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PM Security Lapse : Supreme Court Asks Centre & Punjab To Put On Hold Committee Probes; Directs HC Registrar General To Secure Records
The Supreme Court of India on Friday directed the Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to secure the records relating to the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Punjab on January 5, during which a security lapse occurred when a group of protesters blocked the PM's cavalcade.The Court directed the State of Punjab, central and state agencies to cooperate with the...
K-Rail Project: Kerala High Court Seeks State Response On Orders Issued For Land Acquisition Before Completion Of Survey
The Kerala High Court on Thursday sought an explanation from the State government for issuing orders for the acquisition of 1,221 hectares of land in various villages for the SilverLine project even when a survey as per the Survey and Boundaries Act was only underway.Justice Devan Ramachandran in his order observed: "One aspect of some concern, which this Court notice herein, is that the...
'Woman Has Right Not To Carry Pregnancy, Subject To Restrictions': Telangana High Court Permits Rape Victim To Terminate 26 Weeks Old Foetus
The Telangana High Court in a recent judgment laid down that the life of the foetus or to be born child cannot be placed at higher pedestal than that of the life of the woman. The court observed that Constitutional Courts have the power under writ jurisdiction to direct termination of pregnancy, even when the length of pregnancy is beyond the statutory limit of twenty-four weeks as per...
NEET PG: Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking To Quash State Circular Granting 27% Reservation To SEBC
The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed a plea moved by MBBS graduates challenging a circular issued by the State government increasing reservation for the socially and economically backward classes (SEBC) from 9% to 27% in medical postgraduate courses.After having elaborately heard the matter over the course of the past couple of months, Justice N Nagaresh dismissed the plea...
'Filmmaker Has Artistic Freedom': Kerala High Court Impleads State Police Chief To Prove Statutory Violation In Publication Of Churuli
The Kerala High Court on Friday suo motu impleaded the State Police Chief to file a statement to report if there was any statutory violation in exhibiting the Malayalam movie 'Churuli'. The Court passed the direction in the writ petition filed against the movie citing excessive use of abusive and obscene language Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan while hearing the matter also noted that prima facie,...
Espionage Case: Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Freelance Journalist Rajeev Sharma
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma in connection with a case alleging that he supplied confidential information to Chinese Officials, in exchange of remuneration.Enforcement Directorate had initiated investigation on the basis of an FIR filed against Sharma under the provisions of IPC and Official Secrets Act.Justice Mukta Gupta pronounced the...
Class 12 Exam: Supreme Court Quashes CBSE Policy To Treat Improvement Exams Marks As Final; Directs To Give "Better Of Two" Option To Students
The Supreme Court on Friday struck down Clause 28 of CBSE Policy which held that marks in the later (improvement) exams will be considered final for the assessment of Class 12 exams for the last academic year. The Bench further directed that the CBSE shall provide the option to the candidate to accept the better of the two marks obtained for the final declaration of the results. The Supreme...
'Adverse Possession' Of Property vs 'Permissive Possession': Karnataka High Court Explains
The Karnataka High Court has said a person will not acquire adverse possession by simply remaining in permissive possession, for however long it may be. Dr. Justice HB Prabhakara Sastry said, "Article 65 of the Limitation Act presupposes that the limitation starts only if the defendants prove the factum of adverse possession affirmatively from a particular time." It added that,...
Non-Compliance With Principles Of Natural Justice A Valid Ground For Setting Aside Arbitral Award, May Be Urged At Any Stage: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has ruled that non-compliance with principles of natural justice is a good ground to set aside an arbitral award.A Division Bench of Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar and Justice C.S. Sudha, while allowing an appeal, set aside the order of the Additional District Court and the impugned award observing:"Arbitration, albeit lacking state sponsorship, is an adjudicatory system...
Supreme Court Allows NEET Counselling For PG & UG Admissions For 2021-2022 Based On Existing EWS/OBC Reservation In All India Quota
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the commencement of counselling process for NEET-PG and NEET-UG for 2021-22 admissions on the basis of the existing 27% quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) in the All India Quota.The Court upheld the constitutionality of 27% OBC reservation. As regards criteria to determine EWS(Rupees 8 lakhs...
Appeal Against Admission Of Winding Up: 'Moonshine Defence By SpiceJet, Ploy To Avoid Liability': Swiss Corporation Argues Before Madras High Court
After hearing the caveator Credit Suisse AG at length, Madras High Court has decided to hear the appeal against the admission of SpiceJet's winding up further on January 10, 2022. Yesterday, a Division Bench of Justice Paresh Upadhyay and Sathi Kumar Sukumara Kurup heard the counsel appearing for the Switzerland based Corporation, Advocate Rahul Balaji. While deferring the...
