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Cannot Bank On Mother's Pension: HP High Court Allows Eviction, Says Landlord Entitled To Use Own Shop For Livelihood
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a landlord can't be compelled to continue running his business from a rented shop when his own premises are available and his need is genuine.The Court remarked that the landlord's mother's pension is not a permanent source of livelihood, and further observed that the landlord's tenancy somewhere else established his bona fide requirement to...
Karnataka High Court Stays ₹12.69 Crore Demand Notice Issued By KPSCB Against Private Company Seeking Environmental Compensation
The Karnataka High Court recently granted interim protection to a private limited company engaged in real estate development by restraining the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board from taking any coercive steps to recover environmental compensation amounting to ₹12.69 crore, which had been levied by the Board.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M....
Land Assigned To Serving Soldiers Is Valid, Bureaucracy Cannot Defeat Gratitude: AP High Court Sets Aside Collector's Refusal To Permit Sale
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has allowed an appeal of an ex-serviceman, who sought to sell land assigned to him under the ex-servicemen quota but was denied by the District Collector (DC) on the ground that the allotment was made while the appellant was serving in the Indian Army and was thus purportedly irregular.Referring to a 2022 Circular of the Chief Commissioner of Land...
Karnataka High Court Impleads State Ministry And Law Department In NLSIU's Appeal On Transgender Reservation In Admissions
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, impleaded the State Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Law Department of the state in an appeal filed by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), challenging a single judge order directing it to provide 0.5% reservation to transgender persons with a fee, until the state takes a policy decision. The division bench of Justice...
Rajasthan High Court Slams Lawyer's Clerk For Signing Affidavit On Behalf Of Party, Says Practice Amounts To Fraud
The Rajasthan High Court has flagged the instance of advocates or their clerks signing affidavits for applications/petitions/counter affidavits, etc, on behalf of their clients without knowing the contents of such documents, and held that such conduct amounted to fraud and was unacceptable. The court said:“Justice is often metaphorically termed to be blind, but the officers of Courts must...
PIL In Delhi High Court Against CBFC Certification To Film '120 Bahadur' Over Alleged Distortion Of Historical Facts
A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) certificate granted to Farhan Akhtar starrer movie “120 Bahadur” over allegations of distortion of historical facts. The matter will be heard tomorrow by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. The movie portrays Major Shaitan...
Judicial Officers Are Expected To Approach Surrogacy Petitions With Sensitivity And Compassion: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that while dealing with petitions filed under the Surrogacy (Regulations) Act seeking an order to have parentage and custody, the courts are expected to be sensitive, responsible, and compassionate without frustrating the beneficial objective of the legislation. “The judicial officers are therefore expected to approach such petitions...
Minimum One Year Imprisonment Criteria For Seeking Parole Not Absolute, Can Be Relaxed For Filing SLP: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the minimum one year imprisonment criteria for being eligible for parole under the Delhi Prison Rules is not absolute and can be relaxed in special circumstances like filing SLP against conviction before the Apex Court. Justice Ravinder Dudeja said that the criteria can be relaxed where strict application would result in denial of a fundamental or...
Inmates Of Mental Health Rehab Centre Can Vote In General Elections Unless Declared Disqualified By Competent Court: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently paved way for the inmates of a mental health rehabilitation centre to vote in the ensuing 2025 general elections.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan rejected a plea arguing that such persons are incompetent to cast their votes according to their will.The bench observed that Courts can't presume that the inmates are mentally challenged persons or suffering from...
Man Starting New Marriage For 'Greener Pasture' Won't Turn Prior Consensual Relationship Into 'Rape': Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court, in a recent judgment, held that if a man starts a new marriage in search of 'greener pasture', the same by itself, would not turn his prior, consensual sexual relationships into 'rape' as per the Indian Penal Code.Justice G. Girish clarified that in such cases, consent for earlier sexual relationships cannot be said to have been obtained on false promise to...
Rejection Of Plaint Is “Digression” From Normal Adjudication, Not Routine Option: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that rejection of a plaint under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure is not a default or routine step in civil adjudication, but a “digression” which courts should resort to only when the plaint, by its own deficiencies, invites such rejection.Terming the exercise of rejection of a plaint in terms of Order VII Rule 11 of...
