Access To Clean Water Part Of Article 21: Karnataka High Court Directs State To Frame SOP For Maintenance Of Drinking Water Facilities

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to prepare a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the maintenance of the facilities by which it provides drinking water to citizens in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind, said “The State has a fundamental duty to supply drinking water fit for human consumption. Access...

Magistrate Cannot Postpone Decision On Third Party Ownership Objections U/S 84 Of CrPC Until After Attachment Is Executed: J&K High Court

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a Magistrate is legally obligated to adjudicate objections filed under Section 84 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) by third parties before an attachment order under Section 83 CrPC is carried out. Any postponement of such adjudication pending physical attachment or receipt of compliance reports is contrary to law, the...

J&K High Court Issues Notice On CRPF Jawan's Plea Challenging Dismissal From Service For Marrying Pakistani Woman

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan from Jammu and Kashmir, has moved the J&K High Court challenging his dismissal from service for marrying a Pakistani national.A bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani while hearing the matter issued notice to the Director General of CRPF, as well as to the Commandants of CRPF's 41 Battalion (Bangrasia, Bhopal) and 72 Battalion (Sodra,...

'If VC Gets Salary, Student Can't Be Denied Fellowship' : Kerala HC Bars Salary To University VC & Registrar Till Student's Dues Cleared

The Kerala High Court recently came down heavily on the Sankaracharya University for denying fellowship to a research student.The Court opined that when the Vice-Chancellor of the University is being paid salary regularly, there is no reason for the non–payment of the petitioner's fellowship.“If the Vice Chancellor of the University is being paid salary regularly, there can be...

Allahabad HC Rejects Rahul Gandhi's Plea Against Summoning Order In Defamation Case Over 'Remarks' On Indian Army

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow bench) today DISMISSED a plea filed by LoP Rahul Gandhi against a Lucknow Court's order summoning him in a Defamation case filed over his alleged remark on the Indian Army during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2022.A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed this order on Gandhi's plea, who had moved the HC challenging the defamation case as well as the summoning...

J&K High Court Declines Man's Plea Against FIR Over Social Media Posts Calling For Violence Against Non-Kashmiri's Living In Kashmir Valley

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a plea challenging the registration of FIR against one Mubeen Ahmad Shah, who was accused of uploading a series of Facebook posts that allegedly incited communal tensions and undermined national integrity.Justice Sanjay Dhar, while rejecting the petition, made strong observations about the nature and impact of the petitioner's...

Kerala High Court Directs State To Audit Citizen's Complaints Lodged On 'K-SMART', Report On FIRs Registered & Fines Imposed

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (May 29) passed an interim order directing the Secretary of Local Self Government Institutions (LSGI), which is the competent authority, to submit a detailed report on the actions taken on the complaints registered on K-SMART. For context, K-SMART or Kerala - Solution for Managing Administrative Reformation and Transformation is an e-governance platform for...

AP High Court Reduces Fine Imposed On 84-Year-Old Man In Jail For Electricity Theft To ₹20K Citing 'Extreme Old Age'

While upholding an order passed by special tribunal convicting an 84-year-old man convicting him for electricity theft under Electricity Act, the Andhra Pradesh High Court however reduced the fine imposed on him from Rs.2,70,000 to Rs 20,000. Section 135(1) of the Electricity Act penalises theft and electricity and punishes anyone who, dishonestly taps, makes or causes to be made any...

Businessman Who Accused ED Officer Of Bribery Gets ED Summons; Kerala High Court Stays His Arrest

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (29th May) directed not to arrest the businessman, Aneesh Babu who raised allegation of bribery against the Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate, Ernakulam Office. Justice Kauser Edappagath has posted the case after a week.The petitioner stated that after he registered the vigilance case against the Enforcement Officer, he has got a summons from...

'We're A Country Where Clerks Become Chief Justices, Tribal Lady Becomes President': P&H High Court On Elites Belittling Small Businesses

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has frowned upon the "elite class" still following the Britishers and looking down upon their own countrymen doing small businesses.A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta said that we're a country of homogenous population where "a Tribal lady of a remote village can now be the President of India, and a worker from...

ESI Contribution, Can't Exempt Establishment Based On Pvt Insurance And Not Having Local Dispensary: AP HC

Andhra Pradesh High Court: A single judge bench of Justice Nyapathy Vijay held that the mere absence of an ESI dispensary nearby cannot exempt an establishment from liability under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (“ESI Act”). The court clarified that only the appropriate govt is empowered to grant such exemptions under Section 87 of the Act, and that such exemptions ought...

Karnataka High Court Slams BJP MLC N Ravikumar For Communal Comment Against Muslim IAS Officer, Asks Him To Apologise To Her

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday orally asked the BJP MLC N Ravi Kumar who has been booked by police for his controversial remark against Kalaburagi District Collector, Fauzia Tarannum to tender an apology to her. A vacation bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj observed thus while hearing the petition filed by Kumar seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the station bazar...