High Courts
Orissa High Court Comes Down Heavily On Cuttack Municipal Commissioner Over Construction Near Law University Despite Stay
The Orissa High Court poured scorn on the Commissioner, Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) for his failure to comply with an earlier order whereby it had put an interim stay on the construction of a 'vending zone' near the new campus of Madhusudan Law University, Rehman Square, Jobra, Cuttack.Though the matter was not originally listed for hearing on Friday, the Vacation Division Bench...
Allahabad HC Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Distinction Between The Words 'Institution' And 'University'
The Allahabad High Court at Lucknow has recently issued notice in a writ petition alleging distinction between the word 'institution' and 'university' under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.The petitioners obtained degrees in Bachelors Degree in Physiotherapy and Bachelors Degree in Science (Medical Laboratory Technology) in different years from Sanskriti University, which is...
Income Tax Act Doesn't Contemplate Hiatus Between Handing Over & Receipt Of Documents By AO Of Non-Searched Entity: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court made it clear that Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 “does not contemplate a hiatus” between handing over and receipt of information or documents pertaining to a non-searched entity.For context, Section 153C allows the Revenue department to proceed against a party other than the person who is being searched, if incriminating articles belonging to the other...
Denying Patent On Grounds Of Morality & Health Without Scientific Evidence Is Unsustainable: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has set aside an order passed by the Patent Controller, denying a patent to ITC Limited for a “A Heater Assembly to Generate Aerosol.” The patent was denied on grounds of public health and morality, keeping in mind The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage, and Advertisement) Act,...
'Conduct Is Disquieting To Court's Conscience': Delhi High Court Dismisses Applications For Condonation Of Delay In Filing & Re-Filing Appeal
The Delhi High Court bench of Justices C. Harishankar and Ajay Digpaul observed that the conduct of the appellants in this case is deeply troubling to the court's conscience. They neither informed the respondents about the filing of the present appeals nor disclosed the same to the court, even though the respondents' appeals challenging the same arbitral award had been listed and...
Calcutta High Court Directs No Coercive Action Against Teachers Whose Agitation Led To Violent Clashes With Police
The Calcutta High Court has ordered the police not to take any coercive action against certain protesting teachers who were involved in skirmishes with police authorities after their protest outside the state education department turned violent. The Court also directed the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education not to give effect to show cause notices issued to the teachers either.The order...
Madras High Court Sentences IAS Officer To One Month Imprisonment In Contempt Case, Asks Him To Pay Compensation Out Of Salary
The Madras High Court has sentenced IAS officer Anshul Mishra to one month simple imprisonment for “civil contempt” by failing to follow an earlier order of the court in a land case. The court however suspended his sentence to allow him to file an appeal. Justice P Velmurugan also asked the officer to pay Rs. 25,000 as compensation to the petitioners (an elderly duo) from...
Madras High Court Reserves Orders On Savukku Shankar's Plea Alleging Swindling Of Funds From Ambedkar Champions Scheme
The Madras High Court, on Friday, reserved orders on a petition filed by YouTuber Savukku Shankar seeking CBI probe into alleged corruption in the implementation of the Annal Ambedkar Business Champions Scheme, a scheme to promote economic development of SC/ST entrepreneurs. The vacation bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan reserved the plea for orders after taking...
Samagra Shiksha Funds Not Released As Tamil Nadu Didn't Sign MoU To Implement National Education Policy: Centre Tells Madras High Court
The Central Government on Friday informed the Madras High Court that the funds under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan have not been released for the State of Tamil Nadu as the State has not signed a Memorandum of Understanding for implementing the National Education Policy.Notably, the Tamil Nadu government has moved an original suit in the Supreme Court against the Union Government, alleging that...
Court Is Not Appropriate Forum To Seek Interim Relief During Arbitration Proceedings: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar has held that the appropriate forum for seeking interim relief after the constitution of the Arbitral Tribunal is the Tribunal itself under Section 17 of the Arbitration Act. Recourse to the court under Section 9 is permitted during the arbitration proceedings only if the remedy under Section 17 is found to be...
Kerala Government Land Assignment Act Not Intended To Enrich Persons Who Hold Extensive Land: High Court
The Kerala High Court observed that the provisions of Kerala Government Land Assignment Act and Kerala Land Assignment Rules was intended to protect landless people and not to enrich people who were already holding extensive lands.“.. various provisions in the Kerala Government Land Assignment Act and Kerala Land Assignment Act and the Kerala Land Assignment Rules would unmistakably show...
'Is A Man Ever Satisfied?' P&H High Court Declines To Quash Law Entrance Of Panjab University In Plea Challenging It For Being 'Tough'
The Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to quash the law entrance examination conducted by Panjab University for the 5-year undergraduate law course, which was challenged on the grounds of being too difficult.Quoting Shakespeare, 'Is a man ever satisfied?', the Court said, the question "yet could not reach a resolution or a viable answer."Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel...