Teachers Must Possess Essential Aptitude, Ability To Meet Challenges Of Teaching: Telangana HC Rejects Plea Against Eligibility Test Guidelines

Dismissing a plea by certain candidates challenging the syllabus criteria in the Guidelines for Teacher Eligibility Test claiming it to be arbitrary, the Telangana High Court observed that the guidelines framed by National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) are to ensure that competent candidates are recruited as teachers.In doing so the court underscored that the requirement of having basic knowledge in subjects–as was required in the guidelines, which are taught to school children studying...

Kerala HC Pulls Cochin Devaswom Official For Violating Guidelines Regulating Parading Of Elephants At Temple Festivals, Seeks Affidavit

The Kerala High Court has directed an official of the Cochin Devaswom Board to file an affidavit before the Court regarding alleged breach of guidelines issued regulating the parading of Elephants during Temple festivals.Last week, the Court had dismissed an application moved by the Devaswom Board for modification of the 3-meter distance rule between Elephants paraded at the Thripunithura Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple festival from November 29 to December 06.The Division Bench of Justice A.K....

Value Addition Of Employee Is Always Advantageous To Institution: Karnataka HC Upholds Order On Doctor's Plea For Deputation To Study Further

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the order of the State Administrative Tribunal which directed the State government to consider representation of Dr Madhu Kumar M H, Specialist (Physician), KR Hospital in Mysuru for permission to go on deputation for higher studies.A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice C M Joshi said, “The petitioners are not justified in keeping employee's claim for educational deputation, especially when admission to courses of the kind are time bound and...

Karnataka HC Rejects Advocates Association's Plea For CBI Probe Into Lawyer's Suicide After Alleged Torture By Police Officer, Constitutes SIT

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (December 4) rejected a plea for transfer of investigation to CBI in an abetment to suicide case–concerning the death of an advocate–registered against a Deputy Superintendent of Police.It however constituted an SIT to investigate into the alleged crime, to be headed by IPS Vinay Verma, Superintendent of police, CBI, ACB Bengaluru and the SIT is to complete the investigation within three months. Justice M Nagaprasanna while dictating his order...

Police Behaving Customarily, Not Adapting Themselves With Change Of Time: Calcutta High Court Emphasizes Need For Training To Cops

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday emphasised the need for relevant training to be imparted to police officers. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh expressed surprise at the fact that police in the state were behaving in a "customary manner" and not adapting themselves with the changing times.The Court was dealing with a case of police inaction, brought by a litigant who claimed embezzlement of funds at a cooperative society. The petitioner claimed that when they discovered the documents which pointed to...

Karnataka High Court Grants 90 Days Parole To Murder Convict To Oversee Agricultural Activities On His Father's Land

The Karnataka High Court has granted 90-day parole leave to a murder convict to oversee the agricultural activities of the land, which is standing in the name of his father.Justice Hemant Chandangoudar allowed the petition filed by one Chandra who has been in judicial custody for over 11 years and undergoing sentence of life imprisonment for offences punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of IPC. The petitioner contended that there is no male member to oversee the agricultural...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To IIT-BHU Student Gangrape Accused In UP Gangsters Act Case

The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a man booked under the UP Gangsters Act, who is one of the accused in the notorious gangrape case involving a 20-year-old student from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The accused, Saksham Patel, an alleged member of the BJP IT Cell, was arrested in December last year, and he has been in jail since then. Although he was granted bail in the rape case by the High Court in October this year, he...

Sambhal Violence | Inquiry Panel Already Formed By UP Govt: Allahabad HC Allows Withdrawal Of PIL Against 'Police Atrocities'

The Allahabad High Court today allowed the withdrawal of a PIL plea seeking an independent probe into the alleged incidents of police atrocity during the Sambhal violence. A bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Dr Gautam Chowdhary allowed the withdrawal of the PIL plea filed by the Association of Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), noting that the State Government has already formed a judicial inquiry commission to probe into the incident of violence. ...

Linguistic Minority Medical Colleges Bound By NMC's 50% PG-Seat Sharing Rule, Ensures Implementation Of Reservation Policies: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has recently made it clear that linguistic minority self financing medical colleges are bound by the National Medical Council's 50% seat sharing rule. As per the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2000, medical colleges were to surrender 50% of the seats in PG Medical Courses to the State/Union Territory. Justice Vivek Kumar Singh observed that only when the States and Union Territories had control over some seats, they could implement the reservation...

Collecting Funds In Illegal Way To Commit Scheduled Offence In Future Is Not 'Money Laundering' Under PMLA: Delhi High Court

Court clarified that the offence of money laundering is made out when the 'proceeds of crime' are generated from criminal activity.

Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: November 2024 [Citations: 687-765]

Nominal Index: [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 687- 765]Babu K Korah v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 687X v State of Kerala and Anr, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 688Dr K Jayaprasad v Dr Jitha S R, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 689Indian Broadcasting And Digital Foundation V The Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 690Anu S P v State of Kerala , 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 691Ajith Pillai v State of Kerala , 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 692Asha v State of Kerala and Another, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker)...

Candidate Who Undertakes Degree Course With Two Main Subjects Would Get Advantage Of Two Main Degrees: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has stated that a candidate who underwent a degree course having two main subjects would get the advantage of two main degrees.In the facts of the case, a candidate who has a BA in Arabic and Islamic History from Calicut University was stated to be not eligible to apply for a post advertised by the Public Service Commission requiring a degree in Arabic, due to his dual main degree.The Division Bench of Justice A.Muhamed Mustaque and Justice P. Krishna Kumar observed that...