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Mental Health In Central Armed Forces : Supreme Court Allows Ex-CAPF Members To Make Representation To Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to all the Central Armed Police Forces ("CAPFs") to periodically carry out specific mental health assessments of all personnel in the Forces to ensure their physical and mental fitness while on duty.The bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari granted the retired members of CAPF, who had also sought...
Breaking: WB Post Poll Violence: Calcutta HC Grants Police Protection To 303 Alleged Victims, Takes On Record Latest Status Reports Filed By CBI, SIT
The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted police protection to 303 alleged victims of violence that had taken place post the declaration of the West Bengal assembly elections in May 2021. The Court vide order dated August 19, 2021 had handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the investigation of cases related to murder, rape and crime against women whereas a Special...
'You Are The Only State Where Persons Are Appointed For 2 Years & Give Them Life-Long Pension': Supreme Court Remarks While Rejecting KSRTC's Plea Against Fuel Price Hike
The Supreme Court on Monday orally criticised the Kerala Government's policy to grant life-long pension to persons appointed as the personal staff of Ministers."You are the only state where persons are only appointed by Minister for 2 years & give them a life long pension. Please tell your state, if they can do that, why can't they do this?", the Supreme Court orally observed while...
BREAKING| DJSE & DHJSE 2022 : Supreme Court Relaxes Upper-Age Limit For Age-Barred Candidates Who Were Eligible In 2020 & 2021; Upholds Minimum Age Criteria Of 35 Years For DHJS
The Supreme Court on Monday relaxed the upper-age limit of 32 years for the Delhi Judicial Service Examinations (DJSE) and 45 years for the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Examinations (DHJSE) of 2022 for those candidates, who were eligible in 2020 and 2021 but have become age-barred this year.The Court granted the relaxation for the 2022 recruitments taking into account the fact that exams...
TMC Leader Anubrata Mondal Moves Calcutta High Court Against Order Refusing Protection From Arrest In Cattle Smuggling Case
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal on Monday moved a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court against a Single Bench order wherein he had been denied any relief from appearing before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Kolkata for questioning in the ongoing cattle smuggling probe.Mondal had moved a Single Bench of the High Court pursuant to the issuance of a CBI...
Delhi Riots: No Order On Umar Khalid's Bail Plea Today, Court Defers Pronouncement To March 21
A Delhi Court on Monday deferred passing orders on the bail plea moved by student activist Umar Khalid in connection with a case alleging larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under Indian Penal Code and UAPA. Written submissions for Umar Khalid were filed on the weekend.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat will now pronounce the order on March 21.The order...
Income Tax Deduction Not Allowable On Deposit In No-Lien/Escrow Account: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court bench consisting of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice R.K. Pattanaik held that the income tax deduction is not allowable on deposit in a no-lien or escrow account.The appellant/assessee, a company, is in the business of manufacturing and selling ferro alloys like ferro silicon and charge chrome. The assessee filed its return of income, declaring a total...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 7 To March 13, 2022
Nominal Index Dharanidhar Ghosh Vs. Union of India 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 71Unisource Hydro Carbon Services Private Limited Versus Union of India 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 72Sankar Mondal v. Swapan Debnath & Ors2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 73Piyali Tewari Dey v. Baidyanath Dey & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 74Ashlesh Biradar v. State of West Bengal 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 75In the goods of Mahesh Kumar Agarwal and...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal, Subject/Statute Wise Index-March 7 to 13
SUBJECT/STATUTE WISE INDEX Central Excise and Customs Commissionerates Inspector (Central Excise, Preventive Officer and Examiner) Group 'B' Posts Recruitment Rules 2016 - The absence of a provision for filling up a post in the Commissionerate by absorption of persons belonging to the cadre of another Commissionerate clearly indicates that the cadre is treated as a posting unit and...
Rajasthan High Court Weekly Roundup: March 7 To March 13, 2022
NOMINAL INDEX Gajendra Purbia & Anr. v. Union of India 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 88 Sawai Singh Sodha & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 89 Dharmender Kumar Sharma v. Union of India & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 90 Shri Labana Gawaria Sikh Samaj Sewa Samiti v. State Of Rajasthan 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 91 G.k. Construction Company, Through Its Owner Govind Katariya...
Absence Of Proof Of Motive Does Not Break Link In 'Chain Of Circumstances' Connecting Accused With Crime: P&H HC Upholds Conviction In Dowry Death Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that even though 'motive' bears significance in cases of circumstantial evidences, however, failure to prove the same may not necessarily be fatal to the prosecution case if otherwise the chain of circumstances linking the accused with the alleged crime stands established.The bench of Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Ashok Kumar Verma...
