Preeti Rathi Acid Attack & Murder Case: Bombay High Court Rejects Convict's Plea For Transfer To 'Open Prison' Citing Discipline Issue

Every prisoner must follow the rules and regulations especially the ones pertaining to 'behaviour' and no prisoner can be allowed to bring prohibited articles in the jail, the Bombay High Court held recently while dismissing a plea filed by Ankur Panwar, the convict in the infamous Preeti Rathi Acid Attack case.Panwar had challenged his transfer from 'Open Prison' to a regular prison after he...

Ahmedabad Plane Crash: Gujarat High Court To Observe 2-Minute Silence On Friday To Mourn Victims' Demise

The Gujarat High Court on Friday morning will observe 2-minute silence to mourn the demise of victims of the Air India flight crash which occurred on Thursday afternoon in AhmedabadA circular issued by the Registrar General on Thursday states that the managing committee of the Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association had requested to observe 2-minute silence over the tragic incident and...

When Required Experience For Post Has No Nexus With Qualification, It Can Be Gained Before Or After Obtaining Qualification: J&K High Court

Clarifying the interpretation of recruitment eligibility criteria, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has held that where the required experience for a post has no direct nexus with the prescribed educational qualification, such experience can be validly acquired either before or after obtaining the qualification.The court added, “.. However, where the experience prescribed...

Punjab Police Rules | DM's Concurrence Not Required To Initiate Departmental Proceeding In Corruption Case Against Cops: High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that as per Punjab Police Rules (PPR) concurrence of the District Magistrate will not be required to initiate disciplinary proceedings against police men in corruption cases.Justice Jagmohan Bansal referring to PPR (Rule 16.40) said, "The authorities were supposed to initiate judicial prosecution or departmental proceedings depending on...

Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Foods Move Bombay High Court Seeking Removal Of Encroachers From Its Land

Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Foods Private Limited has approached the Bombay High Court seeking a direction to the Maharashtra government and its authorities to remove the illegal encroachments on several of its lands situated in Khalapur in Raigad district near Navi Mumbai. The petition filed through advocate Apoorv Srivastava contends that the authorities have failed to protect and safeguard...

NEET-PG : Punjab & Haryana High Court Approves Chandigarh UT's Decision To Reallocate UT Quota To All India Quota

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the Chandigarh Union Territory's decision to reallocate seats reserved under the Union Territory (UT) Pool quota to the All India Quota (AIQ) for admission to postgraduate medical courses. The Court upheld the UT's move, emphasizing that the controversy for residential quota in the MD/MS admissions in the Government...

Assessee Entitled To Refund Of Unutilized ITC Claimed On Closure Of Business: Sikkim High Court

The Sikkim High Court stated that the assessee is entitled to the refund of unutilized ITC claimed on the closure of business. The Bench of Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai was addressing the issue of whether the refund of ITC under Section 49(6) of the CGST Act is only limited to companies carved out under Section 54(3) of the CGST Act or does every registered company have a right to...

Promoter Need Not Seek Consent For Additional Construction If Full Project Is Disclosed At Agreement Stage: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court stated that promoter need not seek consent for additional construction if full project disclosed at agreement stage.“Once the entire project is placed before the flat takers at the time of the agreement, then the promoter is not required to obtain prior consent of the flat takers as long as the builder puts up additional construction in accordance with the layout...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Amendment Allowing BBMP To Impose Cess While Sanctioning Building Plans, Giving Commencement Certificates

The Karnataka High Court has quashed and set aside the amendments brought into the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act 1976 in 2021 and 2023, allowing the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to collect fees and penalties at the time of sanctioning building plans. Justice R Devdas partly allowed petitions filed by residents and builders challenging the amendments brought in by...

Kerala High Court Orders Arrest Of Ship In Suit Filed By Cargo-Owner Affected By MSC Elsa 3 Wreck

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (12th June) ordered conditional arrest of MSC Manasa F after proprietor of Mangalath Cashews filed a suit claiming damages over his cargo that was sunk with MV MSC Elsa 3. As per his claim, both the ships are managed/ controlled/ owned by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA, even though they are registered in the name of its 2 sister companies.MSC Manasa F...

Law Student Moves Kerala High Court After Being Bitten By Stray Dog, Seeks Implementation Of Animal Birth Control Rules

Keerthana Sarin, a second-year law student has approached the Kerala High Court after being bitten by a stray dog. She alleged that even after multiple incidents of stray dog attacks happened in the locality, no action was taken by the officials of Nedumangad Municipality.The matter was taken by Justice C. S. Dias who issued notice to the State and Central governments. As per the petitioner,...

Sanitary Napkins And Medicines Not Allied Or Cognate Goods: Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Alleging Deceptively Similar Trademark

The Delhi High Court has rejected an appeal preferred by RSPL Health Private Limited, alleging that Sun Pharma had adopted a trademark for its medicinal products, which is deceptively similar to RSPL's menstrual product line.Rejecting the appeal against denial of interim injunction by a single judge, the division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur observed,“there is no...