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Matrimonial FIR Can't Be Quashed If Settlement Agreement Between Estranged Couple Not Executed: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a matrimonial FIR cannot be quashed if the settlement agreement between the estranged couple is not executed.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna refused to quash an FIR lodged against a Dubai-based man in 2005, accusing him of dowry harassment by the wife. The same was done after the Court observed that the settlement agreement between the couple was never...
S.68F NDPS Act | Power To Seize Illegally Acquired Property Exercisable Only If 'Reason To Believe' Based On Cogent Materials: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that the power of seizure under Section 68F of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act can be exercised by an officer only when there are cogent materials based on inquiry, investigation or survey leading to a reason to believe that the property was illegally acquired.Justice V.G. Arun clarified that the 'reason to believe' should not be merely...
Waitlist Panel Can't Be Operated In Segregated Manner; Vacancies Must Be Filled From Valid Waitlist: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the waitlist panel cannot operate in a segregated manner, especially when the selection process of recruitment involves provisional result. “… a waitlist panel cannot be permitted to operate in a segregated manner. Where a selection process involves a provisional result, followed by Supplementary or additional result, the waitlist panel cannot be...
Not Appropriate To Restrain Vigilance Inquiry, Says Punjab & Haryana High Court While Dismissing MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira's Plea in DA Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to interfere with a vigilance inquiry initiated against Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in a disproportionate assets (DA) case, observing that it would not be appropriate to restrain the Vigilance Bureau from conducting its inquiry at this stage.The Court dismissed Khaira's petition, which sought to quash the vigilance inquiry initiated on...
Courts Must Consider Social Realities, Adopt Pragmatic Approach When Considering Accused's Plea To Travel Abroad: P&H High Court
Observing that "courts must not remain in an 'ivory tower', but must engage with and adjudicate in consonance with evolving social realities", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that Courts must take a pragmatic approach in considering an accused's plea to travel abroad.Justice Sumeet Goel said, “When seized of an application by an accused entreating for permission to travel...
Celebration 'Anti-National' : PIL In Allahabad High Court Opposes Fund Allocation For Oudh Bar Association's 125th Anniversary Event
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), seeking a direction to restrain the authorities from allocating any fund or allotting the High Court's conference hall to the Oudh Bar Association (OBA) for its proposed program to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the society, scheduled on November 2, 2025. The plea has been filed...
Causing Injury To Public Servant On Duty Must Be Viewed Seriously; 6-Month Sentence Not Excessive: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that injury to a public servant while on official duty must be viewed seriously and a punishment of six months is not excessive in such cases.Justice Rakesh Kainthla remarked that: “a sentence of six months cannot be said to be excessive because a public servant was injured while discharging his official duties, and such acts are to be...
School Management Committee Is Statutory Body Under RTE Act; Recovery For Financial Irregularities Cannot Be Made From Single Teacher: HP HC
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that the School Management Committee is a statutory body under Section 21 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, and recovery for financial discrepancies can't be imposed on a single teacher.The Court further remarked that it is the management committee that collectively monitors government grants, so fixing recovery solely on...
'Ba***ds of Bollywood Is Satire, Not Defamation': Red Chillies Opposes Sameer Wankhede's Plea Before Delhi High Court
Red Chillies Entertained has opposed before the Delhi High Court IRS Officer Sameer Wankhede's defamation suit over his allegedly defamatory portrayal in Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood” directed by Aryan Khan.In its reply to Wankhede's interim injunction application, the production company has said that the portrayal of the characters in the series is purely in the nature of satire...
Farmers Protest: Bachchu Kadu Drops 'Rail Roko' Andolan After Bombay High Court Cautions Against Public Disturbance
Farmers' leader and former MLA Omprakash alias Bachchu Kadu on Thursday cancelled his proposed plan to stage a "Rail Roko Andolan" in Nagpur after the Bombay High Court cautioned him against probable inconvenience to the citizens.Notably, Kadu led thousands of farmers and staged protests by blocking the National Highway 44 popularly known as Wardha Road, which connects to the Samruddhi...
Interim Restraint On Creating Third-Party Rights In Property Is Permissible In Specific Performance Suits: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that an injunction can be granted against the owner of a property in specific circumstances under Order 39 Rule 1 & 2 of CPC, even if the principle of lis pendens under Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act ('TP Act') is applicable.Referring to the decision of the Apex Court in Ramakant Ambalal Choksi vs. Harish Ambalal Choksi & Others,...
Daughter-In-Law's Right To Residence Under DV Act Can't Suspend In-Laws' Right To Live In Their Home Without Distress: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that when the residential rights of a daughter in law have been protected under the Domestic Violence Act, the right of senior citizens, being the in-laws, to live in their house without distress cannot be suspended indefinitely.“While the PWDV Act confers a vital and protective right of residence upon an aggrieved woman, it cannot be construed to extinguish...