High Courts
Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Chhota Rajan In Hotelier Murder Case, Suspends Life Sentence
The Bombay High Court has granted bail to gangster Chhota Rajan, who was convicted for the murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty in 2001. On May 30, 2024, a special MCOCA Court convicted Rajan along with others and sentenced him to life imprisonment. This was Rajan's second life sentence and he is already serving time for the 2011 murder of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. Today, a division bench...
Family Pension Under High Court Judges Act Applicable To Chairperson Of State Law Commission: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that “family pension” rules under the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954 and the Rules framed thereunder will be applicable to the pension awarded to the Chairperson of the State Law Commission under the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission Act, 2010.The bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh held...
Right To Accessibility Of Disabled Persons Extends To Digital Platforms Too: Kerala HC Bats For Service Centres To Fill Online PSC Applications
The Kerala High Court has observed that right to accessibility of persons with disability (in this case a visually challenged person) is not limited to buildings and services but extends to digital platforms too. Thus, compelling them to rely on third parties to fill up their online job application limits their "autonomy".The Division Bench of Justice AM Mustaque and Justice PM Manoj has...
Employer Must Substantiate Misconduct Charges With Documentary Evidence, Mere Allegations Without Proof Insufficient: Madras HC
Madras High Court: A Division Bench of Justices M.S. Ramesh and C. Kumarappan upheld a Labour Court order reinstating an employee terminated on charges of theft and misconduct, holding that disciplinary action must be supported by substantial evidence rather than mere allegations. The Court emphasized that the employer's failure to produce essential records like stock registers to prove...
Calcutta High Court Stays Suspension Of RG Kar Medical College Junior Doctors Over Alleged 'Threat Culture'
A Calcutta High Court vacation bench recently stayed the suspension and expulsion of around 51 junior doctors from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital over allegations of 'threat culture.'Notably, RG Kar has been the scene for the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor after she had completed her night duty.In the present case, the petitioners had been suspended and expelled from the...
Bombay HC Holds 'Income From Leasing Of Property' As 'Income From Business', Says Deciding Factor Is Not Ownership But Nature Of Activity
The Bombay High Court held that assessee had correctly accounted income from leasing out of properties under the head 'income from profits & gains of businesses', and not as 'income from house property'. The High Held so after finding that income of assessee is derived from letting out of the properties, which in fact, is the principal business of the assessee as seen from its...
Motor Vehicles Act | Cover Note Issued U/S 145 Constitutes Valid 'Certificate Of Insurance' To Establish Insurance Liability: J&K High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has clarified that a Cover Note issued under Section 145 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (MVA), constitutes a valid 'Certificate of Insurance', to establish the insurance liability. While overturning a Tribunal's decision and holding the insurer liable to pay compensation for an accident that occurred within the policy's coverage period a bench...
No Restriction On Physically Disabled Devotees In Temple Nalambalam But 'Wheelchair Darshan' Require Thanthris' Opinion: Amicus Tells Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has been informed that there is no statutory restriction on physically disabled devotees entering the Temple or its premises but permitting wheelchairs inside temple's Nalambalam will have to be viewed separately, since it would depend upon the decision of each Thanthri of the Temple, and an omnibus decision cannot be taken without ascertaining their views.The Division...
MP HC Clarifies Burden Of Proof In Employment Cases: Employer Must Disprove Worker's Continuous Service Claim
Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Single bench consisting Justice Sanjay Dwivedi overturned a Labour Court order and ruled that once a workman claims continuous employment, the burden of proof shifts to the employer to disprove the claim with documentary evidence. The Court held that oral termination without notice and retrenchment compensation violates Section 25(f) of the Industrial Disputes...
Madras High Court Reserves Orders On TN Speaker M Appavu's Plea Seeking To Quash Defamation Complaint By ADMK's Babumurugavel
The Madras High Court has reserved orders on a petition filed by Tamil Nadu Speaker Muthuvelayudha Perumal Appavu seeking to quash a defamation complaint filed against him by AIADMK member Babumurugavel. Justice G Jayachandran reserved the orders on Tuesday after hearing Senior Advocate P Wilson for the Speaker and Senior Advocate John Sathyan for Babumurugavel. Murugavel had...
Jammu & Kashmir High Court Admits Petition Challenging Nomination Of 5 MLAs By Lt Governor, Declines Interim Stay
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has admitted a petition challenging the legality of nominating five members to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by the Lieutenant Governor. However, the court declined to grant interim relief staying the nominations, citing that the government is already in place, which reduces the urgency of the plea.The petition, filed by Ravinder...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Restrains Entry, Suspends License Of Lawyer's Clerk For Talking Loudly On Phone Inside Courtroom
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed its registry to suspend the license of a lawyer's clerk for disturbing the court by talking on phone loudly.The judge took note of clerk's conduct and directed the Bench Secretary to take custody of his mobile phone.Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma said, “Taking into consideration his conduct, the Registry is directed to suspend his license...