Kerala High Court Convenes Special Sitting After Children In Ponnuruni Anganwadi Get Food Poisoning, Takes Note Of Waste Dumping In Tirunelveli

A special Bench of Kerala High Court comprising Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas and Justice Gopinath P. convened a special sitting on Monday (December 23) after seeing news visuals about the food poisoning incident in an Anganwadi in Ponnuruni. Reportedly, 12 kids and one ayah of the Anganwadi have shown symptoms of food poisoning. The Court said that they noticed in the video that the...

Banks Cannot Coerce Defaulters To Pay By Publishing Their Photos, It Violates Right To Privacy & Reputation : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court held that a bank cannot publish the photo and details of defaulting borrowers to coerce them to repay loan. Justice Murali Purushothaman observed that such acts invade a person's right to live with dignity and reputation.“The borrowers cannot be coerced to repay the loans by threatening to damage their reputation and privacy. The publication or display of photographs...

Can't Curtail Or Play With A Citizen's Liberty By Detaining Him On Pretext Of Holding Fair Polls: Jharkhand High Court

Last week, the Jharkhand High Court observed that a person can't be detained on the grounds that the same is necessary for the proper conduction of Assembly Elections. “If this becomes a ground, then the same will amount to giving unbridled, uncanalised sweeping power to the administration to detain any person under the Act during the time of election, it will be nothing, but playing...

MP HC Gives Go-Ahead For Conducting Competency-Based Evaluation Test Under Prohibition Of Sex Selection (Six Months Training) Rules

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Public Health and Family Welfare authorities to conduct the Competency Based Evaluation test in confirmation with the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) (Six Months Training) Rules, 2014. The test had been previously stalled by earlier interim orders of the High Court because of...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 16 - December 22, 2024

Citation 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 513 to 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 525Nominal Index:Satish Jarkiholi AND Dilip Kumar. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 513ACTION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANISATION, REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND Union of India & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 514Syed Ajaz Ahmed AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 515SHIVAPRASAD AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 516B...

Gujarat High Court Issues Notice To GST Dept In Mahesh Langa's Plea Against Second FIR On Alleged Tax Fraud

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (December 23) issued notice to the State and GST Department in a plea by journalist Mahesh Langa for quashing an FIR registered at Rajkot where though Langa has not been made an accused, he apprehends the same as a similar FIR pertaining to alleged GST fraud is already registered at Ahmedabad. During the hearing, advocate AJ Yagnik submitted before Justice...

Andhra Pradesh HC Directs Chief Secretary To Constitute Committee To Suggest Measures To Reduce Tree Felling For State Funded Projects

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the state's Chief Secretary to constitute a committee to look into the felling of trees in State-funded projects and suggest measures to reduce the felling of trees for execution of Government funded projects.The order was passed by a division bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Ravi Cheemalapati in a PIL filed by a 20 year...

Bail Is An Essential Element Of The Criminal Justice System, Guarantees Right To Fair Trial: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that bail is an essential element of the criminal justice system as it affords a right to a fair trial to the accused in a criminal case. Justice Shampa (Dutt) Paul made these observations in a plea by a man accused under the POCSO act, against an order cancelling his bail issued by the trial court. She said:"Bail is a Rule and Jail is an exception. This is...

Centre Notifies Appointments Of Two Additional Judges Of Delhi High Court As Permanent

The Central government has notified the appointment of two additional judges as permanent judges of the Delhi High Court. They are: 1. Justice Shalinder Kaur, 2. Justice Ravinder Dudeja, Both the judges were sworn in as additional judges of the Delhi High Court in October...

Centre Notifies Appointments Of Four Additional Judges Of Karnataka High Court As Permanent

The Central government has notified the appointment of four additional judges as permanent judges of the Karnataka High Court. They are:1. Justice Ramachandra Dattatray Huddar, 2. Justice Venkatesh Naik Thavaryanaik,3. Vijaykumar Adagouda Patil, and4. Justice Rajesh Rai Kallangala.As per the official notification, Justice Kallangala's appointment as Permanent Judge of Karnataka High Court...

Remedies Available Under U.P. Z.A.L.R. Act Shall Continue To Be Available If Original Suit Was Filed Prior To Enforcement Of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that remedies under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition & Land Reforms Act, 1950 shall continue to be available to an applicant wishing to file a revision against a decree in a suit filed prior to the enforcement of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006.“Any repealing law which repeals an earlier law shall not affect the remedies available to a party which were available...

Courts Must Be Cautious In Cases Involving Persons With Unsound Mind, Ensure Their Rights Are Protected: Telangana HC

The Telangana High Court has underscored that courts must proceed with utmost caution in matters involving persons of unsound mind so that their rights are protected, adding that if a party to a suit alleges that the opposing party is of unsound mind held that the court must conduct a judicial inquiry to determine whether the allegation is true. Justice K. Sujana while referring to Andhra...