Delhi High Court Directs Family Courts To Complete Witness Cross Examinations Expeditiously Without Embarrassment To Parties

The Delhi High Court has recently directed all the Family Courts in the national capital to ensure that the cross-examinations of witnesses are completed as expeditiously as possible, without causing any undue harassment or embarrassment to the parties.A division bench comprising of Justice Rekha Palli and Justice Saurabh Banerjee observed that the Family Courts should ensure that the counsels for the parties are not permitted to ask irrelevant questions during cross-examination going on for...

Private Party Can't Seek Punishment For Contempt Of Court Without Prior Written Consent Of Advocate General: Jharkhand High Court Reaffirms

The Jharkhand High Court dismissed a contempt petition filed by an advocate, observing that it was not maintainable under the Contempt of Courts Act as the petitioner lacked locus and failed to fulfil mandatory requirements for initiating such proceedings.Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, in its decision, observed, “It is well settled if a private party seeks punishment for contempt of Court,...

Madhya Pradesh HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging CLAT-PG 2025 Answer Key, "Exorbitant Fees" For Raising Objections

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (December 23) issued notice to Consortium of National Law Universities asking them to expeditious respond to a plea challenging the answer key of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) PG 2025 exam. The plea seeks a direction to the respondent to reconsider the hefty fee of Rs. 1000 (per objection) for raising objections to provisional...

Award Is Time-Barred U/S 34(3) Of Arbitration Act Due To Petitioner's Failure To Confirm Award Receipt On Affidavit: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad has affirmed that in absence of any positive affirmation on affidavit from the petitioner as to when the award was received, the Court cannot accept the mere ipse dixit of the petitioner that as soon as the award was received it was filed by the petitioner. Brief Facts: The petitioner has approached the court under Section...

Orissa HC Orders Release Of Benefits With Arrears To 100-Yr-Old Freedom Fighter Denied Pension For Lack Of Incarceration Proof

In a notable order, the Orissa High Court has come to the relief of a centenarian freedom fighter who was denied pension and other benefits by the State and Union Governments for want of proof of his incarceration during the struggle for freedom, as per the existing rules.While highlighting the noble objects with which the pension schemes have been framed, Justice Sashikanta Mishra in his...

Prima Facie No Error In Single Judge Ruling To Revise CLAT UG 2025 Marks: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that prima facie, there was no error in a single judge order directing revision in the results of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) UG 2025 examination after errors were found in the marking of two questions.A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing an appeal filed by Consortium of National...

Delhi High Court Upholds Demolition Of Signature View Apartments, Raps DDA For Substandard Construction

The Delhi High Court has upheld the decision of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for demolition and reconstruction of Signature View Apartments in city's Mukherjee Nagar which was found to be unfit for habitation by structural experts and have been declared as dangerous.Justice Mini Pushkarna rapped the DDA for failure of discharging its public functions, observing that ordinary...

[RG Kar Rape-Murder] Calcutta High Court Allows Sit-In Protest By Doctor's Forum, Says Every Citizen Has Right To Protest Peacefully

The Calcutta High Court has upheld a single judge order allowing a peaceful sit-in demonstration by the joint forum for doctors, against the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and Hospital.A division bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Hiranmay Bhattacharya however, modified the single judge's order to the extent of reducing the total attendance at...

Court In Exercise Of Supervisory Jurisdiction Shall Not Interfere With Arbitral Award, Limited Scope Of Interference: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court Bench of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Dr. Justice Nupur Bhati held that it is a well settled law that the interpretation of the clause of Agreement by the Arbitrator shall not be open to judicial interference unless it is demonstrated before the Court that the interpretation put by the Arbitral Tribunal was perverse. Additionally, the court held that...

Delhi Riots: High Court Issues Notice On Tahir Hussain's Bail Plea In IB Staffer Ankit Sharma's Murder Case

Former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain on Tuesday (December 24) moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta issued notice on Hussain's bail plea and sought the response of the Delhi Police. Hussain's regular bail plea was rejected by the Trial Court...

Rape, Acid Attack And POCSO Case Survivors Must Be Provided Free Medical Treatment By All Hospitals: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that victims of rape, acid attack and sexual attacks as well as POCSO cases survivors are to be provided free medical treatment in all government and private hospitals and nursing homes. A division bench comprising of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma passed a slew of directions, noting that survivors of sexual violence and acid attacks...

Gujarat High Court Directs Passport Authority To Decide Renewal Plea Of Congress MLA Vimal Chudasama Convicted In Rioting Case

The Gujarat High Court has directed the Passport Authority to decide the plea of Congress MLA Vimal Chudasama–who has court case pending–for renewal of passport, in view of Ministry of External Affairs's notification which permits Indian citizens–against whom criminal proceedings are pending in court–to travel abroad if they present a court order.Under Section 6 of the Passport Act...