High Courts
'Provide Status Of Pending Cases Against MP/MLAs': Punjab & Haryana High Court Tells District Judges
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed District & Sessions Judges across Punjab, Haryana, and the Union Territory of Chandigarh to furnish a status updates on all pending criminal cases involving sitting and former MPs and MLAs. Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Yashvir Singh Rathod was hearing a suo moto cognizance, to monitor the early disposal of pending criminal cases...
'Untenable In Law': Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes Cost On Law Aspirant Seeking Admission After Missing Entrance Test
Calling the plea "untenable in law," the Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed with ₹5,000 cost a petition filed by a student seeking admission despite missing the entrance test.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Yashvir Singh Rathod said, "the prayer is untenable in law...by no stretch of imagination that can be granted."A BA LLB (Hons) aspirant filed a plea seeking admission...
Special Appeal Not Maintainable Against Routine PIL Orders That Don't Affect Valuable Rights Of Parties: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that 'Special Appeals' under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952, are not maintainable against routine orders passed by the Single Judge if they don't determine the rights and obligations of the parties. "…an interlocutory order to be appealable under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Rules must adversely affect the valuable right of...
J&K&L High Court Allows Four Weeks To ECI, J&K Govt To File Reply Over Delay In Conducting Bypolls For Budgam, Nagrota Assembly Seats
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court directed the Election Commission of India, the Union Government, and the J&K Government to file their responses within four weeks over the alleged delay in holding by-elections for the Budgam and Nagrota assembly constituencies.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar passed the directions while hearing a writ petition filed by former minister Harsh...
Chhattisgarh High Court Slams Self Help Group, Teachers Of Govt School For Allegedly Serving 'Dog-Licked Food' To Students
The Chhattisgarh High Court pulled up authorities of a Government Middle School located in Balodabazar district wherein "dog-licked food" was allegedly served to the students, thereby endangering their life and making them highly susceptible to rabies.The court took note of an August 3 news-report published in a Hindi daily which reported that students were served food licked by a dog. The...
Compassionate Appointment Applications Must Be Decided Within 90-Days: Karnataka High Court Issues Directions
The Karnataka High Court has directed authorities concerned to decide applications received for Compassionate Appointment within a maximum period of 90 days, from date of receipt of the application.A division bench of Justice Mohammad Nawaz And Justice K S Hemalekha said, “Compassionate appointment matters being a welfare measure designed to provide immediate financial relief to...
Kerala High Court Orders Reconsideration Of Woman's Request To Donate Kidney To Husband's Friend
Kerala High Court has set aside the orders of the State and District Level Authorisation Committees rejecting a kidney transplant application involving two family friends.Justice N. Nagaresh directed the District Level Committee to reconsider the application within six weeks, granting the petitioners an opportunity to submit fresh evidence.The case involved Musthafa N.P, a chronic kidney...
Punjab & Haryana Bar Council Launches Inquiry Into Alleged Bench Hunting At High Court
The Punjab & Haryana Bar Council has launched an inquiry into serious allegations of bench hunting by lawyers at the Punjab and Haryana High CourtIn an office order, the Chairman of the State Bar Council, Rakesh Gupta, stated that members of the Bar Council had pointed out that some advocates of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, in order to obtain favourable orders from a particular...
Providing Sewerage Connections Is Statutory Duty Of Municipal Council, Consent Of Property Owners Not Required: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that under Section 141 of the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 1994, it is the duty of the Municipal Council to provide sewerage connections, and it cannot withhold this service merely due to objections from private landowners.Rejecting the contention of Municipal Council, Justice Ajay Mohan Goel held that: “There is no statutory requirement that the...
'Deplorable But Not Illegal': Kerala High Court Quashes Case Against Law Student Accused Of Defiling Gandhi Statue
The Kerala High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings taken against a law student for allegedly defiling a Mahatma Gandhi statue on his campus by putting cooling glasses and Christmas wreath on it.Justice V.G. Arun quashed the criminal proceedings alleging commission of offences under Sections 153 [Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot] and 426 [Punishment for...
GST Refund Can't Be Granted To Trader Until Cancelled Registration Is Restored: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that GST refund cannot be granted to a trader whose GST registration stands cancelled.In the case at hand, the Petitioner's registration was cancelled in February 2023 with retrospective effect from July 2018.In this backdrop a division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed,“When the GST registration itself has been cancelled in...
Compassionate Appointment Can't Be Sought Long After Death Of Family's Bread Winner, Doesn't Continue In Perpetuity: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that compassionate appointment cannot be sought long after the death of a family's bread winner and is not a right which continues in perpetuity. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla observed that compassionate appointment caters to a very specific exigency, which dies with efflux of time.“Compassionate...