The proceedings in six district courts in the city were today affected by the day-long strike called by lawyers to protest against the hike in court fees in Delhi. The lawyers abstained from work in all the six district courts of Patiala House, Tis Hazari, Karkardooma, Rohini, Saket and Dwarka, saying the Delhi government has [ Read More ]
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Dowry harassment law misused for extortion: CourtA Delhi court has acquitted a man and three of his family members in a dowry harassment case, saying that legal provisions are often misused for “human rights violations, extortion and corruption”. Asking the woman complainant to move on in life, Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said: “A word of advice for the complainant that [ Read More ] Wary of frivolous cases, landlords keeping houses vacant: CourtCivil courts’ failure to rein in unscrupulous litigants has caused lakhs of house owners not to rent out their premises for fear that tenants would not vacate these and resort to law suits, the Supreme Court has said.‘It is a matter of common knowledge that lakhs of flats and houses are kept locked for years, [ Read More ] Take care of mentally challenged, court tells Himachal governmentThe Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to take the mentally ill, “wandering in inhuman conditions in the street”, into its protection. Issuing the directions on a public interest litigation (PIL) of Shimla resident, the court of Justice Surinder Singh Thursday reminded the state of its duty and said the mentally challenged [ Read More ] Court notice to government on CBI exemption from RTIThe Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a public suit filed against the decision to exempt the CBI and the NIA from the purview of the RTI Act, the country’s transparency law. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Mishra and Justice Sanjeev Khanna issued notice to the central government, [ Read More ] Court questions Uttar Pradesh on police station deathRaising questions over the Uttar Pradesh police report on the murder and alleged rape of a teenaged girl in a police station, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday sought more details on the case from the state government by July 8, a lawyer said. While hearing a petition seeking a Central Bureau [ Read More ] Court absolves leading news dailies of defamation chargesThree leading news dailies of the national capital have been absolved of defamation charges by a Delhi court for reporting an incident about a dowry demand in 1996. The defamation case was filed against Hindustan Times, Delhi Mid Day and Sandhya Times which had earlier published a news article that blamed a groom for walking [ Read More ] Court acquits six accused of gangraping US nationalAcquitting six students of the charge of gangraping a US national, the Bombay High Court Wednesday dismissed the Maharashtra government challenge to a trial court verdict in their favour, a lawyer said. ‘The division bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar and Justice N.H. Patil said that there is no evidence to prove the gangrape,’ said Rohini [ Read More ] Court acquits man accused of torturing daughter-in-lawThe Delhi High court has upheld a trial court’s order acquitting a man accused of torture and dowry harassment of his daughter-in-law, who later committed suicide at her parents’ house. The division bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice G.P. Mittal said: “We are satisfied that the trial court’s findings as well as conclusions [ Read More ] Court rejects Tata’s plea on Singur landTata Motors has received a fresh setback in its efforts to restrain the West Bengal government from undertaking the process of returning land to the farmers at Singur. On Monday, the Calcutta High Court rejected the company’s plea for a stay on the process of giving land back to the Singur farmers as envisaged by [ Read More ] |
