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Building Rules Do Not Permit Conversion Of Residential Building Into A Prayer Hall: Madras High Court Rejects Plea Of Man To Convert Residence To Prayer Hall
The Madras High Court has recently held that Rule 6(4) of the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Building Rules 1972 mandates prior permission from the District Collector before construction of a building intended for public worship or religious purposes. The court thus dismissed the petition of a man for converting his residential place into a prayer hall after observing that the...
DNA Test Cannot Be Ordered As Matter Of Course To Determine Parentage: Punjab & Haryana High Court
Punjab and Haryana High Court recently held that a Court cannot order a DNA test as a matter of course and for this reason a prayer to order DNA test cannot be granted to lead to a roving inquiry, in this case into the parentage of the respondent. The bench comprising Justice Alka Sarin further added that the burden to prove his case by adducing evidence in support of his plea lies on...
PIL Can't Be Entertained In Disputes Relating To Service Matters: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has recently held that Public Interest Litigation (PIL) cannot be entertained in disputes pertaining to 'service matters'. While adjudicating a matter relating to alleged irregularities in the appointment of primary school teachers, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik followed the above principle as has been laid...
Can Identification Of Deceased Motor Accident Victims Be Done From 'Specific Characteristics' Available With UIDAI? Delhi HC To Consider
The Delhi High Court is set to examine a legal question as to whether identification of unidentified dead bodies in motor vehicle accident (MACT) cases can be done with the help of specific characteristics available with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).A division bench comprising of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anish Dayal appointed Senior Advocate Prashanto Chandra Sen...
Filmmaker Files Habeas Corpus Plea In Bombay High Court Seeking Return Of Children Allegedly "Held Hostage" In Pakistan By Wife
A filmmaker has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Bombay High Court seeking the Interpol's intervention for the safe return of his two minor children said to be "illegally" held in Pakistan after his wife, a Pakistani national, left with them in 2020. The filmmaker said the wife's "inexplicable conduct is perhaps at the behest of some unidentified persons with oblique motives...
Allahabad HC Orders CBI Probe Into 'Fake' Cases Lodged Against Advocates, Others U/S 376IPC, SC/ST Act To Extract Money
In a significant order, the Allahabad High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into a bunch of cases allegedly filed falsely against Advocates, others implicating them under charges of rape and offences under the SC/ST Act for the purpose of extracting money.The bench of Justice Gautam Chowdhary emphasized that in the interest of justice and to protect...
Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Assaulting Police Officers, Damaging Public Property During CAA-NRC Protests
The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to one Azahar Khan accused of assaulting the police officers, damaging police bikes by setting them on fire, and also causing damage to public property during the CAA-NRC Protests.As per the prosecution's case, a protest against NRC and CAB was organized by Muslim Clerics (Ulemas) of Rampur city and they called the public at Eidgah on December 21,...
Not Necessary To Refuse Bail In Every Case Of Economic Offence: Bombay High Court On Granting Relief To Vipul Chitalia In PNB Scam Case
The Bombay High Court has made it clear that bail cannot be refused to an accused merely because the offence is in nature of economic offence. "...it is not imperative that in every case of economic offences, bail should invariably be refused", the court observed. Justice Bharati Dangre on August 11 granted bail to Vipul Chitalia, former vice president (banking operations)...
[Delhi Riots] No Respect For Judicial Time, Public Money: Court Calls For Sensitization Of SPPs, IOs To Drop Irrelevant Witnesses, Imposes 5K Cost
A Delhi Court yesterday called for sensitization of special public prosecutors (SPPs) and investigating officers (IOs) for taking steps to drop irrelevant witnesses in the 2020 riots cases, rather than obtaining summons for them.Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala also imposed Rs. 5,000 cost on the prosecution for calling an irrelevant and unrelated witness in a riots case, who...
Issuing Summons On Printed Proforma After Passing Hand Written Cognizance Order On Chargesheet Isn't Invalid: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that if the order of taking cognizance has been passed on the first page of the charge-sheet in the hand writing not by filling up the proforma then the summoning order carried on the order-sheet on printed proforma won't be invalid.The bench of Justice Mohd. Aslam clarified that if after taking cognizance of the police charge sheet by way of a written...
Jahangirpuri Violence: Delhi High Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail, Says Accused Allegedly Tried To Create A "Rift Between Two Communities"
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday denied anticipatory bail to an accused in connection with the Jahangirpuri riots observing that his conduct was allegedly an "attempt to disturb the communal harmony of the area" by trying to create a "rift between two communities."Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also noted that suspicious material was found on the terrace of his house during the riots and he...
Non Joining Duty Vacancies Should Be Treated As Fresh Vacancies: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday held that the Non Joining Duty (NJD) vacancies that arose in the post of Preventive Officer at the Public Service Commission (PSC) after the amendment of Part III of Kerala State & Subordinate Service Rules (Special Rules) will have to be filled as per the amended Rules and not the erstwhile Rules. A Division Bench of Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar...