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Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Order Of Legal Services Authority Referring Litigant For 'Psychiatric Help' Following Offensive Letter To Judges
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday set aside the order of State Legal Services Authority by which a litigant, facing financial crunch due to failed business and working as an advocate’s clerk, was referred for psychiatric treatment for writing derogatory and offensive letters to the high ranking officials and High Court judges.A single judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha observed:“Out...
Proceedings Under Section 12 Domestic Violence Act Not Bar To Initiating Criminal Action, Lodging FIR U/S 498A IPC: JKL High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday ruled that merely because proceedings have been initiated by a wife against her husband under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act), no bar can be construed against lodging an first information report (FIR) for cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.The observations were made by a bench...
If Life Imprisonment Is Imposed On Murder Convict, Term Sentence For Other Offences Runs Concurrently: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has clarified that if a term of life imprisonment under section 302 of Indian Penal Code is imposed on an accused and another fixed term sentence is imposed for another charge, then both sentences will run concurrently and not consecutively.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna gave this clarification while allowing the petition filed by convicts...
Man Or Woman, A Judge Should Be Addressed As ‘Sir’ Rather Than ‘My Lord’ Or ‘Your Honour’: Gujarat HC Chief Justice Sonia Gokani
Adding her bit to the debate over whether a Judge should be addressed as Milord’ Or ‘Your Honour’, Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Sonia Gokani on Thursday observed that whether a Judge is a man or a woman, the right way to address him is to call him/her ‘Sir’. Chief Justice Gokani was prompted to make the remark after an advocate repeatedly addressed the bench led by...
Remove Defamatory Material Against BJP Leader Shyam Jaju, His Son From Social Media: Delhi High Court To AAP Leaders
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed Aam Aadmi Party leaders Saurabh Bhardwaj, Durgesh Pathak, Sanjay Singh and Dilip Kumar Pandey to remove the alleged defamatory material and allegations made on social media platforms against politician and former BJP National Vice-President Shyam Jaju and his son. Justice Navin Chawla observed that prima facie case is made out in favour of Jaju and his...
Bengaluru Court Temporarily Restrains IPS Officer Roopa Moudgil, Media From Circulating Defamatory Content Against IAS Rohini Sindhuri
An Additional City Civil and Sessions Court in Bengaluru on Thursday passed an ex-parte temporary injunction order, restraining IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil and 59 other media outlets including Google and Meta platforms, from publishing any defamatory content against IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri.Judge K S Gangannavar has also made it clear that Sindhuri will also restrain herself from making...
Madras High Court Criticises School For Denying Admission To Child With Special Needs
Coming down heavily on an educational institution for denying admission to a child with special needs, the Madras High Court observed that the institution had not only failed in performing its duty but had also brought bad repute to the Christian Missionary in whose name the institution was running. The sixth respondent is quite pathetically and ironically named after a...
Madras High Court Issues Notice To Former CM Edappadi Palanisamy On NGO's Appeal Against Interim Gag Order
The Madras High Court has issued notice to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy in a plea moved by Arappor Iyakkam NGO challenging the order of a single judge temporarily injuncting it from making any defamatory remarks against the AIADMK leader.A bench comprising Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq however refused to set aside the impugned order, stating that...
Delhi High Court Sets Aside CAT’s Order Granting Relief To IFS Officer Charged Of Fraudulently Obtaining Birth Certificate Of Surrogate Child
The Delhi High Court has set aside an order passed by Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) which had granted relief to an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer charged for fraudulently obtaining a birth certificate from Uttar Pradesh and then applying for an Indian diplomatic passport for his child born through an arrangement of surrogacy with a Mongolian national. A division bench of Justice...
Mere Admission Of Different Date Of Birth Not Better Proof Than School Leaving Certificate: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has observed that mere admission by a person of a different date as his date of birth cannot stand in the face of documentary proof of date of birth like School Leaving Certificate.While providing relief to a workman against his management, a Division Bench of Justices Arindam Sinha and Sanjay Kumar Mishra said,“This admission cannot stand in face of the...
AIDCF Members Not Complying With Statute, Only Seek To Enforce Their Commercial Interests: Star Network Tells Kerala High Court
Broadcaster Star India Pvt. Ltd. on Thursday told the Kerala High Court that the All Indian Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF), which has challenged TRAI's order to increase channel prices for cable TV operators, is only trying to pursue its members' commercial interest.AIDCF have argued that increase in prices would burden cable subscribers while broadcasters pocket crores of...
Kala Kendra’s Performance License Can’t Be Cancelled When Alleged Offence Under POCSO Act Not Committed On Premises: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently held that the performers license of Natraj Sanskrutik Kala Kendra, Nashik couldn't have been cancelled on the ground of crime registered against the proprietor as the alleged crime was not committed on the Kala Kendra's premises.Justice RG Avachat added that since the proprietor has been acquitted of the crime, the ground for cancellation does not...