'Modify LOC': Bombay High Court Paves Way For Return Of UK-Based YouTuber Sangram Patil Booked For 'Objectionable' Posts Against PM Modi

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (May 5) asked Maharashtra Government to modify the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against UK-based Doctor & YouTuber Dr Sangram Patil–booked for making 'objectionable' posts against Prime Minister Narendra Modi –so that he can fly back to his home country by Monday.Patil is booked in a FIR for allegedly posting defamatory posts against Prime...

State Not Bound To Retain Outsourced Lab Technicians After Change In Scheme Execution Model: : Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that once a scheme was substituted by a new scheme that changed its mode of execution, the State Government cannot be compelled to continue the services of manpower that was being rendered by an outsourcing agency. The bench of Justice Munnuri Laxman stated that in multiple cases protection was given to the interest of employees working under the manpower agency,...

Mathura Stampedes | Allahabad HC Slams Authorities Over Lack Of Policy On Crowd Management & Unauthorized Constructions

The Allahabad High Court today came down heavily on the Mathura Vrindavan Development Authority (MVDA) and the District Magistrate as it expressed severe displeasure over the affidavits filed by them regarding crowd management and unauthorized constructions in the city. A bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar pulled up the MVDA over failure to specifically answer the Court's query about...

Writ Jurisdiction Can't Be Invoked When Contract Provides Arbitration Remedy: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has reaffirmed that the existence of an efficacious alternative remedy, particularly arbitration, will ordinarily dissuade courts from exercising writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. was delivering the judgment in a writ appeal challenging the termination of an EPC...

Dr Ambedkar Would Prefer Intellectual Growth, Upliftment Of Downtrodden: Bombay High Court Questions Noisy Celebrations On His Birth Anniversary

Questioning the "loud" celebrations of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's birth anniversary in Nagpur, the Bombay High Court recently said that the great philosopher would have preferred a celebration more focused on intellectual growth, social reforms, and empowerment of the downtrodden than using loud music. A division bench of Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Justice Nivedita Mehta noted that on the...

Bombay High Court Quashes Bribery FIR Lodged By Lilavati Hospital Against HDFC CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday quashed the First Information Report (FIR) lodged by Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust against Sashidhar Jagdishan over alleged bribery.A division bench of Justice Makarand Karnik and Justice Nitin Borkar noted that the instant FIR was triggered out of "personal vendetta." It also noted that the HDFC Bank had initiated recovery proceedings against the...

Kerala High Court Quashes Criminal Case For 'Stealing' Court Record, Says Complaint By Third Party Not Maintainable

The Kerala High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against a man who was accused of stealing a case bundle from the trial court.Justice C.S. Dias noted that the trial court ought not to have take cognizance of the complaint, which was filed by a third party, when the statutory mandate under Section 195 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was for the officer of the Court or...

Father Allegedly Throwing Tennis Ball At Child During Visitation, Attempting To Take Him Away Not 'Assault': Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court quashed criminal proceedings against a father accused of assaulting his minor son during a court-ordered visitation, holding that the allegations, even if taken at face value, did not disclose the essential ingredients of the offences alleged and were inherently improbable. The case arose from a matrimonial dispute where the petitioner had been granted visitation rights...

Delhi High Court To Appoint Amicus For Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia As They Boycott CBI's Excise Policy Challenge

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it will appoint three senior advocates as amicus curiae to represent Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak— who have chosen to boycott proceedings in CBI's petition challenging their discharge in the corruption case related to the alleged liquor policy scam.The Aam Aadmi Party leaders decided to boycott the hearing following Justice...

Postal Department Can't Indefinitely Freeze Fixed Deposits Over Non-Adjudicated Fraud Allegations: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that postal department cannot indefinitely continue a freeze on Joint-B “Either or Survivor” fixed deposit accounts (joint account which allows either holder to operate it independently), merely because allegations of fraud were raised in a legal notice.This, particularly when the Department of Posts itself has made no adjudication on such allegations,...

Swami Avimukteshwaranand POCSO Case Informant Ashutosh Maharaj Moves Allahabad HC To Quash 2013 UP Police History-Sheet

Ashutosh Brahmachari Maharaj, the first informant in the POCSO FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand, has approached the Allahabad High Court to challenge the UP Police's history sheet, opened in 2013.Appearing in person before the Court, Ashutosh Maharaj, who claims to be the President of Sri Krishna Janmbhumi Mukti Nirman Trust (Registered), Mathura, also sought deletion of his name from...

Imposing Inter-Se Seniority Across Separate Feeder Categories In Fixed Roster Promotion System Is Arbitrary: AP HC

A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising Justice R. Raghunandan Rao and Justice T.C.D. Sekhar held that imposing an additional condition of inter-se seniority across separate feeder categories on a fixed roster-point promotion system is arbitrary and discriminatory, as it can completely eliminate promotional chances for one feeder category. Background Facts...