Source: ndtv NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court today sought the response of the Centre on a plea seeking a direction to restrain media houses from using the word ‘Dalit’ in news articles, alleging it creates “inequality” in the society. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal issued notice to the
Source: timesofindia LUCKNOW: Sworn in as judge in the Allahabad high court on Tuesday, Justice Rekha Dixit had created history in 1988 when as magistrate in a lower court she delivered the first judgment of the country in favour of a Muslim woman, granting her right to maintenance after talaq (divorce) by a Navy officer.
Source: huffingtonpost The Bombay High Court today issued notices to eight persons who were discharged earlier this year from the 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts case, seeking response to a petition filed by the Maharashtra government against their discharge. The state has moved the high court in appeal against the order of sessions court discharging the
Source: indianexpress Coming to the rescue of a Pakistani couple living in India, the Bombay High Court Monday directed the Centre not to take “any coercive step of deporting them from India”. According to the couple’s petition, they were required to leave India by November 18 as per an order issued by the Ministry of
Source: timesofindia RANCHI: With the state assembly passing the Chotanagpur Tenancy (CNT) and Santhal Pargana Tenancy (SPT) Act Amendment Bill 2016 on Wednesday, the Jharkhand Advocates Association decided to approach the Jharkhand High Court with a writ, claiming it to be unconstitutional. “Section 21 of CNT Act has been amended by bringing in section 21
Source:- bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com The Karnataka High Court has come down on petitions that bring civic disputes before it, saying they are eating into precious time of the courts. Petitions seeking directions to civic authorities like BDA or BBMP should not be brought before the HC at the first instance, the court said, pointing out that there
Source:- http://indianexpress.com/ Marriage under the Hindu law is “sacrament” and “not a contract” which can be entered into by executing a deed, Delhi High Court has observed while dismissing a plea by a woman who had challenged an order refusing to declare her as the legally-wedded wife. The woman had approached the court seeking her
Source:- news18.com New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea seeking to restrain all political parties from making promises of offering freebies to people if they are voted to power. A bench headed by Chief Justice G Rohini fixed the public interest litigation (PIL) for consideration on February 2, which has
Source:- indianexpress.com Delhi High Court has upheld a trial court’s verdict granting divorce to a man on the grounds that his wife had denied him “conjugal bliss” for about two months after their marriage and had levelled unproved allegations of adultery. A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Yogesh Khanna dismissed an appeal filed by
Source:- thehindu.com The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday directed the State Government, represented by the Principal Secretary, Law, Courts and Prisons Department to take necessary steps for introducing LLM courses in nine different branches of law at the government law college here within a year. A Division Bench of Justices A. Selvam and
