Neither Union Nor State Has Power To Issue Guidelines To Govern Judicial Discretion Of Courts While Hearing Case Of Maintenance: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a man who challenged the constitutional validity of Section 125 of CrPC and held that neither the Union nor the State has any power to issue guidelines to govern judicial discretion of courts.Court was responding a prayer in the petition which sought guidelines to be issued by the Centre or State for awarding maintenance under...

PIL Seeking Abolition Of Differential Marriageable Age for Men And Women:Delhi HC Seeks Reply From Centre

Delhi High Court issues notice to the Union of India to file a counter affidavit in a PIL challenging the difference in age for marriage for men and women. The petition was filed by Ashwini Upadhyay to highlight how the differential marriageable age for men and women is patriarchal in nature, is devoid of any rational backing and it adversely affects educational opportunities for...

Delhi Court To Decide If Errant Builders Can Be Prosecuted Under MCOCA

As hundreds of home-buyers continue to reel under the failed or delayed real-estate projects, a Delhi court is to decide if errant real-estate developers can be prosecuted under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act for cheating hundreds of home-buyers of thousands of crores of Rupees in an organised manner. The issue of whether MCOCA can be used against...

NLU Topper Chooses Not To Receive Award From CJI To Protest Handling Of Sexual Harassment Charges [Updated With NLU D Response]

"I knew that it would stay on my conscience for a long time if I did not do it. It was a difficult decision and I am still trying to handle it", she said.

Justice For All Must Ensure That Justice Reaches The Remotest Corners Of The Country: CJI Gogoi At NALSA Meet

The 17th All India Meet of State Legal Services Authorities (SLSAs), under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), convened today at Nagpur. The conclave was attended by representatives from all 36 State Legal Service Authority and it facilitated the assimilation of ideas and best practices. It was put forth during the meet that NALSA had utilised all its funds in the past...

When A 'Wife' Challenged An Unusual HC Order Restricting Her Mobile Use [Read SC Order]

Matrimonial Disputes are not unusual, but some orders passed by Courts in the litigations connected to such disputes are. The Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice KM Joseph came across a special leave petition which impugned one such 'unusual' order by the Jharkhand High Court in an Anticipatory Bail Application. Apprehending arrest in a criminal case...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court Held that prior government sanction under Section 196 of CrPC is mandatory to take cognizance of offences like Section 121-123 IPC and it thereby set aside the order of conviction and sentence of life imprisonment imposed on a Pakistani Jais-E-Mohommad Terrorist group member and another Indian citizen, for want of such sanction.Taking note of the bleak chances...

Test Reports Showed Lead Content Is Within Permissible Limit: Kerala HC Closes PIL Seeking Ban Of Maggi Noodles [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court, last month, closed a Public Interest Litigation seeking ban of Maggi Noodles manufactured and sold by Nestle India Limited.One Thampi Subramanian had approached the High Court in the year 2015 alleging that Maggi Noodles contain Monosodium Glutamate and particles of lead in excess of permissible limits. When the matter was called for final hearing, Senior Advocate...

Call For Pre-litigation Mediation Had Become Louder In The Recent Years: Justice Bobde At NALSA Meet

The 17th All India Meet of State Legal Services Authorities began in Nagpur yesterday, under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), and will conclude today, i.e., August 18. It is an annual meet, designed to contemplate and work upon present-day issues in the legal sector and also to review the progress of existing programs. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated the...

Right Of Personal Liberty Is Most Precious Right Guaranteed Under Constitution: Jammu & Kashmir HC [Read Judgment]

Right of personal liberty is most precious right, guaranteed under the Constitution, reiterated the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir in a judgment delivered in a Habeas Corpus petition. Justice Tashi Rabstan, though dismissed the petition challenging the preventive detention of Mohammad Hussain, referred to various Supreme Court judgments highlighting the importance of personal...

Transferee Pendente Lite Has Locus Standi To File Application At The Stage Of Order IX Rule 13 CPC: SC [Read Judgment]

"Observations of this Court in Usha Sinha vs. Dina Ram would not strictly govern and restrict the scope of an application on behalf of a transferee pendente lite at the stage of Order IX Rule 13 of CPC."

First 'Virtual Court' Launched In Faridabad To Deal With Traffic Challan Cases In Haryana

" Footfalls in the courts will be reduced considerably as accused need not visit the court for pleading guilty", said HC