Kerala High Court Directs Authorities To Take Immediate, Long-Term Measures To Prevent Flooding In Kuttanad Schools

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (July 31) directed the District Collector, Deputy Director of Education, Principal Agricultural officers, Tahsildars, Panchayat, Padasekhara Samithi and the Executive Engineer to take immediate action for resolving the issue of waterlogging in SNDP Higher Secondary School in Kuttanad district of Alappuzha.A division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and...

'Apathy', Poor Coordination Among Civic Agencies Worsening Delhi Flooding: High Court Urges Govt To Consider Centralised Flood Management

Observing that there is an "enormous confusion" between the civic agencies, the Delhi High Court has directed the concerned senior functionaries of the Delhi Government to take a decision on some centralisation of administration and management of the flooding in the national capital. A division bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora observed that there...

Pendency Of Criminal Case U/S 498A IPC Not Ground To Deny Permission To Travel Abroad For Haj: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court allowed an application by an accused charged under Section 498A, IPC, to travel to Mecca-Madina for performing the religious rituals of Haj, for a period of two months, opining that denying permission to travel abroad for religious purposes, owing to pendency of criminal case under the provision amounted to violation of right under Article 21.While issuing a...

Wife's Failure To Provide Exact Date Of Alleged Torture Doesn't Mean Her Domestic Violence Case Is Without Any Basis: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that merely because the wife fails to provide the exact date and time of the alleged tortures by the husband and his family members does not mean that her case filed under the Domestic Violence Act is without any basis. Justice Amit Mahajan was dealing with a wife's plea challenging the family court order setting aside the grant of monthly maintenance of...

Scheme Of Compromise Sanctioned By Court Under Companies Act Cannot Be Frustrated By Invoking Provisions Of SARFAESI Act: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that a scheme of arrangement/compromise sanctioned under section 391 of the Companies Act, 1956, cannot be unilaterally frustrated by a secured creditor by invoking the provisions of the SARFAESI Act, 2002. The application was filed, praying for the execution of an order sanctioning a scheme of arrangement/ compromise under section 391(2) of...

Delhi High Court Seeks NIA's Response On MP Engineer Rashid's Plea Against Framing Of Charges In UAPA Case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response of National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a plea filed by Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid challenging trial court order framing charges against him in a terror funding case registered under UAPA.A division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Shalinder Kaur called for the trial court record and listed the plea for hearing...

Why Are You Permitting Anarchy? High Court To Chandigarh Admin Over Deplorable Condition Of Vegetable Market, Takes Suo Moto Cognizance

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of the deplorable conditions prevailing in Chandigarh's Sector 26 Vegetable Market, sharply questioning the UT Administration over its inaction. "Why are you permitting total anarchy in Sabzi Mandi?" asked Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry from administration.Counsel appearing for the administration Aman...

Competent Authority Can Examine Claims Of Rehabilitation & Resettlement Under National Highways Act, Not Collector: Allahabad High Court

While differing from the earlier judgment of the co-ordinate bench in Ranvir Singh And 35 Others v. National Highway Authority Of India And Competent Authority For Land Acquisition And 2 Others, the Allahabad High Court has held that it is not the Collector but the Competent Authority who has to decide claims regarding rehabilitation and resettlement and declare award for land acquired...

Employee's Salary And Pension Withheld Despite Judicial Order: Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On State

On Monday, the Allahabad High Court imposed cost of Rs. 1 lakh on the State of U.P. for defying orders of the coordinate bench by not letting the mother of the petitioner continue in service despite the order of the High Court having attained finality.Petitioner's mother had earlier filed a writ petition before the High Court wherein the issue regarding her date of birth was settled and it...

Continuity Of Income No Grounds To Deny Compensation For Permanent Disability Caused In Accident: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that continued employment with no reduction in income of a claimant who suffered permanent and partial disability in a motor vehicle accident cannot be grounds for denying compensation under the head of 'permanent disability'.In the present case, one Ch. Udaya Bhaskar (claimant) suffered 40% partial and permanent disability, a chewing problem and...

To Curb Illegal Hill Extraction, Kerala High Court Directs NHAI To Mandate Display Of Permit Details, Redressal Contact In Project Area

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (July 30) disposed of a PIL which sought a direction to the NHAI (National Highways Authority of India), MoEF (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) and other authorities, to stop the unscientific and excessive soil extraction done in Chelannoor Village of Kozhikode in connection with the construction of National Highway from Kasargod...

'No Prejudice To Any Class': Gujarat High Court Rejects Challenge To State UCC Panel Over Lack Of Minority Representation

The Gujarat High Court rejected a plea challenging the constitution of a committee formed to consider necessity of Uniform Civil Code for the State, observing that the panel was constituted by an executive order and in absence of any statutory provision, the selection of the members is in the absolute domain of the State.The court further said that by merely constituting a committee it cannot...