After Bombay High Court's Stinging Observations On DGP Appointment, Maharashtra Govt Decides To Reconsider Its Stand

Hours after the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court observed that the Maharashtra Government had gone out of its way to recommend its senior most IPS officer - Sanjay Pandey's name for Director General of Police, the State said it would reconsider its stand. Until now, the State had maintained that the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has erred in not considering Pandey's name and...

Can't Dictate Filmmakers To Use Only Decent Language In Films, They Have Artistic Discretion Limited Only By Article 19(2): Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Thursday while dismissing a plea seeking to remove Malayalam movie Churuli from OTT platform SonyLiv for its allegedly excessive use of obscene language, observed that a filmmaker has the discretion to decide what type of language should be used by the characters in his film. Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan added that as long as the language used in a movie was within...

Karnataka Hijab Ban Reaches Supreme Court - Live Updates

Multiple petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the decision taken by the Karnataka High Court yesterday that students should wear no religious dress in colleges during the pendency of the case challenging the Hijab Ban.On Thursday, the Full Bench of Karnataka High Court made the following observations, while adjourning the hearing to February 14. "We will direct that...

Hijab Ban-Petitioners Before HC Moves Supreme Court Challenging Karnataka HC's Interim Order Disallowing Religious Dress In Colleges During Pendency Of Cases

Girls students practicing the Islamic faith, who were the original petitioners before the High Court, have approached Supreme Court assailing Karnataka High Court's interim order dated February 10, 2022.It has been stated in the SLP that the petitioners have been constrained to move the Top Court in grave urgency craving indulgence of the Supreme Court for protection of their fundamental...

Govt Has Authority Under Rajasthan Land Revenue Act To Regularise Unauthorised Land Conversions : High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that the government has authority in terms of Section 90B of the Land Revenue Act, 1956 as it stood at the relevant time and Section 90-A as it stands today to regularise unauthorised conversions of agricultural lands. The division bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice Sudesh Bansal, observed,"Insofar as the Government's desire to regularise...

Transfer Order Unsustainable If It Is Based On Irrelevant Ground & Not On Any Germane Factor : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court court observed that a transfer order is unsustainable if it is is based on an irrelevant ground and not on any factor germane for passing it.In this case, the writ petitioner alleged that hostile transfer orders were passed as she did not act as per the demands of the supervising High Court judge. She complained that was faced with transfer from a Category 'A' city to...

Tribunal Cannot Trespass Into Foreign Territory Rendering Finding On Caste Status: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently reprimanded the Jabalpur Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal for venturing into foreign territory and rendering a finding on the caste status of the Petitioner as the same was beyond its jurisdiction. The division bench comprising of Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sunita Yadav was essentially dealing with a writ petition, wherein...

'Will Summon Finance Secretary If No Positive Response By February 21': Bombay High Court On Delay In Appointment Of DRAT Chairperson

The Bombay High Court on Thursday once again pulled up the Finance Ministry for the delay in appointment of Chairperson to the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (Mumbai), and warned of summoning the Secretary, MoF. A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik observed that they could not "allow justice to become a casualty," and sought a positive response on the appointment...

Gujarat High Court & District Courts To Revert To Physical Hearing From February 21

According to an official circular issued on Thursday, the Gujarat High Court and the subordinate courts will resume physical hearing soon in light of the decline in the number of Covid-19 cases in the State. While the High Court is set to resume physical hearing from 21 February, the Courts in about 200 districts have been permitted to switch from virtual hearing from 14 February, subject...

Youth Congress Leader BV Srinivas Moves Supreme Court To Recognize Right Of Muslim Girls & Women To Wear Hijab Out Of Their Own Choice As A Fundamental Right

Youth Congress president B V Srinivas and a journalism student have moved the Supreme Court seeking to recognize the right to Muslim girls and women to wear a hijab out of their own choice as a fundamental right. The plea also prays that the States must ensure that no girls are prevented from education and are not threatened in the name of religion or are not differentiated and...

[Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher 2021] PIL Before HC To Cancel the Exam And To Investigate the Paper Leak by Central Investigation Agency

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur seeking to cancel the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher 2021 (REET-2021) and to investigate the paper leak by the Central Investigation Agency. The REET examination was conducted on 26.09.2021. In the present matter, the bench has listed the matter on 28.02.2022. Justice Mahendar...

'Move To Impose Cultural Uniformity In Plural Country' : Feminist & Democratic Groups Condemn Targeting Of Hijab-Wearing Muslim Students

Over a thousand feminist and civil rights democratic organisations from across the country have collectively released a statement on Thursday condemning the targeting and exclusion of Hijab-wearing Muslim women students in Karnataka's educational institutions.The statement which has been signed by over 1,750 individuals including academicians, lawyers and activists reads, "Hijab ban is only...