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A Single Bench of Justice Prathiba Singh of the Delhi High Court today directed the Ministry of External Affairs to expedite and suggest alternate legal remedies for the process of exhumation and...

A Single Bench comprising of Justice Ajay Bhanot observed that the rule of delay and laches, as a policy of litigative repose, creates certainty in legal relations and curtails fruitless litigation thereby ensuring that the administration of justice is not clogged by pointless litigation. The observation was made while dismissing a writ petition filed after a delay of more than 4 years, by observing it to be barred by the rule of delay and laches, without there being any satisfactory exp...

Woman has submitted affidavit saying she was forced to charge him with rape

The Gujarat High Court recently took note of the rampant misuse of the Gujarat Prevention of Antisocial Activities Act, 1985 (PASA Act) by the Police authorities to settle scores between private...

Share This - x Calling for strict implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994, the Madhya High Court recently denied bail to a woman accused of female foeticide. A Single Bench of " we find it imperative that no leniency should be granted at this stage as the same may reinforce the notion that the PC&PNDT Act is only a paper tiger and that clinics and laboratories can carry out sex‐ determination and feticide...

The Madras High Court has recently made significant remarks on the issue of systemic delay in functioning of Government agencies and the resultant pressure on the Courts. "It is better to have...

<b>Allahabad High Court</b> <b>1. </b><b>Writ Of Habeas Corpus Not Maintainable Against Judicial Order Of Magistrate /CWC Sending Minor Victim To Children Protection Homes:Allahabad High Court (FB)</b><b> </b><i>[Rachna & Anr.</i>...

Underlining the principle of paramount welfare of child, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a minor girl who marries with her consent and refuses to stay with her parents, can be sent...

The Telangana High Court recently held a District Collector and two others guilty of contempt of court for wilful disobedience of its order restraining dispossession of certain farmers from their...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a Counter-Affidavit in the plea filed by West Bengal Government challenging order of the Calcutta High Court whereby it allowed CBI to investigate ...