High Courts Archives

Bombay HC rejects Builder’s pre-arrest bail plea in Building Collapse case leading to loss of lives; calls for thorough investigation

Applicant is alleged to have constructed a four-storey building without necessary permissions and using substandard materials, violating the provisions of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966.

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Can Muslim wife claim interim maintenance under S.151 CPC while seeking divorce under Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act? Madras HC answers

“Since the legislature cannot contemplate a solution to all the problems that are presented in Society. Within the broad framework that is laid down by the legislature, Courts will have to find a solution to the individual cases.”

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Rajasthan High Court permits accused to travel abroad to attend daughter’s engagement ceremony; upholds Right to personal liberty

“Virtual presence cannot substitute the physical presence of a father at his daughter’s engagement, which is a once-in-a-lifetime event for both father and daughter.”

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Live-in couples are entitled to protection from tangible threats, even if one of the partners is already married: Punjab and Haryana High Court

The Court stated that if any of the partners in a live-in relationship has minor children, none of the partners is required to abandon his/her duty to provide optimum care and protection to the minor children.

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MP Municipalities Ordinance amending ‘period to move no-confidence motion against Municipal Council Head’ has retroactive operation: MP High Court

The Court criticised the state of uncertainty among various officers due to inconsistent application of the Ordinance and suggested that the State Government should have provided clarity.

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‘Will impose heavy cost, initiate contempt proceedings’; Gauhati HC grants last two months opportunity to State of Mizoram to set up State Human Rights Commission

The present petition is pending since 2021, and the Court observed that the State Government is not willing to set up State Human Rights Commission in State of Mizoram.

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Delhi High Court temporarily restrains Star Hospitality from using mark ‘SOCIAL’; grants interim injunction to Impresario Entertainment and Hospitality (P) Ltd.

“An average consumer with an imperfect recollection is likely to be deceived into thinking that the plaintiff has opened a new ‘SOCIAL’ outlet in Vadodara, Gujarat where the defendant is operating its outlet.”

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Gujarat HC transfers minor boy’s sexual assault and murder probe to CBI on no fruitful outcome by police after 9-years

In 2015, the minor left the school but did not reach his house and three days later, his body was found by the police, and it was alleged that he was murdered after being subjected to unnatural sexual intercourse.

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Delhi High Court directs BSES to pay Rs. 10,00,000/- as compensation to wife of Sub-Inspector who died due to electrocution

‘If the State fails to adhere to the practical necessity of preserving human life, it leads to a tragic loss of human dignity.’

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Effort shall be made by authorities to address grievance of Transgender Community members in respect to their medical needs: Gauhati HC

Petitioner stated that due lack of proper guidelines and clear instructions, neither the Central Government nor the State Government of Assam is coming forward with any concrete step to redress the grievance of the transgender community.

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Delhi High Court upholds Tihar Jail Superintendent’s denial of Rajya Sabha MP’s request for physical interview with Arvind Kejriwal

The petitioner is seeking right of physical interview in terms of Delhi Prison Rules and must therefore, exercise it in accordance thereof. He cannot, on one hand, seek right to physical interview according to Rule 589 DPR and on the other hand, not abide by the conditions contained therein.

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‘Would like to prevent a situation where lengthy and arduous trial becomes punishment in itself’; P&H HC grants bail to UAPA accused in custody for 3 years and 8 months

The allegations against the accused are that he was allegedly involved in anti-national activities but only a mobile phone was recovered from him containing objectionable photographs of arms and ammunition. There was no other recovery either of firearms or any other incriminating material.

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Court of Chief Commissioner for PwD cannot pass binding/adjudicatory orders akin to those issued by court of law; Delhi HC sets aside stay on Employee’s transfer

‘The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 does not envisage the CCPD as an adjudicatory body capable of deciding service-related disputes or issuing enforceable orders.’

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POSH| Sub-Inspector’s transfer, merely on account of pendency of Internal Committee proceedings, unjustified: MP High Court

“The intervenor created an impossible situation of stalemate in herself, bringing the proceedings of the ICC to a standstill and demanding reconstitution of committee which is not contemplated under the POSH Act.”

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‘Under Muslim Law, custody of children below 7 years shall be with their mother’: Bombay HC

The Court considered the aspect of better company and care, wherein it evaluated the parties’ living arrangements, schedules and availability to cater to the children. The husband due to his business engagements could not have catered to the needs of the children, unlike the wife who was not working at stayed at home.

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‘Breaking open lock without wife’s consent was a well-thought out & deliberate act in collusion with her husband’; Bombay HC refuses to quash FIR against landlord

“Where a person is in settled possession of property, even on the assumption that they had no right to remain on the property, they cannot be dispossessed by the owner of the property except by recourse to law.”- Supreme Court in Krishna Ram Mahale v. Shobha Venkat Rao, (1989) 4 SCC 131.

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‘Victims are unaware of Gas companies’ liability to compensate’; Orissa HC asks MoPNG to ensure public awareness on insurance for LPG cylinder blast and safety trainings

“The Oil/LPG companies in cases like this where human cost of LPG cylinder explosion is incalculable, behave like a hardcore litigant ignoring the fact that the matter does not fall in the realm of adversarial litigation. One can imagine as to how the thick flames engulfs the surroundings and human beings just reduce to ashes or sometime escape death and end up with deformities.”

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Minor girl’s marriage to adult constitutes mental and physical Cruelty, a ground for divorce under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act: MP High Court

The Court declared the marriage as null and void on the grounds of mental and physical cruelty as the wife, being a minor, was not ready to perform the marital obligations

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‘Indispensable provision cannot be kept aside on whims and fancies’; Delhi High Court holds pre-institution mediation mandatory in commercial suits

‘Section 12-A of the Commercial Courts Act aims and visualizes a situation where there may not be an institution of any fresh case, once the matter is settled through pre-institution mediation.’

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‘Identity and autonomy of adult woman are not defined by her relationships/familial obligations’; P&H HC dismisses habeas corpus petition to release 30-year-old woman to her father

It is crucial to reaffirm that an adult woman, like any other citizen, possesses the right to be treated as an independent and autonomous individual, free from coercion and undue influence.