High Courts
Consolidated SCN Involving Multiple Assessment Years Can Be Issued Only When Common Period Of Adjudication Exists: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court stated that consolidated show cause notice involving multiple assessment years can be issued when common period of adjudication exists. “Issuing a consolidated show cause notice covering various financial/assessment years would cause prejudice to an assessee who would not get the full period envisaged for adjudication under the Statute, if that period...
Compassionate Employment Cannot Be Denied To Dependents Who Have Been 'Fighting For Claim' By Fixing Subsequent Cut-Off Date: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court recently stated that when the benefits of a compassionate employment scheme have been extended to the dependants of employees of private aided colleges, then neither the government nor the college authorities can deny these benefits to the dependants who have been fighting for this cause by fixing a subsequent cut-off date for availing the benefit of the scheme.In this...
Recruitment Agency Creating Priority List For Candidates At Later Stage When Not Mentioned In Advertisement Violates Rule Of Law: P&H High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court said that Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) cannot come out with a priority list at the later stage of selection of candidates when the same was not advertised in the notification.A notification was issued by HSSC for the post of Group C & D and passing of CET exam was the prerequisite to apply for the post. At the stage of mains, HSSC prepared...
Writ Court Shouldn't Take Hyper Technical View: P&H High Court Allows Student To Complete Course Despite Admission Without Qualification
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has allowed a student to complete his course who was admitted to a college without the mandatory qualification of having a Hindi subject in Class X, observing that she already completed 1.5 years out of 2 years of the course and he did not commit any fraud.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel said, "The purpose of legal norms is to uphold...
'Case Against Co-Accused Out On Bail Much Worse Than Mine': Umar Khalid Tells High Court In Delhi Riots Bail Hearing
Former JNU scholar Umar Khalid on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the UAPA case, alleging a larger conspiracy into the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, against the co-accused persons who are out on bail is much worse as compared to him. Senior Advocate Trideep Pais was making rebuttal submissions in Khalid's bail plea before a division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and...
Kerala High Court Quashes Case Against Former ADM Who Allegedly Recommended Arms License For 'Thokku Swami'
The Kerala High Court quashed further proceedings under Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act) against former Additional District Magistrate for recommending to give Arms license to Bhadranandaji popularly known as 'Thokku Swami'Bhadranandaji also known as Himaval Bhadranandaji came to limelight when in 2008, he reportedly fired a gun towards a group of journalists in the premises of Aluva...
Calcutta High Court Upholds Arbitral Award Directing KMDA To Refund Amount Deposited By South City Projects Under MoU
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justices Harish Tandon and Madhuresh Prasad has held that findings of the Arbitrator based material cannot be interfered with within the limited scope of proceedings under section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act). Brief Facts: The present appeal has been filed under section 37 of the Arbitration Act against...
Petitioner An Indian Citizen, Needs Legal Representation: J&K High Court Grants Consular Access To Kashmiri Engineer Detained In Saudi Arabia
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has admitted a writ petition filed by the wife of a detainee and directed the Indian Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to file an affidavit regarding the current status of the petitioner who has been detained there under uncertain circumstances. A bench of Justice Rahul Bharti was hearing a writ petition filed by the petitioner who was working as an...
Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Recuses From Hearing PIL Against Ex-Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal Citing Personal Reasons
Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam on Thursday recused from hearing a PIL against former Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal for allegedly revealing the name of the deceased victim in the RG Kar rape and murder case.The Chief Justice was presiding over a division bench which was hearing the matter but recused from hearing it when the matter was called upon this occasion.In...
Parents Strained Relationship Shall Not Affect Child's Welfare: Madras HC Asks MEA, Indian Consulate In US To Renew Minor's Passport
The Madras High Court recently asked the Ministry of External Affairs and the Consulate General of India in Houston, USA to renew the passport of a 10th-grade minor girl living in the USA with her father. The application for renewal was rejected by the consulate for want of the mother's signature. Justice S Sounthar noted that the relationship between the father and the mother had...
'Nightmare For Drivers': Plea In Calcutta High Court Flags Blue & White Colour Markings On Roads In Bengal As Unsafe
A public interest litigation filed before the Calcutta High Court has flagged the blue and white colour scheme used all over the city's road and bridge markings as unsafe, potentially being a 'nightmare for drivers'.Counsel approached a division bench presided over by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and submitted that this blue and white colour scheme was against the mandate of the Indian...
Mandate Of Serving Grounds Of Arrest In Writing Under UAPA Applies To Arrests From Date Of SC's Pankaj Bansal Ruling: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Thursday ruled that the mandate of serving grounds of arrest in writing to an arrestee under UAPA will apply to arrests from the date of pronouncement of Supreme Court ruling in Pankaj Bansal case delivered on October 03, 2023, and not from the date of pronouncement of subsequent decision in Prabir Purkayastha case.“…..the ratio of Pankaj Bansal would apply to...