Land Classified As 'Shamilat-E-Deh' Is As Good As Proprietary Land: J&K High Court Directs Compensation For Acquisition

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that land classified as Shamilat-e-Deh, once shown as vested in the name of any person, is as good as proprietary land, and the owner is entitled to compensation upon its acquisition by the government.The court said that, in view of the revenue records, the respondents cannot dispute or deny the petitioner's ownership over the land in question for the...

Delhi High Court Rejects Plea By Maharaja Karni Singh's Heir Asking Central Govt To Clear Rent Arrears On Bikaner House

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by heir of Late Maharaja Dr. Karni Singh, the last one to hold the title of Maharaja of Bikaner, seeking arrears of rent from Central Government for the Bikaner House property in the national capital. Justice Sachin Datta rejected the contentions raised by the petitioner- daughter of the Maharaja and said that she failed to establish any...

Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Doctor Accused Of Raping Dalit On-Duty Nurse At Midnight

The Allahabad High Court last week denied bail to a doctor accused of committing rape upon a 20-year-old Dalit nurse inside his cabin, at a private hospital. The alleged incident occurred in August last year while the victim was on night duty at the hospital. A bench of Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava, however, granted bail to the co-accused Mehnaz, a nurse, and Junaid, a ward boy,...

'CBFC Equipped To Perform Its Duty': Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Asking CBFC Not To Certify “Bad Girl” Movie

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Central Board of Film Certification to not certify the upcoming Tamil movie “Bad Girl”. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy dismissed the plea noting the submission of the CBFC stating that till date, it had not received any application for censorship of the movie. The court added that even otherwise, the Board...

Department Retaining Balance Amount After Tax Demand Is Reduced Violates Article 14 & Article 265 Of Constitution: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court stated that retaining balance amount by department after the tax demand is reduced is violative of Article 14 & Article 265 of the constitution. The Division Bench of Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Deepak Roshan observed that the department cannot retain the amounts deposited by the assessee pursuant to condition imposed by...

Unregulated Chemicals In Diagnostics: High Court Orders Centre, State To Submit List Of NABL Accredited Path Labs Within Madhya Pradesh

While hearing a PIL concerning use of unregulated chemicals, re-agents, salts for medical diagnostics in pathological labs across the country, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Central and State authorities to provide list of pathological labs accredited to National Accreditation Board For Testing And Calibration Laboratories (NABL) within the State. The court also asked...

“Democracy Still In Its Infancy”: Madras High Court In Plea To Educate Politicians, Citizens Against Religion And Caste Based Voting

While dismissing a plea seeking a system for educating voters against the corrupt practice of seeking votes in the name of religion, caste or language and uphold the Constitution of the country, the Madras High Court recently observed that the Indian Democracy, though 75 years old is still in its infancy. The bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice G Arul Murugan noted that though...

Bombay High Court 'Shocked' As Thane Court Stays Magistrate's Finding That Badlapur Encounter Was Fake

The Bombay High Court on Thursday expressed 'shock' over a Thane Sessions Court judge, who stayed the 'findings' of a Magistrate Enquiry, which concluded that there was 'substance' in the allegations made by the parents of the accused in the Badlapur Sexual Assault Case that their son was killed in a 'fake encounter.'A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale...

Allahabad High Court Deprecates Practice Of Authorities Using 'Blacklisting' As A Tool For 'Extraneous' Reasons

Emphasising that the punishment of blacklisting is required to be imposed upon a person only in rare cases, as the same is extremely harsh and stringent, which deprives a person of his right to carry on business, the Allahabad High Court recently noted that the authorities often use the tool of blacklisting as a mechanism for extraneous reasons. “Such practices are deprecated by...

'Depicts Unwelcome State Of Affairs': Karnataka HC In PIL Against Govt Order Making Appointments To Implement 5 Guarantees Of Congress

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (February 27) issued notice to the State Government on a public interest litigation filed questioning the appointments of Chairman, Vice Chairman and other members to the State, District and BBMP level committees formed for implementation of the five guarantees in the state.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun issued notice on...

Female Partner In Live-In Relation Is 'Vulnerable': Uttarakhand HC; State Govt Asserts UCC Implemented After Consultation

Hearing two other Public Interest Litigation (PIL) pleas challenging the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) provisions, especially rules on Live-In Relationships, the Uttarakhand High Court today orally remarked that the female partner is more vulnerable in such relationships. A bench of Justice Manoj Tiwari and Justice Ashish Naithani also asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for...

Civil Contempt Jurisdiction Intended To Ensure Compliance With Orders, Not To Modify Earlier Orders: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court, while explaining the scope of civil contempt jurisdiction, stated that it is intended to ensure compliance with judicial orders and not to supplement or modify earlier judicial orders. The Court emphasised that contempt proceedings cannot be used for the adjudication of new issues and for the issuance of fresh directions that are not contained in the judgement.The...