The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit listing all steps taken by it towards the construction of a new High Court complex in Bandra, a suburban region of Mumbai.
The Court found that the case before it was neither a case where the promise of marriage was "false" to begin with nor was such promise the sole reason for the complainant entering into physical relations with accused.
A parent cannot be held guilty of kidnapping his or her own child, held the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently while quashing a complaint accusing a woman of kidnapping her child from the residence of her in-laws.
The Delhi High Court rejected the argument that the use of the expression ‘Central Government’ gives the impression that State governments are subordinate to the Union Government.