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Wrong Details Of Wife In Divorce Petition: Karnataka HC Overturns Divorce Decree Granted To Husband [Read Judgment]
The Karnataka High Court has overturned a divorce decree granted ex-parte to a husband and remanded the matter back to the family court for fresh consideration, after it was found that husband gave wrong address details of the wife, so that she could not be called upon to file her reply to his divorce petition. The wife argued before the high court that "Since the appellant's parental house...
'Cobrapost' Expose - Lesser Punishment Can Be Applied Retrospectively : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
The Delhi High Court has held that a lesser punishment introduced in an Act following an amendment can be applied retrospectively. The rule against retrospective application of criminal law will not apply in such cases, held the Court, while dismissing 14 appeals filed by by the Financial Intelligence Unit- Ind (FIU) against banks.The single bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru held in the case...
Sedition Case : Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Shehla Rashid [Read Order]
In an interim relief to Kashmir activist Shehla Rashid, a Delhi Court on Monday granted her interim protection from arrest in the case for sedition booked against her.As per a report in The Wire, additional sessions judge Pawan Kumar Jain at Patiala House court granted interim bail to her, observing "I am of the view that the matter requires investigation in detail" and posted it next...
Ship Sinking : After A 23 Year-Old Long Battle Over Insurance Claim, Vessel Owner Gets Relief From NCDRC
After a rather long struggle over an insurance claim, the NCDRC has directed the National Insurance Co. Ltd. (Insurer) to pay the principal insured amount of Rs. 1.2 cr. plus interest, to the owner of an insured ship vessel. The vessel sank in Oman in 1996 after meeting with an accident, but the crew members on it survived. The order came on a complaint filed by Smt. Kesharben,...
UP Law Student Files Rape Complaint Against Ex-Union Minister And BJP Leader Chinmayanand
The law student from Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh who had earlier accused BJP leader and former Union Minister, Swami Chinmayanand of sexual harassment has now filed a complaint before the Delhi Police claiming that she was raped and exploited by him for a year, reports NDTV.The accused BJP leader is the director of Swami Shukdevanand Law College in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where...
Madras HC Advocates Stage Protests Against Chief Justice Tahilramani's Transfer
The advocates of Madras High Court on Monday staged protests over the proposal to transfer Chief Justice V K Tahilramani.The Madras High Court Advocates Association has decided to do boycott Courts tomorrow as a mark of protest.Justice Tahilramani, the senior most among the Chief Justices of High Courts in the country, was proposed to be transferred to Meghalaya High Court by the Supreme...
'By Keeping Silent, I Could've Avoided The Subsequent Targeting, But That Would Not Have Been The Right Thing To Do': Priya Ramani
Senior Journalist Priya Ramani was cross-examined today before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal in a criminal defamation case filed against her by BJP leader MJ Akbar. The cross-examination was conducted by Senior Counsel Geeta Luthra. Before her cross-examination, Ms Ramani finished the last leg of her chief examination by highlighting the reason behind telling...
Employer May Invoke Civil Remedy To Recover Loss From Employee In Absence Of Specific Remedy In Employees Service Regulations: Allahabad HC
A full bench of the Allahabad High Court has held that in absence of a specific remedy in Employees' Service Regulations, an employer may invoke civil liability to recover the loss incurred by him due to the actions of an employee. The bench of Justices Sudhir Agarwal, Manoj Misra, and Rajendra Kumar-IV were adjudicating upon inconsistencies in Regulation 84 of...
Family Courts Overburdened With Burgeoning Matrimonial Disputes, Judges Under Judicial Suffocation: Madras HC [Read Order]
The Family Court Judges are under judicial suffocation, remarked the Madras High Court while dismissing a contempt petition filed against a Family Court judge. A litigant had filed a contempt petition against the Family Court judge alleging that he did not comply with the High Court direction to dispose of the case within six months. When questioned about the maintainability of a contempt...
High Courts Weekly Round-Up
Allahabad High Court Held that the disciplinary authority was erroneous in assuming a situation without supporting evidence and that the principle of preponderance of probability could not be relied upon in a case of no-evidence.Held that mere pendency of a criminal case is not a valid reason for impounding a person's passport. Bombay High Court Granted relief to...
SC Stays Costs Imposed On Tehseen Poonawala By P&H HC For Allegedly 'Insulting' Jain Saint [Read Order]
The Supreme Court has stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court's imposition of costs on Tehseen Poonawala for 'insulting' Jain Saint Tarun Sagar in Twitter. The High court, in a controversial order, had imposed costs of Rupees Ten Lakhs each on Poonawala and Vishal Dadlani even though it found that the criminal cases registered against them are liable to be...