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Paryushan Parv: PIL In Bombay High Court Seeks Temporary Ban On Animal Slaughter, Sale Of Meat Across Maharashtra
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking a temporary ban on the slaughtering of animals and sale of meat across Maharashtra from August 31, 2024 to September 7, 2024, in view of the 'Paryushan Parv' a prominent festival of the Jain Community.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar is likely to hear...
Section 34 Applications Challenging Arbitral Awards Subject To ₹120 Court Fee, Higher Fees Under Entry No. 1(10) Not Applicable: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya has held that the principal application under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, challenging an arbitral award, falls under Entry No. 2(c) of Schedule II of the Court Fees Act. This entry is the residuary provision that prescribes a court fee of Rs. 120 for original applications before the...
Jharkhand High Court Initiates Suo Moto Case After Judge Gets Stuck In Traffic, Recalls District Judge's Murder On Road
Top police officials were compelled to appear before the Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday after it took suo motu cognizance of Justice S.K. Dwivedi getting stuck in a traffic jam and not getting proper assistance from the force present there.Justice Dwivedi revealed that on August 23, his staff had to call a PCR van to escort him amid traffic caused by a demonstration organized by a...
Girl Who Eloped With Paramour Days Before Her Marriage Fixed By Parents Cannot Be Booked For Cheating By Groom: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that if a girl elopes with her paramour before marrying the groom with whom her parents fixed her marriage, she cannot be booked for hearing by the groom and his parents.A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Dr Neela Gokhale gave the ruling while quashing a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against a girl, her parents and brother, all residents of...
MP High Court Nixes Medical Aspirant's Plea For MBBS Seat Under Govt School Quota, As He Did Not Move Court In Time
The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore bench) recently dismissed plea moved by a medical aspirant seeking allotment of a seat in the MBBS course under the 5% Government School quota in the current academic session claiming that his NEET-UG 2023 score entitled him to a seat in the upcoming academic session.A division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi while dismissing...
Deepfake Going To Be Serious Menace In Society, Antidote Of Fake AI Would Be Technology Only: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday remarked that deepfake is going to be a serious menace in the society and that the Union Government will have to act on the issue. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that the antidote for fake artificial intelligence (AI) would be technology only. The court was hearing two pleas filed...
Extra-Judicial Confession Weak Piece Of Evidence : Allahabad High Court Acquits Convict In 2010 Murder Case
Last week, the Allahabad High Court observed that an extrajudicial confession is, by its very nature, a weak piece of evidence and unless the attending circumstances are such that the confession is found convincing, not much weight can be accorded to it. A bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Dr Gautam Chowdhary observed this while acquitting a convict in connection with...
Karnataka High Court Says Same Investigating Officer Must Probe Cross-Cases Registered By Parties To Same Incident
The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to ensure that one investigating officer probes cases registered against each other by parties to the same incident.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna has directed the registry to send its order to the Department of Home Affairs, Deputy General of Police and the Law Minister, suggesting to bring about an amendment to...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Cancel HD Revanna's Bail In Abduction Case
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) seeking cancellation of bail granted to Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Revanna, accused of abducting a woman.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna had reserved the order on August 01 after hearing the parties. Revanna was granted bail by the special court on May 13.The High Court today...
[Deficient Stamp Duty] Lawyer May Decide To Restrict Prayer To Waiver Of Penalty When Court Is Not Inclined To Grant Any Relief: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has that the decision of the lawyer to restrict the prayer to waiver of penalty when the court is not inclined to grant any relief cannot be said to be without any authority.Justice Subhash Vidyarthi held that,“if the lawyer assessed that there was no chance of success of the entire appeal and he decided to restrict his prayer for waiver of the penalty, it cannot...
Labour Court Asking Birla Corp To Give 15 Days Work/PM To "Badli Workman" Illegal, Since He Had Not Worked For 240 Days: Madhya Pradesh High Court
In a case pertaining to employment rights of a "Badli Workman", the Madhya Pradesh High Court recently quashed an award passed by the labour court terming it as "materially illegal" and observed that such an employee has no right to claim regular employment unless they have completed 240 days in a calendar year. A single judge bench of Justice G.S. Ahluwalia was hearing petitioner...
State Not Part To Agreement Can't File Section 16 Application: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Rajendra Kumar Vani has held that an arbitration agreement entered into between the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, and a private company does not involve or implicate the State Government in any legal capacity. The bench held that such an agreement is exclusively between...