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DTC's Decision Withdrawing Bus Services To Schools Will Make Delhi's Air Quality Worse: Plea In High Court
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to reconsider its decision of withdrawing DTC bus services to schools in the city. Moved by Baba Alexander, founder Secretary of National Child Development Council(NCDC), a NGO that is a UN Global Compact partner, the plea states that the decision would have adverse effects not only on...
Order XI CPC | Application For Leave To Serve Interrogatories Need Not Be Decided Ex-Parte, Court Can Issue Notice On Opposite Party: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has observed that there is no proscription in law, either statutory or precedential, inhibiting a court from issuing notice on an application filed under Order XI Rule 1 of Code of Civil Procedure seeking leave to serve interrogatories on the opposite party, before deciding whether to grant, or refuse to grant, leave.Justice C Hari Shankar observed that the right to...
Centre Should Allocate Funds To Implement Domestic Violence Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the Central Government cannot leave the implementation of the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act 2005 to the States alone and should bear the responsibility of allocating funds for the enforcement of the rights under the Act.A bench comprising Justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and PS Narasimha was hearing a PIL filed by the NGO "We The Women...
Delhi Court Seeks CBI Response To Aakar Patel's Plea Against Look Out Circular, Hearing Tomorrow
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday sought response of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the plea moved by former Amnesty International India Chief Aakar Patel, against the Look Out Circular issued against him by the agency.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Kumar issued notice on Patel's application seeking directions to the CBI for withdrawal of the said Look Out Circular...
SSC 'Group D' Recruitment Scam| Calcutta HC Allows CBI To Interrogate Recruitment Panel Members But Not Take Them Into Custody
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed the CBI to interrogate S.P. Sinha, former chairman of the School Service Commission's advisory committee, and former education secretary Alok Sarkar pertaining to the alleged irregularities in the appointment of 'Group-D' (non-teaching staff) in State aided schools but barred the agency from taking them into custody. A High Powered Committee had...
Supreme Court Disposes Amazon-Future Case As Parties Agree To Resume Singapore Arbitration Proceedings
The Supreme Court on Wednesday recorded the agreement between Amazon and Future Group to approach the Singapore Arbitration Tribunal to resume the arbitration proceedings on an understanding that the Tribunal will on priority hear Future Retail Ltd's application seeking termination of the arbitration proceedings instituted by Amazon against the FRL's merger with Reliance Group.The Court...
'Authorities Accountable For Time Within Which Power Is Exercised': Karnataka HC Calls For Expeditious Disposal Of College Affiliation Applications
The Karnataka High Court has observed that applications made by colleges seeking affiliation/ recognition etc. for a specified academic year must be decided with "clock work precision" and final order granting or refusal of affiliation should be issued well before the commencement of that academic year. A single judge bench of Justice P. Krishna Bhat observed, "The filing of...
Period Of Suspension Of Govt Servant Not To Be Treated As 'On Duty' Where Acquittal Based On Benefit Of Doubt: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High court recently through a bench of Justices AS Chandurkar and GA Sanap, held that if a government servant is suspended on account of charges for a serious crime, then if he is acquitted by giving him the benefit of doubt, he is not entitled for regularisation of the period of suspension by treating him to be on duty. The discretion belongs to the competent...
Breaking: Delhi HC Strikes Down MEA's Decision Requiring Judges Of Supreme Court, High Courts To Seek Political Clearance For Private Visits Abroad
The Delhi High Court has struck down an office memorandum dated July 13, 2021 issued by Ministry of External Affairs, to the extent that it required the judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts to seek political clearance for private visits abroad. "Insofar as the instant O.M. dated 13.07.2021 requires judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts to seek political clearance for...
Unilateral Refusal To Consummate Marriage Is A Ground For Divorce; Amounts To Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court Reiterates
The Madras High Court has reiterated that marriage can be dissolved by decree of divorce on a petition presented either by the husband or the wife on the ground that the other party as after the solemnization of the marriage has not cooperated to consummate the marriage.Holding thus, it set aside the order of the Family Court for restitution of conjugal rights and dissolved the marriage...
'They Can Hardly Be Described As Roads': High Court Expresses Concern Over Path Leading To Two Govt Schools In Delhi
The Delhi High Court recently expressed concern over the road conditions leading to two government schools in the southern district of the national capital. "The condition of the roads – as seen from the photographs, shows that they can hardly be described as roads," the Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla remarked.The petitioner had highlighted state of...