Rajasthan HC Orders Railway To Release Family Pension To Widow Despite Omission In Nomination Form Of "Barely Literate" Husband, Imposes ₹1L Cost

Irrespective of not appearing in the nomination form for the insurance scheme, Rajasthan High Court directed Department of Railway to grant family pension to the 'illiterate' widow and daughters of a deceased employee, observing that the substantive right of a citizen could not be denied on account of procedural lapses especially where the aggrieved was an illiterate.“It is a settled...

Food Adulteration: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Registry To Get Lab Tests Of Mustard Oil Sold By Three Popular Brands

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed its Registry to purchase one litre mustard oil of three different popular brands and send it to laboratory testing in order to find out whether it is blended with other refined oil, in violation of Food Safety norms.A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal perusing the status report filed by the Punjab...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs Authorities To Decide On Rehabilitation Of Elephants In Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

While hearing a plea on the welfare of elephants, focusing on their rehabilitation and treatment in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the respondent authorities to finalize its decision on the rehabilitation of the elephants as per the provisions of the Wild Life Protection Act.A division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and...

Telangana HC Permits Producer To Approach MIB For Removal Of Defamatory Content "Posted" By YouTuber Who Is Also Booked For Rape

The Telangana High Court in an interim order permitted a Telugu film producer to approach the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for removal of certain allegedly defamatory content about her on social media. The petitioner has claimed that YouTuber Harsha Sai Kathira in the guise of a script meeting, allegedly sexually assaulted her, recorded the entire incident and went on to...

Andhra Pradesh HC Declines Continuation Of Security Cover To Ex-AAG, Says Protection Was Provided For Him To Fearlessly Discharge His Duties

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently dismissed a plea moved by senior advocate and former Additional Advocate General (AAG) P Sudhakara Reddy, seeking continuation of security cover, after noting that committee responsible for reviewing security had opined that there was no threat perception to the petitioner.In doing so the high court said that security was provided at the relevant...

Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Prohibitory Orders, Allows Junior Doctors To Stage Protest Near 'Durga Puja Carnival'

The Calcutta High Court has set aside prohibitory orders imposed under sections 163 (1) and (3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, by the commissioner of police, Kolkata These orders were imposed to prevent the assembly of junior doctors, from protesting the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar medical college and Hospital, near the area where the...

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Man Booked For Insulting Woman's Modesty By 'Moving His Hands Over Nude Lady-Shaped Paperweight'

The Bombay High Court recently quashed a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against a Superintendent Engineer of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), who was booked for insulting the modesty of a female employee by moving his hands over a paperweight, which the complainant said depicted the shape of a 'nude lady.'A division bench of Justices Vibha...

Driver Cannot Be Held Liable Because He Survived Accident Which Resulted In Deaths: P&H HC Acquits Truck Driver In Rash & Negligent Driving Case

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has acquitted a truck driver in rash and negligent driving case of 2012 wherein two passengers died in the incident of "head on collision" of vehicles.Justice Kuldeep Tiwari said, "whether the act of the petitioner was rash or negligent, is required to be proved beyond reasonable doubt, and merely because two persons have died in the ill-fated vehicle, and...

'Bald Allegations': Allahabad HC Imposes ₹20K Cost On Woman Who Sought Bail Cancellation Of Husband Accused Of Raping Daughter

The Allahabad High Court recently rejected a woman's plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to her husband, who she has accused of raping their minor daughter. A bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia also imposed a cost of Rs. 20K on her as it prima facie noted that in the order granting bail to her husband/accused, the lower court had observed that the allegations levelled by...

Kerala High Court Upholds Probation Requirement For Transfer Recruitment In Nursing Officer Posts; Distinguishes It From Previous Precedents

A division Bench of Kerala High Court consisting of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar dismissed a series of petitions filed by nursing officers challenging the Kerala Administrative Tribunal's ruling. The petitions questioned the Kerala Public Service Commission's (KPSC) rejection of their applications for transfer appointments, which were turned down on...

State Can't Refuse Care, Adequate Medical Facilities To Undertrial Prisoners On Any Grounds: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the State could not, by any stretch, decline to provide an accused under custody with adequate medical facilities on any ground. A bench of Justice Samit Gopal emphasised that providing care and medical facilities to an under trial during illness is also the responsibility of the State, which it cannot escape. The single...

Merely Because State Or Municipal Council Are Parties To Suit, Cannot Be Presumed That Revenue Authorities Would Act Mala Fidely: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur in a case addressed the issue of denying a request for land demarcation because the State and Municipal Council were parties to the dispute, questioning the Revenue authorities.The Court stated that the trial court had drawn an adverse inference against the Revenue authorities without any legitimate basis. The court found that there is no...