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Hindu Marriage Act - Consent Of First Wife Will Not Make Second Marriage Legal: Patna HC [Read Judgment]
A division bench of the High Court of Patna comprising Justices Hemant Kumar Srivastava and Prabhat Kumar Singh has held that the consent of the first wife does not give right to a man to solemnize second marriage during the lifetime of first wife. The appellant was working as Assistant Sub Inspector in Central Reserve Police Force (C.R.P.F) at Imphal and had solemnized his...
Priya Ramani Defamation Case : Journalist Ghazala Wahab Tells Court About Alleged Sexual Harassment By M J Akbar
Senior Journalist and author Ghazala Wahab gave her statements before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja today in MJ Akbar's criminal defamation case against Priya Ramani. Wahab narrated in detail the instances of continued sexual harassment, allegedly committed by former Union Minister MJ Akbar, when she was working at the Asian Age. She had written about these in...
Centre Notifies the Appointment of Nine Additional Judges In Allahabad HC [Read Notification]
President of India has appointed Nine Additional Judges in Allahabad HC.They are;Shri Vipin Chandra DixitShri Shekhar Kumar Yadav Shri Ravi Nath TilhariShri Deepak Verma Shri Gautam ChaudharyShri Shamim AhmedShri Dinesh PathakShri Manish KumarShri Samit GopalRead...
Mumbai Commissioner Of Police Has Powers Of A District Magistrate For The Purposes Of Sections 18 & 20 Of The Prevention Of Immoral Trafficking Act: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court recently ruled that in light of the State Government's notification dated August 11, 2008, the Commissioner of Police has powers equivalent to an executive magistrate and district magistrate within the metropolitan area of Brihanmumbai for the purposes of Section 18 and 20 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.Justice Revati Mohite Dere was hearing a writ...
Karnataka HC Upholds Conviction Of LeT Operative Who Conspired To Attack IT Hubs And Secretariat Building In Bengaluru [Read Judgment]
The Karnataka High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence imposed on Imran Jalal @ BILAL, a member of the banned terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba, who had conspired to carry out terrorist attacks on major IT companies like Infosys, Wipro, ITP, HAL and Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru to kill innocent people and to wage war against the Government of India. The police had...
Right To Information Is Implicit And Inbuilt In Article 19(1)(a) Of Constitution: Bombay HC [Read Order]
While hearing a PIL filed by Public Concern for Governance Trust seeking effective enforcement and implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, the division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RI Chagla of the Bombay High Court last week said-"From time to time certain orders were passed in this PIL to ensure that this enactment does not become a dead letter.The enactment is...
Lawyer Files PIL In Kerala HC Against Onion Price Rise
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the High Court of Kerala seeking steps to regulate the steep rise in the prices of onions, garlic and shallots.The petition filed by Advocate Manu Roy, who had unsuccessfully contested as LDF candidate in the recent bypolls for Ernakulam legislative constituency, sought a direction to the Union and State Governments to take...
Delhi HC Stays Defamation Case Filed Against Kejriwal For Retweeting An Alleged Defamatory Video
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the proceedings in a criminal defamation complaint filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for retweeting an alleged defamatory video posted by social media commentator Dhruv Rathee.The single bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait has also issued notice to the complainant Vikas Sanskrityayan. Kejriwal moved the High Court challenging both...
Chanda Kochhar Failed To Disclose Conflict Of Interest With Videocon, ICICI Tells Bombay HC; Court Asks RBI To File Reply
The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Reserve Bank of India to file an affidavit-in-reply in former ICICI bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar's plea challenging ICICI's decision to terminate her.Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice SP Tavade heard Kochhar's writ petition which contends that the bank could not have terminated Kochhar retroactively in 2019 when her retirement...
Karnataka HC Quashes Cases Against H D Kumaraswamy Taken During 2014 Lok Sabha Elections [Read Order]
In a relief to Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, H D Kumaraswamy, the Karnataka High Court has quashed and set aside, three proceedings initiated and pending before a court, against him in 2014, under sections 188 of IPC and 341 of IPC at Chikkaballapura. Justice R Devdas while quashing the proceedings under section 341 of Ipc said "There is no specific allegation...