Kerala High Court Grants Bail To 3 Booked For Vandalising Lawyer's Office, Appreciates Advocates' Association For Lending Support To Lawyer

While granting bail to three men accused of entering an advocate's office and causing destruction of property, the Kerala High Court appreciated the participation of the Kerala High Court Advocates' Association noting that when a lawyer has a grievance the entire lawyer community and the association come together to lend its support. The President of Kerala High Court Advocates'...

Calcutta High Court Disallows Protest Seeking To Block Railways & Highways Demanding Benefits For Santhali Tribal Community

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined to allow a protest by a social welfare organisation seeking to agitate rights of tribal people, particularly the Santhali community. The organisation had sought to undertake a 'rail and road roko' protest by blocking railways and national highways on 20th December to get the state government to give into their demands such as inter alia establishment...

Candidate Turns 100% Blind After Submitting Application: Rajasthan HC Permits Him To Change Category, Avail PwD Quota; Calls It 'Act Of God'

Rajasthan High Court allowed writ petition filed by a candidate for the post of a teacher for changing his category from “unreserved” to “physically handicapped” when his blindness transformed from 40% to 100% in between submission of application and publication of result.Opining it to be an instance of Vis Major (Act of God), the bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand ruled that...

Special Allowance For Bank Employees On Deputation Cannot Be Excluded From Pay Fixation: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court: Justices Mangesh S. Patil and Prafulla S. Khubalkar ruled that employees of nationalized banks deputed to Debts Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) are entitled to include “special allowance” for the purpose of fixation. The court quashed part of a 2020 government communication that excluded the allowance from pay fixation. It held that the 2020 communication...

NI Act | College Cannot Be Equated To A Company, Principal Not Vicariously Liable For Signing Cheque: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently quashed the proceedings initiated against a Principal of a college under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments for signing a cheque that was returned for “insufficient funds”. While doing so, Justice Anand Venkatesh held that the Principal had not signed the cheque in his individual capacity, and since a college could not be equated to a...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Designates 27 Lawyers As Senior Advocates

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has designated 27 lawyers as Senior Advocates out of the 48 lawyers who had applied for the position.The interview of the 48 candidates who had applied for designation was scheduled on 3rd December 2024 before the Permanent Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates.Thereafter, the following 27 lawyers were designated as Senior Advocates:Aditya...

[Actress Assault Case] Kerala High Court Rejects Pulsar Suni's Plea To Recall Two Expert Witnesses, Calls It 'Frivolous'

The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed the plea filed by Sunil N.S., also known as 'Pulsar Suni', the main accused in the 2017 Actor Assault Case- for recalling two expert witnesses.Suni had approached the High Court against the order of the Sessions Court dismissing his application to recall two expert witnesses, a doctor who collected samples for forensic examination and the...

Candidate Not Responsible For State's Mistake In Issuing Experience Certificate, Cannot Be Denied Appointment: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court observed that the State could not take advantage of its own wrong of issuing an incorrect experience certificate to the petitioner and then making her run from pillar to post, and rejecting her candidature for the post of Auxiliary Nurse & Midwives based on such mistake.The bench of Justice Arun Monga was hearing a petition filed by a candidate for the post of...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 09 - December 15, 2024

Citation 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 501 to 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 512Nominal Index:K Raja AND V Prabhakar. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 501Axis Bank Ltd AND Assistant Commissioner & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 502UnIon of India AND A Mohan & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 503A J James AND Karnataka State Law University & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 504Mohammed Aamir Raza AND State of Karnataka & ANR....

Property Fraud In Delhi NCR 'Alarmingly Prevalent': Punjab & Haryana HC Rejects Anticipatory Bail Plea Of Man Booked For Duping Buyer Of ₹2 Crore

Observing that property frauds are "alarmingly prevalent" in Delhi-NCR, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of a man accused of duping crores by falsely claiming ownership of land at a prime location in Noida.It was alleged that the accused took Rs.2 crores by falsely claiming ownership of a prime parcel of land in Noida, allegedly belonging to...

SC's Judgement In Abhisar Buildwell Case Doesn't Permit Reopening Of Assessments Beyond Limitation Period U/S 149(1) Of IT Act: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that the Supreme Court's judgment in Abhisar Buildwell does not permit reopening of assessments under Section 147/148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 beyond the period stipulated under Section 149(1). Section 149 lays down the time limit for issuing a notice to a taxpayer under various provisions of the Income Tax Act. Normally, no notice of reopening...

Fully Developed Foetus Has Right To Enter This World, Live A Healthy Life: Rajasthan High Court Declines Termination Of 30 Weeks Pregnancy

While rejecting the application for termination of 30 weeks pregnancy by an alleged rape victim, the Rajasthan High Court reiterated that a fully developed foetus also has the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution.“The medical report indicates that fetus is gaining weight and fat and is closure to its natural birth. Vital organs, like brain and lungs are almost fully...