Latest News
'Argument In Frustration' : Calcutta High Court Rejects West Bengal's Allegations Of Bias Against NHRC Committee In Post-Poll Violence Case
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday rejected the West Bengal State government's contention that there existed a 'reasonable apprehension of bias' against members of the NHRC committee who had been tasked with the responsibility of collating complaints pertaining to allegations of post poll violence in the State. During earlier hearings, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing on...
Court Can Interfere In Unconditional Bank Guarantee Only When There Isn't A Slightest Possibility Of Amount's Restitution: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has recently observed that there can be no interference with an unconditional bank guarantee except when fraud is established or apprehension of irretrievable injustice is demonstrated. The Bench of Justice G. S. Patel observed that while a bank guarantee's encashment or realization has a localized adverse effect on the bank, this must be set against, and...
B.Ed In Biological Science Eligible Qualification For HSA(Natural Science) Post : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that candidates with B.ED degree in 'Biological Science' are eligible to apply to the post of High School Assistant (Natural Sciences) in government schools in Kerala.A bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice Aniruddha Bose set aside the judgments of the Kerala High Court which held that B.Ed degree in 'Biological Science' was not a qualification for...
NGT Directs Odisha Government To Notify Elephant Corridors Within Two Months
The National Green Tribunal, East Zone Bench, Kolkata has directed the Odisha state government to notify the elephant corridors in terms of the elephant corridors as identified by the Asian Nature Conservation Foundation (ANCF) and the Action Plan on the the time-line for implementation of the recommendations made by the ANCF, within a period of two months.Judicial Member, Justice B....
COVID- Delhi High Court To Resume Limited Physical Hearings From August 31, District Courts From August 24
Preponing it's earlier schedule, full Court of the Delhi High Court has resolved to resume limited physical hearings in the High Court as well as the District Courts from August 31 and August 24 respectively.The office orders issued on Thursday modifies the earlier order issued by the Court which had stated that Physical hearings in the Delhi High Court as well as the District Courts will...
Sunanda Pushkar's Death Not Confirmed As Suicide; Even If Suicide Assumed, No Material To Show Abetment By Shashi Tharoor : Delhi Court In Discharge Order
Discharging Congress MP Dr. Shashi Tharoor of the charges of cruelty and abetment to suicide in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case, a Delhi Court has observed that there was no prima facie willful conduct on his part likely to drive Pushkar to commit suicide and that in absence of sufficient material, Tharoor cannot be compelled to face the rigmaroles of a criminal trial.The Delhi...
'Headless, Defunct Without Qualified Incumbents': Delhi High Court Expresses Dismay Over Delay In Filling Up DRT Vacancies
The Delhi High Court recently condemned the delay by the Central Government in appointing Presiding officers to Debt Recovery Tribunals across the country, and sought the Department's response in this regard within a week. A Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh remarked as such:"...the real problem being faced by the DRTs today is that they are headless and more...
Madras High Court Pulls Up Police For Non-Responsive Conduct; Says Exaggerated & Stereotyped Allegations Are Commonplace Nowadays
While granting regular/ anticipatory bail to various persons accused in an incident of ransacking the police station, the Madras High Court took judicial notice of the fact that most of the criminal complaints in the State are being registered with exaggerated versions. It noted that almost every complaint in the State is registered with the offence under Section 506(ii) [Criminal...
Gangubhai Kathiawadi Movie : Bombay High Court Stays Criminal Defamation Proceedings Against Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Alia Bhatt, Bhansali Productions
The Bombay High Court has temporarily stayed defamation proceedings against the makers of the film Gangubai Kathiawadi, including the film's director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and lead actor Alia Bhatt. The movie is based on a chapter of the book Mafia Queens of Mumbai. Justice Revati Mohite Dere issued notice to the respondents and granted a stay on the proceedings before the trial...