High Courts
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Expedite Availability Of Residential Accommodations For Judges
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea seeking to expedite the availability of government residential accommodations for judicial officers serving in the national capital. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora sought a response from the Union of India through the Ministry of Law and Justice, the Delhi Government and the Registrar General. The matter will be heard on July 16.The plea, moved by the Judicial Service...
Madras High Court Monthly Digest - April 2024 [Citations 143 - 180]
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 143 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 180 NOMINAL INDEX Sri K.Venkatesh v. The Principal Secretary to Government and Ors, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 143 M/s Bagalkot Cement & Industries Ltd vs The Chairperson, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises and Anr., 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 144 S.Sujatha vs The Director Of Collegiate Education, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 145 V...
'Can't Wriggle Out Of Mess By Citing Political Vendetta': Jharkhand HC Dismisses Hemant Soren's Plea Against ED Arrest
The Jharkhand High Court, in its dismissal of the writ petition filed by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Land 'Scam' case, asserted that he “cannot wriggle out of the mess he created for himself” by raising “bogey of political vendetta.”The division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Chandrashekhar and Justice Navneet Kumar, while rejecting Soren's plea, observed, "The recovery of huge cash from his Delhi residence...
'Use Your Knowledge And Power To Change The System': Acting Chief Justice Manmohan To Delhi High Court Women Lawyers
Acting Chief Justice Manmohan on Friday appreciated the Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum for forming a collective body to promote gender equality and asked the women lawyers to use their power and knowledge to change the existing system.“I am very happy that you have formed a collective body for the cause of promoting gender equality. And it is the need of the hour. And it is very good that you have organized yourselves. When I joined the profession, there was only one lady judge in court...
Jharkhand HC Allows Ex-CM Hemant Soren To Attend Uncle's Last Rites In Police Custody, Rejects Interim Bail Plea
Today, the Jharkhand High Court rejected the interim bail plea of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who is currently in jail. However, the High Court has granted him permission to participate in the last rites ceremonies of his late uncle, Raja Ram Soren.In his application, Soren prayed for grant of provisional bail in connection with an ECIR Case registered under Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 on account of the demise of his uncle whose last rites will take place at...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks Response From State, Bar Council In Plea For Extending Maternity Benefit To Female Lawyers
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has sought a response from both the States and UT Chandigarh and Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana on a PIL filed seeking directions on the authorities to pass a resolution and ensure that the benefits conferred by the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 is extended to female advocates engaged in litigation.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji issued notice to the States of Punjab, Haryana, UT Chandigarh, Bar Council...
[Cash For Jobs Scam] Calcutta High Court Raps CBI For Wrongly Seeking Sanction To Prosecute Fmr State Officials From Chief Secy Instead Of Governor
The Calcutta High Court has pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for creating a 'fiasco' by wrongfully applying to the Chief Secretary for sanction to prosecute former ministers and public servants, instead of the Governor who was the correct sanctioning authority, in the cash for jobs scam. A division bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Gaurang Kanth expressed bewilderment over the fact that the CBI had sought sanction from the chief secretary rather than the Governor who...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-up: April 22 - April 28, 2024
Nominal Index [Citation 221 - 234]Telex Advertising Pvt Ltd v. Central Railway 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 221Glencore India Pvt Ltd v. Amma Lines Limited 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 222Mahendra Bansilal Patil v. Commissioner of Transport & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 223PCIT v. Tata Steel 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 224Sham v. Walve 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 225Aniruddha Ganesh Pathak v. Registrar General, Bombay High Court...
Orissa High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Need For Background Analysis Of Convicts In Death Penalty Cases
The Orissa High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of need for background analysis of the convicts, so as to ascertain mitigating circumstances in their favour, before imposing the extreme sentence of death.Emphasizing the importance of providing real and effective hearing on the question of sentence, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik observed –“Law is well settled that hearing on the question of sentence has to be real and effective and not a...
Punjabi Language Exam Can't Test Individual's "Punjabiath": High Court Sets Aside Syllabus Prescribing State's Culture, History In ETT Syllabus
Observing that the state "failed to consider the difference between Punjab and Punjabi language", the Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the syllabus of Punjabi language for Elementary Trained Teacher (ETT) recruitment exam.The Court noted that the examination of Punjabi language has been incorporated by the respondents in a manner to mean understanding all the Punjabi culture, religion, history of Punjab, whereas the Paper of Punjabi language could have been limited to the subject...
Arbitration Monthly Digest - April 2024
Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court Directs Inquiry Against Officers Who Failed To File Arbitration Appeals Within Prescribed Limitation Case Title: Executive Engineer Drainage Division v. Ms Ayush Construction And Another [APPEAL UNDER SECTION 37 OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT 1996 DEFECTIVE No. - 89 of 2024] The Allahabad High Court has directed...
Income Tax Authority Should Refrain From Over Analysis Which Leads To Paralysis Of Justice: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court, while setting aside the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), held that the authority should refrain from overanalyzing, which leads to paralysis of justice.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Neela Gokhale has observed that the ITAT failed to appreciate the spirit in which the order dated August 23, 2022, was passed by the High Court condoning the delay by observing that the Income Tax Authority should consider the claim for deduction under Section...