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How Can Dependants Access Bank Savings Of Coma Patients? Allahabad High Court Seeks Centre, RBI Response On Legal Framework

The Allahabad High Court has sought responses from the Union Government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on whether legislation or regulatory guidelines can be introduced to provide a mechanism for dependants to access money lying in the bank accounts of patients in a comatose state.A bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Garima Prashad observed that dependants of a person in a coma...

Records Of Prime Ministers Foreign Travel In IAF Aircraft Exempt From RTI : Delhi High Court Sets Aside CIC Order

The Delhi High Court has held that details of the Special Flight Returns (SFR-II) relating to the foreign visits of the Prime Minister of India in the aircraft of the Indian Air Force cannot be disclosed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act if such disclosure could compromise national security or endanger the Prime Minister's life and physical safety.Justice Amit Mahajan observed that...

Focus On Academics: High Court Warns Student Against Repeated Frivolous Pleas Against Allahabad University, Dismisses Appeal

The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed an appeal filed by a BA student challenging the rejection of his pleas against the University of Allahabad, warning him against filing frivolous petitions and cautioning that filing such cases could invite adverse orders.A Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra observed that the student's intention did not appear to be...

Executive Notification Granting Age Relaxation Cant Override Separate Recruitment Rules Of MCD : Delhi High Court

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Bharat Parashar held that an executive notification granting age relaxation cannot override separate Recruitment Rules of an autonomous body like the MCD unless adopted by the rules or the recruitment advertisement. Background Facts The petitioner (applicant) was born on 27.04.1982 and belonged...

Calcutta High Court Urges State To Consider Law Against Vexatious Litigation, Restricts PILs By Frequent Litigant

The Calcutta High Court has observed that it is “high time” West Bengal introduced a Vexatious Litigation (Prevention) Act, similar to laws in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, in view of a litigant's extensive filing of cases and Right to Information (RTI) applications.A division bench of Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge and Justice Om Narayan Rai called upon the...