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Arbitral Award Without Corroboration Of Claim Certificate Patently Illegal: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that when there is no appearance of a qualified person to corroborate the claim certificate, the arbitral award suffers patent illegality.A Division Bench of Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Ranjan Sharma remarked that: “In the absence of corroboration of the certificate… and any qualified person putting in appearance, the award of...
Allahabad High Court Refuses Relief To Advocate Facing Contempt For Alleging Judge Was 'Dishonest' & Lacked 'Probity'
The Allahabad High Court recently refused to recall its order referring the case of an Advocate to the Division Bench for initiation of criminal contempt against him after he filed a written submission accusing the Court of bias, dishonesty and lack of 'probity' during the hearing of a bail application. Though a bench of Justice Siddharth accepted the Advocate's unqualified apology,...
'Disabled Staff Compelled To Climb Stairs Daily': Chhattisgarh High Court On Lack Of Basic Necessities Like Functional Lift In Govt Building
The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken suo-motu cognisance of a news-item published in a Hindi daily, which reported the concerning conditions of a composite Government building, which accommodates the commuting of roughly 500 employees and visitors on a daily basis including four disabled employees, and which has an inoperational lift for the past six months and is devoid of basic amenities...
UAPA | Only Special Or Sessions Court Can Extend Accused's Custody Beyond 90-Days, Magistrate Court Can't: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate that extended judicial custody of a Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) accused by another 90 days, and denied his right to default bail, opining it to be without jurisdiction, illegal and perverse.The bench of Justice Sudesh Bansal stated that the offences under UAPA were scheduled offences under...
Kerala High Court Stays Electricity Regulatory Commission's 2025 Renewable Energy Regulations
The Kerala High Court on Monday (November 10) stayed the operation, implementation/ enforcement and all further proceedings under the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Renewable Energy and Related Matters) Regulations, 2025 issued by the Regulatory Commission vide a notification on November 5.Justice Mohammed Nias C.P. passed the interim order on a plea by Domestic On-Grid...
Railways Liable Even For Deaths Caused While Unauthorizedly Crossing Tracks If It Failed To Implement Preventive Measures: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (November 10) held that the Railways is liable to pay compensation even in deaths caused while unauthorized track crossing, if the Railways had failed to implement sufficient measures to prevent such unauthorized access to tracks.In the present case, the bench noted that the deceased Rajesh, who was 3 years old, came onto the Railway tracks and to save...
Court's Interference In Infrastructure Tenders On Technical Grounds Will Cause Huge Loss To State Exchequer: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has recently held that interference by High Court in tenders relating to infrastructure development, on technical grounds, will cause huge loss to State Exchequer and judicial interference in such matters must not be done unless specific and cogent grounds are made out that indicate arbitrariness.The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Prashant Kumar...
MV Act | Driver Not Jointly Liable For Accident; Owner Of Vehicle Solely Responsible To Pay Interim Compensation: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that under Section 140 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, only the owner of a vehicle can be held liable to pay interim compensation on the principle of “no fault” and the driver of the vehicle cannot be made jointly liable with the owner.Justice Sushil Kukreja remarked that: “The driver could not have been made liable to pay the compensation...
Candidate Can't Rely On Undisclosed Qualification Long Time After Recruitment Is Closed Even If Vacancies Remain: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has set aside a single bench order directing the State to consider the candidature of the respondent based on his graduation mark-sheet which was never disclosed in his original application form, but only in a writ petition filed belatedly.The division bench of Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Bipin Gupta opined that no candidate could be allowed to...
Indore Truck Rampage | MP High Court Summons Police Commissioner; Notes Sufficient Measures Were Not Implemented Despite Orders
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (October 10) directed the Indore Police Commissioner to appear via video conferencing on November 19, after noting that despite orders, there have been repeated incidents of drunk driving and police inaction in Indore. These observations were made in a suo-motu plea initiated after a truck entered a residential area of Indore during peak traffic hours...
Madras High Court Asks State To Respond To Plea By Retired IAS Officer For Restoring Police Protection
The Madras High Court has directed the State government to respond to a plea by retired IAS officer U Sagayam for the restoration of police protection. It may be noted that in 2014, the Madras High Court had appointed Sagayam as a commission to probe into the alleged mining irregularities across the State. Since Sagayam started getting threats following this, the court had...
Why Are CARA Guidelines Not Being Amended To Include Adoption By Transgender Persons? Madras High Court Asks Central Govt
The Madras High Court has asked the central Government why the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) guidelines have not been amended till now to include adoption by transgender persons. The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan directed the Union Government to explain why amendments had not been brought into the CARA Guidelines and...