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Kallakurichi Student Death: Madras High Court Directs Parents To Hand Over Her Mobile Phone To CB-CID
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the parents of a school girl, who died by suicide in Kallakurichi in July, to hand over her mobile phone to the CB-CID and cooperate with the investigation.During a hearing of the petition filed by the 17-year-old's father for a proper investigation in the case, the Public Prosecutor Hassan Mohammed Jinnah submitted that the girl's parents were...
Whether Suit Falls U/S 92 CPC Has To Be Decided Before Trial: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday held that the question as to whether a suit falls under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure (C.P.C.) would have to be decided before the trial.Justice A. Badharudeen reasoned that a suit under Section 92 can be prosecuted only with the leave of the court and if the parties are relegated till the finalisation of the trial and if ultimately it is found...
"Involved In Violent Terrorist Activities" : Centre Declares PFI & Affiliates As "Unlawful Association" Under UAPA
The Central Government has banned the Popular Front of India and associated entities for a period of five years. In exercise of the powers under Sec 3(1) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the Central Government declared the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its associates or affiliates or fronts as "unlawful associations" with immediate effect.PFI affiliates Rehab India...
Exemption u/s 26 of Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 Is Overriding In Nature: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has quashed the service tax demand and held that the exemption afforded by section 26 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 is overriding in nature and the breach of conditions is procedural.The two-member bench of Ajay Sharma (Judicial Member) and C.J. Mathew (Technical Member) has held that the...
Convicts' Release In Bilkis Bano Case Abhorrent, Has Chilling Effect On Women Safety: NLSIU Alumni Statement
In a joint statement expressing their shock and sadness at Gujarat government's decision to remit the sentences of convicts in the Bilkis Bano Case, a total of 157 alumni of India's premier law school, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), have called upon the Supreme Court "to do justice in the matter and send the convicts back to prison."The release of the convicts "is abhorrent...
Claim For Compassionate Employment Abates If Any Family Member Secures Govt Service Before Consideration Of Application: Chhattisgarh HC
The Chhattisgarh High Court has made it clear that a claim for compassionate appointment will not stand in case a family member of the claimant secures a government job before consideration of the application seeking such employment.Thus, it upheld the order of competent authority removing the Petitioner, who was appointed on compassionate basis following the demise of her father-in-law, on...
Daughter Making Monetary Demand From Father Not Meant To Abet His Suicide: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a woman accused of abetting her father's suicide, observing that it is unlikely that she demanded money from him with the purpose of driving him to commit suicide."We are of the opinion that such repeated demands or alleged increase in the demands cannot lead to a finding that prima facie the demands were being...
Temporary Injunction Can Be Continued By Appellate Court If Trial Court Finding Not Clear On Title Of Suit Property: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has said that if the trial court has not given clear finding in regards the possession of a suit property, it is better for the appellate court to grant an order of temporary injunction, if it was in operation till disposal of the suit before the trial court.A single judge bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar said, "There is no hard and fast rule that the...
Sikh Couple Approaches Bombay High Court For Implementation of Anand Marriage Act in Maharashtra
A Sikh lawyer-couple, who married last year, have approached the Bombay High Court seeking directions for implementation of Anand Marriage Act in the state.Their plea seeks formulation of rules under the Anand Marriage Act 1909 and registration of their marriage under the law. It has been submitted in the petition that at least 10 states including Delhi, Punjab, Kerala, Assam and Rajasthan...
KSRTC Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Over Rs 5 Crores From PFI For Hartal Losses
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation moves Kerala High Court seeking directive to Popular Front of India to pay Rs. 5.06 Crores as compensation for the damages caused to the corporation during the flash hartal called the party in the state following the arrest of its leaders by the NIA.In the petition moved through the Standing Counsel for KSRTC, Advocate Deepu Thankan sought direction...
Karnataka High Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Cost On Former Civil Judge, Upholds Appointments Made to State Information Commission
Upholding the appointments made to the posts of Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners in 2019, the Karnataka High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the petitioner, who is a former judicial officer, for suppression of material facts in his plea and unnecessarily harassing the appointees.A division bench of Justice B.VEERAPPA AND JUSTICE K.S.HEMALEKHA dismissed...