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In the case at hand, the husband had argued that in view of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, a divorced Muslim woman is not entitled to maintain a petition under Section 125 of the CrPC and has to proceed under the provisions of the 1986 Act.
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The Calcutta High Court observed that the frequency of the awareness drives conducted by the Railway Police Force should be increased so that this menace can be avoided.
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Supreme Court clarified that this order will not stand in the way of the State Governments independently taking an appropriate decision
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Sublime Software Limited developed an app called “Briar”, which is a Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) which operates on a technology in which a person can directly send a message to another person even when there is no internet connectivity.
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“Only where one of the parties is seen to have voluntarily deserted the other and parties have continued in that status for a long period of time, then in view of other attending circumstances indicating there was no substance in the marriage, a conclusion may be reached that the marriage had been irretrievably broken down”
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The Court was of the view that the only test in such extraordinary situations must be as to whether the medical treatment is actually availed of. Once the answer is in affirmative, the reimbursement must be full while dealing with such cases pertaining to COVID pandemic.
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The statement of object and reason for enforcing the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, was to provide for prohibition of unlawful conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto
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The NCLAT criticized the appellants for unnecessarily burdening the Tribunal with excessive documentation, voluminous records and citations of little value, thereby wasting Tribunal’s resources and acting contrary to professional ethics.
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The Court stated that JJ Basti/cluster in question was not a notified JJ Basti as per DUSIB list of 675 Notified JJ Basti’s in Delhi, which further clarifies that the residents of the appellant-union are living illegally
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Madras High Court said that whether the documents executed by 292nd pontiff are liable to be declared as null and void or whether the appointment of Sri Harihara as the 293rd pontiff is valid or not have to be decided by the Trial Court
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The Delhi High Court stated that its immediate priority is to safeguard public safety and to ensure that the basic fire safety equipment, as mandated by law, is installed at the premises of private nursing homes.
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The Court referred to Rajendra Roy v. Union of India, (1993) 1 SCC 148 wherein it was held that, it is possible to draw reasonable inference of mala fide action from the pleadings and antecedent facts and circumstances, however it cannot be drawn from insinuation and vague suggestions.
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The Court stated the petitioner is living and no one, including a physician, is permitted to cause death of another person by administering any lethal drug, even if the objective was to relieve the patient from pain and suffering.
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The State of West Bengal had challenged the CBI’s action of registering Suo moto cases for offences that occurred within its territory without any direction from the competent court or prior consent by the State.
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The Delhi High Court took judicial notice of the fact that Dalai Lama had already expressed his apology to those who may have been offended by his action.
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Since AISPL and the ASF Group had assumed responsibility for payments to be made to SPCPL, their impleadment was necessary for a comprehensive adjudication of the matter.
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The Court referred to Niranjan Singh v. Prabhakar Rajaram Kharote (1980) 2 SCC 559, wherein it was explained that no lexical dexterity nor precedential profusion is needed to come to the realistic conclusion that he who is under the control of the court or is in the physical hold of an officer with coercive power is in custody for the purpose of Section 439, CrPC.
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The Court stated that the impugned order was entirely against the compliance of provision under Order XI Rule 5 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and spirit of Commercial Courts Act, 2015, thus, the documents brought on record were directed to be taken off the record.
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The sole intention of the legislature in passing probation laws is to give person of a particular type of chance of reformation, which they would not get if sent to prison.
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The petitioners alleged that the objections were decided without affording them a proper opportunity of hearing, relying solely on a newspaper notice.
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