Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Lottery Baron Santiago Martin & Kin Against Provisional Attachment Of Properties By ED

The Madras High Court on Tuesday issued notice to ED on a plea by lottery baron Santiago Martin, his wife and AIADMK MLA Leema Rose Martin, daughter Daisy Aadhav Arjuna, challenging PMLA Appellate Tribunal's order confirming the attachment of properties by the agency in connection with an alleged money laundering case.The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan...

Karnataka High Court Permits Impleadment Of Workers' Associations In Plea Challenging State's Minimum Wage Hike Notification

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (June 9) allowed several interlocutory applications filed by various workers' associations seeking impleadment as parties to a plea challenging State government's May 22 notification proposing minimum wage hike for 81 scheduled employments.A single judge bench of Justice Jyothi M was hearing the writ petition filed by the Karnataka Employers' Association...

Lawyer Writes To Delhi High Court Chief Justice Seeking Suo-Motu Cognizance Of Malviya Nagar Fire Tragedy

An advocate has addressed an open letter to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court seeking suo-motu cognizance of the recent Malviya Nagar fire tragedy in the national capital and judicial oversight of the investigation into the incident.In the letter, Advocate Bhavishya Shakya has urged the High Court to ensure a fair, independent and time-bound probe into the circumstances leading to...

Six Additional Judges Sworn-In As Permanent Judges Of Bombay High Court

Six Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court were sworn-in on Tuesday (June 9) as Permanent Judges of the High Court after the Central Government last week notified their permanent appointments. Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge administered the oath of office to the judges sitting at the Principal Seat while Justice Anil Kilor, the Administrative Judge at the Nagpur bench administered...

Madras High Court Seeks State's Response On Plea For Increasing Compensation To Fishermen During Fishing-Ban Period

The Madras High Court has sought the response of the State Government on a plea seeking to enhance the compensation payable to the fishermen as relief compensation during the time of the fishing ban in the State. The bench of Justice N Sathish Kumar and Justice M Jothiraman asked the State to respond to a plea filed by Thirumurugan, an Advocate from Ramanathapuram and State Coordinator...

Freezing Bank Account Without Proving Account Holder's Involvement In Criminal Case Adversely Affects Fundamental Rights: Gujarat High Court

Directing the de-freezing of a man's bank account, the Gujarat High Court observed that while investigating agency has power to direct freezing, however without specifying the quantum of suspected amount or without establishing involvement of the account holder in any criminal activity, results in adversely affecting his fundamental rights.The court was hearing a man's plea seeking de-freezing...

P&H High Court Directs Centre To Treat Ex-IAS Ashok Khema As Empanelled Deemed Addl Secy. & Secy, Holds Denial Arbitrary

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a plea filed by retired IAS officer Ashok Khemka, holding that denial of empanelment to the rank of Additional Secretary/Secretary to the Government of India, despite similar relaxations granted to other officers, was discriminatory and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.A Division Bench comprising Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi...

Sub-Registrar Cannot Stall Registration Of Sale Deed Over Pending Clarifications From Higher Authorities: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that a Sub Registrar functioning under the Registration Act, 1908, can either register the document or refuse registration in accordance with law, and cannot indefinitely defer decision-making by seeking administrative clarifications from superior authorities.The Court observed that the statutory framework of the Registration Act does...

Candidates Lacking Prescribed Qualification Cannot Claim Eligibility On Basis Of 'Equivalent' Or Higher Qualification: Uttarakhand HC

The Uttarakhand High Court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions challenging rejection of candidature for various posts advertised by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission, reiterating that a Selecting Body cannot treat any qualification as equivalent to the prescribed qualification in the absence of an enabling provision in the applicable rules or the advertisement. Reiterating...

Rajasthan High Court Restores Appeal Dismissed For Non-Removal Of Defects, Says Party Can't Suffer For 'Procedural Abdication' By Lawyer

Can an appeal dismissed for non-removal of defects by lawyer be restored?

AP High Court Refuses To Interfere With Proposed Construction Of Public Toilet On Municipal Land, Directs Maintenance Of Hygiene

The Andhra Pradesh High Court declined to interfere with the proposed construction of a public toilet on Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation's land (GVMC) located adjacent to the petitioners residential property who had objected on the ground of apprehended loss of hygiene and utility. The court however asked the agency managing the toilets and the authorities to ensure that toilets...

'No One Has Right To Obstruct Public-Way: AP High Court Directs Adoni Municipality To Remove Encroachments From Layout Road In 5 Weeks

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed municipal authorities to remove encroachments from a 33-foot-wide layout road in Adoni after issuing show cause notices to the encroachers, holding that no person has a right to obstruct a public way and that private interests must yield to public interest.Justice Gannamaneni Ramakrishna Prasad while presiding over the case directed the...