Two Persons With Same Name Claim 'Padma Shri', Orissa High Court Orders Their Personal Appearance For Verification Of Portfolios

In a peculiar development, the Orissa High Court on Tuesday was riddled with a controversy revolving around two persons with the same name claiming their respective entitlement to the fourth-highest civilian honour of the country, i.e. Padma Shri.A writ petition was filed by one Antaryami Mishra, a doctor by profession and an Odia litterateur. He informed the Court about his impressive...

State, Private Employers Must Endeavor To Conclude Departmental Action Against Delinquent Employee Within 6 Months: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court ruled that every employer, whether State or private, must make serious efforts to conclude departmental inquiry against their employees within a reasonable time period, preferably within 6 (six) months as the outer limit, and if it was not possible due to unavoidable causes, within a reasonable extended period based on the cause and nature of inquiry.The bench of...

Person Belonging To 'Teli' Caste Can't Be Denied OBC Reservation Merely For Being From Muslim Community: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the caste “Teli” that had been included in the Central List of OBCs in the State of Rajasthan could include people irrespective of their religion, be it Hindus or Non-Hindus since the caste drew its name from traditional hereditary occupations whose members belonged to different religions.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand further issued a...

Chhattisgarh HC Acquits Man Accused Of Unnatural Sex With Wife, Says S.377 IPC Would Be Repugnant Due To Exception 2 To S.375 IPC

The Chhattisgarh High Court has found Section 377, which provides punishment for unnatural offences, to be repugnant to Exception 2 of Section 375 of the IPC, which says that sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under eighteen years of age, is not rape.While acquitting a husband from the charge of non-consensual unnatural sexual intercourse with...

Hema Committee Report: Amicus Curiae Tells Kerala High Court That An Eminent Woman Should Lead Formulation Of Film Policy

Advocate Mitha Sudhindran, appointed as Amicus Curiae by the special Bench hearing matters related to the Justice Hema Committee Report has suggested in her report submitted before the High Court that it would be wise to nominate a lady of eminent reputation and experience to head the formulation of film policy. The High Court in its hearing had orally remarked that State should see that...

Evolve Mechanism For Online Classes, Time Frame For Students' Representation On Short Attendance: High Court To Delhi University, BCI

The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi University and the Bar Council of India to evolve mechanism to enable students to attend LLB classes online and for specific time-frame in which they may make representation regarding short attendance. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma said that while the Court is conscious of the fact that physical attendance carries distinct values in professional...

Bombay High Court Grants 'A Chance' To Rape Accused To 'Reform and Repent'; Grants Bail To Man Booked For Raping Minor Cousin

The Bombay High Court recently while granting bail to a 20-year-old man booked for raping his minor cousin, said it wants to give a chance to the accused to 'repent, retrospect' and 'be remorseful.'Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav said when the accused undertrials are 'young' then the courts must 'take a chance' by adapting to a 'reformative' approach instead of a 'punitive' approach.The...

Andhra Pradesh VAT Act | Pleadings On Suppression Of Material Facts, Wilful Evasion Of Tax Are Sine Qua Non For Invoking S.21(5): High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that pleadings relating to suppression of material facts, in an assessment order are the sine qua non for invoking section 21(5); by way of which limitation for filing an assessment order is extended to 6 years from 4 years. "There is nowhere any mention of suppression of facts, much less, wilful suppression of facts, resulting in wilful evasion...

Bombay High Court Permits Adani Electricity To Cut Mangroves For Power Transmission Project Near Vasai Creek

The Bombay High Court has permitted Adani Electricity Mumbai Infra Ltd to cut 209 mangroves for setting up an electricity transmission line near the Vasai creek for the supply of electricity to Mumbai and the suburbs around it.In view of the judgment of the High Court in Bombay Environmental Action Group & Anr vs. State Of Maharashtra & Ors (PIL No. 87 of 2006), the permission from...

Statutory Remedy To Address Grievance On Implementation Of MNREGA Scheme Exists, PIL Can't Be Entertained: Gujarat High Court

While rejecting a PIL alleging irregularities in implementation of the scheme framed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (February 11) said that since a statutory remedy exists for addressing any grievances on the scheme's implementation a PIL cannot be entertained.A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and...

Punjab & Haryana HC Acquits Man Of 'Unsound Mind' Convicted Of Murdering 3 Yr-Old Daughter, Says Insanity Doesn't Render Person Inhuman

Finding that the convict was mentally unsound at the time of incident, the Punjab & Haryana High Court acquitted a man convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murdering his three-year-old daughter.The Court allowed the defence under Section 84 IPC to the convict since mens rea was absent due to the accused's prolonged mental illness and he was incapable of understanding...

Role Limited To Setting Paper: Gujarat HC Rejects Examiner's Plea Alleging University Illegally Gave Marks To Failed Students, Fines ₹50K

The Gujarat High Court dismissed with Rs. 50,000 cost an examiner's appeal who had alleged that Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) “manipulated the results to preserve its reputation” by illegally assigning marks to 30 students who had actually failed as per his assessment, underscoring that the plea was “a sheer abuse of the process of the Court.”In doing so the court noted...