside a conviction under Sec 498-A Justice Sanjeev Kumar observed, “Though, there was complaint by the deceased about the demand of...
Bombay High Court Calls For State's Response On Plea Seeking Safety Measures For Female Students Attending College Near Slum Area
The Bombay High Court has asked the State of Maharashtra to submit an affidavit regarding the measures it has taken to ensure the safety and security of female students attending college at Matunga, Mumbai.The Girls' College in question is managed by the Seva Mandal Education Society (petitioner no.2). The petitioner-society contended that as the college is surrounded by slums, there is...
Karnataka High Court Stays Proceedings Against BJP State President Over Allegedly Offensive Video Against Congress
The Karnataka High Court on Friday by way of an interim order stayed further proceedings initiated against Karnataka State BJP, President B Y Vijayendra in connection with an FIR registered over an allegedly offensive animated video posted on X (formerly Twitter), by the party's Karnataka Unit on alleged Muslim appeasement by the State Congress.A single judge of Justice M Nagaprasanna passed...