MP govt to move SC against interim relief from action given to interfaith couples, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Jabalpur, The Madhya Pradesh government is going to move the Supreme Court to challenge the high court's interim order restraining it from prosecuting interfaith couples who enter wedlock without informing the district magistrate.The high court, in an interim order, directed the state government not to prosecute under section 10 of...

Kerala HC stays FIR against lawyers of rape accused MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Kochi, The Kerala High Court on Monday stayed the FIR registered against the lawyers of Congress MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly, accused of rape and issued notice to the survivor in the case. Vanchiyoor police had recently registered a case against Kunnappilly and three of his lawyers for allegedly threatening the survivor...

K’taka HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Bengaluru, The Karnataka High Court has allowed the termination of a 25-week pregnancy of a 13-year-old rape victim, subject to the opinion of doctors at a government hospital here. It said, the doctor will be the deciding authority after examining the victim and assessing if such a procedure will endanger...

Odisha HC gate replica, hockey enclosure inaugurated at Bali Yatra grounds, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Cuttack, A replica of the imposing Odisha High Court gate and a hockey enclosure to focus on the state's growth in prominence as a global hub of the game are high points of the famous Bali Yatra this year. Orissa High Court Chief Justice S Muralidhar inaugurated the replica of...

Unable to remove agitators’ tents in port, HC told, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Kochi (Kerala), The Kerala High Court was on Monday informed by the State government that it was unable to demolish the tents at the Vizhinjam sea port in Thiruvananthapuram due to the presence of children, pregnant women and aged persons among the agitators. During the hearing of the contempt petitions...

HC adjourns hearing on mosque committee plea challenging lower court verdict in Gyanvapi case, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Prayagraj (UP), The Allahabad High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the Gyanvapi mosque management committee's petition challenging the Varanasi district court's order rejecting its objection to the maintainability of a plea seeking daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are located on an outer wall of the mosque....

Karnataka HC quashes land acquisition for Gajendragad-Sorab State Highway in Byadagi, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Bengaluru, The High Court of Karnataka has quashed the land acquisition process in Byadagi taluk of Haveri district for widening a state highway there. Allowing a batch of five petitions filed by multiple property owners, the HC has held the state government's amendment to Section 34 of the Right to...