SC/ST Act Can't Be Invoked Merely Because Victim's Mother Belongs To Scheduled Caste: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has held that a person, whose one parent belongs to the scheduled caste community and another parent to forward caste, will have to in his complaint under the Schedule Caste & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention Of Atrocities) Act, 1989, specifically plead that he belongs to the schedule caste. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna said, "Though the mother...

"Premature": Punjab & Haryana HC Dismisses Lawrence Bishnoi's Plea Filed Over Apprehension Of Fake Encounter By Punjab Police

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a plea filed by Lawrence Bishnoi in connection with the murder of renowned Punjabi Singer Sidhu Moosewala 29, seeking necessary security arrangements, apprehending a fake encounter by the Punjab Police Calling the petition 'premature', the Bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur took into account the submission made by Advocate General, Punjab...

Anxiety No Excuse To Assault Public Servant Discharging Public Duty: Bombay High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail With Warning

The Bombay High Court has made it clear that citizens, no matter how anxious they are or how serious their grievance is, are not permitted to take the law in their own hands and/or adversely deal with Public officials discharging their lawful duty.Observing thus, Justice Bharati Dangre warned one Pravin Sahebrao Bhogawade who abused and threatened a public servant. It was alleged that...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 7 Additional Judges To High Courts Of Bombay, Calcutta, Jharkhand & Madras

The Central Government on Friday notified the appointment of seven Additional Judges to Bombay High Court, Calcutta High Court, Jharkhand High Court and Madras High Court They are as follows:Bombay High Court Urmila Sachin Joshi-Phalke, Judicial Officer Bharat Pandurang Despande, Judicial Officer Calcutta High Court Raja Basu Chowdhury, Advocate Lapita Banerji, Advocate Jharkhand High...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 5 Judges To Patna, Rajasthan & Orissa High Courts

The Central Government has notified the appointments of 5 Judges to Patna, Rajasthan, and Orissa High Courts. Orissa High Court: 1. Sanjay Kumar Mishra, AdvocateRajasthan High Court1. Kuldeep Mathura, Advocate2. Shubha Mehta, Judicial OfficerPatna High Court1. Khatim Reza, Advocate2. Dr. Anshuman,...

Motor Vehicle Sub-Inspector Recruitment Exam: Rajasthan HC Orders Selection Board To Produce Expert Opinion In Plea Challenging Answer Key

The Rajasthan High Court has recently ordered the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board to produce the expert committee opinion in relation to the questions of Motor Vehicle Sub-Inspector Recruitment Exam.The order was passed on the plea filed by Laxman Singh Bhati, who had appeared for the said exam. The plea prayed for directions to the respondents to delete two questions of different model...

Litigant Should Not Be Penalised For Advocate's Misconduct: Calcutta HC Condones 9 Yrs Delay In Filing Revision Plea, Imposes ₹10K Cost

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday opined that a litigant should not be penalised for the misconduct of his advocate and accordingly allowed an application seeking condonation of delay of about 9 years and 4 months in filing the revision petition.The counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted before Justice Kaushik Chanda that the petitioner had not been informed by his advocate that...

If MoU Arises Out Of An Agreement Containing Arbitration Clause, Reference Of MoU Is Valid: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that where an MoU has been signed by the parties for settlement of dues arising under an agreement, arbitration can be sought for violation of the terms of the MoU, even if the MoU does not contain an Arbitration Clause. The Single Bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani held that since the MoU was a part of the dispute covered by the Arbitration...

Illegal Resorts In Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve: Madras High Court Issues Notices To Nat'l Wildlife Board, Tiger Conservation Authority

The Madras High Court on Thursday issued notices to the National Board of Wildlife and the National Tiger Conservation Authority in a plea seeking to close down and remove all the illegal resorts/ lodges/ farmhouses operated in the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve.The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq were hearing a petition filed by Dr. R Karpagam, founder of Oli...

Officials Holding Additional Charge Of Waqf Board Posts Can Order Supersession Of Management Committee, Appoint Executive Officer: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench, recently held that a Deputy Collector and Additional Collector, holding additional charge of Chief Executive Officer and Administrator, respectively, of the Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board can exercise powers under Section 67 (Supervision and supersession of committee of Management) and 38 (Powers of Board to appoint Executive Officer) of the...

'Constitutional Court Can't Be Used As A Coercive Machinery': Calcutta HC Directs Petitioner To Approach Magistrate For Alleged Police Inaction

The Calcutta High Court has recently opined that the power of the Constitutional Court cannot be used as a coercive machinery and thus ordered the aggrieved person to seek relief from the concerned Jurisdictional Magistrate regarding the alleged police inaction. Justice Bibek Chaudhuri was adjudicating upon a case wherein the petitioner had alleged that she had been manhandled and also...

Order XXI Rule 26 CPC | Court Not Bound To Decide Application For Stay Of Execution On First Day, Entitled To Seek Reply Of Decree Holder: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that there is no mandate, in law or otherwise, requiring the executing court to decide the application under Order XXI Rule 26 of Code of Civil Procedure for stay of execution proceedings, on the very first day.Justice C Hari Shankar added that the Executing Court is entitled to call upon the Decree Holder to file a reply to the application before taking...