Supreme Court Collegium Proposes Elevation Of 3 Advocates As Rajasthan High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held today, recommended the elevation of three advocates as the Judges of the Rajasthan High Court.They are :(i) Shri Bipin Gupta,(ii) Shri Sanjeet Purohit, and(iii) Shri Ravi Chirania....

P&H High Court Senior Advocates' Association Honours Justices Sanjeev Prakash Sharma & Anil Kshetarpal On Proposed Transfer

The Punjab & Haryana High Court Senior Advocates Association on Thursday (May 29) felicitated Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Anil Kshetarpal on their recent proposed transfers recommeded by the Supreme Court collegium. Justices Sharma and Kshetarpal were recently recommended for transfer by the Supreme Court Collegium. Justice Sharma has recommended to be transferred to his...

'We're A Country Where Clerks Become Chief Justices, Tribal Lady Becomes President': P&H High Court On Elites Belittling Small Businesses

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has frowned upon the "elite class" still following the Britishers and looking down upon their own countrymen doing small businesses.A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta said that we're a country of homogenous population where "a Tribal lady of a remote village can now be the President of India, and a worker from...

ESI Contribution, Can't Exempt Establishment Based On Pvt Insurance And Not Having Local Dispensary: AP HC

Andhra Pradesh High Court: A single judge bench of Justice Nyapathy Vijay held that the mere absence of an ESI dispensary nearby cannot exempt an establishment from liability under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (“ESI Act”). The court clarified that only the appropriate govt is empowered to grant such exemptions under Section 87 of the Act, and that such exemptions ought...

Karnataka High Court Slams BJP MLC N Ravikumar For Communal Comment Against Muslim IAS Officer, Asks Him To Apologise To Her

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday orally asked the BJP MLC N Ravi Kumar who has been booked by police for his controversial remark against Kalaburagi District Collector, Fauzia Tarannum to tender an apology to her. A vacation bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj observed thus while hearing the petition filed by Kumar seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the station bazar...

After Delhi High Court Flak, Youtuber Mohak Mangal Agrees To Take Down 'Offending Portions' From His Video On ANI

The Delhi High Court on Thursday (May 29) directed YouTuber Mohak Mangal to take down specific portions of his video on ANI, while hearing the news agency's defamation suit alleging that his recent video is disparaging and defamatory towards the agency.Prior to lunch hour, the high court had after watching the video, asked Mangal's counsel senior advocate Chander Lall to take instructions...

Mohak Mangal Row: Delhi High Court Directs Kunal Kamra To Take Down Tweet Calling ANI 'Thugs & Mafia'

While hearing news agency ANI's defamation suit against YouTuber Mohak Mangal alleging that his recent YouTube video is disparaging and defamatory towards the agency, the Delhi High Court on Thursday (May 29) directed comedian Kunal Kamra to take down a tweet posted in connection to Mangal's video. Justice Amit Bansal was informed by Kamra's counsel that without prejudice to the rights...

Liquidated Damages Clause Does Not Permit Automatic Recovery Of Full Amount, Actual Loss Must Be Proven: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri has held that the law mandates proof of actual loss despite the presence of an Liquidated Damages (LD) clause and does not allow automatic recovery of the entire LD amount upon breach. Therefore, the Petitioner's unilateral adjustment without adjudication was unlawful. The AT rightly held that such unilateral recovery does not obviate...

RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Quashing Of CBI FIR In Land For Jobs Scam Case

RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged land for jobs scam case.Yadav has also sought quashing of the three chargesheets filed by CBI in the case as well as the trial court orders taking cognizance of the said chargesheets.Justice Ravinder Dudeja...

When Status Quo Order Is Passed Over Possession Of Suit Property, Party In Possession Can Raise Construction On Their Share: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir Highcourt held that where the status quo order passed by the court is qualified by the word "possession" and not a blanket status quo order, there is no restraint on the parties to the suit on raising construction on the portion of property which is in their respective possession.The petitioner had challenged the order passed by the trial court allowing the respondent...

Classic Case Of Encroachment Being Claimed As A Waqf : Allahabad HC 'Surprised' At 'Illegal' Constructions On NHAI's Property

The Allahabad High Court has expressed surprise on the actions of the Waqf Madarsa Qasimul Uloom encroaching the land belonging to National Highways Authority of India, creating construction on the same, sub-letting it and charging rent on the property.Noting that the petitioner Waqf had encroached upon the land owned by NHAI, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal observed that “This Court is...

Husband Forcefully Committing Unnatural Sex With Wife & Assaulting Her For Resisting Can Be Prosecuted For Cruelty: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that husband committing unnatural sex with wife against her wishes and assaulting her for resisting would fall under the definition of cruelty under Section 498A of IPC.Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia in his order observed: “Committing unnatural sex with wife against her wishes and on her resistance, assaulting and treating her with physical cruelty...