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Supreme Court Stays Delhi High Court Order Laying Down Guidelines To Feed Street Dogs
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the operation of an order of the Delhi High Court which issued a set of guidelines for feeding street dogs after holding that citizens have a right to feed street dogs.A division bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose stayed the High Court's order on a petition filed by an NGO 'Humane Foundation for People and Animals' challenging it.The...
'Go Prepare For Exams' : Supreme Court Dismisses Law Student's Plea To Cancel 3 Year LLB Exams Of KSLU
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with Karnataka High Court's order that allowed Karnataka State Law University to hold exams for a 3 year LLB course."Dismissed. No indulgence. They are law students & want to become lawyers, future judges and in this manner?," the bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar said.The Karnataka High Court bench of Justice S G Pandit...
Homage To Sir With Love
"As your father is in real life, your Senior is in your professional life." We juniors of Advocate K. Bhaskaran Nair (we are and call ourselves the KBN family) found this axiom in actual operation in our Senior's chambers. Sir upheld and maintained that legacy of the Calicut bar in the sublime relationship between seniors and juniors. I met my Senior first at the Chinmaya Gita...
'We Have Found Students Go To Ukraine As Medical Course Fee Is Less' : Supreme Court Reduces Cost Imposed On Father
Taking a sympathetic view of the Indian students who go to Ukraine for medical admission due to lesser fees when compared to Indian private colleges, the Supreme Court on Thursday reduced the cost imposed on the father of a student admitted in a medical course in an Ukrainian University for furnishing false information to the concerned authorities for the purpose of issuance of...
Titles Like 'Raja' Can't Be Used In Courts, Public Offices Etc As They Are Prohibited Under Articles 14, 18 & 363A Of Constitution : Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has held that the use of salutations and titles such as "Raja", "Nawab" and "Rajkumar" in constitutional courts, all other Courts, tribunals, public offices of the State etc. is prohibited in terms of Articles 14, 18 and 363A of the Constitution of India. The court ordered that the said restriction will also apply in the public domain as well...
Can Husband Be Prosecuted Under Section 377 IPC When Section 375 IPC Exempts Marital Sex? Delhi High Court To Consider
The Delhi High Court has delinked from a batch of pleas seeking criminalisation of marital rape, a plea seeking to declare that a husband cannot be prosecuted for the offence of unnatural sex with his wife under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, when exception 2 to Section 375 gives exception to marital sex from the offence of rape.A division bench comprising of Justice Rajiv Shakdher...
Act Against Govt Teachers Taking Private Tuitions & Other Businesses : Madras High Court
Slamming those government teachers who take private tuition classes for remuneration and do other businesses, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has issued a slew of directions to prevent government school teachers from flouting the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016 and Service Rules."The teaching community is concentrating to satisfy their self-needs,...
Kendriya Vidyalayas : Parents Approach High Courts Against 6 Years Minimum Age For Admission
A writ petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court challenging the admission criteria in Kendriya Vidyalayas to the extent that it lays down minimum 6 years of age for admission of a child in Class I. The petitioner is a 5 year old student who has approached the Court through her father Mr Vishnu PS Langawat.A similar petition has also been filed before the Delhi High Court by an...
Section 173 CrPC - Magistrate Should Consider Initial Report & Supplementary Report Conjointly To Decide Whether To Proceed Against Accused : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that a Judicial Magistrate should consider both the initial final report submitted under Section 173(2) CrPC and the supplementary report submitted under Section 173(8) before deciding whether there is ground for presuming that the accused has committed an offense. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant made the observation while considering...
Supreme Court's Suo Motu Limitation Extension Ended On February 28; Limitation Period Starts Running From Today (March 1)
The latest order of suo motu limitation extension passed by the Supremes Court in view of the Omicron surge has ended with effect from February 28.This means that limitation will resume running from today, March 1.In view of the recent surge in the COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, the Supreme Court on 10.01.2022 had extended the limitation period for filing cases in courts...
Sale Deed Shall Operate From Date of Execution If No Registration Thereof Had Been Made & Not From Time of Its Registration: Rajasthan HC
The Jaipur bench of Rajasthan High Court, while relying on Sections 23, 47 and 74 of Registration Act, 1908, reiterated that registration of sale deed shall operate from the time from which it would have commenced to operate if no registration thereof had been required or made, and not from the time of its registration. Essentially, petitioner applied for selection...