No HC Relief For Lawyer Accused Of Outraging Woman’s Modesty [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has refused to grant relief to a lawyer accused under Sections 448, 354, 380, 342, 427 and 504 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 3(1)(g), (r), (s), (w), (ii), and (z) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, in an FIR registered at Wanavari Police Station, Pune.The division bench of Justice...

Delhi HC Dismisses Jet Airways’ Plea On Rs. 2.36-cr Tax Refund On Sky Marshals [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the petition filed by Jet Airways India Ltd claiming refund of Rs. 2.36 crore of the Inland Air Travel Tax (‘IATT’) deposited by it for the period between October 1, 2001, to October 8, 2003, for carrying Sky Marshals.A bench of Justice Pratibha M Singh and Justice S. Muralidhar dismissed the petition filed by the airliner, while noting that the...

Bombay HC Dismisses Plea Against Release Of Movie 'Indu Sarkar'

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by one Priya Singh Paul, who claims to be the late Sanjay Gandhi’s biological daughter.Paul filed the writ petition seeking a stay on the release of upcoming movie Indu Sarkar.According to the petition, Paul was adopted and had recently “learnt from reliable sources” that she was the biological daughter of the late Congress...

Delhi HC Says Centre Took Steps For Public Grievance Redressal System, Disposes Of Plea For Citizen Charter [Read Judgment]

Noting that the Centre had taken substantive steps to put in place a system for timely redressal of public grievance in every department of governance, the Delhi High Court has disposed of a petition seeking direction to the government for providing a citizens’ charter.Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar disposed of a petition moved by advocate Ashwini Kumar...

Polish Parliament Approves Controversial Court Reforms For Greater Control Over Judicial Appointments

Poland’s Parliament, under the leadership of the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, passed the controversial new reforms which provide for removal and replacement of all Supreme Court Judges.The legislation was passed in a 55-23 vote with two abstentions in the upper house on Saturday after a 15-hour debate. The lower house had voted for the measures on Thursday.This legislation is...

Kerala HC Denies Bail To Actor Dileep In Actress Molestation Case [Read Order]

Kerala High Court dismissed the bail application of Malayalam film star Dileep in the actress sexual assault case.Justice Sunil Thomas had reserved the order in the bail application on Friday.Senior Advocate K. Ramkumar had submitted that the investigation in the case is over and there is no need to keep the accused in further custody.Director General of Prosecution Manjeri Sreedharan...

Kerala HC Restrains Newly Appointed Members Of State Child Rights Commission From Functioning [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court on Friday provisionally restrained the newly appointed members of the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights from functioning as its members and assuming any responsibility.Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar issued the order on a Petition filed by Dr. Jasmine Alex, after observing that the State had proceeded with the appointments despite its interim order...

Delhi HC Tells DDA To Pay Lump Sum Compensation To Security Guard For Dismissal From Services 37 Yrs Ago [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has directed the DDA to pay a lump sum compensation of Rs. 2 lakh to a man whose services as ‘chowkidar’ (security guard) were terminated 37 years ago following a theft at its godown, while observing that the trend of judicial thought appears to have sharply swung from the theory of "reinstatement with back wages (in whole or in part)" to the theory of "lump...

Even A Hutment Costs Rs 3K Monthly Rent In Delhi: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The rental rates in Delhi are hiking and the recent remark made by the Delhi High Court reflected the same when it said that the rent of even a hutment in Delhi is Rs. 3,000 and therefore, a mesne profit of Rs. 10,000 awarded in a case cannot be called excessive.“The suit property is a property of 100 sq yard in New Delhi and when even a hutment costs Rs. 3,000 per month as rent in Delhi,...

Allahabad HC- Boycott Of The Court And Subsequent Conduct Amounts To “Criminal Contempt”: Justice Sudhir Agarwal To Chief Justice (Read Letter)

Amidst the ongoing confrontation between the Bar and the Bench at the Allahabad High Court, Justice Sudhir Agarwal, on Friday, wrote a letter to the Chief Justice, expressing his desire to initiate appropriate actions against the members of the Bar involved in the strike.Justice Agarwal opined that the conduct of the lawyers involved in the strike amounted to criminal contempt and was a...

Justice S.S.Satheesachandran Appointed As President, Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission [Read Order]

Justice S.S.Satheesachandran has been appointed as the next president of the Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.This was done pursuant to the decision arrived at the consultation  between the State Government and the Chief Justice,High Court of Kerala.Justice S.S.Satheesachandran, a former judge of the High Court of Kerala, took his law degree from Kerala Law...

MP HC Rejects Man’s Plea For CBI Probe Into Son’s Suspicious Death [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected the appeal of a man demanding a probe through the Central Bureau of Investigation or any other specialist agency into the death of his son whose body was found at Saraswati Ghat on banks of river Narmada.The ground taken by the petitioner to challenge the single judge bench order was based upon the time of death given by the doctor...