Supreme Court Rejects Married Daughter's Claim For Compassionate Appointment As Mother Didn't Support It

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a married daughter's claim for compassionate appointment on account of the death of her father who was in government service, a the widowed mother did not sponsor her name.A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar noted that as per Rule 2.2 of the Scheme for Compassionate Appointment in Madhya Pradesh as per which the surviving spouse has...

Over 4 Crore Cases Pending Before District Courts Across Country, About 59 Lakh In High Courts, 70K In Supreme Court: Law Ministry

The Ministry of Law and Justice informed Lok Sabha that disposal of pending cases in courts is within the domain of the judiciary and Government has no role in disposal. It was informed that no time frame has been prescribed for disposal of various kinds of cases by the respective courts.As of 28th March, 2022- 4,09,85,490 cases are pending in District and Subordinate Courts, and...

All High Courts Weekly Roundup: March 28 - April 3, 2022

Allahabad High Court CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 142 TO 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 157 NOMINAL INDEX Gopal Krishna Shankdhar @ Krishna Gopal Shankdhar v. Shri Manoj Kumar Agarwal And 2 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 142 Aparna Purohit v. State of U.P. and Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 143 Smt. Shalinee Dubey @ Radhika Dubey v. Abhishek Tripathi @ Gopal 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 144 State Of...

Kerala High Court Asks State To Revisit The Procedure For Search & Seizure In Abkari Cases

While directing the State to compensate two persons who were falsely implicated in Abkari cases, the Kerala High Court addressed a serious question concerning the search, seizure and arrest procedure in abkari cases in the State and opined that the State Government should take serious note of the same.The petitioners were arrested and in confinement for more than 50 days in connection with...

Obligation To Ensure Compliance Of COVID-19 Protocols Must Be Adhered To More Strictly By Those Charged With Enforcement: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that the obligation to ensure compliance of COVID-19 protocols must be adhered to even more strictly by those who are charged with its enforcement, Delhi Police in particular, who must therefore lead by example. Justice Yashwant Varma was dealing with a plea moved by Advocate Shalen Bhardwaj seeking directions for taking legal action against the Delhi...

Delhi Riots: Court Frames Charges Against Six Men For Vandalisation, Causing Injuries To Police Personnel; Four Discharged

A Delhi Court has framed charges against six men in a case concerning the North East Delhi riots of 2020 accused of being members of a riotous unlawful assembly which indulged in vandalization and arson in city's Khajuri Khas and Bhajanpura areas and also causing injuries to public persons as well as several police personnel. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat however discharged four...

Was Fine Collected By BMC For Not Wearing Masks Illegal? Bombay High Court To Decide

The Bombay High Court is likely to decide whether the fine collected by Mumbai's civic body's 'clean-up marshals' from the citizens for not wearing a mask is legal or not. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik, hearing a public interest litigation raising the issue, has sought a detailed affidavit from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and...

Compassionate Appointment Not A Bonanza, Can't Be Claimed As A Matter Of Right: Allahabad High Court

Considering various aspects relating to compassionate appointments, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that there is no general or vested right to compassionate appointments and that it can't be treated as a Bonanza.This observation was made by the bench of Justice S. P. Kesarwani and Justice Jayant Banerjee while DISMISSING a special appeal filed by one Iqbal Khan challenging...

Strictly Follow Motor Vehicles Aggregators Guidelines : Bombay High Court To Ola, Uber

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked cab aggregators, including Uber India and Ola, who were recently granted provisional licenses under the Motor Vehicles Aggregators Guidelines, 2020 framed by the Union government, to strictly follow the guidelines. The court also asked the Maharashtra government to consider customer feedback in the nature of complaints against the aggregators...

Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: March 2022 [Citations 81 To 150]

CITATIONS - 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 81 to 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 150 NOMINAL INDEX Durga Datt Tripathi v. State of U.P. and Another . 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 81 Ahsan And Others v. State of U.P. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 82 Mohd.Imran Malik v. State Of U.P And Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 83 Kalicharan v. State Of U.P. And 2 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 84 Ram Audhi @ Sudhir Kumar v. State Of U.P. And...

Allahabad HC Seeks UP DGP's Personal Presence To 'Apprise' Him Of His Dept's 'Reckless Approach' In Not Complying With HC's Order

The Allahabad High Court has sought the personal presence of the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh to apprise him of the state of affairs of the Uttar Pradesh Police department and the reckless approach of the officers of the department in not complying with the orders the High Court.The Bench of Justice Saral Srivastava has directed the UP DGP, Mukul Goel to remain personally...

'Serious Allegations': Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea For Probe Against IPS Officer In Multi Crore Scam Despite Petitioner Seeking To Withdraw Petition

While refusing to allow petitioner's request to withdraw the case, Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice in a writ petition filed seeking investigation into a multi crore bank scam allegedly committed by an Uttarakhand IPS Officer and into the alleged murder of a whistle blower. "You have made such serious allegations" a bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice Krishna Murari and Justice...