Candidate Can't Challenge A Post As Illegal & Claim Entitlement To Appointment On Same Post : Himachal Pradesh HC

The Himachal Pradesh High Court bench comprising of Justice Satyen Vaidya held that a candidate cannot claim appointment to a supernumerary post, especially when such post itself is challenged by the candidate as illegal. Background Facts Petitioner applied for the post of Associate Professor in the department of Environmental Sciences. The respondent University had...

Marriages Solemnised At Arya Samaj Temples With Vedic Or Other Hindu Rites Valid Under Hindu Marriage Act : Allahabad HC

In a significant observation, the Allahabad High Court has held that even the marriages between two Hindus (a Male and Female) performed in Arya Samaj Temples are valid under Section 7 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, if they are solemnised in accordance with Vedic or other relevant Hindu rites and ceremonies and that the marriage venue, be it a temple, house, or open space, is...

'Deplorable': Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks Justification From Vigilance Bureau Chief For Enquiring Into Corruption Case For 5 Yrs Without Lodging FIR

Observing that "the situation appears to be inexplicable nay deplorable," the Punjab & Haryana High Court has sought explanation from Punjab's Chief Director, State Vigilance Bureau for enquiring a corruption case for five years without registering FIR. Justice Sumeet Goel said, “the Chief Director, State Vigilance Bureau, Punjab is directed to look into the matter and file an...

Kerala High Court Directs Centre To Submit List Of Persons Named In Order Of Interim Settlement Board In CMRL Case

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (16th April) directed the Additional Solicitor General Adv. AR. L. Sundaresan to submit the list of persons involved in the order made by the Interim Board for Settlement for Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL).“The ASG is directed to place the list of the persons involved in Exhibit P1 order in a sealed cover to this court on next date of...

Failure To Show Safe Custody Of Seized Contraband & Existing Contradictions In Evidence Sufficient To Acquit Accused In NDPS Case: J&K High Court

Acquitting the accused persons under section 8/15 of the NDPS Act the Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that failure to show safe-custody of the contraband seized, inability to record statements of crucial witnesses and contradictions in the statements of the witnesses shows that prosecution miserably failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.The court was dealing with an appeal filed...

BREAKING | Bombay HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Kunal Kamra Till Decision On Plea To Quash FIR

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (April 16) granted interim protection from arrest to comedian Kunal Kamra in his plea for quashing an FIR lodged against him following his satirical video and "gaddar" comment purportedly made against Maharashtra's Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.Granting protection from arrest to Kamra and reserving order on the plea, a division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal...

Daily Wage Employee Continuously Serving For Over 10 Years In Sanctioned Post Is Entitled To Regularization, Procedural Irregularities Can't Be Grounds For Denial: Karnataka HC

A Division bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Ramachandra D. Huddar held that a daily wage employee continuously serving for over ten years in a sanctioned post is entitled to regularization, and procedural irregularities or delay cannot be sole grounds for denial. Background Facts The petitioner was engaged as a daily wage...

[Delhi Riots] Not Part Of 'Conspiracy' Meetings, No Recovery: Meeran Haider Argues For Bail In High Court

Meeran Haider, accused in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that he was not part of the “conspiracy meetings” alleged to have precipitated the 2020 riots.Haider's counsel was making rebuttal submissions in his bail plea before a division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur. The counsel said that Haider was not a...

Nagpur Civic Body Tenders "Unconditional Apology" For Defying Supreme Court Directive & Demolishing Houses Of Riots Accused

The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Tuesday offered an "unconditional apology" to the Bombay High Court for defying the orders of the Supreme Court in Re: Directions in the matter of Demolition of Structures, and demolishing the alleged illegal portions of the houses of the accused in the recent communal violence case.The NMC filed its affidavit before a division bench led by Justice...

Kerala HC Asks District Collectors To Stay All Pending Arbitration Proceedings Under National Highways Act Unless Pursued By Litigants

The Kerala High Court ordered that all arbitration proceedings invoking the National Highway Act, 1956 pending before the District Collectors to be kept on hold till further orders.“In the interest of justice, we are of the view that the proceedings now pending before the District Collector have to be kept on hold till a further decision is taken in this matter. Therefore, we direct that...

Suspicion Over TASMAC Employees Taking Bribe Enough To Search Head Office, Court Cannot Scrutinise Place Of Search: ED Tells Madras High Court

On Wednesday, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), informed the Madras High Court that the agency had raided the headquarters of the TASMAC because it had "grounds to believe" that proceeds of crime or evidence connected to proceeds of crime were present at the premises.Yesterday, a division bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and K Rajasekaran...

'Complaint Has Retaliatory Motive': Allahabad HC Grants Bail In Rape Case, Says Laws Being Misused After Failed Intimate Relations

Last week, the Allahabad High Court granted bail to a 42-year-old man accused of rape by a 25-year-old woman, noting that the FIR seemed to arise more from the 'emotional aftermath' of their failed relationship, rather than from any bona fide grievance of criminal wrongdoing. The Court observed that the FIR appeared to have been lodged after the relationship between the applicant and...