Delhi High Court Tells Centre To Explore Possibility Of Physically Disabled Candidates Being Able To Pursue Some Disciplines Of Medical Education

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the National Medical Commission to explore, in consultation with Central Government, the possibility of physically disabled candidates being able to pursue some disciplines of medical education with the advancement of science and technology, in the next six months. A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin...

Supreme Court Seeks Status Reports From Centre, States On Registration Of Migrant Workers, Community Kitchens & Dry Ration

The Supreme Court on Monday called for compliance reports from the Union of India and the State governments on what further actions have been taken to comply with its June, 2021 directions in a suo moto case dealing with the problems of migrant workers.In its judgment delivered on 29th June 2021, the Court had directed all the states to implement the "one nation, one ration card" scheme and...

Number Of Students In Govt Aided Schools Inflated To Divert Public Money: Bombay HC Seeks Action Against Culprits, Appoints Committee To Curb Malpractices

The Bombay High court recently dealt with a petition demonstrating malpractices in the Maharashtra Education Department and constituted a committee to curb the same, while asking the government to continue its belated efforts to remedy the situation by recovering monies. A Bench of Justices Ramesh Dhanuka and Sanjay Mehare appointed the three-member committee in light of practice of...

Model Builder-Buyer Agreement : Supreme Court Asks States/UT's To Share Information Sought By Ministry Of Housing

On a plea seeking a direction to the Center to frame model builder-buyer and agent-buyer agreements to ensure uniformity across the country, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Chief Secretaries of States Union Territories to circulate the information sought by the the Secretary Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs by May 15, 2022. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud...

Denial Of Conjugal Relationship Ground For Divorce But Not 'Exceptional Hardship' To Waive Cooling Off Period U/S 14 Hindu Marriage Act: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that though denial of conjugal relationship is a ground for divorce and tantamounts to cruelty, the same cannot be said to amount to "exceptional hardship" under Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955.Section 14 prescribes a mandatory 1 year waiting period from the date of marriage, before filing for divorce. A proviso to this Section states that the 1 year...

Shortage Of Fuel Pumps On National & State Highways: Patna High Court Calls For Fresh Demand Survey

The Patna High Court has directed the Central and State Governments to submit a detailed report on the issue of non-availability of adequate number of petrol pumps on National and State Highways. Expressing concern over the problems being faced by the people passing through these highways, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S Kumar observed,"It is unfortunate...

'Not In Poor Financial Condition': Calcutta High Court Upholds Eviction Order Against Daughter-In-Law From Her Father-In-Law's House

The Calcutta High Court has recently upheld an eviction order wherein the daughter-in-law was directed to vacate the residence belonging to her father-in-law after noting that she is a medical practitioner and is thus not in a poor financial condition. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha observed, "The applicant, Swati Das, is admittedly a medical practitioner. She is neither destitute nor in a...

MV Act | Mere Assertion By Witness That Vehicle Was Being Driven Rashly Not Conclusive, Must Emerge From Evidence: Jharkhand High Court

The onus of proof is lighter and based on preponderance of probability.

"Acute Shortage Of Staff": PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks Filling Up Of Pending Vacancies In City Prisons

Citing acute shortage of staff, a Public Interest Litigation has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking filling up of various pending vacancies in city prisons including those regarding Medical Officers, Welfare Officers, Counsellors, Teachers for Education, Yoga Teachers and Education Vocational Counsellors.Moved by Advocate Amit Sahni, the plea also seeks to constitute and notify Board...

PG Medical Admissions : Supreme Court Directs MP Govt To Allot In-Service Quota Seat To Doctor Who Served Tribal, Naxalite Areas

The Supreme Court on Monday granted relief to a lady doctor who served the tribal and Naxalite hit villages of the State of Madhya Pradesh for more than 11 years. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant directed the State of Madhya Pradesh to treat her as an "in- service candidate" and allot her a seat in MS Obstetrics and Gynaecology in GMC, Bhopal. The directions were...

Weekly Digest Of Arbitration Cases: April 10 To April 17, 2022

Bombay High Court 1. Writ Petitions On The Ground Of 'Exceptional Circumstances' Against Order Passed By The Arbitral Tribunal Not Maintainable: Bombay High Court Case Title: Tagus Engineering Private Limited & Ors. versus Reserve Bank of India & Anr. and IDFC First Bank Limited versus Bell Invest India Limited & Anr. Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 127 The...

'Don't Play Games With Us' : Supreme Court Pulls Up GainBitcoin Scam Accused For Non-Compliance Of Direction To Share Passwords, Usernames

The Supreme Court on Monday deprecated GainBitcoin scam accused Amit Bhardwaj for not complying with the direction to disclose user name and password of Crypto Currency Wallets to Enforcement Directorate ("ED")."The dignity of the Supreme Court has to be maintained. We are not some Tis Hazari Court Court", a bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant told the counsel of...