High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court confirmed death sentence awarded to a man holding him guilty of murdering his octogenarian parents, brother and his wife, minor nephew and niece.The High Court, on Monday, sought the CBI’s response on an affidavit filed by Unnao rape victim’s mother, who has alleged that the agency was not conducting a fair investigation into her husband’s murder.While ordering de novo trial in a murder case, the Allahabad High Court observed that the trial court has a duty to ensure the availability of a diligent and effective defence counsel for the accused, even when there is a counsel representing him on record, but in fact is only a sham.The High Court, while allowing a plea of the wife of a slain police officer to transfer the investigation into his death to the Central Bureau of Investigation, observed that the CBI can be entrusted investigation of a crime even if a case does not have inter-state or international ramifications.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court redirected the Bar Council of India (BCI) to conduct an inspection of the premises for an all-women’s law college in Thane after the BCI failed to comply with the court’s earlier order dated January 22, 2018.In a writ petition filed by A2Z Cleaning Services seeking a revision in reimbursement given by the Indian Railways with regard to cleaning and housekeeping services provided by them, the High Court ruled in favour of the petitioners.A vacation bench of the Bombay High Court granted a permanent injunction restraining Jackson Laboratories Pvt Ltd from manufacturing or selling their trademark Spasmo-pronyvon or any other drug that is deceptively similar to Wockhardt Limited’s pain relief drug, Spasmoproxyvon.Calcutta High CourtThe Calcutta High Court stayed the decision of the Department of Posts, Union of India not to accord equivalence to the degrees/diplomas/equivalence which are issued by Madrassas of any character which are operated under the West Bengal Board of Madrasahs Act.Chhattisgarh High CourtHolding that the penalty provisions under the Right to Information Act is discretionary, the Chhattisgarh High Court observed that the matter of penalty to be awarded under the Act is between the Information Commission and erring Information Officer, and the information seeker cannot, as a matter of right, cannot claim audience in the penalty proceedings.Delhi High CourtOn Monday, the Delhi High Court refused to interfere with the exam being conducted by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) for engineering graduates who had obtained their degrees through distance education from certain deemed universities between 2001 and 2005.The High Court on Tuesday issued notice on the Petition challenging Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), 2018 filed by Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), along with one candidate who appeared for CLAT UG and another law graduate who appeared for CLAT PG.The High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi Medical Council (DMC), the Delhi Medical Association (DMA), the Delhi government and DMC’s Registrar Girish Tyagi, on a public interest litigation challenging his continuance on the said post while also acting as the DMA president which represents the interest of medical practitioners.The High Court on Tuesday also reiterated the guidelines laid down by it in the case of Delhi Commission for Women v. Delhi Police, and directed the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) to ensure that every rape victim in Delhi is offered the services of a DSLSA panel lawyer and counseling services from the earliest stage of the case, till its conclusion.The Division Bench of the High Court on Wednesday delivered a split verdict on the issue of disclosure of donor details in the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) under the Right to Information Act, 2005.Hoping that it would act as a “balm” for all Kashmiri migrants who suffered loss of their homeland due to communal violence and came to Delhi during 1990-93 and were employed as contractual teachers, the High Court on Wednesday directed the AAP government and the four municipal corporations to regularize within eight weeks all Kashmiri migrant teachers from the first date of their appointment.The High Court, while dismissing a suit filed by NDTV for non-prosecution against MJ Akbar and other journalists of The Sunday Guardian, observed that the procedure and time of the court is not for sale and is not to be regulated by the litigants but is to be regulated by the court.Dismissing appeals filed by the Centre, the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed it to promote IRS Officer Ashok Kumar Aggarwal and give him all consequential benefits.Though upholding the right of parties summoned by the Director-General (DG) for investigation under the Competition Act to be accompanied by advocates, the Delhi High Court directed the DG to ensure that ‘the counsel does not sit in front of the witness, but is some distance away and...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Ashok K.M

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