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The statutory mandate under Section 14 of the HMA serves a crucial purpose in discouraging hasty dissolution of marriages and ensuring due deliberation before seeking divorce.
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Punjab & Haryana HC in the impugned judgment clarified that EWS candidates who are selected based on merit and not on account of reservation, are not to be counted towards the quota meant for reservation.
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“The Writ Court cannot substitute its wisdom with the policy making authorities unless it suffers from conditional infirmity. In view of the above, the present writ petition, which primarily seeks judicial intervention in a policy matter, does not warrant the Court’s indulgence at this stage.”
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The High Court unfortunately reversed the acquittal without anything other than a finding on alibi having not been proved and the accused not having offered any explanation regarding the death of the deceased, which occurred while they were living together.
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The expression “soon before her death” in Section 304-B of Penal Code, 1860 must be read as an expression of continuity of time and not an expression of mere length of time. The legislature in its wisdom had used the phrase as “soon before” and not “immediately before”.
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The State Government is required to follow the guidelines laid down by National Health Mission Conditionalities Framework 2022-2024 and increase the number of ambulances as per the population norms.
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“In a democratic country, protestors can protest but they cannot disturb the protocol of Prime Minister and Vice President;” State argued.
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The question regarding State’s accountability for missing liquor stock is not a mere contractual dispute
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The plaintiff is aggrieved by the incident which occurred at her residence on 26-07-2024 in the late evening, after she withdrew her participation from a live debate programme (‘live debate’) hosted by Rajdeep Sardesai premised on ‘Kargil Diwas’ and ‘Agniveers’, telecasted at 9:00 PM on India Today Television.
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“Despite the factual background and the credible evidence indicating irregularities, WBSSC initially did try and cover up the lapses and illegalities. The cover up itself has made the verification and ascertainment more difficult or rather impossible given the scale of camouflage and dressing up done at each stage. We are convinced that the entire selection process was intentionally compromised due to the illegalities involved.”
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The Court stated that the applicant should obtain necessary permissions from the municipal authorities concerned to see if more trees can be planted on the road leading to the Supreme Court as the same was enveloped with fully grown trees till some years ago.
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Crimes affect entire society and thus the legitimate interest of the society in the investigation cannot be easily brushed aside. It is important to strengthen the faith and confidence of the people in law enforcing agency and this institution, lest the faith of the people in administration of justice stands shaken.
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The Court did not find “any illegality prima facie in the case of engaging lawyers by the autonomous body i.e. MPNRC and paying the professional fees as per their norms.”
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The Court took a prima facie view of the matter and issued notice to all respondents.
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Defendants 2 to 4 edited the page pertaining to the plaintiff to include allegedly false, misleading and defamatory remarks/content against the Plaintiff. It is stated that the remarks and statements against the plaintiff form a substantial portion of the Plaintiff’s Page, which is accessible to users and non-users of the Platform.
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“The Electricity Act, 2003 envisions a structured and fair mechanism for open access while ensuring that market participants do not engage in practices detrimental to the larger consumer base”.
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“Traffic jams are not new to the world and are known to be highly contagious … if the vehicles are allowed to enter in the 56 Dukan area from MG road, it would lead to a total chaos.”
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Courts are zealous guardians for the protection of the properties of minors and efforts must be made to ensure that the properties are immediately secured so that they are not frittered by unscrupulous relatives who like vultures want to prey on the meagre belongings that have been left behind.
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Respondent 3-Deputy Collector (General), Mumbai, disposed of the petitioner’s application holding that she is a stateless national and has given incorrect details regarding the validity of her visa.
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While passing the impugned remission decision, the Presiding Officer could not have relied on the opinion of the District Judge, and such impugned order was passed on a wrong premise.
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