Encroachment Of Water Bodies: Madras High Court Summons TN Chief Secretary Over Inaction In Preparing The List Of Water Bodies Across The State

In a matter pertaining to the illegal encroachments of water bodies, the Madras High Court has come down heavily on the concerned officers for not complying with the previous High Court Order for enumeration of water bodies across the state. The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice PD Audikesavalu was hearing a suo moto petition that...

Supreme Court Sets Aside Speaker's Order Disqualifying Manipur MLA's Keshtrimayum Biren Singh, Yengkhom Surchandra Singh & Sanasam Biren Singh

The Supreme Court today set aside an order of disqualification passed by the Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly disqualifying Keshtrimayum Biren Singh, Yengkhom Surchandra Singh and Sanasam Biren Singh from the term of the 11th Legislative Assembly of Manipur.Opining that since the order passed by the Speaker has been set aside, the bench of Justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat, and Bela...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Clarify When Retired Supreme Court, High Court Judges Will Receive Additional Pension

Lok Sabha passed the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021 that seeks to amend: (i) the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954, and (ii) the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1958. These Acts regulate the salaries and conditions of service of the judges of High Courts and the...

Incorrect To Punish Man For Rape If His Promise To Marry Didn't Fructify Due To Opposition From Family Elders: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday acquitted a man of rape charges while noting that it would be incorrect to punish someone for the offence of rape if the promise to marry did not fructify due to the subsequent events, namely, opposition from family elders which is not attributable to the accused.The Bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Bivas Pattanayak noted that the man/appellant was...

[Antilia Terror Scare Case] Bombay High Court sets Aside Special NIA Court's Decision Staying It's Own Bail Order For Bookie Naresh Gaur

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday paved the way for release of Naresh Gaur, the first recipient of bail in the Ambani Terror Scare and Mansukh Hiran Murder Case.Justice SK Shinde set aside the Special NIA court's decision to stay it's own order for 25 days, after granting him bail.The order was stayed at the National Investigation Agency's request to allow them to challenge bail granted to...

'Non-Application Of Mind, Impounding Over A Private Complaint Without Any Rhyme Or Reason': Madras High Court On Impounding Of Leena Manimekalai's Passport

Madras High Court has recently ordered the release of filmmaker Leena Manimekalai's passport impounded over the pendency of criminal defamation proceedings against her. A single-judge bench of Justice M. Dhandapani ordered the Regional Passport Office, Chennai to release Manimekalai's Passport within one week on receipt of court order. In the order, the court has elaborately...

Provisions Of Rent Act Will Not Have Overriding Effect Over Provisions Of SARFAESI Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a secured creditor has precedence and first charge over the secured assets, under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act (SARFAESI), and provisions of the Rent Act would not override provisions of SARFAESI Act. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin...

"There Seems To Be A Big Disconnect": Delhi High Court Calls For Meeting With Stakeholders Over Implementation Of Street Vendors Act

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday called for a meeting with all the stakeholders including the Chairpersons of all the three Municipal Corporations, New Delhi Municipal Council, the Delhi Cantonment Board and the concerned Director of the DDA to work out the implementation of the Street Vendors Act.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh scheduled a meeting in the High Court premises...

Place A Concrete Decision By Next Posting Date: Kerala High Court Directs State On Decision To Formulate Legislation To End Church Feud

The Kerala High Court has directed the State Attorney to confirm if the government is considering bringing about a legislation for the management and administration of the Churches caught in the Orthodox-Jacobite row.A Division Bench of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Sophy Thomas while granting further time, observed:"We want to see that a concrete decision of the Government is...

[INI CET Examination] Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea For Defined Criteria For Arriving At Seat Matrix For Institutional Preference Candidates

The Supreme Court today issued notice in a writ petition seeking for a defined criteria for arriving at seat matrix for the institutional preference candidates in INI-CET examination.The bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna while issuing notice made it clear that no order shall be passed for admission to INI CET Exam for the current session. Courtroom Exchange When the matter...

Kerala High Court Directs State To Widely Broadcast Its Facilities To Enable More Devotees Attend Sabarimala Darshan

The Kerala High Court has directed the State and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TBD) to broadly promulgate the facilities recently made available to Sabarimala pilgrims to facilitate entry to more devotees to the temple and to attend darshan therein, in view of the two month pilgrimage season.In a suo moto matter taken up based on the Sabarimala Special Commissioner's report, the Division...

Specify Steps Taken To Implement Manual Scavenging Prohibition Act In Letter & Spirit: Orissa High Court To State Govt

The Orissa High Court has asked the State Government to file an affidavit specifying steps it has taken so far to implement the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act (PEMSR Act), 2013.The Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice A. K. Mohapatra also sought to know from the Collector of Puri as to whether there is awareness among the...