Even If Wife Leaves Husband, It Doesn’t Absolve Him Of Duty To Provide Maintenance To Minor Child: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Imposing a cost of Rs. 25,000 on one Nirajkumar Kapurchand Jain who has a 7-year-old son, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has said a father cannot run away from the responsibility nor can he be allowed to skip his obligation to maintain his son or daughter and father is duty-bound to provide all facilities, including better facilities for education and health, for his minor...

Polish President To Veto Two Bills From The Ruling Party’s Contentious Court Reforms

Poland’s President, Mr. Andrzej Duda, who hails from Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, has announced that he will veto two Bills that form a part of the contentious legal reforms being pursued by the ruling party.The Polish Parliament had recently passed a Bill for removal and replacement of all Supreme Court Judges after a 15-hour debate. The Bill was to give...

Tenants Occupying Premises Before Public Premises Act Was Enacted To Be Ruled By State Rent Control Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently upheld the law laid down by the Supreme Court, in the case of Suhas H Pophale vs Oriental Insurance Company Limited and its Estate Officer, wherein it was held that such persons who are in occupation prior to the premises belonging to or taken on lease by government companies and corporations, will continue to be governed by the State Rent Control Act.The...

Requirement Of Custodial Interrogation In Grave Offences Should Be Assessed Practically: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Monday opined that the requirement of custodial interrogation of the offender in serious and grave offences should be assessed practically.“The requirement of the offender for custodial interrogation in serious and grave offences should be assessed from a practical approach. The conduct, demeanor, tone and tenor, body language of the accused on anticipatory bail...

Jailed For Ruckus In Delhi Assembly, Youths Now Move Delhi HC To Implead 10 AAP MLAs [Read Petition]

After challenging the order of the Delhi Assembly Speaker to putting them behind bars for creating ruckus in the House, Jagdeep Rana and Rajan Kumar Madan on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking impleadment of 10 AAP MLAs who, they said, had assaulted them.In an impleadment application moved before the court, they have sought to implead 10 AAP MLAs -- Amanatullah Khan, Jarnail...

Kerala HC Stays Circular Mandating 48-Hr Advance Intimation For Bringing Indian Citizen’s Body From Abroad [Read Order]

However, 12 hours’ prior notice can be insistedThe Kerala High Court has stayed a circular issued by the health officer attached to Calicut International Airport, which mandates that for importation of dead body of an Indian citizen from any foreign country, the health officer should be given advance intimation of at least 48 hours of the sameThe order was issued by Justice PB Suresh Kumar,...

Centre Launches Electronic-Box (She-Box) For Registering Complaints Related To Sexual Harassment At Workplace

The Ministry of Women and Child Development, on Monday, launched the “SHe-box” – an online complaint box – that will be hosted at the Ministry’s website (www.wcd.nic.in), for Government employees who face sexual harassment or abuse at work.“This portal is an initiative to provide a platform to women working or visiting any office of Central Government (Central...

Soon Liquor bottles May Have Pictorial Warnings Against Drunken Driving

With an aim to saving lives lost due to drunk driving , liquor bottles in the country may soon be having pictorial warning against drinking and driving to warn consumers about the dangerous consequences of drunk driving.In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in Delhi High Court by Prince Singhal, Activist, Road Safety expert and Founder Community against drunken driving (CADD)...

Govt Elaborates On Steps Taken To Reduce Weight of School Bags

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State (HRD) has stated the following regarding the efforts undertaken by the government to reduce the weight of school bags.The government has received a number of suggestions to reduce the weight of school bags, including dividing books into two volumes. Several initiatives have already been taken in this regard and the...

RS Passes Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill

The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2017, introduced during the Winter Session of Parliament, came up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha on Monday and was passed unanimously by the House.The Bill aims to establish a legal framework for consolidation of related laws to replace the age old archaic laws with modern Indian legislation and to confer...

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...