Five Judicial Officers Take Oath As Judges Of Allahabad High Court, Strength Increases To 84

Five judicial officers took oath as judges of Allahabad High Court on Thursday (August 7). Notably, on August 4 the Central Government had notified the appointment of the following Judicial Officers as Judges of the High Court. They are:1. Pramod Kumar Srivastava,2. Abdul Shahid,3. Santosh Rai,4. Tej Pratap Tiwari, and5. Zafeer AhmadWhile the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the names...

Man Convicted 9-Years After Death: Gujarat High Court Slams Police For Negligence In Not Informing, Directs Action Against Officials

The Gujarat High Court strongly "deprecated" the State police for not informing about the death of an accused which took place in 2016, whom the court had convicted for murder of his wife last month, thereby underscoring the "negligence" on the police's part in making the court hear the matter and waste judicial time. The court asked the Public Prosecutor to bring the negligence to the notice...

MP High Court Restrains State From Conferring 2023 Vikram Award In Adventure Sports Category To Mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order on Tuesday (August 5) restrained the State and Sports and Youth Welfare Department from conferring the Vikram Award in Adventure Sports Category for 2023 to mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya till the next date of the hearing.The high court passed the order in a writ petition filed by mountaineer Madhusudan Patidar claiming that his representation...

Maintenance Charges Under Maharashtra Apartment Ownership Act Cannot Be Modified By Flat Owners' Resolution: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that apartment owners in a condominium must pay maintenance charges for common areas in proportion to their undivided interest, as required under Section 10 of the Maharashtra Apartment Ownership Act, 1970. It ruled that this statutory requirement cannot be modified or overridden by resolutions passed by the association of apartment owners seeking to impose...

'Against Idea Of Secularism': Deity Moves Allahabad High Court Challenging 'UP Bankey Bihari Temple Trust Ordinance'

A writ petition has been moved before the Allahabad High Court challenging the constitutional validity of The Uttar Pradesh Shri Bankey Bihari Ji Temple Trust Ordinance, 2025, which proposes a statutory trust to manage the historic Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan (Mathura). The plea, filed by Shri Bankey Bihari, the presiding deity, along with Shebaits and members of the Sakhi Sect...

Certificates Issued By Indian Body Builders Federation Valid For Recruitment As It Is Recognised By Sports Ministry: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court held that the Indian Body Builders Federation (IBBF) is a national level body duly recognized by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and hence the certificates issued by it were recognizable and deserved to be considered for the purpose of recruitment and weightage of marks.The division bench of Justice Kuldeep Mathur and Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu...

Does Punjab Land Pooling Policy Make Any Provision For Rehabilitation Of Landless Labourers? High Court Asks State

In a significant development, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Punjab government to clarify whether the state's Land Pooling Policy includes any provision for the rehabilitation of landless labourers affected by urban development projects. The State Government also informed the Court that the policy would be kept on hold and no further steps would be taken till the next date...

S.125 CrPC | Technical Delays, Procedural Lapses Can't Defeat Purpose Of Interim Maintenance To Wife & Minor Child: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that technical delays or procedural lapses cannot defeat the purpose of interim maintenance to wife and minor child under Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that interim maintenance under the provision in question is meant to provide immediate relief to a spouse and minor children who are otherwise unable to...

State Can't Recover Overpaid Salaries After 5 Yrs, In Absence Of Misrepresentation From Workers: HP High Court Aids Class-III Workers

The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed 36 LPAs filed by the state, holding that the recovery of overpaid salaries after 5 years cannot be made from class-III workers, when there was no misrepresentation on the part of the workers.Upholding the finding of the Single bench, Justice G.S. Sandhawalia & Justice Ranjan Sharma held that: “since the petitioners are Class-III employees and...

[Land Acquisition Act] Reference Application Can Be Filed U/S 28A If Earlier Application U/S 18 Was Not Decided On Merits: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that an application under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act is maintainable even if the claimant had previously filed a reference under Section 18, provided that the said reference was not decided on merits. The Court ruled that a dismissal of a reference on technical grounds, without adjudication, does not bar the landowner from seeking...

Chattisgarh High Court Calls For State's Response On Media Reports Flagging “Pathetic Situation” At AIIMS Raipur, Other Govt Hospitals

The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken serious note of the appallingly shoddy and substandard conditions prevailing in government hospitals across the State, particularly in the capital city of Raipur.The Court's intervention was triggered by multiple news reports, including one from a Hindi daily which detailed how patients at AIIMS, Raipur had to wait for nearly 48 hours after registration...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Cancellation Of BSF Aspirant's Domicile Certificate, Says No Hearing Was Granted Before Cancellation

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Aniruddha Roy has set aside an order passed by the State Authority cancelling the Domicile Certificate of the petitioner, on the ground that no opportunity of being heard was given to the petitioner before taking such a decision, which entailed civil and adverse consequences. Since the decision to cancel the certificate was procedurally flawed,...