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₹6,000 Maintenance Order Set Aside as 57-Year-Old Woman Was Not a ‘Senior Citizen’ Under 2007 Act: Madras High Court
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has set aside an order directing Pradip C. Nair and M.G. Rajani to pay ₹6,000 per month as maintenance to Shantakumari. Justice M. Dhandapani held that the complaint filed by Shantakumari under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 was not…
Teacher's Removal Quashed Over Lack of Prior DOE Approval and Bias in Disciplinary Process, Fresh Inquiry Ordered: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has set aside the removal of Rekha Sabharwal, an Assistant Teacher at Saai Memorial Girls School, after finding serious legal defects in the disciplinary proceedings conducted against her. The Division Bench held that the school had removed her without obtaining the mandatory prior approval of the…
Cheque Bounce Cases Against Former Director Quashed as Section 141 NI Act Requires Specific Role in Company's Affairs: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Achin Kumar Roy in four cheque dishonour complaints filed by Bajaj Finance Ltd. The Court held that a former director cannot be summoned under Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 merely because he was a director of the company. The complaint…
Cruelty and Dowry Case Against Husband Quashed After Wife Also Called Him "Impotent" During Quarrel: Allahabad High Court
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Hirendra Kushwaha in a matrimonial dispute, holding that the allegations, when considered in their entirety, did not disclose the ingredients of offences under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or the other provisions…
Retired Judges Appointed to Central Industrial Tribunals Cannot Claim Pay Parity with Other Tribunal Members: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by re-employed former judicial officers serving as Presiding Officers of Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LCs). The petitioners had sought pay scales equivalent to those granted to officers of other National Tribunals under the…
Interest Maintained in Suspense Account Forms Part of Bank Debt, Supreme Court Restores PNB's ₹54.90 Lakh Claim: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has set aside the Orissa High Court’s order that had reduced the amount payable to Punjab National Bank (PNB) to ₹29,55,678.02 as full and final settlement of a loan account. The Supreme Court held that the High Court had failed to consider the interest amount maintained by the bank separately in a…
Witch-Hunting Practices Continue to Persist as Superstition Supersedes Constitutional Morality, Laments Supreme Court
Supreme Court on Witch-Hunting: Reason Must Defeat Superstition, Conviction in 1998 Murder Case Upheld Supreme Court Raises Serious Concern Over Witch-Hunting The Supreme Court has strongly condemned the continuing practice of witch-hunting in parts of Indian society while dismissing the appeal of Balku Oram against…
Man Acquitted in 2013 Burn Death Case After Dying Declarations Found Suspicious and Prosecution Evidence Insufficient: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has acquitted Jupudi Suresh in a 2013 burn death case concerning the death of his wife after extensive burn injuries. A Bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran found serious doubts in the prosecution case and held that the evidence placed before the Court was not sufficient to…
₹50 Lakh Compensation Plea Rejected After NDPS FIR Closed for Lack of Evidence: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Javid Ahmad Lone, Raja Ikhlaq Akbar, Safeer Ahmad Gadwal and Basit Khan, challenging an FIR registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act). The petitioners had also sought compensation of ₹50 lakh for each…
Live-In Couple Fined ₹1 Lakh for Concealing Man’s Existing Marriage: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has dismissed a protection petition filed by Kusum Maurya and another person who were living together. The Court found that important facts had been concealed from it, including the fact that the second petitioner was already married and had a pending divorce case. The Court…
