'Can't Remove Officials On Mere Change Of Govt Without Any Reason' : Bombay High Court Seeks Reasons For Removal Of MVA Appointments

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday remarked that even if appointments and removal of members of various statutory boards, commissions and committees are at political will, there must be some reason given. "I have taken a view [in the past] that even if appointment and removal is on the pleasure of the government, there must be some reason specified. We will not go into whether...

Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: July 2022 [Citations 307 - 348]

NOMINAL INDEXAnwar Ali v. State Of UP And Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 307 Zamanat Abbas v. Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Home And Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 308 Atul Kumar Singh Alias Atul Rai S/O Shri Bharat Singh v. State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 309 Parvez Ahmad And 3 Others v. State of U.P. and Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 310 Amita Garg And 6 Others...

Expect Clear Policy For Transgender Persons In Police Department Within Six Months: MAT To Maharashtra Government

The Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal has asked the State Government to take a policy decision for the post of "other genders" like transgenders, in the state police force within six months. A bench of MAT Chairperson Justice (retd) Mridula Bhatkar and Member Medha Gadgil, while adjourning the case for November 3, 2022, directed the State's General Administration Department and...

EPF Pension Case : Supreme Court Asks Centre, EPFO To Show Materials On Cross Subsidy & Financial Burden [Day 2 Hearing Report]

On the second day of hearing in the EPF pension case, the Supreme Court posed queries to the Union Government and sought materials to show the financial burden which will be created on the implementation of the High Court judgments allowing pension in proportion to the salary above the threshold limit.The bench also asked the Union and the Employees Provident Fund Organization to show...

Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court Monthly Digest: July 2022 [Citations 52 – 85]

Nominal Index: Shabir Ahmad Yatoo. Vs. UT of J&K and Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 52 Anita Mehta VS Gulkand Hues Private Ltd., & another 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 53 UT of J&K and others VS Mohammad Latief Magrey & another 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 54 Taja Begum & Ors Vs UT of J&k 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 55 Sunny Gupta v Union Territory of J&K and ors 2022 LiveLaw...

'Cruelty' & 'Abetment To Suicide' Independent Offences; Accused Being Guilty Of Former Doesn't Imply He's Automatically Guilty Of Latter: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday held that merely because an accused is found guilty under Section 498A of the IPC (cruelty), does not imply that he must also be held guilty of abetting his wife's suicide under Section 306 IPC. Justice A. Badharudeen emphasised that Sections 498A (cruelty) and 306 IPC (abetment to suicide) are independent and constitute different offences."Merely because...

Dowry Death | S.113B Of Evidence Act Casts A Reverse Burden On Accused To Disprove Prosecution Case: Kerala High Court

This reverse burden shall be discharged based on the preponderance of probabilities.

Article 309 Constitution | Right To Receive Correct Salary & Allowances Under Relevant Statutory Rules Is A Vested Right: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has ruled that the right to receive the correct salary & allowances under the relevant statutory rules is a vested right of a government employee.The observation came from Justice T Amarnath Goud: "It has been further submitted that the ROP Rules, 2009 and the subsequent amendments thereof, are instances of statutory laws, enacted by the government of...

BREAKING| Law Ministry Writes To CJI Ramana Requesting Him To Name Successor

The Secretariat of the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana received a communication today(August 3) at 9.30 PM from the Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju requesting him to recommend the name of his successor, confirmed sources in the CJI's office.CJI Ramana is retiring with effect from August 26, 2022. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit is the second senior judge of the Supreme Court, and is...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Throwing Objectionable Meat At Ayodhya's Edgah

The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to one Susheel Kumar who has been accused of throwing objectionable meat at Edgah in Ayodhya along with some objectionable papers.The bench of Justice Krishan Pahal granted him bail keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence on record regarding the complicity of the accused, and the larger mandate of Article 21 of the Constitution of...

Bullet Train Project | Wild Allegations Of Fraud In Distribution Of Compensation Without Cogent Material: Gujarat HC Refuses To Exercise Writ Jurisdiction

The Gujarat High Court recently declined to exercise its extraordinary writ jurisdiction in a petition seeking equal distribution of compensation as per Sec 31(2)(b) in the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The Bench comprising Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri observed that the...

Courts Today - A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments- 3.8.2022

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