Municipal Commissioner Cannot 'Plead Innocence' On The Ground That Duties Were Delegated: Gujarat HC Says While Hearing Rajkot Fire Case

While hearing a matter pertaining to the TRP Game Zone fire in Rajkot which took place earlier this year, the Gujarat High Court on Friday (September 13) orally said that the city municipal commissioner cannot "plead innocence" on the ground that "duties and powers" had been "delegated to a subordinate authority" which had not informed him about the situation. The court further said that had...

Kerala High Court Directs State To Take Custody Of All Vehicles Driven Dangerously During Onam Celebrations At Farook And Nehar College

Kerala High Court had directed the state to take custody of all vehicles which were used dangerously in the Onam show at Naher College in Kannur and Farook College in Kozhikode.The Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P. G. Ajithkumar orally directed to register crime against the drivers and owner of the vehicles. The Court also asked to get the details of other persons in...

High Court Asks Cuttack DCP To File Affidavit Regarding Steps Taken For Curbing Noise Pollution During Festive Season

The Orissa High Court has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cuttack to file an affidavit indicating the steps taken by it to prevent noise pollution in the city of Cuttack during the upcoming Durga Puja festivities.Raising serious concern over the issue of noise pollution, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice V. Narasingh observed:“It is vital to address...

[2015 Kerala Assembly Ruckus Case] High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Three Congress Legislators

The Kerala High Court has quashed proceedings against former Congress MLAs M A Vaheed, Dominic Presentation, K Sivadasan Nair in the 2015 Kerala Legislative Assembly Ruckus case.Former LDF legislators K K Lathika and Jameela Prakasham filed complaints against the legislators for obstructing their movement inside the Assembly by using force and touching their bodies. The Magistrate had...

Karnataka High Court Declines To Quash Defamation Case Against BJP Leader V Sunil Kumar On Complaint Made By Pramod Muthalik

The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to quash criminal defamation proceedings initiated against Bharatiya Janata Party leader V Sunil Kumar, on the complaint made by Founder President of Sri Ram Sene, Pramod Muthalik.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed the petition and orally said “This mudslinging should stop, elections are fought on making speeches against...

Soliciting Multiple Expert Reports Creates Confusion & Chaos: Karnataka HC Denies Relief To Student Seeking Admission Under Visually-Impaired Quota

The Karnataka High Court has refused relief to a 19-year-old girl who claimed to be visually impaired beyond 40% and sought a direction to the Karnataka Examination Authority to accept her candidature under the visually impaired quota.A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil dismissed the petition filed by Disha Bhat who had sought to void the Ocular...

Is Police Reporting POCSO Offences To CWC Within 24 Hours As Per Law? Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks Data

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought data as to whether the mandate of Section 19(6) of the POCSO Act is being complied with by the Police forces in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.The provision obligates the Special Juvenile Police Unit or the local police, as the case may be, to report matters under POCSO Act to the Child Welfare Committee and the Special Court/ Sessions Court, within...

Prima Facie Misuse Of Power By Assistant District Govt Counsel Under SC/ST Act: Allahabad High Court Directs State To Inquire

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to look into a case where the post of Assistant District Government Counsel (Criminal) is being misused by the official in lodging FIRs under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and seeking compensation under the Act.Petitioner No. 1 is presently posted as District Social...

Long Separation Coupled With Criminal Prosecution Without Any Desire To Retrieve Relationship Shows Irretrievable Breakdown Of Marriage: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has held that long separation coupled with criminal prosecution and harsh words without any desire to retrieve the matrimonial relationship shows an irretrievable breakdown of marriage.While dealing with a matrimonial case of 21 years of separation, the bench comprising of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh held “Desertion suffered over long years...

[Wayanad Landslides] 'Grievance Of Survivors Not Redressed Within Two Weeks Must Be Brought Before Us': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court directed the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) and Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) to bring before the court, the unredressed grievances of survivors in the Wayanad landslides.The Division Bench comprising the Division Bench of Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. ordered that the Court would monitor the...

Distributing Marks Of Deleted Questions Equally Among Remaining Questions Instead Of Awarding Bonus Marks Is Not Discriminatory: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that distributing the marks of deleted questions proportionately in the remaining questions of the same subject does not discriminate between candidates since it could not be preempted which question shall be deleted and the disputed questions had been deleted for all aspirants.The bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur was hearing a petition filed by aspirants...

When Selection Criteria Is Mentioned On Website, Non-Mentioning In Advertisement For Post Does Not Vitiate Selection Process: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that not mentioning of selection criteria in the advertisement for a public post when the same was explicitly mentioned on the website of the concerned department would not vitiate the entire selection process since the criteria could not be said to have been added after the initiation of the selection process.“It is also noted that the Rules of selection were...