Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Stay Against State Govt. Policy Of Increasing OBC Reservation From 14% To 27% In Ayush PG Entrance Test

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently granted stay against the policy of the State Government to increase the reservation for the OBC category from 14% to 27%, for admission in the All India Ayush Postgraduate Entrance Test, 2021. The division bench of Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Manindar Singh Bhatti was essentially dealing with a writ petition filed by...

Delhi High Court Notifies Rules Governing Patent Suits; Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022

The Delhi High Court has notified the High Court Of Delhi Rules Governing Patent Suits, 2022 and Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022.Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022The Rules have been made in exercise of the powers conferred by sec. 7 of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966; sec. 129 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and...

Social Media Posts Against HC, SC Judges: AP High Court Grants Bail To 2 Advocates, Denies Bail To A Software Engineer

The Andhra Pradesh High Court last week denied bail to a software engineer who has been accused of making wild and reckless allegations against the High Court Judges of the High Court and the Judges of the Supreme Court.The Bench of Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy, however, granted bail to two advocates taking into account the fact that they tendered an apology that was already accepted...

Slum Rehabilitation Laws Being Misused To Further Interests Of "Haves"; Vicious Nexus : Bombay High Court CJ

Chief Justice Dipankar Datta of the Bombay High Court, in a three page separately penned portion of the judgement in a suo motu PIL, has expressed concerns about a "vicious nexus" of builders and bureaucrats misusing the slum rehabilitation laws.In his judgement,CJ Dutta has invoked Alice in Wonderland, a famous song from a 1956 Hindi movie, and the falling moral values of public officers...

Indefinite Adjournment Of Anticipatory Bail Plea, That Too After Admitting It, Detrimental To Personal Liberty : Supreme Court

"When an application for anticipatory bail was listed before the learned Single Judge, which was also accompanied by an application for ad-interim relief, the learned Judge should have decided the same one way or the other, so far as the ad-interim prayer or should have taken up for consideration after giving some reasonable time to the Stat."

To Classify Detenue As 'Notorious Stone Pelter' Not Sufficient To Invoke Preventive Detention Powers: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Friday quashed a detention order passed against one Shabir Ahmad Malik as it noted that to classify the detenu as a 'notorious stone pelter' cannot be sufficient to invoke the statutory powers of the preventive detention.Having perused the grounds of detention, the Bench of Justice Tashi Rabstan found no cogent explanation as regards the...

Section 34 IPC Not Attracted When Final Outcome Or Offence Committed Is Distinctly Remote And Unconnected With Common Intention : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code does not attract when the final outcome or offence committed is distinctly remote and unconnected with the common intention.A co-perpetrator, who shares a common intention, will be liable only to the extent that he intends or could or should have visualized the possibility or probability of the final act, the bench...

Consumer Complaint Against Telecom Companies Maintainable : Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Filed By Vodafone - Idea

The Supreme Court held that consumer complaint against telecom companies is maintainable before Consumer forum/Commission.The three judges bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath observed that the existence of an arbitral remedy under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, will not oust the jurisdiction of the consumer forum.In this case, a consumer complaint before...

Motor Accident | "Insurance Co. Can't Raise License Validity Issue In Appeal If It Wasn't Pleaded Before Tribunal": J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently dismissed an appeal moved by an Insurance company wherein it had challenged the award made by Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal on the ground that the offending vehicle was being driven by the driver, who was not holding a valid driving licence.The Bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal observed that since the appellant-Insurance Company had not...

'Citizenship Kept In Limbo' : Plea In Gauhati High Court Challenges Withholding Of NRC Rejection Orders As Parties Can't File Appeals

A writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution has been filed before the Gauhati High Court seeking directions for issuance of rejection orders for inclusion in the National Register of Citizens, Assam (NRC) so that the petitioners can avail their statutory right to appeal against exclusion from the NRC. Pertinently, the petitioners have also sought for a stay on the mandatory...

Preventive Detention Is Based On Suspicion Or Anticipation & Not On Proof: J&K&L High Court Upholds A Detention Order

While upholding a detention order, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that our Constitution guarantees various freedoms and personal liberty to all persons in our Republic, however, the constitutional guarantee of such freedoms and liberty is not meant to be abused and misused. The Court was also of the view that Preventive detention is based on suspicion...

Delay By Itself Cannot Veto A Writ Petition Under Article 32 When Fundamental Rights Are Clearly At Stake : Supreme Court

While quashing notification issued by Bihar Government that approved issuance of Scheduled Tribe Caste certificate to Lohar community, the Supreme Court observed that that the delay by itself cannot be used as a weapon to Veto an action under Article 32 when violation of Fundamental Rights is clearly at stake.In this case, Sunil Kumar Rai and others approached the Apex Court challenging...