Madhya Pradesh HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging CLAT-PG 2025 Answer Key, "Exorbitant Fees" For Raising Objections

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (December 23) issued notice to Consortium of National Law Universities asking them to expeditious respond to a plea challenging the answer key of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) PG 2025 exam. The plea seeks a direction to the respondent to reconsider the hefty fee of Rs. 1000 (per objection) for raising objections to provisional...

Punjab & Haryana HC Quotes Poet Nida Fazli To Emphasise Protection Of Children, Sets Aside Order To Try Juvenile As Adult

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently quoted poet Nida Fazli's poem while setting aside the order of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), to try a juvenile as an adult in a POCSO case."Jin Charaaghon Ko Hawaon Ka Koi Khauf Nahi, Un Charaaghon Ko Hawaon Se Bachaya Jaye” (Those lamps that are not fearful of strong winds, they must be protected from the winds, let's do that), the...

GST Department's Effective Adjudication Of Matter Cannot Be Scuttled By Seeking Writ Remedy: Calcutta High Court

While reiterating that it shall not interfere in matters requiring fact-finding and adjudication, which fall squarely within the statutory domain, the Calcutta High Court advised the manufacturer/ supplier to exhaust the statutory remedies provided under the CGST Act, 2017 including submitting a detailed response to the SCN.“The statutory framework under the CGST Act provides...

Award Is Time-Barred U/S 34(3) Of Arbitration Act Due To Petitioner's Failure To Confirm Award Receipt On Affidavit: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad has affirmed that in absence of any positive affirmation on affidavit from the petitioner as to when the award was received, the Court cannot accept the mere ipse dixit of the petitioner that as soon as the award was received it was filed by the petitioner. Brief Facts: The petitioner has approached the court under Section...

S.92 CPC | Leave Of Court Mandatory Prerequisite For Instituting Suit, Defect Cannot Be Cured Later: J&K High Court

Reinforcing the mandatory nature of Section 92 of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has stated that the leave of the court is a condition precedent for instituting a suit under this section.A bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani emphasized that a suit instituted without such prior leave is void ab initio, and the defect cannot be rectified later, terming...

Usage Of 'Separated/Divorced' Can't Be Restricted To Only Those With A Judicial Separation Decree: Delhi High Court

While hearing a minor boy's plea against non-issuance of Scheduled Caste certificate by the State on the ground that the application could only be accepted if the mother is legally divorced or separated, the Delhi High Court said that the terms like 'separated/ divorced/ single women' cannot be restricted to only those women who have a formal divorce or judicial separation decree. Justice...

Orissa HC Orders Release Of Benefits With Arrears To 100-Yr-Old Freedom Fighter Denied Pension For Lack Of Incarceration Proof

In a notable order, the Orissa High Court has come to the relief of a centenarian freedom fighter who was denied pension and other benefits by the State and Union Governments for want of proof of his incarceration during the struggle for freedom, as per the existing rules.While highlighting the noble objects with which the pension schemes have been framed, Justice Sashikanta Mishra in his...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 16 To December 22, 2024

Nominal Index [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 802 – 822 ]Dr. Thahiya Thasleem V S & Another v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 802A. K. Sreekumar v The Director and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 803Sebastian Paul v P. R. Ashokan and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 804Vijith V. C. and Others v State of Kerala and AnotherCitation: 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 805Davy Varghese v The Deputy Director,...

Prima Facie No Error In Single Judge Ruling To Revise CLAT UG 2025 Marks: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that prima facie, there was no error in a single judge order directing revision in the results of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) UG 2025 examination after errors were found in the marking of two questions.A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing an appeal filed by Consortium of National...

Principle Of Res Judicata Bars Second Amendment Application Seeking Identical Reliefs: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court in a recent judgement has reiterated that an order passed at one stage of a proceeding bars the reconsideration of the same issue at a later stage.The Court placed reliance on the Apex Court's ruling in the case of Satyadhyan Ghosal v. Smt. Deorjin Debi (AIR 1960 SC 941), emphasising that a decision rendered earlier in a case precludes the reconsideration of the...

Delhi High Court Upholds Demolition Of Signature View Apartments, Raps DDA For Substandard Construction

The Delhi High Court has upheld the decision of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for demolition and reconstruction of Signature View Apartments in city's Mukherjee Nagar which was found to be unfit for habitation by structural experts and have been declared as dangerous.Justice Mini Pushkarna rapped the DDA for failure of discharging its public functions, observing that ordinary...

[RG Kar Rape-Murder] Calcutta High Court Allows Sit-In Protest By Doctor's Forum, Says Every Citizen Has Right To Protest Peacefully

The Calcutta High Court has upheld a single judge order allowing a peaceful sit-in demonstration by the joint forum for doctors, against the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and Hospital.A division bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Hiranmay Bhattacharya however, modified the single judge's order to the extent of reducing the total attendance at...