The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand at the Rajasthan High Court granted relief to an inter-caste married couple whose claim under the Dr. Savita Ben Ambedkar Inter-Caste Marriage Help Scheme was rejected for not curing the defect in the application within a period of one month. The petitioners were an inter-caste couple who submitted their application under the Scheme …
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday reiterated that the nomination of a candidate for elections cannot be rejected on trivial grounds and that if there is substantial compliance, the nomination paper ought to be accepted.A single bench of Justice Viju Abraham was considering the plea of an aspiring candidate who had filed for nomination for election to the Senate and …
The High Court of Delhi has held that a petition filed under Section 34 of the A&C Act is not a valid filing if it is filed without or in anticipation of the final approval. Few of the defects included were that the petition was not maintainable as per the pecuniary jurisdiction of the High Court, the filing was done …
The Kerala High Court recently considered whether in cases where final report is filed within the statutory time limit of investigation, accused person’s entitlement for bail under Section 167 CrPC would subsist, if the charge sheet is found defective, and returned for curing the defects after the statutory time limit is over. Arun observed, "when faced with the Public Prosecutor's …
