Phone Tapping Permitted Only In Case Of Public Emergency Or In Interest Of Public Safety:Bombay HC[Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted relief to a 54-year-old Mumbai based businessman and quashed three separate orders passed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs allowing Central Bureau of Investigation to intercept phone calls of the petitioner businessman in a case of bribery involving an official of a public sector bank.Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice NJ...

Bombay HC At Goa Strikes Down Article 19 Of Portuguese Law As Ultra Vires To The Constitution Of India [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court at Goa has struck down Article 19 of the Decree Law No.35461 enacted to give recognition to judgments and annulments of marriage with respect to Catholics by Patriarchal Tribunal and Metropolitan Tribunal, as unconstitutional and ultra-vires to Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India.Division bench of Justice RD Dhanuka and Justice Prithviraj K Chavan in a...

Delhi HC Issues Notice To EC On A Plea Challenging Reduction In Disqualification Of Prem Singh Tamang

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Election Commission, Central Government and Sikkim Government in a petition challenging the reduction in disqualification term of Prem Singh Tamang from 6 years to 1 year and 30 days. Tamang, Sikkim's Chief Minister, was found guilty of misappropriation of funds in a case involving procurement of cows. He was sentenced to one year of...

Delhi HC To Hear A Plea Challenging Validity Of Delhi Govt's Odd-Even Rule [Read Petition]

Delhi High Court will hear on November 1 a PIL challenging the validity of the Delhi Government's flagship programme, 'Odd-Even Rule', which is aimed at reducing vehicular pollution in the national capital. Filed by Advocate Shashwat Bhardwaj, the petition seeks the writ of certiorari to be issued to quash the decision of the Delhi Government to implement the Odd-Even Rule between...

Husband Commits Perjury In DV Proceedings; Delhi HC Enhances Interim Maintenance, Directs Proceedings U/S 340 CrPC

Taking stern view of a false rent agreement filed by a husband in Domestic Violence proceedings pending against him before the Trial Court, the Delhi High Court enhanced the interim maintenance payable by him to his wife and directed initiation of an inquiry under Section 340 of CrPC. The Petitioner-husband, Abhishek Dubey, had approached the high court seeking revision of the...

Save Thevara- Perandoor Canal, Kerala HC Issues Directions [Read Order]

The High court of Kerala takes cognizance of the alarming water-logging and water rising in the Kochi city.Justice Devan Ramachandran has issued also issued directions to curb the menace on a war footing basis. The issue in hand pertained to the Thevara- Perandoor canal which has turned into a rancid, putrid sewage canal. Terming the canal as the 'life line of the city',...

Madras HC Rejects Plea To Direct Centre To Enact Anti-Conversion Law [Read Order]

The Madras High Court last week dismissed a plea that sought a direction to Central Government to enact a law prohibiting forced and induced religious conversions.Hindu Dharma Parishad had filed a Public Interest Litigation before Madurai bench of the High Court seeking a direction to the Centre to enact a new special law to prohibit the conversion from one religion to another by the use of...

Domestic Violence Complaint Can Be Tried By Court Where Aggrieved Woman Resides: Karnataka HC: [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has said that a magistrate where the aggrieved woman resides even temporarily has jurisdiction to entertain an application filed under the Domestic Violence Act, it need not only be tried by a court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed. Justice Mohammad Nawaz while dismissing a petition filed by one K V Vijaykumara said "Section 27 (1)(a) of...

Delhi Court Seeks Police Report On AAP's Complaint Against FB Page For Alleged Defamatory Posts

A Delhi court today asked the Delhi Police to show what action have they taken on a complaint made by the party's national secretary on behalf of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others leaders of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) against "antisocial elements" running a Facebook Page called named "Paltu Aadmi Party". Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Mittal directed the SHO Seemapuri to submit...

Uttarakhand HC Issues Extensive Guidelines To Curb Pre-Poll Corruption To Offices Of Block Pramukhs And Zila Panchayats

The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday issued extensive guidelines and directions to the State Election Commission and the state government to ensure free and fair elections at block and district level Panchayat heads in the State. The directions were passed by a division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma in two public interest litigations filed...

Manipur HC Quashes Manipur Public Service Commission Exam, 2016; Orders CBI Enquiry

The Manipur High Court on Friday quashed the Manipur Public Service Commission Exam, 2016 and ordered an independent CBI enquiry into the conduct of the Manipur Public Service Commission (MPSC) in conducting the said examination. The order was passed by a division bench of Justice Lanusungkum Jamir and Justice Kh. Nobin Singh in various writ petitions and writ appeals filed by...

'Absence Of Injury On Prosecutrix Implies Her Consent For Sex' : P&H HC Upholds Acquittal In Rape Case [Read Judgment]

Stating that absence of injury on the person of the prosecutrix would lead to an inference that she was a consenting party to sexual intercourse, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday refused to grant Leave to Appeal against the judgment of acquittal in a rape case. "Medical Expert…has stated that there was chances of recent sexual intercourse with the prosecutrix…the...