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Abandonment Of Senior Citizen Must Be Total & Complete Without Any Arrangement Of Care To Constitute An Offence: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court observed that to constitute an offence of 'abandonment of senior citizen', there should be total and complete abandonment without any arrangement of taking care of the person.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed:“Thus unless there is a total and complete abandonment of the parent by leaving him in a place without any arrangement for taking care of the senior citizen,...
Kerala HC Dismisses Plea By MLA Mani Kappan Challenging Magistrate's Order Framing Charges Against Him For Alleged Criminal Breach Of Trust, Cheating
The Kerala High Court has dismissed the criminal revision petition filed by MLA Mani C Kappan against the order of a Special Judge framing charges against him for allegedly committing offences of cheating and criminal breach of trust. MLA Kappan currently represents the Pala constituency in Kerala.Justice C S Dias quashed the Revision Petition filed by MLA Kappan on finding that the Special...
Allahabad HC Comes To Aid Of Elderly Couple 'Locked' In Room By Son & Daughter-In-Law With Limited Access To Sanitation, Food
The Allahabad High Court today came to the rescue of an elderly couple who were allegedly confined to a room by their son and daughter-in-law. The couple was severely restricted, with 'limited or no' access to basic necessities such as sanitation and food. A bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh constituted a committee consisting of the District...
Plea In MP High Court Seeks Jain Community's Right To Worship At Disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque Site
The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court will likely hear a plea filed by a social activist tomorrow, seeking a declaration of the Jain Community's 'right to worship' at the disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque. The Bhojshala is currently a monument protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).Salek Chand Jain, the petitioner belonging to Jain Community, has...
“Legal Service Is Not Business”: Madras HC Asks State Bar Councils To Take Action Against Lawyers Soliciting Work Through Online Service Providers
The Madras High Court has come down heavily on lawyers soliciting work through online websites in violation of Bar Council of India Rules. The court has asked the Bar Council of India to issue circulars/instructions/guidelines to State Bar Councils to initiate disciplinary proceedings against lawyers for advertising or soliciting their services directly or indirectly. The court added...
Calcutta High Court Directs Release Of Man Arrested For Making Untoward Remarks In Comment Box During CM Mamata Banerjee's Facebook Live-Stream
The Calcutta High Court has ordered the release of a man who was arrested for making allegedly untoward and 'defamatory' comments against certain government functionaries during a Facebook live stream of an administrative meeting held by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.A single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha directed the release of the accused upon holding that the police's actions in arresting...
Teachers Liable Under Juvenile Justice Act For Assaulting Children But Mere Corrective Measures To Enforce Discipline Not Punishable: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has held that teachers cannot be prosecuted under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 for using simple corrective measures for enforcing discipline in schools.Justice A. Badharudeen thus quashed the proceedings initiated against the petitioner under Section 82 (corporal punishment) of the JJ Act and Section 324 (voluntarily causing hurt...
Upper Side Of Age Must Be Considered In POCSO Cases Where Victim's Age Is Estimated Through Bone Ossification Test: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that in cases under the POCSO Act, the court is required to consider the upper side of the estimated age of the victim where the age of is proved through bone age ossification test.“In such cases of sexual assault, wherever, the court is called upon to determine the age of victim based on "bone age ossification report", the upper age given in "reference...
Written Statement Not Condition Precedent For Considering Application Under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a written statement is not required to be filed by a defendant in a suit to contend that the court fee paid by the plaintiff is not proper and that the defendant's application under Rule 11 of Order VII of the Code of Civil Procedure, seeking rejection of suit, cannot be dismissed on that ground.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj allowed...
Registrar Of Co-Operative Societies Is 'Public Authority', Expected To Provide Information Not Exempted Under RTI Act: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the Registrar of Co-operative Societies is a public authority under the Right To Information Act. It stated that Registrar, being a public authority could gather and disclose information obtained from the Co-operative Society under his administrative or supervisory control to the extent permitted by law.In this case, the appellant had sought some...
Termination From Service Based Solely On Implication In Criminal Case Without Affording Opportunity Of Hearing Unmerited: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has observed that termination of services of a worker by concerned authority merely on the ground of implication in a criminal case, without affording the worker an opportunity of hearing, is unjustified.The division bench of Justice P. B. Bajanthri and Justice Alok Kumar Pandey were considering an appeal against the order of the single bench that dismissed the...
Bombay High Court Judge Justice Neela Gokhale Recuses From Hearing Mumbai Bomb Blast Convict Abu Salem's Plea Against Prison Transfer
Bombay High Court judge Justice Neela Gokhale on Thursday recused from hearing the plea filed by 1993 Mumbai Bomb blast convict Abu Salem, who sought to assault the decision of the jail authorities to shift him to some other prison from the Taloja Central Prison.Notably, the prison authorities had decided to shift Salem, who has spent over 15 years in the Taloja Jail, to some other prison...