The Kerala High Court held that the Armed Forces Tribunal should not lightly interfere with the opinion of medical board as to the nature of disability of ex-service personnel in the question of granting disability pension. The Court observed that whether the disability has connection to the personnel's service is a crucial factor for granting pension and it depends upon …
The Telangana High Court has held that even though the Telangana Municipalities Act 2019, which replaced the 1965 Act, omitted some provisions on procedure, its legislative intent was self-evident in the creation of a provision providing for a no-confidence motion under Section 299, which, in the absence of contrary legislative intent cannot be labelled a statutory inconsistency between the two …
The Kerala High Court has held that a Registrar for Births, Deaths, and Marriages does not require a court order to record a divorce acquired by talaq under Muslim personal law. According to Justice PV Kunhikrishnan, if the divorce is otherwise in order under personal law, a Muslim woman does not need to go to court to record talaq; instead, …
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the National Highways Authority of India can enter into contracts for the purpose of collecting fee on behalf of the Central Government under Section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956. The court said that the contracts which have been entered into by NHAI for the purpose of performing its functions to collect …