Practice Experience Can't Be Counted Until AIBE Is Cleared: Orissa HC Disqualifies Lawyer's Nomination As Treasurer In District Bar Election

The Orissa High Court has categorically held that the practice experience of an Advocate enrolled with the State Bar Council cannot be taken into account unless and until he qualifies the All-India Bar Examination (AIBE) conducted by the Bar Council of India (BCI).While disqualifying an Advocate from holding the post of 'treasurer' of a District Bar Association for lack of practice...

Karnataka High Court Lets Vijaya Bank Retain ₹3 Lakh Indemnity Recovered From Employee Who Left Before Completing Mandatory Service Period

The Karnataka High Court has set aside a single judge order directing Vijaya Bank to refund the indemnity bond amount collected from a former employee, who left its services before completing mandatory service period of three years and preferred employment with SAIL.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind noted that a clause in the employee's joining letter issued...

High Court Objects To Engagement Of Private Lab For Conducting MRI, CT Scans In Punjab's Govt Hospital

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has objected to the engagement of a private path lab for conducting basic tests like MRI, CT scans for a government hospital.A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel remarked, "This Court fails to understand as to why a private Laboratory is required to be engaged, when the State is duty bound under its sovereign function of...

Kerala High Court Entrusts KeLSA With Creating Awareness Against Child Marriages In Tribal Communities Of Wayanad

The Kerala High Court has entrusted Kerala State Legal Service Authority (KeLSA) with creating awareness about the ills of child marriage in the tribal communities in Wayanad.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu was dealing with a suo motu petition on the practice of child marriage prevalent in some tribal communities in Wayanad. Some tribal communities in...

'Remnants Should Not Haunt', Punjab & Haryana HC Directs Registry To Remove Man's Name From Records As FIR Against Him Was Quashed

"When a person has been exonerated by the Court of his guilt, the remnants of such charge should not be allowed to haunt any such person", said the Punjab & Haryana High Court while directing its Registry to redact the name of a man who was accused in a FIR, which was later quashed.The petitioner stated that he is a respectable man and despite clearing the interviews for employment...

Long-Term Casual Workers Performing Essential Duties Are Entitled To Regularization, Reduction In Workload Not Valid Ground To Deny It : Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) held that long-term casual workers performing essential duties are entitled to regularization, and a reduction in workload is not a valid ground to deny it. Background Facts The petitioner (Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.) supplied fuel against consideration to the aircrafts of various companies at the Aviation Fuel...

Explain Rationale For Maintaining 'Supervision' Over An Advocate During Administrative Judge's Visit: High Court To Agra Police Commissioner

The Allahabad High Court has called upon the Commissioner of Police, Agra, to file his affidavit explaining the rationale and justification for maintaining 'supervision' over a 70-year-old advocate during the administrative judge's visit to the District Court premises. “It would be a sad day if a lawyer practising in District Court is not allowed to attend the Court on account...

Madras High Court Quashes FIR Against OpIndia's Rahul Roushan, Nupur Sharma Over Alleged Fake News On Bihari Migrants Being Attacked

The Madras High Court has quashed an FIR registered against the CEO of OpIndia, Rahul Roushan, and its Editor, Nupur Sharma, for allegedly spreading fake news about migrant workers of Bihar being attacked in Tamil Nadu. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan, on Tuesday (4th March), allowed the plea filed by Rahul and Nupur in 2023 seeking to quash the FIR registered against them by the Avadi...

Plea In Karnataka High Court Seeks Fresh Elections To State Bar Council, Says Extension By BCI After 5-Yr Tenure Ended In June 2023 Invalid

A petition has been filed in the Karnataka High Court seeking a direction to the Bar Council of India (BCI), to dissolve the present office of the Karnataka State Bar Council which has completed its statutory tenure of 5 years in June 2023. Justice M Nagaprasanna heard the petition filed by Advocate Rahmatulla Kothwal and said, “You (petitioner) serve a copy of the petition on the...

Awarding Less Than Minimum Prescribed Sentence Under Wildlife Protection Act Would Frustrate Its Object, Set A Dangerous Precedent: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that it is impermissible to award a sentence which is less than the minimum prescribed term under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh said that the legislative intent behind prescribing a minimum sentence for offences under the enactment must be given due regard.Observing that the Wild Life Protection Act was enacted with the objective...

NDLS Stampede: Delhi High Court Refuses To Implead Persons Prevented From Boarding Train, Asks Them To Avail Remedy Separately

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain an application filed by various individuals seeking intervention in a pending public interest litigation filed over the recent stampede that occurred at New Delhi Railway Station on February 15. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela granted liberty to the impleaders to...

'Risk Of Prejudicial Treatment Against Marginalized Communities': Allahabad HC Questions DGP Over Mention Of Accused's Caste In FIR

Raising significant concerns regarding the mention of the accused's caste in an FIR, the Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the State's Director General of Police (DGP) to submit a personal affidavit justifying the inclusion of caste information in the FIR and its relevance during the police investigation. A bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar sought the explanation as it noted that...