'Requires Consideration': High Court On PIL To Increase Number Of Delhi's Council Of Ministers

A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court for increasing the number of Council of Ministers of Delhi at par with the other States in terms of Article 164(1) of the Constitution of India.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that the matter requires consideration and listed it for hearing on July 28. The petition has...

'When Terror Bombings Strike At Innocent Civilians, Death Penalty Emerges As Only Sanction': Telangana HC In Dilsukhnagar Twin Blast Case

"When terror bombings strike with calculated ferocity at innocent civilians, the death penalty emerges as the only sanction capable of matching the crime's existential threat," said the Telangana High Court while upholding death penalty imposed on five Indian Mujahideen operatives convicted for orchestrating the 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin bomb blasts which killed 18 and injured 131 persons.In...

'Got No Govt Funding': Aga Khan Trust For Culture Tells Telangana HC In PIL Alleging Catastrophic Failure In Conserving Qutub Shahi Tombs

The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has told the Telangana High Court that it has under taken conservation of not only seven Qutub Shahi Tombs but also 86 individual other monuments, adding that it has not received government funding for conservation of the same. The submission was made in AKTC's counter affidavit filed in response to a Public Interest Petition taken up by the high court...

Bombay HC Refuses To Entertain PIL Apprehending Coercive Action By State Against Those Who Shared Kunal Kamra's Controversial Comedy Clip

The Bombay High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that raised apprehension that the Maharashtra government would take coercive action against those who shared Kunal Kamra's comedy clip, where he made the "gaddar" comment purportedly against Maharashtra's Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.The PIL filed by one Harshvardhan Navnath Khandekar argued that there should be equality...

"Rules Mandate Horizontal Reservation": AP High Court Rejects Open Category Candidate's Plea For Admission In MBBS Course Under Sports Quota

The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by a candidate belonging to the open category who sought admission in an MBBS college through sports quota.A division bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice R. Raghunandan Rao held so after noting that the A.P. Unaided Non-Minority Professional Institutions (Regulations of Admissions into Under Graduate Medical...

'We Can't Legislate': Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL For Regulations To Protect Peacocks Dying Of Electrocution

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (April 9) dismissed a public interest litigation seeking formulation of regulations to protect the national bird peacocks dying of electrocution in the national capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela rejected the plea filed by Save India Foundation and said that the appropriate authorities must...

"May Adversely Affect Investigation": Andhra Pradesh HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused In ₹28 Cr Bank Fraud Case

The Andhra Pradesh High Court denied anticipatory bail to a man allegedly involved in a case where employees of a Bank are accused of "orchestrating money transfer fraud" of approximately Rs 28.34 crores using various schemes targeting existing and new customers.The petitioner was booked as accused no. 20 in the case by the police. Justice T. Mallikarjuna Rao, in his order, held:“The...

Attempt To Shield Ineligible Persons: MP High Court Quashes CIC Order Denying RTI Info On Experience Certificate Of Public Office Appointees

The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed an order of the Central Information Commission which denied information to an applicant under RTI Act pertaining to educational qualification including experience certificate of candidates appointed to public office, holding that the same cannot be termed as private information.In doing so the court said that the stand taken by the Central...

CSR Funds Scam: Kerala High Court Denies Bail To Founder Of National NGO's Confederation Anand Kumar

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (9th April) denied bail to KN Anand Kumar, the founder and Managing Trustee of National NGO's Confederation who is presently in judicial custody in the CSR Scam case."Dismissed", ordered Justice P. V. Kunhikrishnan.National NGO Confederation is allegedly involved in a large-scale scam of cheating people after promising the two-wheelers, sewing machines...

Guard Posted At HC Judge's Home Consuming Liquor On Duty Is 'Serious Misconduct': MP High Court Upholds Penalty Of Compulsory Retirement

While upholding an order of compulsory retirement of a Guard posted at a High Court Judge's bungalow, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that since a guard's duty is to protect, consuming liquor while on duty is a serious misconduct.Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia observed, “Petitioner was posted as a Guard and it was his duty to remain vigilant. If a Guard is allowed to consume...

District Judge And Not DM 'Appropriate Authority' To Determine Issues Relating To Adequacy Of Compensation U/S 16(3) Telegraph Act: Allahabad HC

Following the decision of the Supreme Court in Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. v. Century Textiles & Industries Ltd., the Allahabad High Court has reiterated that under Section 16(3) of the Telegraph Act, 1885, the District Judge is the appropriate authority to determine issues relating to adequacy & sufficiency of compensation and not the District Magistrate.Section 16 of...

Kerala High Court Grants 15 Days Parole To Mohammed Nisham Who Was Convicted For Running Over A Security Guard

The Kerala High Court has granted 15 days parole to Mohammed Nisham who was convicted in a 2015 case of killing a security guard by running over him. The Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice P. V. Balakrishnan granted the leave in an appeal filed by Nisham's wife taking into account the favourable report given by the probationer officer. The Court held that...