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Can't Withhold Pensionary Benefits In The Absence Of Departmental Proceedings Even If Employee Was Not Qualified When Appointed: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court recently directed a Secondary Education Department to process the pensionary benefits of a person who was denied the same on the ground that he did not have the necessary qualification at the time of appointment. Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua observed that there was no departmental enquiry into the same during his tenure and that the cause of action of...
Whether LIC IPO Amounts To Expropriation Of Surplus Meant For Policyholders? Supreme Court To Examine
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in the petitions challenging Central Govt's decision to trade 5% of its shareholding in the Life Insurance Corporation through IPO. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and PS Narasimha refused to grant any interim relief against the LIC IPO. The bench said that the contention raised by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising for the petitioner...
Karnataka High Court Extends Stay On ED Seizure Order, Permits Xiaomi India To Avail Overdraft Facility For Payments Except Royalty
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday extended its earlier interim order staying the order issued by the Enforcement Directorate dated April 29, by which it had seized Rs.5551.27 crores from M/s Xiaomi Technology India Pvt Ltd under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act,1999 (FEMA). A single-judge bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav clarified that in the meantime,...
Patna HC Directs State Govt To Remove All Members, Including The Chairman Of Bihar Pharmacy Council From Their Posts
The Patna High Court has directed the state government to remove all the members, including the chairman of Bihar Pharmacy Council from their post, in a case in which the Registrar of Bihar Pharmacy Council was continuing to work even after retiring. While hearing the PIL filed by petitioner Uma Shankar Sharma, A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S Kumar...
ED Apprehensive About Interrogating TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee At Kolkata; Supreme Court Says It Can Ensure Assistance Of West Bengal Police
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday voiced an apprehension before the Supreme Court about interrogating Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee at Kolkata.Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, submitted that there are past instances of CBI officers being gheraoed in Kolkata and...
Delhi High Court Allows Constitution Of Confidentiality Club Comprising The Counsels-On-Record For Both Parties And One Authorised Representative Of The Respondent
The Delhi High Court recently in a matter allowed the constitution of a confidentiality club and directed whatever information is revealed in it, will be used by the respondent only for the purpose of progressing this case. The order was passed by a division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Poonam A. Bamba: "In the meanwhile, counsel for the parties are agreed that they...
Order for Interim Compensation Under NI Act Can Be Enforced As 'Public Demand' Under Bihar & Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act: Patna High Court
In a significant decision, the Patna High Court has ruled that an order for payment of interim compensation under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 ('the NI Act') can be enforced under the Bihar & Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914 ('the Recovery Act') as a 'public demand'. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar held, "The interim...
Woman Sues Son And Daughter In Law For Grandchild, Seeks Rs 5 Crore Compensation
A woman has approached the Haridwar District Court, against her son and daughter-in-law seeking Rs 5 crores in compensation, if the couple fail to give her a grandchild within the next year. She has accused the couple of mental torture for not planning a child in a case filed under section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act. According to the woman, she and her husband got...
Delhi District Courts Directed To Permit Hybrid/ VC Hearings At The Request Of Counsel Or Parties On All Working Days
The Delhi High Court has directed all the district courts to permit hybrid or virtual conferencing hearings on all working days at the request of the parties or their counsel. The circular issued by the Registrar General of the High Court yesterday states that the Acting Chief Justice and Judges of the High Court have directed that the District Courts in the city, shall permit hybrid or...
Can Transit Anticipatory Bail Be Granted For Offences In Other States? Bombay High Court Refers To Larger Bench
The division bench of the Bombay High Court referred to a full bench the question whether the trial courts or High Courts can grant transit anticipatory bail to an accused when the offence against him is registered in another state, beyond the court's jurisdiction. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and S V Kotwal widened the scope of the reference by adding issues like whether...
"Happy Married Life", "TN Custom Of Marriage Of Girl With Maternal Uncle": Supreme Court Sets Aside POCSO Conviction
The Supreme Court set aside the conviction of a man accused in a POCSO case after noticing that he had married the prosecutrix and had two children."This Court cannot shut its eyes to the ground reality and disturb the happy family life of the appellant and the prosecutrix. We have been informed about the custom in Tamilnadu of the marriage of a girl with the maternal uncle.", the bench...