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SC issues contempt notice to petitioner and his lawyer signed contemptuous petition; petitioner fined Rs 5 lakh

SC issues contempt notice to petitioner and his lawyer signed who contemptuous petition; petitioner fined Rs 5 lakh

A lawyer, who signed a petition, without paying attention to the details of the petition, has landed in trouble, with the Supreme Court issuing him a notice to show cause, why action for contempt of the court be not initiated against him and the petitioner.

Kerala HC stays transfer of judge blaming sexual harassment victim for wearing ‘sexually provocative dress’

Kerala HC stays transfer of judge blaming sexual harassment victim for wearing ‘sexually provocative dress’

Judge S Krishnakumar, Principal District and Sessions Court Kozhikode, Kerala who was transferred to labour court in Kollam, after he blamed a sexual harassment victim for wearing “sexually provocative dress”, has got a reprieve from Kerala High Court. The High Court has quashed his transfer.

Bombay HC calls for fair and dignified treatment to the living and the dead

Bombay HC calls for fair and dignified treatment

to the living and the dead

The Goa Bench of Bombay High Court called for fair and dignified treatment to the living and the dead, while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed raising concerns over establishment, upkeep and maintenance of crematoria, cemeteries and kabrastans in Goa.

Child with biological parent alive, not an orphan: Bombay HC A minor child whose biological parent is alive, won’t be declared as an ‘orphan’, the Bombay High Court said. A Child Care Home had filed an application seeking two girls to be declared orphans

Child with biological parent alive, not an orphan: Bombay HC

A minor child whose biological parent is alive, won’t be declared as an ‘orphan’, the Bombay High Court said.

A Child Care Home had filed an application seeking two girls to be declared orphans, to which the Bombay High Court gave its disapproval and rejected the application.

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