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Observing that misrepresentation regarding religion would be a misrepresentation regarding a material fact and would affect the very validity of the marriage, Madras high court allowed the plea of a man who sought to declare his marriage null and void as the woman had misrepresented her religion.

In an unprecedented move, Sebi, on the direction of the SC, has revived an order that was in the past dismissed as "null and void" by the market regulator, but under a different chairman.

A civil court at Vadgaon Maval has ordered the Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB) to return a 121-acre land that houses a hitech horticulture training centre and other facilities at Talegaon Dabhade off old Pune-Mumbai highway to the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Pune.

Two years after the election, the Sagar district court o declared Kamala Kinnar's election as "null and void" because the mayor's seat was reserved for a 'woman' belonging to scheduled caste category.

A legally valid marriage is necessary to sustain complaints alleging cruelty by husband or relatives, the Kerala high court has held.

Days after the government appointed Krishna Saini as the chairperson of DERC, BJP has requested lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung to declare the appointment null and void.

AHMEDABAD: In an interim order passed on Saturday, the Gujarat High Court stayed the operation of the order of All-India Council for Technical Education dated September 2 against Som Lalit Institute of Management Studies (SLIMS).

Lawyer and notary Jayantilal Parmar was not only acquitted but he also got a compensation of Rs 1 lakh in a misappropriation and defamation case against the gurjar kshatriya samaj.

The Supreme Court on Friday will hear a PIL filed by an NGO seeking direction to the government to rehabilitate or resettle Kashmiri Hindus and Sikhs including those who migrated after the exodus in 1990 and onwards from Kashmir to any other part of the country. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and CT Ravikumar will hear the case on September 2.

NEW DELHI: With less than 48 hours left for the 13th Lok Sabha to end, there is a mad scramble among MPs to ensure that they have paid every last due, as per the Election Commission's directives.

BANGALORE: A division bench of the Karnataka High Court on Thursday upheld an Additional City Civil judge's order declaring the election of a Bangalore City Corporation corporator as null and dismissed an appeal filed by Reena Janardhan (23) who had contested elections in Ward 73, Airport.

The high court on Friday declined to grant relief to former Uttar Pradesh Technical University registrar US Tomar and directed him to approach the Chancellor of the university under the rules.

The crime branch arrested a 24-year-old woman for her alleged links with gangster Chhota Shakeel. The police claimed that Nikhat Ansari was a part of the gang that had planned to kill two advocates.

Elections for the three Rajya Sabha seats of Gujarat will be held on August 8, in Gandhinagar, according to a press statement issued by the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Gujarat on Tuesday. The three seats are presently represented two BJP leaders, Union textiles and information and broadcasting minister Smriti Irani and BJP veteran Dilip Pandya. Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to All India Congress president Sonia Gandhi holds the third seat.

In Uttarakhand too, vide Land Reforms Act 2003, as amended from time to time, restrictions have been imposed on purchase of land by outsiders.

A non-Muslim woman who converted to Islam for marriage can seek divorce from her Muslim husband only on the basis of reconversion to her original faith, said Gujarat high court.

A woman converted to Islam for marriage can seek dissolution of marriage merely on her renunciation of Islam and re-embracing original faith

Following the resignation of two tainted ministers from the cabinet, speculation is rife about the fate of school education minister K Parthasarathi.

PUNE: Social activists are livid with the PMC's tree authority for granting permission to cut an Ashok tree in a residential complex in Gokhalenagar.

Mumbai: Pakistani singer Adnan Sami will appeal against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) order and has threatened to drag his developer to court for...

Jailed in connection with the arson at the KGMU, junior resident III Dr RK Gupta has fallen into yet another trap.

In what could end the deprivation of the right of inheritance of a second wife who marries in good faith without the knowledge of the subsisting marriage of her husband, the high court of Bombay at Goa has held that the second wife too is entitled for a share in the property left by her husband under the Family Laws prevailing in Goa.

Just three days before the Nagpur winter session, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seems to be heading for trouble.

Court declares election "null and void", Congress candidate who polled second highest votes now becomes the councillor

Terming BMC's notice null, void and illegal, a civil court has prohibited the civic authorities from demolishing a block of public toilet constructed and maintained by an NGO in Borivli.

A 1981 batch Indian Revenue Service officer, Krishna Saini, assumed office of chairman of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) on Friday.