After the victim asserted that she had already attained 18 years and wanted to marry the accused, the Court opined that to protect the future of the woman, the man should marry her under the Special M ...
The former Presiding Officer of the DRT Lucknow has been accused of issuing a corrigendum just before his retirement to cover up certain irregularities in the passage of an order that was initially da ...
"We are finding that this is a normal practice being adopted by NHAI in different acquisitions leading to unnecessary litigation before this Court," the Court said.
The Court noted that a spouse suffering from schizophrenia, by itself, is not sufficient to seek divorce as there may be various degrees of the mental illness.
"A counsel cannot identify himself with his client. He cannot interact directly with agencies like Investigating Officer, etc. unless and until ordered so by a court," the Court said.
The Court expressed its anguish after a lawyer failed to inform the Bench that the matter before it was one in which the judge had previously appeared as counsel, prior to his appointment as a judge.
The Court expressed anguish over such requests being circulated without passing any resolution. A letter written at the instance of a few lawyers cannot be considered as the "general view" of the Bar, ...
The question before the Court was whether the age of majority for the man would begin at 18 years or at 21 years, for the purposes of calculating limitation to annul a child marriage.