Delhi High Court Hints At Allowing Jailed MP Engineer Rashid To Attend Parliament, Tells NIA To Not Underestimate Powers Of Court, Speaker

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday hinted on granting permission to jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid to attend the second part of the parliamentary session, which will end on April 04, while being in custody. A division bench comprising of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani reserved verdict on Rashid's plea after his counsel, Senior Advocate N...

Government Employee Dying A Day Before 60th Birthday Is Deemed Under 60, Dependent Eligible For Compassionate Appointment : Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench comprising of Saugata Bhattacharyya, J. held that a government employee is deemed not to have completed 60 years of age if they die one day before their 60th birthday, therefore making their dependent eligible for compassionate appointment. Background Facts The petitioner applied for appointment on compassionate ground in a secondary school after death...

Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitrator's Refusal Of Injunction Against Use Of Tagline "Jeeto Har DinZo" By Winzo Games

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad has upheld the findings of the Arbitrator, who refused to grant an injunction restraining Winzo Games Private Limited (“Respondent”) from using the tagline “Jeeto Har DinZo” developed by Creativeland Advertising Private Limited (“Appellant”). Since there was no formal agreement fixing a price for the tagline and...

Vicarious Liability: Andhra Pradesh HC Holds State Responsible For Injuries To Unauthorized Passenger Given Lift By Driver Of Govt Vehicle

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that a driver is considered an agent of the owner who is responsible for the actions of the driver and holding the owner vicariously liable for the accidents caused by the driver serves public policy purposes.A Single Judge Bench of the High Court comprising Justice VRK Krupa Sagar, further asserted,“No owner ever granted any permission to any...

'For 20 Yrs He Was Sleeping': Rajasthan High Court Rejects Govt Employee's Plea Against 2002 Penalty Stopping Yearly Increments

Dismissing a government employee's plea challenging a penalty which stopped three annual grade increments as well as rejection of appeal and review petitions, the Rajasthan High Court observed that his plea was barred by delay of over two decades.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand in his order said, "It appears that the petitioner was sleeping over the matter for more than two decades and all of...

Industrial Disputes Act | Sundays And Other Paid Holidays Taken Into Account For Treating Continuous Service Of Workman: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court has set aside the order of the Central Industrial Tribunal (“CIT”) that did not taken into consideration Sundays and other paid holidays while calculating the service period of a Bank of Baroda employee.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand relied upon Section 25-B(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, (the “Act”) as well as the Supreme Court decision in the...

Practise Of Keeping Default Bail Applications Pending Till Chargesheet Is Filed Must Be Strongly Discouraged: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the practice of keeping applications for "default bail" pending by trial courts till a chargesheet is submitted by investigating agencies must be strongly discouraged.A division bench Justices Arijit Banerjee and Apurba Sinha Ray held: "...Some courts keep the application for “default bail” pending for some days so that in the meantime a charge-sheet...

Dismissed Police Officer Not Entitled To Pension Despite Long Service: P&H HC

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A single judge bench of Justice Jagmohan Bansal dismissed a petition seeking pensionary benefits for a dismissed police officer. The court held that under Punjab Civil Services Rules and Punjab Police Rules, an employee dismissed from service is not entitled to pension regardless of length of service. The court clarified that Rule 2.5 of Punjab Civil...

Availability Of Drug For Rare Diseases At Economical Prices Material Factor To Be Considered Before Restraining Via Interim Injunction: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that availability of a drug for treatment of rare diseases at economical and competitive prices is a material factor to be considered for grant of interim injunction in an intellectual property right (IPR) lawsuit. “A drug which is the only one available for treatment in India, for a rare disease, its availability to the public at large at very economical...

X Corp Tells Delhi High Court That It Can't Be Compelled To Onboard SAHYOG Portal, Says It Has Own Mechanism To Take Down Unlawful Content

X Corp. (formerly Twitter) has told the Delhi High Court that it cannot be compelled to come on SAHYOG portal, which has been developed to bring together all authorized agencies and social media intermediaries on one platform for ensuring immediate action against unlawful online information. The portal aims at achieving a clean cyber space for Indian citizens by automating the process of...

Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Retd Professor Who Sent Obscene Message To Female Colleague, Claiming To Be Suffering From 'Mental Illness'

The Bombay High Court last week quashed a stalking case against a retired professor, who sent an 'obscene and objectionable' message to a female colleague, after noting that the accused was suffering from 'mental imbalance.'A division bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Shriram Modak noted that the complainant woman, too have given her consent to quash the First Information Report (FIR) that...

'High-Handed' : Bombay High Courts Slams Nagpur Civic Body For Demolishing Homes Of Accused In Communal Violence

The Bombay High Court on Monday pulled up the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) for its 'high-handed' approach in razing the houses of the persons named as accused in the recent communal violence in the city.A division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Vrushali Joshi heard the petitions filed by one Jehrunissa Shamim Khan, mother of prime accused Fahim Khan, who apprised the bench of the...