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No Protection For 'Live-In' If Hindu Marriage Subsists; Personal Liberty Ends Where Spouse's Statutory Right Begins: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court last week refused to grant protection to a couple claiming to be in a live-in relationship as it noted that the woman was still the legally wedded wife of another man. A bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Singh observed that while no one can interfere in the lives of two adults, the Right to Freedom or Right to Personal Liberty is not an absolute or unfettered...
Patna High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To YouTuber Manish Kashyap Accused of Spreading Sabotage Rumors To Tarnish Railway's Image
The Patna High Court has granted anticipatory bail to YouTuber Manish Kashyap in connection with an FIR accusing him of publishing a video on 'X' of stones allegedly inserted between fish-plates on a railway track to tarnish the image of the Indian Railway.A bench of Justice Chandra Shekhar Jha granted him the relief, noting that he had posted the video as it is, after receiving it from...
X Corp Moves Karnataka High Court In Appeal Against Ruling Upholding Centre's Blocking Powers Through Sahyog Portal
X Corp has filed an appeal before the Karnataka High Court challenging the single judge decision that upheld the Union Government's authority to issue content blocking directions through the Sahyog portal, which is used to automate notices to intermediaries to remove unlawful online content.. The appeal, filed on November 14, seeks to overturn the judgment delivered on September 24, which...
Rajasthan High Court Seeks State's Response On PIL Alleging Corruption, Software Manipulation In 3018-Plots Lottery Scheme
The Rajasthan High Court has issued notice to the State on a PIL filed against the Urban Improvement Trust, Bhilwara, alleging serious irregularities and corruption in lottery based allotment of residential plots.The PIL alleges that the public allotment process of 3018 plots, that invited application money of around Rs. 17.6 Crores, was vitiated by serious irregularities, arbitrariness...
Rajasthan High Court Raps Police Over 40-Year Lapse In Nabbing Accused, Orders Creation Of Special Cell To Trace Absconders
The Rajasthan High Court has issued direction to the Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Rajasthan and the Director General of Police to create a special cell for tracing out the absconding accused and proclaimed offenders to face trail, ensuring that the victims of the crime get timely justice.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that the police authorities were duty bound to...
'Law Is Dynamic, Must Adapt To Societal Realities': Rajasthan High Court Quashes Rape Case After Victim's Marriage With Accused
The Rajasthan High Court has observed that law of any civilized society is not definite, and it must change according to the demands and circumstances of the society.“Law and transformation is a unique concept which highlights the changes in social problems and their solutions through legal…Law not only lays down the norms that are acceptable to a given society, but it also lays down...
Kerala High Court Asks DLSA To Conduct Independent Assessment Of Prison Where State Plans To Relocate Women Inmates
The Kerala High Court on Friday (November 14) gave an interim direction to the Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Thiruvananthapuram to carry out an independent assessment of the facilities available at the Women's Central Prison, Poojappura (Thiruvananthapuram) and to submit a report with details of the inspection.Justice V.G. Arun was considering a plea preferred...
Delhi High Court Finds Husband, Son Held Guilty Of Setting Woman Ablaze; Quotes Devotional Song On Purity Of Mother-Son Relationship
The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the conviction of a husband and a son for murdering a woman by setting her on fire, holding that her dying declarations were consistent, voluntary and free from suspicion. A division bench comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav said that the woman had no reason to name her grown up son or husband to falsely implicate them,...
Employee Must Be Reinstated After Acquittal If Termination Was Solely Based On Pending Criminal Case: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court held that if the very foundation of termination of an employee was pendency of a criminal case against him/her, and the criminal case resulted in acquittal of the employee by the competent criminal court, the basis of such terminated ceased to exist, and the employer shall reinstate the employee.The division bench of Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice...
Bombay High Court Considers Businessman's "Luxury Lifestyle" Enhances Wife's Maintenance From ₹50K To ₹3.5 Lakh
The Bombay High Court recently enhanced a woman's monthly maintenance from Rs 50 thousand to Rs 3.50 lakhs after noting that her businessman husband from Pune along with his two sons, lived a lavished lifestyle while the divorced wife, who spent 16 years with him, now struggles to earn Rs 1 lakh a month and take care of herself and her daughter.A division bench of Justices Burgess Colabawalla...
P&H High Court Raps Child Welfare Authorities For Mishandling Minor's Custody; Orders Protection & Seeks Detailed Report
The Punjab & Haryana High Court rapped Haryana's Child Welfare Officers for acting in “complete deviation from the objectives” of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, their actions exposed a 17-year-old girl to potential danger despite her being declared a child in need of care and protection.The habeas corpus plea earlier that month after which she was...
'Devious Mechanism': Allahabad High Court Flags Pattern Of Pond Auctions Sans Possession, Seeks Statewide Report From Fisheries Dept
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) took note of what it described as a "quite devious" pattern in the functioning of the Uttar Pradesh Fisheries Department as it observed that ponds across the state are routinely auctioned but neither possession nor lease deeds are handed over to the successful bidders, which results in "huge loss to the public exchequer".A Bench of Justice Shekhar B....