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Banks Liable For Unauthorised Withdrawals Even If Customers Did Not Respond To 'SMS Alerts': Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
"SMS alerts cannot be the basis for determining the liability of the customer, for, there would be account holders who may not be in the habit of checking SMS alerts at regular intervals."
Delhi HC Orders Re-draw Of DJS-2018 Prelims Results, 2 Qs To Be Deleted, One Will Have 2 Correct Answers
In a decision affecting hundreds of Delhi Judicial Service aspirants, the Delhi High Court has directed the Registrar General to re-draw the results of DJS-2018 preliminary examinations with two questions in the question booklet series 'B' to be deleted, answer to one question being revised in the answer key and the court ordering that in answer to one particular question, two of the four...
PIL Filed In Bombay HC By 11-Year-Old Boy Seeking Ban On PUBG [Read Petition]
A PIL has been filed before the Bombay High Court by an 11-year-old boy from Mumbai, Ahad Nizam. The petitioner's mother is appearing on his behalf and the PIL states that the popular online game PUBG promotes immoral conduct such as violence, murder, aggression, looting, gaming addiction and cyber bullying, thus should be banned.The PIL is likely to be mentioned before the bench headed by...
With Agra On The Brink Of Waste Water, Sewerage Management Crisis, NGT Asks UP To Furnish Performance Guarantee Of Rs 25 Cr [Read Order]
As mismanagement of solid waste, sewerage and drainage system and consequent pollution of river Yamuna stares the city of Agra as well as the eco-sensitive Taj Trapezium Zone in the face, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to furnish a performance guarantee of Rs 25 crore under the 'Precautionary Principle' to comply with the timelines in the action plans...
Bar Council Of Delhi Welcomes SC Judgment Upholding Bar's Autonomy To Discipline Advocates
The Bar Council of Delhi on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment upholding the Bar's autonomy to discipline advocates as it quashed the disciplinary rules for advocates framed by the Madras High Court in the year 2016.The Bar Council of Delhi released a statement welcoming the January 28 decision of the Supreme Court in case titled R Muthukrishnan v The Registrar General of the high...
Madras HC Issues Notice To Makers of Mammootty-Starrer YSR's Biopic 'Yatra'
The Madras High Court Thursday issued a notice to producers of the Mammootty starrer 'Yatra', a biopic on late Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, YS Rajasekhar Reddy. When a civil suit by M Murugan of Sri Saai Lakshmi Pictures of Chennai came up, Justice M Sundar issued a notice to the producers of the movie, 70 MM entertainments and Shiva Mega Film Producers of Hyderabad and...
If Marriage Is Solemnized Under Hindu Marriage Act, Divorce Can't Be Sought From Foreign Courts: Bombay HC
In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has restrained a UK-based Indian-origin man from continuing divorce proceedings before a Family Court in Manchester and held that if a marriage is registered under the Hindu Marriage Act, then relief cannot be sought under English Personal Law.Justice RD Dhanuka was hearing a notice of motion in a suit filed by the original plaintiff Arunima...
Is Extra Marital Consensual Gay Relationship A Crime? Read What Bombay HC Said
“In the present case, both were having an extra marital consensual sexual relationship. Though it may be a ground for divorce on the ground of cruelty to the complainant, it does not constitute offence under section 377 because both are adults and had sexual relationship by consent.”
Journalist Soumya Murder Trial: HC Seeks Report On Accused's Plea For 1Cr Compensation For Prolonged Trial
One of the accused in the 2008 TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court seeking Rs 1 crore as compensation for agony caused to him due to prolonged trial in the matter where even after almost a decade the examination of prosecution witnesses have not concluded. Baljeet Singh Malik alias Poppy moved the court through advocate Amit Kumar...
POCSO: Minor Girl Went With Accused On Her Own Is A Mitigating Circumstance To Grant Bail: Gujarat HC [Read Order]
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday granted bail to a man accused of sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl. In doing so, Justice SH Vora considered it a "mitigating circumstance" that the accused and the minor girl were allegedly involved in a love affair and that the girl went along with the accused of her own volition. "Having heard submissions made at bar and considering the...