Punjab And Haryana High Court Reserves Judgment On Pleas Challenging Haryana's 75% Job Quota For Locals Law

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today reserved its judgment on a bunch of pleas challenging the Haryana law (The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act 2020) which provides 75% reservation for local people in the private sector jobs having a monthly salary of less than Rs 30,000.The bench of Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Sandeep Moudgil today concluded hearing on...

WCC Case : Kerala High Court Urges AMMA, FEFKA & Other Film Bodies To Form Joint Committee To Redress Grievances Of Women Artists & Employees

The Kerala High Court has made an appeal to the various organisations of the Malayalam film industry to form a joint committee to redress the grievances of women artists and employees regarding sexual harassment at workplace.A division bench comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly made the observation while deciding a PIL filed by Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) -...

Caste Scrutiny Committee Cannot Review Its Own Decision Except In Cases Of Fraud Or Misrepresentation – Bombay High Court

Holding that a Caste Scrutiny Committee can review its own decision only in exceptional cases when there is any playing of fraud or suppression of material facts or misrepresentation of facts, the Bombay High Court set aside a show cause notice by the Committee seeking to review it earlier orders. A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and GA Sanap, in an order passed last week,...

Hijab Ban: 66-Year-Old Hijab-Wearing Woman Moves Supreme Court Against Karnataka High Court's Hijab Verdict

A 66- year old social activist has moved the Supreme Court of India against the Karnataka High Court's Judgment which held that Hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam and upheld the ban on wearing headscarves in schools and colleges.The petitioner, a hijab wearing woman herself has submitted that she wasn't given a chance to be heard by the High Court thereby violating her...

BREAKING| Political Parties Not Bound To Establish Internal Complaints Committee Under POSH Act : Kerala High Court

There is no employer-employee relationship among members of a political party, it was held.

Kerala HC Asks Centre To Expeditiously Consider State's Plea To Include 3 Medical Colleges As Centres Of Excellence For Treatment Of Rare Diseases

The Kerala High Court recently directed the Centre to expeditiously take an appropriate decision on the State government's request to include three State-run medical colleges as centres of excellence for treatment of rare diseases.A Division Bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly also pursuaded the Centre to take a favourable stand on the State's request as it would go...

Maintenance Has To Be Awarded From Date Of Application Not From The Date Of Order: Allahabad High Court

Referring to the Apex Court's ruling in the case of Rajnesh v. Neha and another, (2021) 2 SCC 324, the Allahabad High Court has observed that the maintenance has to be awarded from the date of application and not from the date of the order.The Bench of Justice Samit Gopal observed thus as it opined that the order of the revisional court in granting maintenance to a lady and her minor...

Writ To Compel Police To Conduct Investigation Can Be Denied For Not Exhausting Alternative & Efficacious Remedy Under CrPC: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a writ to compel police to conduct an investigation can be denied for not exhausting the alternative and efficacious remedy available under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Justice Chadra Dhari Singh however added that such writ may be denied unless the exceptions enumerated in the decision of Apex Court in Radha Krishan Industries v....

Kerala High Court Refuses To Stay Investigation Against Dileep In His Plea To Quash FIR In Murder Conspiracy Case

The Kerala High Court on Thursday refused to stay the investigation initiated against actor Dileep by the Crime Branch for conspiring to murder the investigation officials in the 2017 actor rape case, in which Dileep is facing trial as the chief conspirator.The developments ensued in the plea moved by the actor seeking to quash the FIR filed by the Crime Branch of Kerala Police against him...

Aam Aadmi Party Moves Supreme Court Seeking To Conduct Municipal Elections In Delhi As Per Initial Proposal In Free And Fair Manner

Aam Aadmi Party has approached Supreme Court seeking directions to conduct Municipal Elections in Delhi according to the initially conceived schedule of the State Election Commission, National Capital Territory of Delhi ("State Election"), before the expiry of the tenure of the Municipal Corporations of Delhi, in May 2022.It has been stated in the petition that the writ raises an...

[VIDEO]: Discussion On Karnataka High Court's Hijab Ban Judgment- Farrah Ahmed, Shahrukh Alam & Gautam Bhatia

LiveLaw is organizing a Discussion On Karnataka High Court's Hijab Ban JudgmentDate And Time: 1.30 PM TODAYPanelistsFarrah Ahmed (Associate Professor in Melbourne Law School)Shahrukh Alam (Advocate, Supreme Court)Gautam Bhatia (Constitutional Scholar)WATCH LIVE HERE...

NEET-SS| States Competent To Provide In-Service Quota In Super Speciality Medical Courses : Supreme Court's Prima Facie View

The Supreme Court has expressed a prima facie view that States are competent to provide reservation for in-service doctors in super-speciality medical courses.Observing so, the Court refused to stay the G.O. dated 07.11.2020 issued in the State of Tamil Nadu purporting to reserve 50% seats at the Super Specialty level in Government Medical Colleges to in-service doctors. The Apex...