'Sympathy Has No Place In The Eyes of Law': Jharkhand High Court Denies Relief To Candidate Who Entered Wrong Roll No. In OMR Sheet

The Jharkhand High Court recently refused to allow a candidate's request for re-evaluation of the OMR Sheet, observing that it will lead to 'manipulation'. The aspirant had wrongly circled '6' instead of '8' while filling her roll-number, which led to the non-evaluation of paper 2 in the Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Competitive Examination. Justice S.N. Pathak observed, "If the contention...

Can't Examine Validity Of Order Passed By Child Welfare Committee Under JJ Act In Writ Of Habeas Corpus: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that validity of an order passed by the Child Welfare Committee under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 cannot be examined in a writ of habeas corpus. A division bench of Justice Vinod Kumar Bharwani and Justice Sandeep Mehta made it clear that such an order passed under the JJ Act is valid and thus, the person cannot...

Online Registration System For Championships, Important Posts In Sports Bodies Exclusively For Sports Persons: Madras HC Issues Directions To Prevent 'Favouritism' & 'Nepotism'

In the absence of eminent sportspersons' involvement in decision making, arbitrariness and extraneous consideration in selection will continue to cause injustice to be meted out to the deserving candidates, the court noted in the order.

Reach Out To Children Orphaned Due To COVID To Pay Compensation : Supreme Court Directs States

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the States to reach out to children who were orphaned due to COVID-19 for paying them ex-gratia compensation of Rs 50,000. The Court noted that the orphans may not be in a position to submit applications to claim compensation and hence the State authorities should reach out to them.The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights(NCPCR) has told...

Step-Motherly Treatment Being Given To 'Sanskrit' Language In Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that in the State of Uttar Pradesh, the state is giving stepmotherly treatment to the Sanskrit Language and further, sought a response from the UP Government as to why it is not creating a regular post of Sanskrit Teacher in the state. The bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal observed thus as it noted that in the state of UP, no post of Lecturer...

Former UP Advocate General & Petitioner In 'First Judges Case' Sr Adv Surya Prakash Gupta Passes Away

Former Uttar Pradesh Advocate General and petitioner in the First Judges Case (the first of the 'Three Judges Cases'), Senior Advocate SP Gupta passed away on January 16, 2022. He was 92 and had been unwell for past few days.SP Gupta was enrolled as an advocate in the year 1951 and was designated as a Senior in 1979. He had the opportunity to serve as the Advocate General for the State of...

COVID-19 Death Compensation : Supreme Court Directs States To Not Reject Claims on Technical Grounds

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court directed the States not to reject applications/claims of the kin/family members of persons who have succumbed to COVID-19 on technical grounds. The Apex Court further noted that wherever applications are rejected the States are duty bound to communicate the reason for the same to the concerned claimant and provide them opportunity for rectifying...

Unilateral Appointment Of Arbitrator Not Permissible: NTPC Loses To Its Contracting Party In Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that no single party can be permitted to unilaterally appoint an Arbitrator, as it would defeat the purpose of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, i.e., unbiased adjudication of dispute between the parties.Accordingly, Justice Suresh Kumar Kait dismissed a unilateral arbitral clause imposed by NTPC, a Public Sector Undertaking, in its contract with...

3 Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case Ordered To Be Shifted To Bengaluru Central Prison From Mumbai Jail

A sessions court in Bengaluru on Wednesday has ordered the shifting of three accused allegedly involved in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh to be shifted to the Central Prison in Bengaluru from Arthur road prison in Mumbai. Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge Anil Bheemsen Katti in its order said, "Accused no.3 (GANESH MISKIN ALIAS GANEHS ALIAS MITHUN), 4 (AMITH...

'Inappropriate Cremation' Of Ex-VP HCBA-"Shows Real Face Of Law & Order In UP": Letter Plea In Allahabad HC Seeks CBI Probe

A letter petition has been filed before the Allahabad High Court alleging that Allahabad, Allahabad, Mangla Prasad Tripathi was cremated without proper investigation by the police department on January 18, 2022, and further seeking CBI inquiry into the matter.The letter petition has been moved by Advocates, Gaurav Dwivedi, Rajneesh Kumar Singh, O.P. Singh, Saurabh Singh, Rohit Pandey...

Supreme Court Slams UP Police, Magistrate Over Arrest & Remand Of Accused Ignoring SC's Bail Order

While considering an application filed by Vijay Kumar Sharma, accused in Bike Bot Scam, the Supreme Court today deprecated the conduct of Investigating Officer of the Uttar Pradesh Police and expressed serious reservation in the manner in which the Magistrate proceeded to direct remand despite Top Court's order of directing Sharma's release."We deprecate the conduct of the Investigating...

Karnataka High Court Issues Circular Directing Officers To Follow Supreme Court's Limitation Extension Order

Karnataka High Court has issued a circular directing Officers and Officials working on the judicial side at Principal Bench, Bengaluru, Benches at Dharwad and Kalaburagi to follow the directions issued by the Supreme Court, excluding the period from 15.03.2020 till 28.02.2022, for the purposes of limitation. Supreme Court in Miscellaneous Application No.21/2022 in Suo Motu Writ...