Govt Has Authority Under Rajasthan Land Revenue Act To Regularise Unauthorised Land Conversions : High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that the government has authority in terms of Section 90B of the Land Revenue Act, 1956 as it stood at the relevant time and Section 90-A as it stands today to regularise unauthorised conversions of agricultural lands. The division bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice Sudesh Bansal, observed,"Insofar as the Government's desire to regularise...

Tribunal Cannot Trespass Into Foreign Territory Rendering Finding On Caste Status: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently reprimanded the Jabalpur Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal for venturing into foreign territory and rendering a finding on the caste status of the Petitioner as the same was beyond its jurisdiction. The division bench comprising of Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sunita Yadav was essentially dealing with a writ petition, wherein...

'Will Summon Finance Secretary If No Positive Response By February 21': Bombay High Court On Delay In Appointment Of DRAT Chairperson

The Bombay High Court on Thursday once again pulled up the Finance Ministry for the delay in appointment of Chairperson to the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (Mumbai), and warned of summoning the Secretary, MoF. A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik observed that they could not "allow justice to become a casualty," and sought a positive response on the appointment...

Gujarat High Court & District Courts To Revert To Physical Hearing From February 21

According to an official circular issued on Thursday, the Gujarat High Court and the subordinate courts will resume physical hearing soon in light of the decline in the number of Covid-19 cases in the State. While the High Court is set to resume physical hearing from 21 February, the Courts in about 200 districts have been permitted to switch from virtual hearing from 14 February, subject...

[Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher 2021] PIL Before HC To Cancel the Exam And To Investigate the Paper Leak by Central Investigation Agency

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur seeking to cancel the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher 2021 (REET-2021) and to investigate the paper leak by the Central Investigation Agency. The REET examination was conducted on 26.09.2021. In the present matter, the bench has listed the matter on 28.02.2022. Justice Mahendar...

'Move To Impose Cultural Uniformity In Plural Country' : Feminist & Democratic Groups Condemn Targeting Of Hijab-Wearing Muslim Students

Over a thousand feminist and civil rights democratic organisations from across the country have collectively released a statement on Thursday condemning the targeting and exclusion of Hijab-wearing Muslim women students in Karnataka's educational institutions.The statement which has been signed by over 1,750 individuals including academicians, lawyers and activists reads, "Hijab ban is only...

'Part Of Judgement Relates To Some Other Matters' : Gauhati HC Pulls Up Addl. District Judge For Copy-Paste Order

The Gauhati High Court while hearing an arbitration appeal held that the infamous copy-paste culture causes miscarriage of justice and such culture is absolutely unacceptable as it is bad in law.The High court found that on a plain reading of the impugned judgment, some parts of it were related to the case in hand while some parts of it were related to some other matter."On a plain reading of...

Candidates Cannot Change Domicile Status In Counselling Form After Last Date Of Registration: High Court Of Madhya Pradesh

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently dismissed a petition filed by a NEET candidate seeking directions of the Court to allow him to change his domicile status to M.P. on his counselling form, since the last date of registration had passed. Citing Rule 6 of the Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Admission Rules, 2018 (hereinafter referred to as, "the Admission Rules"), the...

President Appoints 7 New Judges To Andhra Pradesh High Court

In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President of India has appointed seven new judges in Andhra Pradesh High Court with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.(1) Konakanti Sreenivasa Reddy alias Srinivasa Reddy, (2) Gannamaneni Ramakrishna Prasad, (3) Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda, (4)...

President Appoints 3 New Judges To Orissa High Court

The President has appointed 3 new judges to the Orissa High Court. A notification in this regard was issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice today.All of them are Advocates. They are :1. Shri V. Narasingh,2. Shri Biraja Prasanna Satapathy, and3.. Shri Murahari Sri Raman.As per the notification, the appointment is in this order of seniority.The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on...

President Appoints 6 New Judges To Madhya Pradesh High Court

The President of India has appointed 6 new judge to the Madhya Pradesh High Court. A notification in this regard was issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice today.They are 3 advocates and 3 judicial officers. They are : ADVOCATES:1. Shri Maninder Singh Bhatti,2. Shri Dwarka Dhish Bansal @ DD Bansal, and3. Shri Milind Ramesh Phadke.JUDICIAL OFFICERS:1. Shri Amar Nath Kesharwani,2. Shri...

Bombay High Court To Resume Physical Functioning From Next Week

Owing to the improving Covid-19 situation in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has decided to suspend hearing matters virtually and resume full physical functioning from February 14 till March 4. The decision to switch to physical hearings was taken by the Bombay High Court's administrative committee during a meeting with all High Court Bar Associations. Representatives from the BMC...