High Courts
Jharkhand High Court Conducts Workshop On Gender Sensitization And POSH Act To Promote Safe Work Environment
The Jharkhand High Court on 20th March 2025 organized and successfully conducted a workshop on Gender Sensitization with respect to the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (POSH) Act, 2013 and related High Court of Jharkhand Regulations, 2021. The workshop aimed at creating a fair and just atmosphere within the legal fraternity.The workshop was organized under the patronage...
Heirs Of Deceased Employee Shouldn't Be Denied Reimbursement Of Medical Bills On Technical Grounds Like Limitation: Allahabad High Court
While dealing with issue of reimbursement of medical bills, the Allahabad High Court has held that where there is entitlement of incidental benefits of service, the same should not be denied on grounds of delay and limitation in law.Petitioner, widow, approached the employer for reimbursement of the medical bills of her husband. Her claim was rejected as being barred by limitation....
Vos Technologies Judgment On Time Bound Adjudication Of SCNs Applicable To Recovery Proceedings U/S 11A Of Central Excise Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that Section 11A of the Central Excise Act 1944, which empowers taxing authorities to recover duties not levied/ short-levied or short-paid, is pari materia to corresponding provisions of the Customs Act, the Finance Act and the CGST Act.A division bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar thus held that the High Court's judgment in M/S...
SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Two Advocates As Judges Of Allahabad HC
The Supreme Court Collegium on March 25 recommended the elevation of two advocates as judges of the Allahabad High Court. The Collegium, in its resolution, recommended the names of (1) Shri Amitabh Kumar Rai and (2)Shri Rajiv Lochan Shukla to be appointed as Allahabad High Court JudgesThe official statement issued by the Collegium reads : The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on...
MV Act | MP High Court Orders Action Against Lawyer, Doctors Who Forged Disability Certificate For Claimant; Asks SIT To Probe Such Frauds
While hearing a matter pertaining to a motor accident insurance claim, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Director General of Police to constitute a Special Investigation Team to investigate the cases of false implication where claimant, police, regional officials and doctors act in connivance.In doing so the court reduced the net compensation payable to the claimant from Rs....
Requests By Victims Of Sexual Violence For Exemption To Appear Can't Be Treated At Par With Requests Of Hardened Criminals: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has observed that requests made by victims of sexual violence to exempt them from appearing in court cannot be treated at par with such requests of hardened criminals.“One has to be conscious of the intersectionality of a girl child who has undergone trauma of sexual violence. Such a victim, on being summoned by court to depose and virtually relive the trauma, is bound...
Purchaser Of Residential Property Liable To Pay GST If Property Booked Before Construction Is Completed: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that if the transaction of booking a residential house is entered into before the completion of construction and the consideration was paid (partly or fully) before issuance of completion certificate, the same would amount to supply of services requiring payment of the service tax (GST) by the purchaser. Justice M G S Kamal recently dismissed...
Parliament Security Breach: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Bail Plea Of Accused Manoranjan D
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a bail plea filed by Manoranjan D, one of the six people arrested in the Parliament security breach case of 2023.The case was registered by the Delhi Police under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.It has been alleged that Manoranjan along with co accused Sagar Sharma entered inside the Parliament, jumped from the public gallery, raised...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Election Of BJP Leader And Deputy CM Parvesh Verma In Assembly Polls
A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the election of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader and Deputy Chief Minister Parvesh Verma from the New Delhi constituency in the recently conducted Assembly polls. Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notice on the election petition filed by one Vishvanath Agarwal and listed the matter for hearing on May 27. The Court sought response of...
Officer Relinquishing Right To Be Appointed To A Post Based On Seniority, Can't Later Claim To Be Senior To Those Superseding Him: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has said that if a person who is eligible to be placed to any other grade/post/cadre or service based on "seniority or such other criteria" relinquishes such a "right" in writing, he cannot change his stance later to say that he should be considered senior to those who have been placed on such a position that he had relinquished. A division bench of Justice A....
Prima Facie Evidence Connecting Accused To Offending Vehicle In Accident Cases Necessary To Frame Charges U/S 304A IPC: J&K High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that it is not open to the trial magistrate to frame charges against an accused without sifting the material collected on record for the limited purpose of framing opinion as to whether a prima facie case is made against the accused.The court was dealing with an accident case wherein a pedestrian had succumbed to the injuries caused by a vehicle...