Hijab Ban - Students Should Not Wear Religious Symbols In Educational Institutions : Karnataka Govt Tells High Court

The State government has told the Karnataka High Court that it is not interested in interfering with the religious beliefs but is only concerned to maintain uniformity, cohesiveness, discipline and public order which is indispensable to an educational institution. In the statement of objection filed in response to the batch of petitions filed challenging the action of colleges...

Natural Justice Principles Have Limited Role In Matters Of National Security : Kerala High Court In MediaOne Case

The Kerala High Court on Monday while upholding the order of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting revoking the broadcast license granted to Malayalam news channel MediaOne observed that the principles of natural justice have to give way when national security is at threat. In the judgment that runs into 42 pages, Justice N. Nagaresh has contemplated this issue in several...

Final Report Not Substantive Piece Of Evidence But A Collective Opinion Of Investigating Officer: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a final report cannot be termed as a substantive piece of evidence being nothing but a collective opinion of the investigating officer.Even assuming that the investigating officer has not deposed before the court or has not cooperated sufficiently, an accused is not entitled for acquittal solely on that basis, when there are other incriminating evidence...

PMLA Reverses Burden Of Proof Without Safeguards; Gives Unchecked Powers To ED To Take Over Properties : Singhvi To Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday continued hearing the batch of petitions concerned with the interpretation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 ("PMLA Act").The matter was listed before the bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar.Submissions Of Senior Advocate AM SinghviSection 24 Gives Presumption Regarding The Offense Without Giving Any Safeguard With...

Allahabad HC Orders Action Against Police Officers Who Failed To Serve Bail Plea Of POCSO Accused Upon Victim, CWC

The Allahabad High Court last week directed the Senior Superintendent of Police, Bulandshahr to take appropriate action against the responsible officers who failed to serve the POCSO Accused bail application upon the victim/legal guardian as well as upon the CWC as per the directions issued by this Court in Junaid case.It may be noted that in Junaid's case, the High Court had, inter alia,...

OCI Students Be Treated At Par With Indian Students For Any Courses For 2021-2022 Academic Year : Supreme Court

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of India clarified that Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) are to be treated at par with Indian students and be allowed to apply in general category seats in any courses, for the academic year 2021-2022. A Bench comprising Justices Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari permitted the petitioner, who is an OCI student to be treated at par with her Indian...

High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Respond On Plea For Protection Of Children Orphaned Due To COVID-19

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response from the Delhi Government regarding the steps taken by it in order to safeguard the interests of children, who were orphaned due to Covid-19, against trafficking. A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was dealing with a plea filed by Advocate Jeetender Gupta seeking directions to Centre and Delhi Government to...

Better To Scrap Law, Abolish Tribunals If Govt Can't Appoint POs In DRTs, DRATs: Allahabad HC Seeks Centre's Reply

In a strongly worded order, the Allahabad High Court today lashed out at Central Government for its failure to make appointments to the vacant posts of Presiding Officer/Chairman of Debt Recovery Tribunals and Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals.The Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh even remarked that if the Government is unable to appoint competent persons as Presiding Officers/Chairmen...

Writ Court Can't Sit In Appeal Over Departmental Proceedings, Particularly When There Are Concurrent Findings On Charge: Jharkhand HC

The Jharkhand High Court has recently reiterated that the writ court does not sit in appeal against the orders passed in departmental proceedings, particularly when there are concurrent findings concerning the proved charges. Referring to the precedent in Pravin Kumar v. Union of India, Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary noted,"This Court finds that in the instant case the petitioner has not...

[Matrimonial Disputes] Court Has To Be Careful In Summoning Distant Relatives Sans Any Specific Material: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that in criminal cases arising out of matrimonial disputes, the Court has to be careful in summoning distant relatives without there being specific material against them.The Bench of Justice Manju Rani Chauhan also remarked that Mere naming of distant relations in the First Information Report (FIR) is not enough to summon them in absence of any...

Redevelopment Of Kalkaji Temple: Delhi High Court Directs DJB To Inspect Premises, Status Report Sought

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Jal Board to inspect the Kalkaji temple premises as a part of it's maintenance and redevelopment project to ensure that the same is kept clean. Justice Pratibha M Singh sought a status report to be filed by the Delhi Jal Board after perusing a report which had recorded some grievances regarding choking of sewer lines and overflow of water supply in...

Girl Child In A Very Vulnerable Position In Our Country; No Leniency For POCSO Convict: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that no leniency should be shown to a person who has committed the offence under the POCSO Act. The Court observed that children are precious human resources. However, in our country, a girl child is in a very vulnerable position, the Court lamented."By awarding a suitable punishment commensurate with the act of sexual assault, sexual harassment, ...