'Unreasonable': Patna High Court Sets Aside Rule Reserving 40% Junior Engineer Posts For Polytechnic Diploma Holders From Govt Institutions Alone

The Patna High Court has set aside the law reserving 40% seats for the post of Junior Engineer for candidates holding Diploma certificate from the Government Polytechnic Institutes within the State of Bihar.A Division Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and S. Kumar held that classification to grant reservation is reasonable if it includes all persons who are "similarly situated" concerning...

S.17(2) Working Journalists Act | Notice To Employer Not Mandatory Before Making Reference To Adjudicatory Mechanism: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that whereas adjudicatory mechanism under the Working Journalists Act is intended to provide an opportunity of hearing to the employer qua the question of claim raised by the employee, the employer cannot claim any hearing before making of the reference by the appropriate government under Section 17(2) of the Act. The Court was dealing with a petition...

BREAKING: Calcutta High Court Directs IPS Officer Damayanti Sen To Oversee Probe In Namkhana Rape Case Of WB

The Calcutta High Court on Friday asked IPS officer Damayanti Sen to oversee the probe in the Namkhana rape case wherein a 40-year-old woman was reportedly gang-raped on April 8 by five men in West Bengal's Namkhana village and an attempt had also been made to pour kerosene inside the victim's private parts and set her ablaze.IPS officer Damayanti Sen, now the special commissioner of...

"File Better Affidavit" : Supreme Court Expresses Dissatisfaction At Delhi Police Stand That No Hate Speeches Were Made At Hindu Yuva Vahini Event

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed its dissatisfaction at the affidavit filed by Delhi Police which stated that the speeches made by Sudarshan News TV Editor Suresh Chavhanke at the Hindu Yuva Vahini meet held in Delhi in December 2021 didn't amount to hate speech against any particular community."The affidavit has been filed by Dy Commissioner of Police. We hope he has understood the...

'Slap CM' Remark: Bombay High Court Grants 2 Weeks Protection To Union Minister Narayan Rane

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted two weeks interim protection to Union Minister Narayan Rane in an FIR at Dhule over his 'slap' remark against Uddhav Thackarey, Chief Minister of Maharashtra.The court granted protection after the Maharashtra government refused to make a statement and undertake no coercive action against the minister. Within these two weeks Rane would be at liberty...

Car Manufacturer Liable For Punitive Damages If Airbag System Did Not Meet Safety Standards As Perceived By Consumer Of Reasonable Prudence : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the failure to provide an airbag system which would meet the safety standards as perceived by a car­buyer of reasonable prudence should be subject to punitive damages which can have deterrent effect."A consumer is not meant to be an expert in physics calculating the impact of a collision on the theories based on velocity ...

NDPS Act | Orissa High Court Grants Bail To Accused Who Was Not Heard Before Giving Extension To Submit Chargesheet

The Orissa High Court has set aside the orders passed by a Sessions-cum-Special Court which granted extension to submit chargesheet without providing hearing to accused and not even releasing him when he was entitled for default bail. A Single Judge Bench of Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray held, "It is the settled law that right guaranteed under Section 167(2) to the...

Breaking | Umar Khalid's Speech Prima Facie Not Acceptable, Obnoxious: Delhi High Court While Issuing Notice On Bail Plea

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on the appeal filed by student activist Umar Khalid challenging the Trial Court's order refusing him bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.A division bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar also said that the speech delivered by Umar Khalid at Amravati, which finds mention in the FIR in question,...

Supreme Court Upholds Attachment Of Properties Of 63 Moons Technologies; Allows NSEL's Appeal

The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Bombay High Court's order of freeing the attachment of assets of 63 Moons Technologies.Allowing the appeal filed by National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSESL), the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Bela M Trivedi in the judgment pronounced, "For the reasons recorded, we allow the appeals & set aside the impugned judgment of the Bombay...

Insurance Company Liable To Pay Compensation Even When Driver Does Not Have Valid License, May Recover From Owner Later: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently held that when a claim is presented under the Motor Vehicles Act, the insurance company is liable to pay compensation even when the driver of the vehicle was not possessing a valid driving license. It added that amount may later be recovered from the owner of the vehicle. The Madurai bench of Justice Teeka Raman made the above observations on...

BREAKING| "Too Nascent A Stage For Us To Interfere" : Supreme Court Dismisses Nawab Malik's Plea Challenging ED Arrest In Money Laundering Case

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant dismissed Malik's petition, which was filed against an order of the Bombay High Court which refused him interim relief in the...

Gujarat High Court Restrains Recovery Under Employee's Provident Fund Act Citing Non-Availability Of Industrial Tribunal To Hear Appeals

The Gujarat High Court has restrained the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner from initiating recovery proceedings against an employer under Section 8(B) and 8(G) of the Employee's Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Act, 1952, citing non availability of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal, Ahmedabad.The Bench comprising Justice Biren Vaishnav stated that in the absence of a...