Immaterial Whether Appellate Authority Under Air Or Water Act Has Expert Member After Formation Of NGT: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that the absence of an Expert Member as part of the Appellate Authority under the Haryana Air and Water Act does not occasion any disadvantage to the person aggrieved approaching the Authority after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has come into force.The Court dismissed the plea challenging the notification issued by the Haryana Government...

Mosques Approach Bombay High Court Challenging Mumbai Police Notices To Remove Azaan Loudspeakers

Five Mosques from Mumbai's eastern suburbs have approached the Bombay High Court accusing the Police of 'targeting' the Muslim Community by issuing allegedly 'unsubstantiated' notices to several such mosques for removing loudspeakers used for daily Azaan on ground of breaching the provisions of Noise Pollution Rules, 2000.A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Milind Sathaye on...

Chhattisgarh High Court Denies Plea Of Student Simultaneously Enrolled In Two Degrees, Seeking Modification Of Clashing Exam Timetables

The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a plea of Satyendra Prakash Suryawanshi— a student enrolled in two simultaneous academic programmes, who requested modifications to his final exam timetable in order to prevent a scheduling conflict and pleaded conducting the exams at separate times or on different dates.The petitioner was pursuing an M.S.W. from Pt. Sundarlal Sharma (Open)...

Plaintiff Cannot Confer Jurisdiction By Amending Pleadings, Amounts To Changing Nature Of Dispute: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court at Goa has held that a party cannot confer jurisdiction on a civil court through an amendment of pleadings that would fundamentally alter the nature of the dispute. Dismissing a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution, the Court upheld the trial court's refusal to allow amendment of pleadings before deciding the respondent's application for return of the...

Clubbing Stay Of Employee At Different Postings For Transfer Purposes Doesn't Violate Definition Of “Transfer” Under State Rules: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that clubbing the period of stay for the transfer of employees does not violate the State's Transfer Policy or the statutory rules governing transfers. In holding thus, the court overruled an earlier conflicting judgment in Anurag Chadha v. State of Himachal Pradesh, 2023.Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan & Justice Sushil Kukreja: “We are at a...

'Bike Taxis Are Safer For Women, More Affordable': Women Commuters Oppose Bike Taxi Ban Before Karnataka High Court

Opposing the ban on bike taxis in Karnataka, Women commuters told the High Court on Wednesday (July 02) that bike taxis are a safe, convenient and affordable mode of commuting. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice C M Joshi was hearing appeals filed by bike taxi aggregators Ola, Uber and Rapido against the single judge's order.For context, the single judge had...

Trial Court Can Grant Specific Performance Even Without Separate Prayer For Declaration Of Termination Of Contract: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently answered the question of whether a trial court can grant a decree of specific performance when it has not made a declaration that termination of agreement was not binding on the defendant in the suit.The Court has held that in suits for specific performance, if the defendant did not specifically terminate a sale agreement but went on to extend the time...

An Individual's Phone Can't Be Tapped To Uncover Suspected Crime, Would Violate Right To Privacy: Madras High Court

Tapping of phones can't be legally justified in absence of 'public emergency' or without 'interest of public safety'.

Rape Cases Can't Be Quashed Based On 'Compromise'; Woman Liable For Perjury If She Disowns Allegations : Bombay High Court

Quashing rape cases based on 'compromise' between the accused and the complainant is against the interests of the society, the Court said.

Ad Tax Cannot Be Imposed On Educational Institutions For Putting Up Non-Commercial Signages On Their Property: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has set aside an advertisement tax demand notice issued by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to an educational institution for displaying non-commercial signage and boards on its own property.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held thus while allowing the petition filed by BS Gupta, Secretary of Gupta Education Trust, who had challenged the legality/validity...

Advocate-Client Relationship Is Contractual, Writ Petition For Recovery Of Fees Not Maintainable: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, recently, dismissed a writ petition filed by an advocate under Article 226 of the Constitution, seeking directions for the clearance of his professional bills pending since 2017. The petitioner had appeared as counsel in various petitions on behalf of the State Agricultural Marketing Board and Mandi Samiti and claimed that despite repeated reminders, the respondents failed to release his payments, especially during the pandemic period. The bench of...

Gujarat High Court Directs No Coercive Steps Against Congress Leader Booked For Alleged Objectionable Facebook Post On 'Operation Sindoor'

The Gujarat High Court directed the State not to take any coercive steps against Congress leader Rajesh Soni booked in an FIR for allegedly making a Facebook post which is stated to have questioned the "credibility of the Indian Army" during “Operation Sindoor”.The court however said that the investigation shall continue and directed Soni to co-operate with the same. The prosecution...