High Courts Archives

Wife filing false case under S.498-A IPC to correct husband’s behaviour amounts to cruelty: Bombay HC

Once the mind of a spouse is corrupted to resort to a false prosecution against a spouse, it is certain that the spouse has lost all reasonableness and rationality to maintain solemnity of the marriage.

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Bombay HC rebukes Indian Overseas Bank for apathetic denial of employee’s request to forego her promotion to care for her disabled son

“We find that the Bank is no way going to be impacted, if the petitioner who has rendered 13 years of service with an unbleached record in Mumbai was brought back to the post of Clerk held by her in past.”

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Why Karnataka High Court dismissed pleas on Reservation of Women in Bengaluru Advocates Association Elections?

The Court said directions regarding ensuring reservation of women advocates had been issued by the Supreme Court under Art. 142 and same cannot be done by the High Court.

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Andhra Pradesh High Court upholds interim attachment of Iron Ore in arbitration dispute based on prima facie case and balance of convenience

The Court observed that though the appellant contended that the net worth of the company is Rs.91 crores and is not a fly-by-night company, no physical assets or any other alternative security is provided either before the Single Judge or before the present Court.

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“Religious terrorism is tragic & dangerous phenomenon”; MP High Court denies bail due to strong prima facie evidence & National Security threat

“Religious terrorism is a tragic and dangerous phenomenon that distorts the true teachings of faith and causes immense harm to individuals and societies. While the roots of religious terrorism are deep and complex, it is crucial to understand that no religion inherently supports violence or terror.”

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‘Student’s right to travel abroad by issuance of passport cannot be scuttled merely because father did not grant consent’; Bombay HC directs Passport Officer to consider application by mother

The right to travel is required to be not only recognized but made more meaningful, which can be achieved and supported by authorities implementing the provisions of the Passport Act, 1967 by effectively recognizing contemporary needs in dealing with passport applications.

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‘Twin Conditions under S. 127 of Income Tax Act was not complied with’; Himachal Pradesh HC grants relief to assessee whose tax assessment was wrongly transferred

“A valuable right of assessee is clearly involved in the matter, when he objected to jurisdiction of the assessing officer and transfer of his case, which obviously could not have been adjudicated upon without affording an opportunity of hearing and disclosing to him the reasons for not accepting his point of view.”

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“There is no requirement under law for government employees to declare all family members”; Delhi HC sets aside order dismissing application under Order 7 Rule 11, CPC

“Even if the name of family members are not mentioned in the service book, even then they can apply for family pension to which they would be entitled, if they are qualified as per the Pension Rules.”

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‘Husband’s inability to cohabit is a condition known to him and does not travel beyond home’; Bombay HC quashes FIR against husband’s relatives

The Court stated that Applicants 5 to 8, being maternal uncles and their wives, are only instrumental in introducing Applicant 1’a marriage proposal to the complainant and it cannot be said that they knew about his condition.

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‘Consideration of PO Act is right of accused and duty of Courts’; Gauhati HC grants benefit under PO Act to Headmaster & his son convicted of assaulting student’s mother

“The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 was a milestone in the progress of the modern liberal trend of reform in the field of Penology. It was the result of recognition of the doctrine that the object of criminal law was more about the reformation of the offender than punishing him.”

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TRAI cannot request information from Telecom Service Provider under RTI Act to address individual grievances or access customer-specific information: Delhi HC

The Court stated that requiring TRAI to retrieve information about individual complaints from Telecom Service Provider will impose an impractical and onerous burden on the TRAI. With a workforce of merely 170 employees, the TRAI lacked the operational capacity to manage or compile data related to the grievances of over 900 million telecom subscribers.

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Telangana HC refuses to quash FIR against Former Minister KT Rao over alleged misuse of public funds in Formula E Championship

“It is relevant to note that the FIR need not disclose any specific offence. The FIR should indicate that prima facie an allegation of commission of an offence exists and such an allegation requires an investigation.”

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‘Ends of justice would not be met by quashing FIRs’; Bombay HC refuses to exercise jurisdiction under S. 482, CrPC

“The process of law would take its own course through the trial”

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Delhi High Court dismisses petition alleging medical negligence and misconduct against doctors at Max Super Speciality Hospital

“While it is acknowledged that doctors are expected to apply a reasonable level of expertise and exercise due diligence in their practices, their conduct must not be judged against preconceived notions of a specific procedure or outcome.”

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‘No application of mind, precious time of police & Court wasted’; Gujarat HC slams Police, Prosecution and Trial Court for invoking POCSO Act after 8 yrs of FIR

In a sexual harassment case of a 15-year-old girl, the charges under POCSO Act were added at the fag end of the trial, despite that the victim deposed during the examination that she was aged 15 years at the time of the incident.

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Uttaranchal HC dismisses petition against Government Orders issued in pandemic for directing private unaided residential schools to charge only tuition fee for online classes

“School management was not justified in demanding fees for services which are provided only when the school runs in physical mode.”

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Delhi High Court directs State to reinstate CISF candidate acquitted of criminal charges

The Court observed that the petitioner truthfully disclosed the pendency of a criminal case against him, when during the training, he along with other candidates were directed to furnish the relevant information.

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Kerala HC clears path for remote cross-examination via video conferencing to streamline court proceedings

Kerala High Court made it clear that permission to conduct cross-examinations via video conferencing is not an automatic right. Such permission should only be granted if valid reasons are provided, and the absence of a specific provision in the rules should not prevent this.

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Karnataka HC urges State Law Commission to frame guidelines on issues surrounding pledging of stolen gold

Court noted that innumerable matters are coming up where stolen gold had been pledged with a gold finance company and this aspect must be examined by the concerned authorities and proper guidelines must be formulated in relation to issues such as implication of pledging stolen gold, manner of dealing with such gold when criminal proceedings are taken up etc.

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Bombay HC directs State to ensure that eligible women are able to seek benefit under revised Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Scheme

The Mukhyamantri-Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana scheme was launched by the Women and Child Development Department, Government of Maharashtra for providing financial assistance of Rs 1,500 per month to women between the ages of 21 to 65 years.