Three Additional Judges Of Gauhati High Court Made Permanent [Read Notifications]

The Central Government on Thursday appointed three Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court as permanent Judges of that High Court. They are: Justice Manish ChoudhuryJustice Sanjay Kumar Medhi Justice Nani Tagia Justice Choudhury was appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court on January 18, 2019 whereas Justices Medhi and Tagia were appointed on November...

Uttarakhand High Court Suspends Uttarkashi CJM On Allegations Of Beating, Abusing Family Members & Damaging Official Vehicles [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court, by Order of Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice, has issued an Office Memorandum informing that Neeraj Kumar, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Uttarkashi, against whom, a disciplinary proceeding is contemplated, has been put under suspension with immediate effect.The Memorandum states that the employees of Collectorate/residents of Collectorate Colony at Uttarkashi,...

[2017 Manipur Assembly Polls] HC Sets Aside Election Of Congress MLA Y Surchandra, Declares BJP Candidate As Winner

The Manipur High Court on Thursday set aside the election of Y Surchandra Singh as the MLA of Kakching Assembly Constituency in the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly, for filing false affidavit. While declaring his election as null and void, the single-Judge Bench of Justice MV Muralidharan also declared that the petitioner, BJP candidate M Rameshor, is the "duly elected member" of...

[Personal Details Of 4474 RTI Applicant On MIB Site] If Such Large Scale Breaches Are Not Taken Seriously, RTI Itself Will be Trivialized; Bombay HC In Saket Gokhale Case

The Bombay High Court on Thursday instituted an inquiry by the Secretary of Information and Broadcasting Ministry on the issue of personal details of 4474 RTI applicants being uploaded on the official website of the ministry leading to a massive breach. Court observed that if such large scale breaches in the field of Right To Information are not taken seriously, then the right itself will...

Kerala High Court Dismisses PC George MLA's Plea Seeking Postponement Of Local Body Elections Due To Covid-19

The Kerala High Court has dismissed pleas challenging the conduct of elections to Local Bodies in Kerala, for the year 2020, in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic.MLA PC George had approached the High Court challenging the decision of Election Commission contending that the conduct of local body elections in the State of Kerala, in the present health scenario will be violative of...

Allahabad High Court Pulls Up A Judicial Magistrate For Advising The Party 'To Do Or What Not To Do' [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court recently pulled up a Judicial Magistrate for passing a "strange order" whereby he "advised the client (of the Counsel present before the Court) to do or what not to do".The Bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi in his order remarked,"This Court records its strongest exception and impertinence to such type of orders shown by the learned Magistrate and accepts that he would...

[TRP Scam] Sachin Vaze And Team Harassing, Threatening Us To Make Statements Against Republic TV; Hansa Research Group Seeks CBI Probe

The Hansa Research Group has filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court alleging pressure and intimidation tactics being used by Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze and his team of Crime Branch, Mumbai police to make false statements against Republic TV and sought a transfer of investigation in relation to the FIR filed in the TRP scam case to CBI or state CID.Hansa Research...

Interim Order In Writ Petition Challenging SARFAESI Proceedings Should Generally Not Be Passed Without Hearing Secured Creditors: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that interim orders in writ petitions challenging SARFAESI proceedings should generally not be passed without hearing the secured creditor.Interim orders defeat the very purpose of expeditious recovery of public money, said the bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi. Therefore, the High Court should be extremely careful...

EWS Quota : Kerala High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Govt Order To Implement Economic Reservation

The High Court of Kerala on Thursday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) petition which challenges the recent decision of the Government of Kerala to implement reservation for Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) in government jobs and seats in educational institutions.It was on October 12 that the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government issued the orders to provide for reservation of 10%...

Transferred Investigation In BHU Missing Student Case To CBCID: UP Govt. Tells Allahabad High Court [Read Order]

The UP Government on Wednesday informed the Allahabad High Court that it has transferred the investigation in the BHU Missing Student case to CBCID. The State counsel submitted before the Court that despite best efforts made by the police, missing person could not be traced and, therefore, now the State Government has decided to handover this matter to the CBCID for further...

Regulatory Regime Needed For Using Disinfectants, Fumigation, UV Rays On Human Body : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that there has to be a regulatory regime for the use of disinfectants, fumigation or UV ray on the human body.The top court strongly urged the Central Government to invoke the powers under the Disaster Management Act 2005 to consider banning or regulating the e usage of disinfection tunnels involving spraying or fumigation of chemical/organic...

Raigad Police Moves Session Court Challenging CJM's Order Refusing Police Custody Of Arnab Goswami

The Alibaug police in Raigad district on Thursday filed a revision application before a sessions court challenging the order passed by a lower court remanding Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and two others to judicial custody in an abetment of suicide case.Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Sunaina Pingle, after perusal of the case diary and other relevant documents on Wednesday,...