Himachal Pradesh HC Flags Moral & Professional Decline In Police Force, Suggests Reforms Like 8-Hour Shifts, Psychiatric Counseling

Expressing concern over the “moral and professional deterioration” within sections of the police force, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday suggested a slew of measures aimed at reforming and modernising the state police. The suggestions include 8-hour shifts, welfare corpus, housing scheme, career promotions, liberal leave policy, recreational facilities (gym, pool), access...

Submitting Invalid But Genuine Certificate In Recruitment Process Is Neither Fraud Nor Misrepresentation For Disqualifying Candidate: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that submitting a certificate issued by an unrecognised organisation could at best be considered as invalid for the purposes of recruitment but same does not amount to fraud or misrepresentation on the part of the candidate.The name of the petitioner was dropped from the provisional selection list on the ground that he had submitted a fake National...

Grant Temporary Leave To Undertrials To Attend Relative's Funeral Without Forcing Them To Approach Court For Interim Bail: Madras HC To State

The Madras High Court has asked the State and the Prisons Department to grant temporary leave to undertrial prisoners, allowing them to attend the cremation/funeral of their relatives without forcing them to approach the High Court to get interim bail. “The Principal Secretary to Government, Home Department (Prison), Government of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai and...

Financial Institution Necessary Party To Challenge Freezing Order: AP High Court Rejects School Teacher's Plea Against Account Freeze

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a Government school teacher's plea against freezing of her account by SBI– following an arbitral tribunal's order, after noting that the petitioner had neither impleaded the financial institution which had obtained the freezing order nor had the exhausted alternate remedy under the Arbitration Act.Emphasizing on significance of impleading a...

[Maharashtra Rent Control Act] Govt Allottee Will Qualify As Deemed Tenant Only On Legal Possession Of Requisitioned Premises: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has observed that a Government allottee who does not hold a 'legal occupation or possession' of a property under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act 1999 cannot be considered as a 'deemed tenant' under Section 27 of the Act.Section 27 of the Rent Control Act provides for the State Government or a Government allottee to become a deemed tenant as on 7 December 1996. If...

'Unfortunate' Tendency Of Ex-Legislators To Misuse Names/Flags: Karnataka HC Issues Order To Halt Misuse Of National Symbols & Emblems

Terming the "tendency" amongst former constitutional authorities, ex-MPs and legislators in misusing "Emblem, Flags, Names" by fixing it in their letter heads and vehicle number plates as "unfortunate", the Karnataka High Court issued a slew of directions to prevent misuse and unauthorised use of National Symbols and Emblems. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun...

S.498A IPC Not Limited To Dowry Harassment: Madras HC Upholds Conviction Of Husband, Kin Who Forcefully Gave Abortion Pills To Wife

While refusing to set aside the conviction of a man and his mother under Section 498A of the IPC, the Madras High Court noted that the Section was not limited to dowry harassment and included any cruelty meted out to the wife by the husband and his family. “Nowhere in Section 498 (A) of IPC, it is stated that it is the offence only if it involves dowry harassment. A married woman may...

Delhi High Court Orders Attachment Of Saket Gokhale's Salary In Defamation Case By Lakshmi Puri

The Delhi High Court has ordered attachment of salary of Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale in the defamation case filed against him by Lakshmi Puri, former Indian Assistant Secretary-General to the United Nations."…. issue warrant of attachment as section 60(i) of CPC with respect to salary of the respondent," Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora ordered. The Court said that the salary...

Only Triple Talaq Is Prohibited, Not Talaq-e-Ahsan: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (April 23) held that the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 only prohibits the instantaneous and irrevocable "Triple Talaq" also known as "Talaq-e-biddat" but does not prohibit the traditional mode of divorce under Islam known as "Talaq-e-Ahsan."Sitting at Aurangabad, the division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Sanjay...

Karnataka HC Closes PIL For Enforcing Supreme Court's Directions On 'Living Wills' Following Steps Of Compliance Taken By State Govt

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (April 24) disposed of a public interest litigation seeking enforcement of Supreme Court's direction regarding advance medical directives or "living wills", after the State government filed a memo enumerating steps taken and orders/circulars issued for compliance of such directives.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind...

Send RPAD Reminders If No Reply Received After Repeated Uploading Of Notices In GST Portal: Madras High Court Tells Revenue

The Madras High Court stated that if the taxpayer is not at all participating in the proceedings, even after repeated uploading of notices and reminders in GST portal, the Department should have resorted to other mode of service, viz., Registered Post with Acknowledgement Due (RPAD), so that considerable time of officers, assessee and the Court could be saved. The court...

Calcutta High Court Allows Suvendu Adhikari To Visit Waqf Bill Violence Affected Area In Murshidabad

The Calcutta High Court has allowed BJP Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari to visit areas in Murshidabad, which have been affected by large-scale violence during demonstrations against the Waqf bill which was recently passed by the parliament.A division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Raja Basu Chowdhury allowed Adhikari's visit, while holding that, "they shall not take out any procession...