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Kerala High Court Directs Police To Publish Details Of Officers Found Guilty Of Corruption Or Human Rights Violations
In a significant verdict, the Kerala High Court has directed the Kerala Police to publish in its official website the details of police officers who have been found guilty of corruption or human rights violations. This direction has to be complied within 30 days from March 20.The High Court ruled that the Police cannot shield the names of officers who have been found guilty or dismissed...
'Comprehensive Traffic Management Plan For Kaushambi, Ghaziabad Needed' : Supreme Court Constitutes Committee
The Supreme Court has constituted a committee to evolve a "comprehensive traffic management plan" for Kaushambi, Ghaziabad.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, MR Shah and Sanjiv Khanna passed a direction in this regard in a writ petition filed by the President of the Kaushambi Apartments Resident Welfare Association under Article 32 of the Constitution, highlighting a magnitude of...
"PILs Cannot Be Thrown Out Only Because Petitioner Belongs To Rival Political Party": Supreme Court
Supreme Court has recently observed that a Public Interest Litigation cannot be thrown out only because the petitioner belongs to a rival political party. The Court has observed that the persons with political affiliations are, as much entitled to file public interest litigation as any other person. The observations have been made by the Court in its order granting interim relief to...
Improve Conditions Of Fishermen, Educate Them In Respect Of Hygiene, Presentation & Organise The Fishing Sector: Madras High Court
Hearing two pleas instituted by fishermen associations, the Madras High Court last week asked the Centre and the State to put their best foot forward for improving the conditions of the fishermen across the State of Tamil Nadu. Noting that it is a completely unorganised sector that most of the fishermen are not even registered, the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and...
ED Officer's Writ Filed With Ulterior Motives, Hidden Agenda: Kerala Govt Tells High Court
The Kerala Government has filed its counter affidavit against the writ petition filed by P Radhakrishnan, Deputy Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging the investigation instituted by the Kerala Crime Branch into allegations of Swapna Suresh being forced into implicating the Chief Minister and others in the smuggling case. In its counter, the Kerala Government charges...
Jammu & Kashmir High Court Dismisses Mehbooba Mufti's Plea For Issuance Of Passport
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday (29th March) dismissed former Chief Minister of J&K & Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti's plea seeking issuance of passport to her.Noting that the Court's scope in the matter of grant or otherwise of passport (in favour of an individual) was very limited, the Bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey observed, "The Court...
Give Wide Publicity To Crop Insurance Scheme Under PMFBY For Farmers' Benefit : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State Government to give wide publicity to the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) scheme for the benefit of farmers. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj said "Clause no 26 of the scheme itself mentions about giving adequate publicity and awareness. We direct the state government to give...
POCSO : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Compounding Of Case Involving Teenagers
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a special leave petition which raises the issue that whether an adolescent boy, who enters into a relationship with a girl who is less than 18 years of age, can be punished for the offence of sexual assault under the POCSO Act.The petition is preferred against an order of the Madras High Court in Maruthupandi v. State, holding that even if a minor...
'Nightmare To Travel From Noida To Delhi Which Takes Two Hours Instead Of 20 Minutes': Supreme Court Issues Notice In NOIDA Resident's Plea
The Supreme Court issued notice to Central Government and Delhi Police Commissioner to ensure that the road area is kept clear so that the passage from one place to other is not affected.The bench was considering a writ petition filed by a woman resident of NOIDA who alleged that her travel to Delhi it is taking two hours instead of normal 20 minutes.Before the bench headed by Justice...
Can DRT Condone Delay In Filing Application Under Section 17 SARFAESI Act? Supreme Court To Examine
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a special leave petition which raises the issue whether the Debts Recovery Tribunal has the power to condone the delay in filing an application under Section 17 of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Reinforcement of Security Interest(SARFAESI) Act 2002.The petition was filed against a judgment of the Kerala High Court which...
Second Appeal: Judgment Should Not Be Interfered With By High Court Unless There Is A Substantial Question Of Law, Reiterates Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that, the judgment of the First Appellate Court should not be interfered with by the High Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, unless there is a substantial question of law.The First Appellate Court is the final Court on facts. the bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat observed.In this...