'HC Facing Gravest Crisis In Its History': PIL In Allahabad High Court Seeks Expeditious Filling Of Over 50% Judicial Vacancies

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court seeking a direction for the timely and expeditious filling of all the current 81 judicial vacancies (over 50% of the sanctioned strength of 160 judges) in the High Court in a time-bound manner.Stating that the HC is "facing gravest crisis in its history", the PIL plea also seeks the laying down...

Madras HC Dismisses Congress Leader Manickam Tagore's Plea Seeking Rejection Of Election Petition Challenging His 2024 Lok Sabha Polls Victory

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed an application filed by Congress MP Manickam Tagore seeking to reject an election petition challenging his victory from the Virudhunagar Parliamentary Constituency in the 2024 General Assembly Elections. Justice N Sathish Kumar observed that the disputed issues had to be tried with reference to the documents and evidence to be produced by...

Madhya Pradesh HC Directs Collector To Inquire Into Land Grabbing Of Scheduled Tribe Members, Ensure That There Are No Bonded Labourers

In a Habeas Corpus petition by a man stated to be a bonded labourer, alleging that his wife had been illegally detained by certain, the Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the concerned Collector to inquire into instances of land grabbing from members of Scheduled Tribe community by influential persons. The court said that it seemed like "some big people" had caused the...

Disciplinary Orders Attain Finality Upon Communication, Can't Be Unilaterally Modified: AP HC

Andhra Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Justice Harinath N set aside UCO Bank's unilateral revision of disciplinary punishment against a former Assistant Manager. The court held that the bank's act of enhancing punishment without issuing notice or seeking response from the affected employee was illegal and manifestly arbitrary. The court clarified that disciplinary...

Important For Women Lawyers To Cultivate Sense Of Community, Celebrate Each Other's Win: Justice Rekha Palli

Delhi High Court judge, Justice Rekha Palli on Tuesday (March 4) stressed upon how important it is for women lawyers to cultivate a sense of community, emphasising that they must celebrate each other's win–whether big or small.The judge was speaking at a get together function organized by the women lawyers in Delhi High Court ladies bar room ahead of Justice Palli's retirement on March 8....

Gujarat High Court Rejects 35-Year-Old Candidate's Plea For Age Relaxation To Participate In Civil Judges Recruitment Process

The Gujarat High Court refused to grant further age limit relaxation to a 35-year-old candidate who had applied in the civil judges recruitment process, noting that the same was not provided for in the Gujarat State Judicial Services Rules, 2005.The court was examining whether the candidate could have been granted the relaxation who claimed to be within the age limit on the first day of filing...

Sufficient Grounds For Prosecution: Madras High Court Asks Trial Court To Proceed With Land Grab Case Against Former Minister MK Alagiri

The Madras High Court on Tuesday allowed a revision petition filed by the State of Tamil Nadu against the order of a Judicial Magistrate, Madurai, discharging former Union Minister MK Alagiri from offences under Sections 465, 468, and 471 of the IPC in a case for allegedly encroaching on temple land for building a college. The court also dismissed a revision petition filed by Alagiri...

Telangana HC Imposes 25K Cost On Man Who Filed PIL Against Panchayat Act For Prohibiting Candidates With Over 2 Children From Participating In Polls

The Telangana High Court has dismissed a public interest filed challenging Section 21(3) of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018. Section 21(3) restricts individuals who have more than 2 children from contesting in the Panchayat elections.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara dismissed the petition at SR stage, imposing a cost of 25 thousand, noting that...

Bombay High Court Reserves Order In Contempt Case Against Woman Who Called Court 'Dog Mafias' Over Dispute Between Society & Dog Feeders

While hearing the matter in which a contempt of court notice was issued against a Navi Mumbai-based society's female resident for making objectionable comments against judges over their order in favour of dog feeders, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought to know from where the woman conceived the idea of calling courts as 'dog mafias' and making other objectionable remarks against the...

Computer Teacher Under Punjab IT Education Society Required To Be Governed By Civil Service Rules: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that the computer teachers recruited under the Punjab Information and Technology Education Society (PICTES) are required to be governed by the Punjab Civil Service (PCS) Rules.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Vikas Suri said, "Reiteratedly since the letters of appointment have been issued in the name of the Governor of Punjab,...

International Women's Day A Reminder That True Gender Equality Is Yet To Be Achieved: Justice KV Viswanathan

Supreme Court judge, Justice K. V. Viswanathan on Tuesday said that the International Women's Day, celebrated on March 08, serves as a reminder that the true gender equality is yet to be fully achieved. Emphasizing that the International Women's Day is rightly acknowledged in numerous countries as a tribute to the relentless efforts towards advancing women rights, the judge...

Women Need To Be Respected More Than They Are To Be Worshipped: Delhi High Court Chief Justice DK Upadhyay

Delhi High Court's Chief Justice, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, on Tuesday said that women need to be respected more than they are to be worshiped. “That would be my request to all present here. In the society, at various forums, we keep on talking about gender justice, gender related issues. For addressing such issues, First of all, what every single member in the society needs to do is...