Delhi High Court Allows Third Medical Exam Of UPSC Aspirant, Cites Large Disparity In Disability Assessed By Different Boards

The Delhi High Court has paved the way for a third medical examination of a UPSC aspirant, claiming to have more than 40% hearing disability, after a material difference emerged in the reports prepared by AIIMS and Army Hospital.While the aspirant contended that there is no stipulated procedure by which he could be subjected to a third medical examination, a division bench of Justices...

Law Harsher Against Vehicle Owner Than Land Owner In Cases Of Illegal Reclamation Of Paddy Land: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently observed that in cases of reclamation of paddy land in contravention of the provisions of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008, the law treats the vehicle owner more harshly than the land owners.The Division Bench of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Harisanka V. Menon was considering an appeal preferred by the owner of a JCB...

Kerala High Court Pulls Up State Over Conflicting Affidavits On Whether NH-85 Stretch Falls In Reserved Forest

The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 24) came down heavily on the State Government for its inconsistent affidavits regarding the legal status of land along the Neriamangalam–Valara stretch of National Highway 85, and has directed the Chief Secretary to pass a reasoned order clarifying whether the area constitutes a reserved forest.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar...

'Can't Wait Endlessly': Kerala High Court Directs BCI To Approve Govt's Request For 2 Seats For Transgender Students In All Law Colleges

The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 24) passed an interim order directing the Bar Council of India to give approval for the State Government's request to provide two additional seats for transgender students in all law colleges in Kerala.When the matter came up for consideration before Justice V.G. Arun, the petitioner's counsel submitted that during the last posting, there was a...

SIR Of Tamil Nadu Electoral Rolls Will Begin In A Week: Election Commission Tells Madras High Court

The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, informed the Madras High Court that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Tamil Nadu electoral rolls would commence in a week. The submission was made before the bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan. The court was hearing a petition filed by former AIADMK MLA B Sathyanarayanan seeking directions...

Consumer Complaint Is Not Maintainable Against Corporate Debtor During Subsistence Of Moratorium: Bombay High Court

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, comprising of Justice M.M. Nerkiar, has held that the consumer complaint before the District Consumer Dispute Redressal is not maintainable if the insolvency of the corporate debtor has been admitted during the continuance of the moratorium. The petition was filed against the order of the District Consumer Dispute Redressal. In the...

Rajasthan High Court Declares GAFTA London Award Enforceable As Decree; Reiterates Narrow Scope Of “Public Policy” U/S 48 Arbitration Act

The Rajasthan High Court dismissed objections against the enforcement of a foreign award raised by Raj Grow Impex LLP stating that the scope of interference is extremely narrow at the enforcement stage and that an award holder having won before both the tribunal and appellate tribunals should not be left to feel that he has won the battle but lost the war. Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand...

Kerala High Court Closes Plea Against DDE Order In Hijab Row Case After Student Withdraws Admission

The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 24) closed a plea by St Rita's School challenging a notice by Deputy Director of Education (DDE) Ernakulam to permit a girl student to attend classes wearing a headscarf, after the court was informed that her parents had decided to withdraw her admission. After hearing the submission made by the student's counsel the State said that it does not want...

Court May Direct Deposit Of 100% Of Awarded Amount Before Granting Stay U/S 36(3) Arbitration Act: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court held that directing a 100% deposit of the awarded amount as a pre-condition for granting stay under section 36(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Act) is legally valid and consistent with the settled jurisprudence of the Supreme Court. Dr. Justice Sanjeeb K. Panigrahi held that “where the arbitral award is in the nature of a money decree,...

Cock Fights Can't Be Given Cultural Status In Tamil Nadu, No Legal Right To Conduct It: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that there was no legal right to conduct a cock fight as the Statute expressly prohibits an animal fight organised by humans. Justice GR Swaminathan noted that Section 11(1)(m)(ii) and Section 11(1)(n) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act penalise any person who entices any animal to fight any other animal or who organises, keeps, uses...

No Employee, Including Retirees, Has Vested Right To Perpetually Reap Benefits Of Employer's Mistake Of Erroneous Payments: J&K HC

A Division bench of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar held that recovery of erroneously paid benefits from retired low-level employees is impermissible, but correction of future pay/pension is allowed. Further that no employee, including one who has superannuated, possesses a vested right to perpetually reap the benefits...

Gujarat High Court Refuses To Quash Corruption Charges Against Former SEZ Officers Booked For Favouring Illegal Metal-Scrap Import

The Gujarat High Court refused to quash forgery, cheating and corruption charges against two former Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ) officials accused of filing a false inspection report in respect of an entity importing metal scrap by allegedly fraudulently diverting duty-free imported materials into open market. A Letter of Permission (LOP) dated 24.01.2002 was issued by...