Lucknow Bench Competent To Hear Transfer Pleas For Family Court Cases Falling Within Its Jurisdiction, Not Principal Bench: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has clarified that the transfer applications concerning cases pending in Family Courts which fall within the territorial jurisdiction of the Lucknow Bench of the High Court must be filed before the Lucknow Bench itself, not the principal seat at Allahabad. A bench of Justice Kshitij Shailendra emphasised that the Lucknow Bench is the appellate court competent...

Student Files Plea Against Rs 30 Lakh Seat Leaving Bond Rule, Madhya Pradesh HC Issues Notice, Directs College To Return Original Documents

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court sought the state government's stand on a medical student's plea against the Rs 30 Lakh seat leaving bond he had signed while taking admission in a medical college, which would be charged if he left the seat without completing the course or his original documents will not be returned. Issuing notice to the respondents including the...

Collector Cannot Cyclostyle Anti-Corruption Bureau's Draft To Sanction Prosecution, Must Apply Independent Mind: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that the grant of sanction for prosecution is not a mere formality and that a sanctioning authority is obligated to discharge its duty after having full knowledge of the material facts of the case.The division bench of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Rekha Borana further held that the sanction must be observed with complete strictness, keeping in...

Rajasthan High Court Impleads Then Jodhpur Collector, SDO, Tehsildar In Encroachment Case; Warns Of Jail Sentence If Orders Aren't Followed

In a contempt matter concerning encroachment of land, the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court directed the petitioner to implead the then concerned Collector, Sub-divisional Officer and Tehsildar to seek their stand, warning them of punishment including "jail sentence" if they don't pay heed to court orders.The division bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice...

Madras High Court Restrains Grant Of Award In M S Subbulakshmi's Name To Musician TM Krishna

Madras High Court Restrains Grant Of Award In M S Subbulakshmi's Name To Musician TM Krishna

Preposterous To Assume Judges Can't Commit Mistake While Passing Orders: Rajasthan HC Sets Aside Compulsory Retirement Of ADJ After 9 Yrs

Rajasthan High Court has set aside the penalty of compulsory retirement imposed upon an Additional District and Sessions Judge in 2015 for allowing the second bail application filed by a murder accused, despite having knowledge of the fact that the first bail application was rejected by the High Court and there was a pending transfer petition in front of the High Court.The division bench...

Easing Educational Qualification To Prioritise Experience Can't Be Stretched To Dilute Criteria, State's Approach Anathema To Law: Gujarat HC

Striking down the appointment of a District Commandant, Home Guard (Class-I), in Narmada District, the Gujarat High Court observed that the appointee lacked the requisite educational qualifications.In doing so the court said that the approach of the State in relaxing the educational qualification by giving primacy to the experience, stretching it to an extent that the criteria gets diluted, is...

[Motor Accident] Adverse Inference Can Be Drawn Against Insurer On Failure To Rebut Evidence: Jharkhand HC Upholds ₹11.45 Lakh Compensation

The Jharkhand High Court has upheld the award of ₹11,45,932 granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Dhanbad, to the widow of a carpenter who succumbed to injuries sustained in a fatal motorcycle accident.The court emphasised that failure of the insurance company to summon key witnesses or rebut the evidence presented by the claimants resulted in an adverse inference being...

Develop Comprehensive Action Plan To Address Bomb Threats: High Court To Delhi Govt

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to develop a “comprehensive action plan” including a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for addressing bomb threats and related emergencies in the national capital.Justice Sanjeev Narula directed that the SOP must clearly outline the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders, including law enforcement agencies,...

Kerala High Court To Consider Validity Of 55-Yrs Upper Age Eligibility Criteria For Mediators

The Kerala High Court is set to consider whether a maximum age limit of 55 years could be stipulated as an essential eligibility condition for submitting applications for applying to the position of Mediators in the Mediation Centres of the Kerala State Mediation and Conciliation Centre.Justice V.G.Arun by relying upon the Apex Court decision in Tej Prakash Pathak and others v. Rajasthan...

Govt Office Is Public Property, Any Political Party Ransacking It Must Be Appropriately Charged: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday took strong objection to a plea highlighting the alleged ransacking of a panchayat office by workers of a certain political party.A single bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh remarked: "It's a government office. You must include PDPP (Prevention of Damage To Public Properties Act). People cannot just destroy public offices like this. Government office is a...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 11 To November 17, 2024

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1219 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1145NOMINAL INDEXPrashant Manchanda v. Union of India & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1219 Wikimedia Foundation v. ANI & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1220 Mankind Pharma Limited vs. Aquakind Land LLP & ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1221 Bharat Broadband Network Ltd v. Paramount Communications Ltd 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1222 HR BUILDERS...