Allahabad HC Comes To Aid Of Male Acid Attack Survivor, Asks State Authorities To Show Due Sensitivity In Such Cases

The Allahabad High Court recently directed the District Magistrate of Hapur to promptly process and release the ex-gratia amount under the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to a male acid attack survivor within four weeks. A bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal emphasized the need for the state authorities to show due sensitivity in...

S.35(3) BNSS | 'What Power Do You Have?': Kerala HC Orally Reprimands Sub-Inspector For Summoning Accused's Lawyer For Questioning In Probe

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (March 25) orally reprimanded a Sub-Inspector of Police for issuing a notice under Section 35(3) of the BNSS to the lawyer of the accused, summoning him for investigation involving the latter's clients. Section 35(3) states that the police officer shall, in all cases where the arrest of a person is not required under Section 35(1), issue a notice directing...

Arbitrator's Decision To Postpone Issue Of Partnership Firm's Dissolution To Stage Of Final Hearing Not Perverse: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court bench of Justices A.S. Chandurkar and Rajesh S. Patil has held that the decision of the Arbitrator to postpone the issue of determining the date of dissolution of the partnership firm to the stage of final hearing cannot be considered perverse for the purpose of section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act), as it requires evidence to...

High Court Seeks Explanation From State Over Delay In Lodging FIR Against Punjab Police Personnel For Allegedly Assaulting Army Officer

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought an explanation from the Punjab Government for delay in registration of FIR against Punjab Police officials allegedly involved in assault of an Army Officer.Observing that "serious allegations" have been levelled against senior officials of the agency, Justice Sandeep Moudgil issued notice to the State and CBI and sought a comprehensive status...

Karnataka HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging BCI's Nomination Of State Bar Body's Chairman Despite Commencement Of Election Process

The Karnataka High Court has issued notice on a plea by a member of the state bar council challenging a Bar Council of India (BCI) notification nominating Mittalakod Shiddalingappa Shekharappa as the state bar body's Chairman, when process of election was already under progress. The petition filed by K Koteshwara Rao seeks to quash BCI's notification, terming it to be illegal and ultra vires....

Delhi High Court Hints At Allowing Jailed MP Engineer Rashid To Attend Parliament, Tells NIA To Not Underestimate Powers Of Court, Speaker

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday hinted on granting permission to jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid to attend the second part of the parliamentary session, which will end on April 04, while being in custody. A division bench comprising of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani reserved verdict on Rashid's plea after his counsel, Senior Advocate N...

Government Employee Dying A Day Before 60th Birthday Is Deemed Under 60, Dependent Eligible For Compassionate Appointment : Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench comprising of Saugata Bhattacharyya, J. held that a government employee is deemed not to have completed 60 years of age if they die one day before their 60th birthday, therefore making their dependent eligible for compassionate appointment. Background Facts The petitioner applied for appointment on compassionate ground in a secondary school after death...

Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitrator's Refusal Of Injunction Against Use Of Tagline "Jeeto Har DinZo" By Winzo Games

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad has upheld the findings of the Arbitrator, who refused to grant an injunction restraining Winzo Games Private Limited (“Respondent”) from using the tagline “Jeeto Har DinZo” developed by Creativeland Advertising Private Limited (“Appellant”). Since there was no formal agreement fixing a price for the tagline and...

Vicarious Liability: Andhra Pradesh HC Holds State Responsible For Injuries To Unauthorized Passenger Given Lift By Driver Of Govt Vehicle

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that a driver is considered an agent of the owner who is responsible for the actions of the driver and holding the owner vicariously liable for the accidents caused by the driver serves public policy purposes.A Single Judge Bench of the High Court comprising Justice VRK Krupa Sagar, further asserted,“No owner ever granted any permission to any...

'For 20 Yrs He Was Sleeping': Rajasthan High Court Rejects Govt Employee's Plea Against 2002 Penalty Stopping Yearly Increments

Dismissing a government employee's plea challenging a penalty which stopped three annual grade increments as well as rejection of appeal and review petitions, the Rajasthan High Court observed that his plea was barred by delay of over two decades.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand in his order said, "It appears that the petitioner was sleeping over the matter for more than two decades and all of...

Industrial Disputes Act | Sundays And Other Paid Holidays Taken Into Account For Treating Continuous Service Of Workman: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court has set aside the order of the Central Industrial Tribunal (“CIT”) that did not taken into consideration Sundays and other paid holidays while calculating the service period of a Bank of Baroda employee.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand relied upon Section 25-B(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, (the “Act”) as well as the Supreme Court decision in the...

Practise Of Keeping Default Bail Applications Pending Till Chargesheet Is Filed Must Be Strongly Discouraged: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the practice of keeping applications for "default bail" pending by trial courts till a chargesheet is submitted by investigating agencies must be strongly discouraged.A division bench Justices Arijit Banerjee and Apurba Sinha Ray held: "...Some courts keep the application for “default bail” pending for some days so that in the meantime a charge-sheet...