The wheels of the official machinery are turning too slowly, the Bombay High Court has said, finding that its firecracker ban is routinely violated at processions and that police station heads in Mumbai may not know of its orders; the Commissioner of Police must brief every station and file an affidavit. Mumbai: Unhappy with how […]
The voter list for the Oudh Bar Association elections carries 5,108 names, and the Allahabad High Court now wants to know whether a Certificate of Practice can be reissued once an advocate changes the place of practice, and whether any deadline applies. The question has gone to the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh in a […]
A father accused of letting his 14-year-old son drive will have to face the charge: the Karnataka High Court refuses to quash culpable homicide charge against him, and says what he knew is a matter for the trial court. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has declined to quash the charge of culpable homicide not amounting […]
The money had already reached the authority’s account, so what was left to produce? A tender bid cannot be rejected for want of a physical original of an e-payment receipt for bid security, the Supreme Court has held, calling such insistence perverse. New Delhi: A tender bid cannot be rejected merely because the original of […]
A technical objection cannot defeat a child’s claim: under Section 125 CrPC, a maternal grandmother who has the child in her care can seek maintenance for her, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled, even though she was never appointed guardian. Jabalpur: Sending a minor girl’s plea for interim maintenance from her father back for […]
Fifteen days to report back: NCW Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of a nine-second news clip that linked folk singer Neha Singh Rathore to an alleged sex racket, which the channel that ran it has since called factually incorrect. New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on October 19 asked the Ministry of Information and […]