Month: May 2018

Bombay High Court: Kids from 2nd marriages can claim parents’ properties only after their death

Source – freepressjournal.in Mumbai: The Bombay High Court recently held that children from second marriages can claim share in properties of their parents, but only after the death of their parents and not during their lifetime. A single-judge bench of Justice Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi pronounced the ruling last month while dealing with a suit filed by a man’s

Supreme Court Vacancies: Who Will Be The Next Six?

Source – livelaw.in The Supreme Court collegium of five senior Judges, which met on Friday, agreed “in principle”  that it would reiterate its previous recommendation – returned by the Centre for reconsideration – on appointing the chief justice of the Uttarakhand high court, Justice K.M.Joseph, as a judge of the apex court. But it has decided

Kerala High Court dismisses private hospitals’ plea challenging government order to fix higher wages for nurses

Source – newindianexpress.com KOCHI: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the Kerala Private Hospitals Association (KPHA) challenging the order of single judge declining to stay the government order on the revision of minimum wages of nurses. While declining the plea to stay the notification fixing the minimum

Set up anti-sexual harassment panels in all courts: Supreme Court to HCs

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: In a significant direction, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the heads of all high courts to set up anti-sexual harassment committees in all courts across the country within two months in accordance with a 2013 law. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also asked the registrars general of the high courts to file a

Jharkhand high court gives Lalu Yadav 6 weeks provisional bail for treatment

Source  –  indiatimes.com RANCHI: The Jharkhand high court on Friday granted a provisional bail of six weeks to RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav on medical grounds. He got the bail for treatment of his illnesses related to the heart and kidneys at specialised medical centres in the country.  “The provisional bail will be effective from the time when Lalu is released,” said

Delhi high court says CBSE’s upper-age limit for NEET will stay

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court upheld a CBSE notification on Friday fixing an age cap of 25 and 30 years for general and reserved categories, respectively, to apply for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-UG, a pre-qualification for MBBS. The high court dismissed petitions challenging the CBSE notification that laid down the upper age limit even as it struck down a

John Abraham wins legal battle against Prernaa Arora; ‘Parmanu – The Story of Pokhran’ to release on May 25

Source – indiatimes.com For the past several months, ‘Parmanu – The Story of Pokhran’ has been in the news for the numerous delays in the release of the film and an alleged fallout between the makers. John Abraham can now finally have a good night’s sleep after the recent order passed by Bombay High Court, which means that the

Delhi High Court Stays Sale Of Book On Baba Ramdev

Source – ndtv.com NEW DELHI:  Issuing an interim order on Thursday, the Delhi High Court stayed a trial court ruling that revoked the ban on publication and sale of a book on yoga guru Ramdev. Justice R.K. Gauba said that it would file a detailed order in the matter later and directed Juggernaut, the publisher, to file