Kamala Das’ Biopic ‘Aami’ Promotes Love Jihad, Claims Petition In Kerala HC [Read Petition]

A writ petition has been filed in the High Court of Kerala against the film Aami, which is reported to be based on the life of renowned author and poetess Madhavikutty, well known as Kamala Das. The petition has been filed by KP Ramachandran, a lawyer practising at the high court. The petition alleges that the film has been made by distorting the life of Madhavikutty.Madhavikutty, who used...

Insisting Husband To Live Separate From His Aged And Ailing Mother Is Cruelty: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

Insisting upon the husband to live separate from his aged mother suffering from cardiac problem is by itself a cruelty, the Chhattisgarh High Court has held.A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Arvind Singh Chandel made this observation while disposing of a matrimonial appeal against the trial court denying divorce sought by the husband.The bench referred to apex court decision...

Delhi HC Bench Convenes 30 Min Before Usual Time To Hear Urgent Petition

For years now, the Delhi High Court has been convening at 10:30 am daily, but on Wednesday one of its divisions convened at 10 am to hear an urgent matter pertaining to the construction of a road in Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir.A bench of Justice GS Sistani and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal convened at 10 am on Wednesday to hear an urgent petition filed by Abdul Rashid Butt.Butt...

SC Remands Back Pleas on LOC against Karti, Others To Madras HC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today directed the Madras  High Court to decide within two months petitions pertaining to validity of look out circulars (LOC) against Karti Chidambaram, son of former union minister P Chidambaram, and others in a corruption case.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had stayed the High Court's order of August 10 last year keeping at abeyance the LOCs...

Kerala HC Dismisses Senior Advocate’s Plea Challenging Exclusion From Bar Council Electoral Roll [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has dismissed plea of a senior advocate challenging his exclusion from the final electoral roll of Bar Council of Kerala.A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Antony Dominic and Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu dismissed a writ appeal preferred by senior advocate VK Beeran Sahib against the dismissal of his writ petition by the single bench.The sole contention...

Banishment Of Villagers For Following Different Religion Unconstitutional: Manipur HC [Read Judgment]

Inexorable and inescapable conclusion is that the said provision of the village constitution which lays down that there shall not be any denominational activity dividing the existing Religion (i.e., Baptist Christianity) is void in law and cannot be enforced being violative of Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution of India, it said.The Manipur High Court has held provision of the...

In Major Relief To Chhattisgarh’s Ex-CM Ajit Jogi, HC Orders Reconstitution Of Committee To Examine His Tribal Status

In a big relief to former Chief Minister Ajit Kumar Jogi, the Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld his petition challenging the decision of a high-powered certification scrutiny committee which had held that he had obtained certificate of Tribal status "Kanwar" to which he was not entitled.The court held that the reconstitution of the scrutiny committee itself was not proper and smacked...

Father Of Teen Killed As 'Naxalite' Moves Chhattisgarh HC Seeking Justice For His Death, Protection From Authorities

Sulo Kashyap, the father of an 18-year-old youth who was killed by the police last year after being tagged a Naxalite, has moved the Chhattisgarh High Court seeking justice for his son and protection for his family from alleged constant abuse by the authorities trying to silence their voices against the cold-blooded murder.Early this month, Justice Goutam Bhaduri had directed the Jagdalpur...

Until Process Is Issued, A Person Against Whom FIR Is Sought To Be Registered Can’t Intervene Through An Application Under Sec.156(3) CrPC: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently quashed and set aside an order passed by a metropolitan magistrate wherein an intervention application filed by accused was allowed and held that unless process is issued, a person against whom an FIR is sought to be registered cannot intervene through such application under Section 156(3) of the CrPC.The application under Section 156(3) was filed by one Laxmi...

Pollution Choking Traffic Cops: NHRC Sends Notice To Centre, States, UTs

While news reports talk of the menace of air pollution, including vehicular emission, risking the health of one and all, there is a class of men at work who are at a much higher risk.The traffic police personnel are the ones who directly breathe in hazardous fumes while the governments have failed to provide them any health allowance and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has now...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtIn a huge relief to LLM students from Mumbai University who did not get time to prepare for their semester examinations since there was only a few days between their admission and the first semester exam, the Bombay High Court allowed them to take the first semester exams along with the second semester exams.Quashing an order passed by a joint civil judge junior division,...

Sohrabuddin Case: Bombay HC Questions CBI’s Lack Of Urgency To Ensure Discharge Pleas Are Heard Soon

The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned the CBI as to why there was no sense of urgency in seeking an expeditious hearing on the revision applications challenging discharge of accused in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin, considering the trial had already begun two months back.Justice Revati Mohite Dere asked the question while hearing the revision applications filed by...