Scholarship Granted To Woman Before Marriage Doesn't Bar Her Husband's Claim Post-Marriage: Rajasthan High Court

While granting relief to a man who was denied the Swami Vivekanand Scholarship for Academic Excellence, the Rajasthan High Court has held that rejecting the scholarship solely based on the fact the applicant's wife was also granted benefit of the scholarship before the wedding, was not legally tenable and ran contrary to the very intent of the Scholarship Schemes.While analyzing the situation...

'Students Greatly Prejudiced': Kerala High Court Orally Remarks While Considering GLC Kozhikode BCI Affiliation Issue

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (January 20) orally remarked that the students of the Government Law College, Kozhikode are greatly prejudiced with the institute's BCI affiliation issue not yet being resolved.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas was considering a plea preferred by an Idukki-based advocate, who has prayed for a retrospective recognition from the BCI to the 5-year-integrated course...

Removing Tattoo After Medical Exam And Before Review Can't Cure Ineligibility: Calcutta High Court Dismisses CAPF Aspirant's Plea

The Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday (January 21), dismissed the petition filed by an aspirant of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) challenging the review medical examination that declared him unfit for service. The bench held that while a candidate has a right to review, the removal of a tattoo after the detailed medical examination but before the review medical examination, to be...

Merely Labelling Hypertension A 'Lifestyle Disorder' Not Enough To Deny Disability Pension To Air Force Personnel: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that merely branding a disability like hypertension as a "lifestyle disorder" is insufficient to deny disability pension to an Air Force personnel, particularly when the medical opinion rejecting the claim is unsupported by cogent reasons.A division bench of Justices V Kameswar Rao and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora held,"lifestyle varies from individual to...

Gujarat High Court Rejects Litigant's Plea To Argue Case In Gujarati, Incompetence In English No Ground

The Gujarat High Court dismissed a man's plea–who appeared as party in person–challenging a certificate issued by High Court Legal Services (HCLS) Committee holding him "incompetent" to argue his case before the court in English language.The petitioner challenged the certificate whereby the Committee refused to grant permission to the petitioner for arguing his case before the High Court as...

Mere Averments In Pleadings To Prosecute Or Defend Case Not Defamation: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that mere averments made in the pleadings, either to prosecute or defend oneself, does not tantamount to an offence of defamation. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that if a statement is made in a judicial proceeding and is alleged to be false, the appropriate remedy lies for the offence of perjury and not by way of a separate Complaint for...

Journalistic Freedom Can't Be Curtailed Because Public Officials Feel Offended: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that subjective feelings of a public officer cannot become the benchmark for assessing the legality of State action.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj said,“Merely because a person holding a public office feels offended may not be the yardstick on which State action is to be measured. It would also not be influenced by the projections sought to be portrayed...

'Beyond Imagination': High Court Flags Inadequate Water, Unhygienic Conditions In Rajasthan Jails, Orders Statewide Inspections

The Rajasthan High Court has taken note of inadequate and unhygienic sanitation facilities for jail inmates in the State and has directed the authorities to constitute a “Grievance Redressal Committee” consisting of District Magistrates and Judges, Chief Judicial Magistrates, District Social Welfare Officers, Superintendent of Jail, Secretaries DSLA of all districts of Rajasthan, to...

Rajasthan High Court Directs Bank To Freeze Only Disputed Amount In Cybercrime Case, Not Entire Account

The Rajasthan High Court has granted relief to a petitioner whose bank account was frozen by the Bank of Baroda, since the account was in receipt of some amount allegedly in relation to a cyber-crime complaint.While disposing the writ petition, the bench of Justice Sunil Beniwal, directed the bank to keep only such amount frozen in the petitioner's account that was allegedly transferred...

Calling Upon Accused To Cross-Examine Witness Without Legal Assistance Vitiates Trial: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that calling upon an accused to cross-examine a prosecution witness in the absence of legal assistance strikes at the very core of fair trial and vitiates the entire proceedings.Justice Girish Kathpalia said that presence of legal assistance for the accused facing trial is the core element of fair trial.“In the trial proceedings where the accused in the absence...

Bombay High Court Rejects Plea To Restrain PSBs From Disqualifying Candidates On Past Misconduct, Upholds Autonomy In Recruitment Policy

The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) has held that Public Sector Banks (PSBs) are autonomous entities entitled to prescribe their own eligibility and disqualification criteria and the mere absence of a uniform instruction from the Government of India does not render such conditions arbitrary.The Court observed that it cannot interfere with the recruitment choices of the Banks unless...

S. 138 J&K Transfer Of Property Act | Transferee Cannot Take Possession Or Seek Mutation Without Registered Instrument: High Court

Reaffirming the strict statutory mandate governing transfer of immovable property in Jammu & Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that there cannot be a valid transfer of immovable property unless it is in writing and duly registered in accordance with Section 61(3) of the J&K Registration Act read with Section 138 of the J&K Transfer of Property...