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Delhi Court To Hear Mahua Moitra's Criminal Defamation Complaint Against Zee News
A Delhi court on Monday agreed to hear a criminal defamation complaint filed by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra against Zee News and its Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary for alleging that her maiden speech in Parliament made on June 25 on the 'Seven Signs of Fascism' was plagiarized. Metropolitan Magistrate Preeti Parewa took cognisance of the complaint and listed the matter for...
Judges Not To Be Addressed By "My Lord" And "Your Lordship": Rajasthan HC
In a significant move, the Rajasthan High Court today issued a notice requesting counsels and those appearing before the judges to desist from addressing the Hon'ble Judges as "My Lord" and "Your Lordship". The notice was issued following a unanimous resolution taken by the Full Court in a meeting held on 14th July. Such move was taken "to honor the mandate of equality enshrined in...
Victim Under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act Can't Be Sent To Correctional Home Against Her Wishes If She Is An Adult: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has held that a victim under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, who is an adult, cannot be forced to stay at a correctional home against her wishes.Justice SS Shinde was hearing a criminal writ petition filed by one Asiya Shaikh, a 34-year-old resident of Pune who claims to have raised the victim in the present case, since she was a...
High Courts Weekly Round Up
Allahabad High Court Converted the conviction for murder under Section 302 IPC to culpable homicide not amounting to murder by applying Exception IV to Section 300 IPC. Held that anticipatory bail application filed under Section 438 of Criminal Procedure Code is not maintainable before the High Court without exhausting remedy before the Court of Sessions, unless there...
US President Trump Violated First Amendment By Blocking Twitter Users Critical Of Him, Holds US Court of Appeals [Read Judgment]
"Once the President has chosen a platform and opened up its interactive space to millions of users and participants, he may not selectively exclude those whose views he disagrees with."
Surrogacy: Parents Who Lent Ova And Sperm Will Be Entitled To Maternity And Paternity Leave- Bombay HC [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court held that parents of a child born through surrogacy are also entitled to maternity and paternity leave. Division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice NM Jamdar was hearing writ petition filed by Dr. Pooja Doshi seeking relief on rejection of maternity leave by her employer on the ground that Leave Rules and policy governing the rules do not permit...
Madras HC Upholds Ban On Single Use Plastic In Tamil Nadu [Read Judgment]
The Madras High Court has upheld the Tamil Nadu government order banning use of throwaway plastic which came into force of January 1 this year. However, the Court lamented its poor implementation, saying plastic products were still freely available. Dismissing a batch of PILs from Chennai Non-Wovens Private Limited and 29 others, a bench of Justices R Subbiah and Krishnan Ramasamy...
Murder Trial : Allahabad HC Explains Ingredients For Applying Exception IV To Section 300 IPC [Read Judgment]
The Allahabad High Court has converted the conviction for murder under Section 302 IPC to culpable homicide not amounting to murder by applying Exception IV to Section 300 IPC.To attract Exception (IV) to Sec 300 IPC the following 4 essential ingredients are must, i.e. the overt act must be:- Without premeditation;in a sudden fight;in the heat of passion upon a sudden quarrel and the...
Parameters For Grant Of Interim Injunction Not Different In Patent Suits : Delhi HC [Read Order]
A division bench of the Delhi High Court on Friday held that the ordinary parameters for grant of interim injunctions should be followed in patent infringement suits as well."Although, there are special features in litigation involving infringement of patents, that still would not obviate the Court dealing with the question of grant of interim injunction to record the three important elements...
Rajasthan HC Issues Directions To Improve Conditions Of Courts After Inspection By CJ Revealed Pathetic State Of Affairs [Read Order]
Remarking that ground reality was much worse than statistics on infrastructure in court complexes across the State where a majority of court complexes lacked drinking water, toilets, chambers and even the crucial lock-up facility, the Rajasthan High Court has asked the District Judges to conduct periodic inspection of court complexes to ensure basic minimum cleanliness, hygiene leading...