"No Discrimination": Delhi High Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging Allowance Reduction For Air India Employees

The Delhi High Court has dismissed pleas challenging office order by which allowances of the Air India employees were reduced, observing that there was no discrimination rather there was a justifiable ground in reducing the allowances for the pilots and engineers.Justice V Kameswar Rao said that it was for the Centre and Air India to determine, by taking into account relevant considerations,...

Minor's Deposition Should Be Completed Expeditiously, Bombay High Court Seeks Explanation From Trial Judge On Delay

The Bombay High Court has said that in cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, where the victims are minor, the trial court should complete the deposition of the victim as expeditiously as possible."In cases where the victims are minor, POCSO Courts should atleast complete the examination of the victim/prosecutrix, as expeditiously as possible, lest the victims who...

Rajasthan High Court Restrains State From Issuing Registration Certificate To Senior Lawyers Association On Bar Association's Plea

The Rajasthan High Court restrains state from issuance of registration certificate to Rajasthan High Court Senior Lawyers Association, Jaipur till further orders. The plea was filed by Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur through its General Secretary Adv. Girraj Prasad Sharma. Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal, ruled , "Taking into consideration the contentions advanced...

UP Power Corporation EPF Scam: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Prime Accused Parveen Kumar Gupta

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to the former General Manager of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited and prime accused in the Corporation's EPF Scam, Parveen Kumar Gupta.The Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia has granted him bail on the condition of his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.5,00,000/- each to the satisfaction of the court concerned.The case...

Supreme Court Refuses to Entertain SP Leader Azam Khan's Plea Seeking Interim Bail To Participate In Election Campaign

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking ad-interim ex-parte bail filed by Mohammad Azam Khan, Samajwadi Party's candidate from Rampur in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections, to participate in the election campaign. Refusing to grant relief in a writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, a Bench...

Hijab Ban - Students Should Not Wear Religious Symbols In Educational Institutions : Karnataka Govt Tells High Court

The State government has told the Karnataka High Court that it is not interested in interfering with the religious beliefs but is only concerned to maintain uniformity, cohesiveness, discipline and public order which is indispensable to an educational institution. In the statement of objection filed in response to the batch of petitions filed challenging the action of colleges...

Natural Justice Principles Have Limited Role In Matters Of National Security : Kerala High Court In MediaOne Case

The Kerala High Court on Monday while upholding the order of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting revoking the broadcast license granted to Malayalam news channel MediaOne observed that the principles of natural justice have to give way when national security is at threat. In the judgment that runs into 42 pages, Justice N. Nagaresh has contemplated this issue in several...

Allahabad HC Orders Action Against Police Officers Who Failed To Serve Bail Plea Of POCSO Accused Upon Victim, CWC

The Allahabad High Court last week directed the Senior Superintendent of Police, Bulandshahr to take appropriate action against the responsible officers who failed to serve the POCSO Accused bail application upon the victim/legal guardian as well as upon the CWC as per the directions issued by this Court in Junaid case.It may be noted that in Junaid's case, the High Court had, inter alia,...

High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Respond On Plea For Protection Of Children Orphaned Due To COVID-19

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response from the Delhi Government regarding the steps taken by it in order to safeguard the interests of children, who were orphaned due to Covid-19, against trafficking. A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was dealing with a plea filed by Advocate Jeetender Gupta seeking directions to Centre and Delhi Government to...

Better To Scrap Law, Abolish Tribunals If Govt Can't Appoint POs In DRTs, DRATs: Allahabad HC Seeks Centre's Reply

In a strongly worded order, the Allahabad High Court today lashed out at Central Government for its failure to make appointments to the vacant posts of Presiding Officer/Chairman of Debt Recovery Tribunals and Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals.The Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh even remarked that if the Government is unable to appoint competent persons as Presiding Officers/Chairmen...

Writ Court Can't Sit In Appeal Over Departmental Proceedings, Particularly When There Are Concurrent Findings On Charge: Jharkhand HC

The Jharkhand High Court has recently reiterated that the writ court does not sit in appeal against the orders passed in departmental proceedings, particularly when there are concurrent findings concerning the proved charges. Referring to the precedent in Pravin Kumar v. Union of India, Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary noted,"This Court finds that in the instant case the petitioner has not...

[Matrimonial Disputes] Court Has To Be Careful In Summoning Distant Relatives Sans Any Specific Material: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that in criminal cases arising out of matrimonial disputes, the Court has to be careful in summoning distant relatives without there being specific material against them.The Bench of Justice Manju Rani Chauhan also remarked that Mere naming of distant relations in the First Information Report (FIR) is not enough to summon them in absence of any...