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Thane Court
Man allegedly cheats a woman by suppressing material fact of him being homosexual: Will Thane Court grant him bail? Read
Noting the fact that a man suppressed the material fact of his private life before marriage i.e., about him being a homosexual, Rajesh S. Gupta, J., found that, the whole life of a young girl had been spoiled due to the material suppression, if the same would have been shared prior to the marriage then the consequence would be different.
Bench expressed that,
No doubt, every individual has its dignity to live in the society. No other person can interfere into lifestyle but that does not mean that a person gets liberty to spoil the life of either of spouse.
https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2022/04/12/man-cheats-woman-not-disclosing-homosexuality/
Supreme Court | Updates
Husband suspects paternity of child; Supreme Court allows DNA test while granting conditional compensation of 30 lakhs to wife if suspicion proves to be wrong
In a very interesting case where the husband had disputed paternity of child on suspicion, though the Supreme Court has allowed the DNA test, it has also granted a conditional compensation of thirty lakhs to the wife if the suspicion proves to be wrong and husband turns out to be the father of the child.
The couple got married on 05-02-2014 and the marriage was consummated on 09-02-2014. The child was born after 261 days, i.e., about 17 days earlier which was almost after 9 months, therefore, the wife had contended that there was no reason to presume that the petitioner was pregnant when she married the respondent.
Before the Supreme Court, the Bombay High Court had also directed the DNA test.
2006 Meerut Fire Tragedy| Organizers held guilty! 60:40 liability to compensate victims fixed on Organizers & State
In the 2006 Meerut fire case, the Supreme Court has held the Organizers responsible for the incident and not the Contractor as the Contractor was only responsible for executing work as assigned to him by the Organizers.
The victims can finally see some ray of hope after 16 years of the unfortunate incident that claimed 65 lives and left 161 or more with burn injuries as the Supreme Court has now directed the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court to entrust the work of determination of compensation to a Judicial Officer in the rank of District Judge/Additional District Judge at Meerut within two weeks of the present order to work exclusively on the question of determination of the compensation on day-to-day basis.
High Court | Updates
Bombay High Court
Whether absence of President of State Commission or District Forum for reasons beyond control is sufficient for striking down S. 29A as unconstitutional? Bom HC decides
Stating that, the Courts cannot examine the constitutional validity if a situation created by impugned legislation is irremediable, the Division Bench of Bombay HC, addressed a matter wherein the constitutional validity of Section 29A of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was challenged.
High Court observed that, the language of Section 29A of the Consumer protection Act is intended to provide for a situation where a President of State Commission or District Forum is non-functional, either having not been appointed in time or is on leave due to reasons beyond his control.
The scheme of appointment and adjudication of consumer disputes is laid down under the Act to make the District Forum or State Commission continuously functional, allowing the Members in the absence of the President to function in a situation beyond the control of the Members of the Forum.
Lawyer-client relationship is a fiduciary one; any act which is detrimental to legal rights of clients’ needs to be punished
Stating that it is the duty of every Advocate to uphold professional integrity so that citizens can legally secure justice, the Division Bench of V.M. Deshpande and Amit B. Borkar, JJ., expressed that, professional misconduct refers to its disgraceful conduct not befitting the profession concerning the legal profession, which is not a business or trade and therefore, it must remain decontaminated
In this case, the Court was perturbed by the act of the Advocate to keep valuable security owned by the Client with him.”
Bench also observed that, The Advocates owe a social obligation to the Society while discharging professional services to the litigant. The Advocate should not commit any act by which a litigant could be deprived of his statutory and constitutional rights on account of the sublime position conferred upon him under the judicial system in the country.
https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2022/04/12/lawyer-client-relationship-is-a-fiduciary-one/
Every partner is liable, jointly with all other partners and also severally for all acts of firm done while he is a partner: Is it true? Bom HC answers
Expressing that, a firm is not a legal entity, the Bombay High court, held that a partnership firm is only a collective or compendious name for all the partners. A partnership firm does not have any existence apart from its partners. Therefore, a decree in favour of or against the firm in the name of the firm has the same effect like a decree in favour of or against the partners.
Hence, when a firm incurs a liability, it can be assumed that all the partners have incurred that liability and so the partners remain liable jointly and severally for all the acts of the firm.
Punjab & Haryana High Court
Wife makes unfounded, indecent and defamatory allegations against husband to his senior officers, destroying his career & reputation: Mental Cruelty or not? P&H HC elaborates
Expressing that, Matrimonial cases are matters of delicate human and emotional relationship, the Division Bench of P&H HC., expressed that, the Court no doubt should seriously make an endeavour to reconcile the parties, yet, if it is found that the breakdown is irreparable, then divorce should not be withheld.
The Court remarked that, The consequences of preservation in law of the unworkable marriage which has long ceased to be effective are bound to be a source of greater misery for the parties
Rajasthan High Court
Raj HC reiterated “Right to Procreation survives during incarceration” and “is traceable and squarely falls within the ambit of Article 21 of our Constitution; Parole granted
Rajasthan High Court granted parole to a convict whose wife sought 15 days of emergent parole for want of progeny.
High Court observed that, having progeny for the purpose of preservation of lineage has been recognized through religious philosophies, the Indian culture and various judicial pronouncements. the right of progeny can be performed by conjugal association; the same has an effect of normalizing the convict and also helps to alter the behavior of the convict prisoner.
Legislation Updates
Income-tax (8th Amendment) Rules, 2022
Ministry of Finance notified Income Tax (8th Amendment) Rule, 2022 in order to amend the guidelines of Infrastructure Debt Fund in the parent rules of Income Tax Rules, 1961. The 8th amendment will be in force with immediate effect. The amendment set up the Infrastructure Debt Fund as a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) according to the conditions set by the Reserve Bank of India in the Infrastructure-Debt Fund–Non-Banking Financial Companies (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2011.
SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (3rd Amendment) Regulations, 2022
On 11th April, 2022, Securities and Exchange Board of India issues Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (3rd Amendment) Regulations, 2022. This regulation comes into effect with immediate effect and aims to replace “asset cover” with “security cover” for the listed debt with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Asset cover certificate is used to monitor the adequacy of assets charged against the debt obligations of the person issuing it. It is submitted to the Debenture Trustee.
https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2022/04/12/asset-cover-sebi-security-cover-legal-research/
Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) (Amendment) Rules, 2022
On April 12, 2022, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) has issued the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) (Amendment) Rules, 2022 to further amend the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019. The amendment modifies the period of “Convertible note”from 5 years to 10 years.
National Insurance Company Limited (Merger) Amendment Scheme, 2022
The Central Government notifies National Insurance Company Limited (Merger) Amendment Scheme, 2022 to amend the National Insurance Company Limited (Merger) Scheme, 1973.
In the National Insurance Company Limited (Merger) Scheme, 1973, the authorised share capital of three public sector general insurance companies has been enhanced from ‘seven thousand five hundred crore divided into seven hundred fifty crore’ to ‘fifteen thousand crore divided into fifteen hundred crore’.
