Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Direction To IITs To Follow Govt's Reservation Policy For Faculty Recruitment, Research Degree Admissions

A plea has been moved before the Supreme Court seeking direction to all the twenty-three Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) to follow the reservation policy in the admission in research degree program and recruitment of faculty in the IITs. The plea alleges that the reservation policy that provides the reservation to socially marginalized community belonging to the SC (15%),...

"Mischievous Petition, Aims At Isolating Muslim Community ": Trustee Of Lucknow Mosque Moves SC Opposing PIL Challenging Provisions Of Places Of Worship Act

A co-mutawalli of 350-year-old ''TeelyWali masjid'' of Lucknow, Wasif Hasan, has approached the Supreme Court seeking intervention in the pending PIL challenging provisions of the Places of Worship Act.The applicant has opposed the plea filed by lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, claiming that the petition is a mischievous one which aims at isolating the Muslim Community as a...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [March 15 - March 21]

Important Judgments/ Orders this week:

Ours A Politically Sensitive State, Hardly Anyone Completely Apolitical, Political Leaning No Bar To Post Of Non-Hereditary Temple Trustee: Kerala HC

"..Perhaps that may be the reason why Kerala has become a State of political swinging.”

No Bar In CPC/ Arbitration Act For Accepting Immovable Property As Security For Stay Of Decree: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that there is no bar in the Code of Civil Procedure or under the Arbitration Act, 1996, in accepting immovable property as security for stay of decree. While emphasizing that the intention behind seeking security is simply to furnish an effective cushion for the decree-holder in case the challenge to the decree fails, a Single Bench of...

Supreme Court Nullifies Kerala High Court Direction That Final Report Under Section 173(2) CrPC Should Be Filed Even For Removal Of Accused

The Supreme Court has held that the general directions issued by the Kerala High Court regarding the deletion of parties from the array of accused in the final report should not be given effect to.A bench comprising Justices Mohan Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran observed that the directions will have no general application and will apply only to the facts of the particular case.The Supreme...

'Considering Age Factor Will Give Adverse Result': Kerala HC declines Pre-Arrest to 18 Year Old Accused Of Transmitting Morphed Content Online

“The offences alleged against this petitioner is an affront to a decent society.”

Provisions For Jurisdiction Of Consumer Commissions Under Consumer Protection Act 2019 Not Retrospective In Operation: NCDRC

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has on Tuesday held that provisions regarding Jurisdiction of District, State and National Commission under Section 34,47 and 58 of the consumer protection Act of 2019 are prospective in operation and not retrospective.Therefore, the complaints instituted before Act 2019 came into force are to be adjudicated by the District, State and...

NGT Directs Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary To Comply With Its Orders Issued In Light Of Yamuna Monitoring Committee's Recommendations

The National Green Tribunal has on Friday asked Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary to comply with Tribunal's previous orders to evolve mechanism to deal with discharge of untreated sewage, on recommendations of the Yamuna Monitoring Committee (YMC)The order has been issued in a plea filed seeking directions to take remedial action to prevent untreated sewage or effluent being discharged in the...

Future -Amazon Case : FRL Appeals To Delhi High Court DB Against Single Bench Order Upholding Emergency Award

Challenging the Single-Judge bench order of the Delhi High Court upholding an award by a Singapore Tribunal against the contested Reliance-Future Retail Ltd stake sale deal worth nearly Rs.25,000 cr, the Future Group companies have moved the Delhi High Court in appeal.The appeal is scheduled to be heard on Mar 22 by a Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh.A...

Partner Cannot Claim Experience Of Erstwhile Firm In Independent Capacity: Punjab and Haryana High Court

In a landmark judgment on partnership law and the scope of judicial review in tender matters, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice R.S. Jha and Justice Arun Palli while deciding CWP-20130/2020, held that a person who was earlier a partner of an erstwhile partnership firm could not claim the benefit of experience certificates issued in the name of such firm for satisfying...

Plea In Calcutta HC Challenging WB Govt's Decision To Withdraw Cases Against Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's Bimal Gurung

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved before the Calcutta High Court, challenging the West Bengal Government's decision to withdraw Criminal cases against Gorkha Janmukti Morcha founder president Bimal Gurung.The Plea, filed by one Ankur Sharma, a Law Graduate, and a Social Activist through Advocate Sushovon Dey, states that he is disturbed by the news of the Invocation of the...