Delhi High Court Impleads Centre, Directs Delhi Govt, Delhi Police To File Status Report On Reopening Of Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz

Hearing a petition by the Delhi Waqf Board through its Chairman, for the reopening of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz on the Delhi Waqf Board's premises in New Delhi, the Delhi High Court today directed the Delhi Government and Delhi Police to file their status report and replies to the petition.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared in the matter for the Centre, seeking to be impleaded and...

'Sanctioning Authority Must Apply Mind' : Bombay HC Quashes Sanction To Prosecute Order Issued 'Mechanically'

The Bombay High Court has ruled that an order granting permission or sanction to prosecute an individual under the Prevention of Corruption Act must demonstrate that the Sanctioning Authority has applied his mind and not passed the order "mechanically". A single bench of Justice SK Shinde held that ordinarily the Sanctioning Authority is the best person to judge, based on...

Allahabad High Court To Resume Functioning In Routine Manner From March 1; Guidelines Issued

The Allahabad High Court has decided to function as usual, in a routine manner, from March 1, 2021. As per an order issued under the orders of Chief Justice Govind Mathur, physical hearing of cases will be held in a routine manner from the said date. To facilitate this, all Judges and their supporting staff will attend the High Court in full strength. The following guidelines...

Tipu Jayanti Tweets : Karnataka High Court Directs Magistrate To Decide Afresh Complaints Against Anant Kumar Hegde, CT Ravi

The Karnataka High Court has directed a Magistrate to consider afresh the criminal complaints against Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde and BJP MLA CT Ravi over the statements made by them in the context of Tipu Jayanti celebrations in 2017.A single bench of Justice John Michael Cunha set aside the order passed by an Additioanl Chief Metropolitan Magsitrate, Bengaluru, which had dismissed...

SC Directs A UP Medical College To Deposit Five Crores For Intentionally Violating Medical Council Regulations While Admitting Students

]Supreme Court has on Wednesday directed Saraswati Medical College to deposit an amount of Rupees Five Crores to the Supreme Court's Registry for intentionally violating the Medical Council Regulations by granting admission to students not allotted by the Director General Medical Education. The Court refused to condone the violation made by College in providing admission to 132 students...

Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Raping US National After Survivor Refuses To Pursue Case

The Delhi High Court recently allowed the regular bail application of a man, co-accused in a criminal case filed against rape of a US national. A Single Bench of Justice Anu Malhotra allowed the bail plea after it was informed that the prosecutrix has refused to pursue the matter any further. The Bench observed that counsel for the prosecutrix, appointed by the Trial Court, had...

'State Can Provide For Election Of More Than One Member From A Ward' : SC Upholds Gujarat Municipal Law Amendment

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Section 5(3) (iii)(a) and Section 29A of the Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949, which provides multi member representation from a Ward in the Municipal Corporation/Municipality.Articles 243R and 243S of the Constitution of India does not contain any limitation to the effect that there shall be only one member from one...

Death Of 800 Olive Ridley Sea Turtles In Odisha: Orissa High Court Registers Suo Moto PIL

The Orissa High Court on Tuesday (23rd February) registered suo-moto PIL [In Re : Olive Ridley Turtles] taking into cognizance Down to Earth Magazine's report (dated 04th February) based on the death of around 800 Olive Ridley sea turtles. The Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice B. P. Routray issued notices to the Government of Odisha, among others, to apprise the...

Giving Extra Chance For A Few In UPSC Exams Will Have A Cascading Effect On Other Examinations :SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking for an additional chance for Civil Services candidates who had exhausted their last attempt in October 2020 at giving the UPSC examination. The judgement, authored by Justice Ajay Rastogi, notes that the Petitioners had approached the Court for an additional attempt when they failed to achieve their goal of...

Grant Of Essentiality Certificate By State Government To Establish Medical College Is Not Simply A Ministerial Act: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that grant of Essentiality Certificate by the State Government and Consent of Affiliation by the University is not simply a ministerial act.The court held that essentiality Certificate is mandatorily required by a person before he receives permission for establishment of a Medical College.The State Government has power to withdraw the EC where it is obtained by...

"A Lady With 90% Burn Injury Can't Be Kept Like That": Jharkhand HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of The Incident Based On A Mail Received To Court

The Jharkhand High Court last week took suo moto cognizance of an e-mail complaining about the negligent attitude adopted by the MGM Hospital, Jamshedpur as it alleged that a lady with 90% burn injury was left half-naked and without any proper medical facilities. Appearing before the Bench of Chief Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad the sender of the...

Monthly Maintenance To Minor Cannot Be Deposited In Bank Account With A Direction For Disbursement On Attainment Of Majority: Kerala High Court

The High Court of Kerala has set aside the directions issued by the Family Court directing maintenance allowance to be deposited by the father in a bank account in name of the minor child that who would receive the amount on attaining majority. A Single Bench of Justice Mary Joseph issued the direction while hearing a plea by the minor's mother against Family Court's directions...