Source:- thehindu.com The Delhi High Court has declined to grant relief toa B.Com (Hons) student, who fell short of the requisite attendance due to his heart ailment, seeking permission to write the 4th semester examination. “The claim of the petitioner is effectively for the court to grant relief solely on the ground of sympathy, even
Source:-asianage.com Mumbai: The Bombay high court has rejected the bail application of a stepfather who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court. The high court refused to accept the accused’s contention that the prosecution had failed to prove the age of the victim as well as her pregnancy. A division bench of Justice
Source:- thehindu.com The Madras High Court has called for details of the number of resorts that were closed down along the elephant corridor in Sigur reserve forest area in the Nilgiris district following a Supreme Court order and the number of tribals who were residing in Siruyur as well as Anaikatti hamlets in the region.
Source:-deccanchronicle.com Chennai: The Madras high court has imposed costs of Rs 10,000 each on a person (petitioner) for repeatedly filing petitions for the same relief and the Director of Collegiate Education for willfully disobeying the order of the court. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana dismissed the petition filed by A.Nabeela, which sought a direction to the Director of
Source:- hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear the Centre’s plea against Delhi high court’s recent order that put on hold a government notification to make the 2016 black money law operational with retrospective effect from July 2015 to book and probe offenders. The appeal has also questioned the HC’s interim order that stops the
Source: livelaw Arepalli Naga Babu, a visually-challenged IDIA scholar from Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, has yet again strengthened the well-known belief that the only disability in life is lack of will and fortitude. Acting on his petition, the Hyderabad High Court has directed the authorities to accept his application and permit him to write the
Source: timesofindia A rape survivor is eligible for medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) as the unwanted pregnancy is a threat to her life, the Kerala High Court has held. The court’s ruling came even as a bill containing a recommendation for allowing MTP in rape cases, if the pregnancy is less than six months old,
Source: ptinews Delhi High Court has set free two men of the charge of raping their colleague, saying there was “inconsistency” in the woman’s version about the incident. Holding that the two convicts, who have been in custody since June 2009, “deserve the benefit of doubt”, Justice S P Garg directed their release from jail
Source:- firstpost.com Taunting a wife and ridiculing her lack of English speaking skills don’t amount to cruelty under the law, says a recent Bombay High Court ruling granting bail to a man charged with the abetment of suicide and showing cruelty to his wife. The Free Press Journal reported the court’s observations: “According to the
Source:- dnaindia.com The Bombay High Court has rejected the bail application of a primary school teacher who was charged with molesting a 10-year-old girl. Justice Mridula Bhatkar rejected the bail plea of Sagar Mohite, saying: “This offence cannot be justified in any manner as the applicant/accused is a teacher, who is in a position of
