The Division Bench of the Hon'ble Gujarat High Court headed by its Chief Justice held on 21st June 2011, in a group of LPAs filed against different Electricity Companies of the GUVNL, challenging the orders of the single Judge of the same HC, that t..
The Supreme Court (SC) has declared “inviting tenders from the public or holding public auction is the best way for disposal of properties belonging to the state.” In this case, Kerala Finance Corp vs Vincent Paul, the borrower failed to repay the lo..
On 6th October, 2010, all the above-mentioned 13 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party, hereinafter referred to as the "MLAs", wrote identical letters to the Governor of the State indicating that they ..
This is an appeal under Section 116A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (for short `the Act') against the common order dated 26.07.2010 of the Kerala High Court in Election Petition Nos. 3 of 2009, 7 of 2009 and 8 of 2009 declaring the ele..
In this writ petition, filed under Article 32, the petitioner is seeking to protect his fundamental right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. ..
Division Bench after rejecting the claim of the appellants herein found all of them guilty of criminal contempt and convicted them under Section 12 read with Sections 15 and 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as “the Ac..
Civil Appeal No. 2924 of 2008 has been filed by Smt. Rasila S. Mehta, mother of late Harshad S. Mehta and Civil Appeal No. 2915 of 2008 has been filed by Smt. Rina S. Mehta, sister-in-law of late Harshad S. Mehta against the final judgment and order ..
Contempt – Fraud by Advocate - Conviction upheld..
These appeals have been filed against the common judgment and order of the Madras High Court dated 25.1.2008 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 536-37 of 2001 upholding the judgment of the Leaned 4th Additional District and Sessions Judge, Madurai...
Narmada Bai-the petitioner herein, mother of Tulsiram Prajapati-the deceased, who, according to her, was killed on 27/28.12.2006 in a fake encounter by respondent Nos. 6 to 19, who are the officials of Gujarat and Rajasthan Police, somewhere on the r..
This appeal has been filed against the impugned judgment and order dated 16.12.2005 in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 73843 of 2005 of the Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court...
This appeal is filed against the final judgment and order dated 29.10.2004 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Madras in Contempt Petition No. 397 of 2001 whereby the High Court held the respondents therein guilty of the o..
This appeal, under Section 116A of the Representation of People Act, 1951, is directed against judgment dated December 2, 2008, rendered by the learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras in Election Petition No. 2 of 2006 by which..
The appellant is the Headmistress in the Little Star School located at Gayatri Hills, Yousufguda, Hyderabad has preferred this appeal against the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad in Cri..
This Appeal has been filed against the impugned judgment and order dated 25th April, 2005 passed by the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad in Special Civil Application No.7201 of 2005. It appears that the respondent had been charge sheeted for absenc..
. These two appeals have been filed against the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in CCC(Crl.) Nos. 7 and 12 of 2002 dated 18.8.2004 by which the appellant has been convicted for committing criminal contempt of cou..
1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? YES 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? YES ..
(1) Euthanasia - Right to die - Legality - In 1973, petitioner, staff nurse at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEM hospital), was sexually assaulted and choked, leaving her blind, deaf, paralysed and in a vegetative state - In 1999, 'X' as petitioner'..
Human Rights -- Procedure to be adopted by the High Court when Euthanasia application is filed - Which provision of law provided thar the court can grant approval for withdrawing life support to an incompetent person ..