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Allahabad HC Rejects PIL Seeking Ban On Printing, Circulation Of Textbook Claiming 'Goddess Gayatri' Is 'Fictitious'
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a total and complete ban on the printing, publication, distribution and circulation of the textbook 'Tathakathit Gayatri Devi Mantra Ki Vastavikta'. The PIL plea claims that the textbook written by Sant Gyaneshwar Swami Sadanand Ji Parmhans argues that Goddess Gayatri, the personified form...
Karnataka HC Asks Centre To Restrain Media From Making Defamatory Statements Against Actress Ranya Rao Arrested In Gold Smuggling Case
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Central government to pass appropriate orders restraining the media from making or telecasting any false, defamatory statement against actress Harshavardini Ranya Rao and her father K Ramchandra Rao.Rao has been arrested in connection with a gold smuggling case and is presently in judicial custody. Gold bars worth ₹12.56 crore were...
"Taken Birth From Womb Of Social Justice": Karnataka HC Upholds Validity Of Micro Loan & Small Loan (Prevention Of Coercive Actions) Ordinance
The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed seeking to declare the Karnataka Micro Loan and Small Loan (Prevention of Coercive Actions) Ordinance, 2025 as unconstitutional, arbitrary and beyond the legislative competence of the state government.Justice M Nagaprasanna upheld the ordinance saying “The Ordinance, conceived in response to the anguished cries of the vulnerable...
Circular To Recommend Candidate 45 Days Before Expiry Of Waiting List Not Meant To Curtail 6-Month Validity Period Of Wait List: Rajasthan HC
The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the 45-day time period under Clause 11 of the Department of Personnel Circular dated April 5, 2021 (“Clause 11”), was not meant to curtail the validity of the waiting list to less than 6 months even when the recommendations from the waiting list were not made within the stipulated timeline.Clause 11 of the DoP Circular dated April 5, 2021, laid down...
No Political Songs At Temple Festivals, Says Kerala High Court After Row Over DYFI Revolutionary Songs At Temple Fest
The Kerala High Court ordered the Travancore Devaswom Board to ensure that no activities are permitted in Temple premises which affects its sanctity during annual Temple festivals or other festivals. The Court passed the above order in a writ petition filed aggrieved by performance of revolutionary songs of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), which is the youth wing of CPI (M), ...
Breaking | Calcutta High Court Lifts Stay On Recruitment Of Civil Judge Candidates Who Qualified WBJS Exam 2022, Dismisses Pleas Challenging Process
In a breaking development, the Calcutta High Court has lifted the stay order on the recruitment of civil judges who qualified the West Bengal Judicial Services Exam, 2022.Justice Arindam Mukherjee dismissed multiple pleas which had challenged the conduct of the exams.Due to the pendency of the matter, the process of recruitment had been stayed by the High Court, and as a result, no civil...
Retracted Statement Can't Be Termed As Incriminating Material, No Addition Can Be Made In Respect Of Completed Assessment: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court stated that retracted statement cannot be termed as incriminating material and no addition can be made in respect of completed assessment. The Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) and the ITAT were of the view that the said piece of evidence, i.e. retracted statement cannot be termed as incriminating material, noted the Division Bench of Chief...
Authorities Should Not Insist On Strict Evidence For Issuing Birth Certificate, Must Adopt Lenient Approach: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently observed that authorities should take a lenient approach while issuing birth certificate and not insist on strict evidence. In doing so the court quashed a letter issued by the Secretary Mayyanad Grama Panchayat to the parents of a child, rejecting their application for issuance of birth certificate on the ground that an inquiry revealed that no evidence was...
Recovery Of Excess Pension Due To Administrative Error Cannot Be Enforced Against Elderly Pensioners Or Widows: J&KHigh Court
Giving relief to an elderly woman pensioner in whose account an excess amount of pension was credited, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that if, due to an administrative error, an excess amount is credited to the accounts of elderly pensioners or widows which is withdrawn, the same cannot be recovered.The court noted that the appellant is an elderly lady, 77 years of age, and a...
Assessees Claim For ITC Cannot Be Denied For Being Disadvantageous To State Exchequer: Karnataka HC Clarifies Principles On Input Tax Credit Claims
The Karnataka High Court while laying down vital guidelines on Input Tax Credit stated that if the Assessee during the course of reassessment proceedings makes a claim for Input Tax Credit, the same cannot be disallowed only on the ground that the claim of the Assessee is disadvantageous to the State Exchequer. The Division Bench of Justices Krishna S Dixit and G....
Orissa HC Grants Bail To Couple Accused Of Impersonating PM Modi's Principal Secretary's Relatives To Exert Undue Influence
The Orissa High Court on Monday granted bail to a couple accused of impersonating the daughter and son-in-law of Pramod Kumar Mishra, Principal Secretary to Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, for creating undue influence and exerting pressure on senior officials for different fraudulent purposes.While granting the conditional bail to the duo, the Single Bench of Justice Radha...
Illegal Termination, Daily Wage Workers Entitled To Reinstatement With 50% Back Wages : MP HC
Madhya Pradesh High Court: A single judge bench of Justice Vishal Mishra upheld a Labour Court's award that reinstated a daily wage worker with 50% back wages, after finding his termination violated the Industrial Disputes Act (ID Act). The court rejected the State's contention that reinstatement should not be granted as a routine remedy. It affirmed that when services are...