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No Jurisdiction To Transfer Proceedings Pending Before Foreigners' Tribunal : Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]
The Gauhati High Court has held that a proceeding before one Foreigners' Tribunal cannot be transferred to another Foreigners' Tribunal in exercise of its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Various persons had approached the High Court seeking transfer on the ground that the proceedings pending before the Tribunals, are located far away from the permanent place of...
High Courts Weekly Round Up
Bombay High Court Directed State government to pay Rs.10 lakh to parents of a minor girl for negligent investigation. The girl went missing and subsequently her body was found by the police on January 2, 2012.Refused to grant the crime branch full custody of the three doctors who are accused of abetting the suicide of Payal Tadvi, a 26-year-old second-year MD student at...
Mere Possession Of Sexually Explicit Photos Without Circulation Not A Crime Under Indecent Representation Of Women (Prohibition) Act : Kerala HC [Read Order]
"If an adult person has a photograph of himself or herself in his or her possession which is sexually explicit in nature, the provisions of Act 60 of 1986 will not apply, unless the prosecution has a case that those photographs were distributed or published for advertisement or for any other incidental purpose"
Payal Tadvi Suicide : Bombay HC Allows Partial Custody Of Accused To Crime Branch
The Bombay High Court on Thursday refused to grant the crime branch full custody of the three doctors who are accused of abetting the suicide of Payal Tadvi, a 26-year-old second-year MD student at Mumbai's TN Topivala National Medical College. Justice SS Shinde granted partial custody of Ankita Khandelwal, Hema Ahuja and Bhakti Mehare. These three women are resident doctors studying in...
Age Of Accident Victim Crucial While Deciding About Compensation: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]
While calculating loss of dependency to decide about compensation in motor accident cases, the age of the deceased accident victim has to be taken into consideration held Karnataka High Court in The Oriental Insurance Company Limited v. Rathna & others. Bench of Justice H.T.Narendra Prasad was hearing an appeal filed by the appellant Insurance Company challenging the judgment...
Lawyers' Clerks Part And Parcel Of Justice System, Says Delhi HC
Clerks of lawyers are part and parcel of the system involved in dispensation of justice, the Delhi High Court has said while holding that medical and canteen facilities should be extended to them. The observation was made by the court on a petition by the Delhi High Court Bar Clerks Association seeking enforcement of several welfare measures including provident fund, pensions and...
BJP MP Pragya Singh Denies Knowledge Of Malegaon Blasts At NIA Court Hearing
Malegaon 2008 blast accused and BJP's Member of Parliament from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur appeared before the Special NIA Court in Mumbai today at around 12:45 pm. She was absent in the previous court hearings citing health reasons. Special NIA Court is currently recording the testimony of all the witnesses in the case. Judge VS Padalkar called Thakur to the witness stand exercising...
Passport Renewal Cannot Be Denied Citing Criminal Case If There Is Permission From Court : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
Holding that the rigours of provisions of the Passport Act which restrict from issuance/ renewal of passport to persons facing criminal prosecution stand relaxed by a notification issued by the Centre in 1993, the Delhi High Court has directed the Regional Passport office to renew the passport of Rajiv Chaturvedi, the Chief General Manager of state-run PEC Limited. In so saying,...
Grandchildren From Daughter Cannot Be Denied Benefits Of Welfare Scheme For Family Of Freedom Fighters : Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]
The Uttarakhand High Court has held that grandchildren from a daughter of a freedom fighter cannot be denied the benefits of welfare schemes available to family of a freedom fighter. Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma held that daughter, granddaughter or grandson born to a daughter of a freedom fighter cannot be discriminated against on the basis of gender. The court said so while disposing...