Will Ensure Manual Scavenging Never Takes Place In University Premises: Panjab University Tells High Court In Suo Moto Case

The Panjab University today assured the Punjab & Haryana High Court that the incident of manual scavenging will not take place again and guidelines issued by the Supreme Court in Dr. Balram Singh vs Union of India will be strictly adhered to.The development came after the bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal took Suo Moto cognizance of the incident of...

Congress Leader P Chidambaram Moves Delhi High Court Against Trial Court Taking Cognizance Of ED Chargesheet In INX Media Case

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order which took cognizance of the chargesheet filed against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case connected to the INX Media case.Senior Advocate N Hariharan appearing for Chidambaram submitted before Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri on Thursday that mandatory sanction...

Illegal Mining Near Reserve Forests In Coimbatore: Madras High Court Summons Commissioner Of Geology & Mining And SP, Warns Of CBI Probe

The Madras High Court has directed the Commissioner of Geology and Mining and the Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore to appear before it and explain how illegal mining had been taking place in close proximity to reserve forests in Coimbatore. A specially constituted bench of Justice N Satish Kumar and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy was hearing a petition filed by activist S...

'Epilepsy Can't Be Attributed To Service In Navy As It Occurs Periodically And Could Be Dormant At Other Times', Delhi High Court Dismisses Petition

A Division Bench of Delhi High Court comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur dismissed an appeal wherein a Navy Officer sought disability pension based on the claim that his medical condition (Epilepsy) was attributable to his service in the navy. The Officer was invalidated after the detection of the medical condition which was not disputed, however, the Court held that...

Kerala High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking CBI Probe Into Former ADM Naveen Babu's Death

The Kerala High Court has refused to entertain a public interest litigation moved by a social activist seeking CBI probe into the death of former ADM Naveen Babu, stating that there is another writ petition moved by the wife of the deceased which is already under the Court's consideration. Recently, Manjusha, wife of deceased Naveen Babu had moved a petition before the High Court seeking...

Karnataka HC Reserves Order On BJP MLA Basangouda Patil's Plea For Quashing FIR Over Alleged Derogatory Remarks Against Rahul Gandhi

BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal, while arguing his plea for quashing an FIR registered against him for making alleged derogatory remarks against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, told the Karnataka High Court on Thursday (November 28) that he merely responded to certain statements made by Gandhi when the Congress MP went overseas.The BJP MLA told the court that no ingredients of the...

When Pay Scale Is Revised Retrospectively, Entitled Pensioners Must Be Given Benefits Even If They Retired Before Revision Order: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has reiterated that when pay scale is revised retrospectively, then the revised pay scale must be considered while calculating pension even if the pensioners have retired prior to the issuance of the pay revision order, provided they are entitled to the revised pay scale.In doing so the high court upheld an order of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal which set aside...

'Two Sets Of Rules For Promotion To Same Post, Candidate Cannot Be Denied Promotion In One And Denied Same In Another': Delhi High Court

A Division Bench of Delhi High Court comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur while allowing a Petition observed that if two sets of rules lead to promotion to a single post, it would not make sense to allow the Petitioner relaxation as per one rule and deny him the same as per another. The Court held that if he was given relaxation while he was appointed to the post, he could...

Person Holding Relevant Evidence To Dispute Not 'Necessary Party' Unless Compelled By Law: Rajasthan High Court Reiterates

Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that merely because a person was holding some relevant evidence to present on the questions involved in a dispute, that in itself would not make that person a necessary party to be impleaded in the suit.The bench of Justice Nupur Bhati further relied upon the principle of dominus litis, to reject defendant's challenge against order of trial court that...

Strict Proof Of Marriage Not Required To Claim Maintenance When Couple Have Been Living As Husband & Wife For Long Time: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has held that strict proof of marriage is not required while claiming maintenance under section 125 CrPC for a couple who had been living as husband and wife for a prolonged period of time. Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta held: "Where a man and woman have been living together as husband and wife for a reasonable long period of time, strict proof of marriage should not be...

Allahabad HC Directs ECI To Preserve Documents, CCTV Footage Of 2024 Aligarh Lok Sabha Polls On SP Candidate's Plea

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed that all documents and CCTV footage relating to the 2024 elections in UP's Aligarh Lok Sabha constituency be preserved till the disposal of an election petition filed by Samajwadi Party candidate Chaudhary Bijendra Singh. “…we make it clear that all the documents in relation to the election including the videography / CCTV footage, Form...

State Must Conclude Land Acquisition Within 'Reasonable Time' After Barring Construction U/S 27 Rajasthan Housing Board Act: High Court

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that notification under Section 27 of the Rajasthan Housing Board Act, 1970 barring construction on a proposed scheme area affects the right to enjoyment of property of landowners and thus, it cannot be allowed to block the property for an indefinite period. The division bench of Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Munnuri Laxman held that after...