Bhakra Nangal Dam | Decision To Allocate Extra Water To Haryana Not Taken By Competent Authority: Punjab Govt Tells High Court

The Punjab Government on Thursday (May 22) submitted before the High Court that the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) and the Centre concealed that no consensus could be reached with Haryana on allocation of extra water to the latter.The Punjab Government was arguing its application before Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel, seeking recall of Court's May 06 order, which paved...

Administrative Tribunals Can Only Review Their Decisions Within The Bounds Applicable To Civil Courts Under CPC: J&K High Court

Ruling on the scope of judicial review powers of statutory tribunals, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh held that a tribunal constituted under the Administrative Tribunals Act can only review its decision within the bounds applicable to a civil court under Section 114 read with Order 47 Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure.Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, while dismissing a...

Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva Appointed As Madhya Pradesh High Court's Acting Chief Justice

The Central Government on Thursday (May 22) notified the appointment of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva as Acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court with effect from May 24. Notably, the outgoing Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait is set to retire on May 23. The notification in this regard states:"In exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President...

In Unprecedented Situation, Impossible To Give Hearing Or Reasons To Çelebi For Revoking Security Clearance: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

Opposing the plea filed by Celebi Airport Services Private Limited, the Central Government on Thursday said that the action of revoking security clearance of the Turkey based company is not a “carte blache” and judicial review is always available to the affected party. SGI Tushar Mehta told Justice Sachin Datta that in unprecedented situation when the country faces a security threat, it...

AP High Court Rejects Plea Challenging Decrease Of Reserved PG Medical Seats For In-Service Candidates, Says Reduction Was Favoured By Stats

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the reduction of reserved seats for in-service candidates in Post graduate Medical Courses in state government quota. A division bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice R. Raghunandan Rao,examined the relevant observations of the committee which propounded that the reservation policy for in-service...

Karnataka High Court Stays FIR Against Arnab Goswami, BJP's Amit Malviya For Spreading 'False Claim' About Congress Party's Turkey Office

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (May 22) in an interim order stayed further investigation in an FIR registered against BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly spreading a false claim that Turkey's Istanbul Congress Centre is the international office of Congress party. A vacation judge, Justice S Rachaiah passed the interim order...

[Arbitration Act] Opposite Party's Failure To Reply To S.21 Notice Doesn't Imply Consent To Appointment Of Named Arbitrator: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jyoti Singh while setting aside an arbitral award has observed that unilateral appointment of arbitrator vitiates the award and if the opposite party fails to reply to the notice under Section 21, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“ACA”), then such inaction cannot lead to an inference as to implied consent or acquiescence of the...

Bar Associations Are 'Public Authorities' Under RTI Act : Kerala State Information Commission

The Kerala State Information Commission (SIC) recently passed an order wherein it held that all Bar Associations functioning in Kerala can be considered to be 'public authority' as per sections 2(h)(d) and 2 (h)(ii) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005.For context, S. 2(h) of the RTI Act gives the definition of 'public authority' and states, ““public authority” means any authority...

Appellate Court Cannot Waive Payment Of Court Fee Before Trial Court On Account Of Settlement Of Appeal: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently decided that it is not legally permissible for an appellate court to waive payment of court fee before the trial court on account of settlement of appeal. Justice A. Badharudeen laid down the legal position in a common judgment while hearing two Regular First Appeals (RFAs).The appellants had initiated suits against the respondents before the Sub Court, Kochi...

Narsinghanand Case | 'Fair Probe Required' : Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Mohd Zubair, Protects Him From Arrest

The Allahabad High Court today refused to quash an FIR against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair over his tweets ('X' Posts) on Yati Narsinghanand's 'derogatory' speech.The Court, however, extended the interim protection against arrest to him during the course of the investigation.A bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, passed this order as it...

Futile To Continue With LOCs Against Former NDTV Promoters Prannoy Roy, Radhika Roy: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Thursday orally remarked that it would be futile to continue with the look out circular (LOC) opened by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against NDTV's former directors and promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy in 2019.Justice Sachin Datta made the remark after the CBI defended the LOC arguing that the same was kept open to keep a watch on Roys' movements. “I...

Karnataka High Court Stays Proceedings Against BJP MLA Harish Poonja For Allegedly Giving 'Hate Speech' At Temple Event

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (May 22) by way of an interim order, stayed all further proceedings against BJP MLA Harish Poonja, accused of allegedly making a hate speech earlier this month, during an event oragnised by a temple in Mangalore. A vacation bench of Justice S Rachaiah passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Poonja seeking to quash the FIR dated May 4,...