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Karnataka High Court Directs Govt. To Compensate Students Who Were Denied Benefits Of Mid-Day Meal Scheme
The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to inform in how much time and in what manner it would compensate each and every student who is entitled to the benefit of Mid-day meal scheme but it was denied to them from May 31, due to Covid-19 pandemic. The direction followed after the state government admitted that after 31st May, 2020, there is no implementation of...
An Employee Who Retired On 31st Of A Month Not Entitled To Increment Which Would Have Fallen Due On 1st Of Next Month: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that an employee, who has retired on the 31st of a month, cannot claim the benefit of an increment which became due on the 1st of the next month, as on that day, his status is not that of an employee but of a pensioner. In a writ petition filed by a Senior Hydrogeologist in the Department of Industries (Geological wing) who had retired on March...
"High Courts Have Power To Strike Down Central Acts": Supreme Court Asks Petitioner Challenging Epidemic Act To Move HC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday required the withdrawal of a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Epidemics Act, suggesting that the concerned High Court be approached."What kind of a writ petition have you filed? Don't you have something called the High Court of Judicature of Bombay?', asked Justice D. Y. Chandrachud at the outset from petitioner-in-person Harshal...
Seriousness Of Crime Not A Ground To Deny Premature Release To A Life Convict; Reformative Element To Be Considered: Bombay High Court
The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court recently observed that merely stating that the crime committed by convict was a serious one, without anything else, cannot be a good ground to refuse premature release. A Bench of Justices MS Sonak and MS Jawalkar therefore allowed the petition of a life convict under Section 302 of IPC (Murder) and directed that he be granted premature release, as...
Plea Alleging Illegal Detention Of 2 Nigerian Nationals Since September 2019: Allahabad High Court Seeks Govt. Response
While hearing the Habeas Corpus Petition filed in relation to the alleged illegal detention of 2 Nigerian nationals (since September last year), the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday (10th November) directed the Union Of India and the Uttar Pradesh Government to respond to the allegations put forth in the Petition.The Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Samit Gopal was hearing the...
CBI Books 16 Persons Over Social Media Posts Targeting Judges Of Supreme Court & AP High Court
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked 17 people for allegedly defaming the Indian Judiciary and targeting the judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court as well as the Supreme Court. The development comes in the backdrop of a direction made by a Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, ordering CBI Inquiry into cases registered for defamatory remarks against...
High Court Not Required To Frame Substantial Question Of Law While Dismissing Second Appeal: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that a High Court is not required to frame substantial question of law while dismissing a second appeal.The formulation of substantial question of law or reformulation of the same arises only if there are some questions of law and not in the absence of any substantial question of law, the bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay...
NCLT Delhi Closed for 2 Days After Staff Member Tests Covid Positive
The National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi bench today announced that it will remain shut for 2 days, until 18.11.2020, as one of its staff members had tested positive for Covid-19.The notice issued by the Registrar of the NCLT bench said that with the due approval of the Acting President of the NCLT bench, it had been decided that virtual hearing of urgent cases would continue in the...
Mere Registration Of Multiple Cases Not A Ground To Cancel Bail: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a rape survivor seeking to cancel bail granted to the accused on the ground that he is a habitual offender and has similar cases registered against him. Justice H P Sandesh said "In the absence of any cogent material on record, the liberty of any person as envisaged under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, cannot be...
Delhi Court Rejects Bail Application Of Man Accused Of Murdering Auto-Driver During Delhi Riots
A court in Delhi has rejected the bail application of a 28-year-old man accused of murdering a young auto driver during the Delhi riots earlier this year. The accused person had argued that his fellow co-accused persons were already released on bail, charge-sheet was filed, investigation was complete and he wasn't required anymore in the matter for custodial interrogation. It...
SC Rejects Plea Of Govt. Service Candidates Against Invalidation Of Results For Whitener Use, Despite Evaluation By Computer
"In this country, people who comply with rules are punished. And people who don't comply will always have arguments", remarked Justice Ravindra Bhat on MondayThe petitioners before the bench of Justices U. U. Lalit, Vineet Saran and Bhat were candidates in the Bihar Elementary Teachers Eligibility Test 2017 who had, despite clear instructions to the contrary, in fact used a whitener over...