'Sympathy Has No Place In The Eyes of Law': Jharkhand High Court Denies Relief To Candidate Who Entered Wrong Roll No. In OMR Sheet

The Jharkhand High Court recently refused to allow a candidate's request for re-evaluation of the OMR Sheet, observing that it will lead to 'manipulation'. The aspirant had wrongly circled '6' instead of '8' while filling her roll-number, which led to the non-evaluation of paper 2 in the Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Competitive Examination. Justice S.N. Pathak observed, "If the contention...

Can't Examine Validity Of Order Passed By Child Welfare Committee Under JJ Act In Writ Of Habeas Corpus: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that validity of an order passed by the Child Welfare Committee under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 cannot be examined in a writ of habeas corpus. A division bench of Justice Vinod Kumar Bharwani and Justice Sandeep Mehta made it clear that such an order passed under the JJ Act is valid and thus, the person cannot...

Online Registration System For Championships, Important Posts In Sports Bodies Exclusively For Sports Persons: Madras HC Issues Directions To Prevent 'Favouritism' & 'Nepotism'

In the absence of eminent sportspersons' involvement in decision making, arbitrariness and extraneous consideration in selection will continue to cause injustice to be meted out to the deserving candidates, the court noted in the order.

Step-Motherly Treatment Being Given To 'Sanskrit' Language In Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that in the State of Uttar Pradesh, the state is giving stepmotherly treatment to the Sanskrit Language and further, sought a response from the UP Government as to why it is not creating a regular post of Sanskrit Teacher in the state. The bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal observed thus as it noted that in the state of UP, no post of Lecturer...

Former UP Advocate General & Petitioner In 'First Judges Case' Sr Adv Surya Prakash Gupta Passes Away

Former Uttar Pradesh Advocate General and petitioner in the First Judges Case (the first of the 'Three Judges Cases'), Senior Advocate SP Gupta passed away on January 16, 2022. He was 92 and had been unwell for past few days.SP Gupta was enrolled as an advocate in the year 1951 and was designated as a Senior in 1979. He had the opportunity to serve as the Advocate General for the State of...

Unilateral Appointment Of Arbitrator Not Permissible: NTPC Loses To Its Contracting Party In Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that no single party can be permitted to unilaterally appoint an Arbitrator, as it would defeat the purpose of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, i.e., unbiased adjudication of dispute between the parties.Accordingly, Justice Suresh Kumar Kait dismissed a unilateral arbitral clause imposed by NTPC, a Public Sector Undertaking, in its contract with...

3 Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case Ordered To Be Shifted To Bengaluru Central Prison From Mumbai Jail

A sessions court in Bengaluru on Wednesday has ordered the shifting of three accused allegedly involved in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh to be shifted to the Central Prison in Bengaluru from Arthur road prison in Mumbai. Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge Anil Bheemsen Katti in its order said, "Accused no.3 (GANESH MISKIN ALIAS GANEHS ALIAS MITHUN), 4 (AMITH...

'Inappropriate Cremation' Of Ex-VP HCBA-"Shows Real Face Of Law & Order In UP": Letter Plea In Allahabad HC Seeks CBI Probe

A letter petition has been filed before the Allahabad High Court alleging that Allahabad, Allahabad, Mangla Prasad Tripathi was cremated without proper investigation by the police department on January 18, 2022, and further seeking CBI inquiry into the matter.The letter petition has been moved by Advocates, Gaurav Dwivedi, Rajneesh Kumar Singh, O.P. Singh, Saurabh Singh, Rohit Pandey...

Karnataka High Court Issues Circular Directing Officers To Follow Supreme Court's Limitation Extension Order

Karnataka High Court has issued a circular directing Officers and Officials working on the judicial side at Principal Bench, Bengaluru, Benches at Dharwad and Kalaburagi to follow the directions issued by the Supreme Court, excluding the period from 15.03.2020 till 28.02.2022, for the purposes of limitation. Supreme Court in Miscellaneous Application No.21/2022 in Suo Motu Writ...

VVIP Chopper Scam: Delhi High Court Seeks Translated Copy Of Dubai SC Order Relating To Christian Michel's Extradition

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday continued hearing the bail application filed by Christian James Michel, accused of bribery in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland Chopper Scam. Advocate Aljo K. Joseph, appearing for Michel, argued that he was exonerated by an Italian court of all charges.He submitted that the Italian Court had only tried Giuseppe Orsi, the head of AgustaWestland's...

Suo Moto Case Regarding Nehru Place Fire Incident: Manushi Sangathan Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Impleadment

Manushi Sangathan, an organization representing 67 hawkers and vendors, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking impleadment in the suo moto case registered last year following a fire incident at a building in the Nehru Place market. The organization has sought impleadment as a necessary party, claiming that the their vending activities are protected under the order passed by the Supreme...

Protection Petitions: P&H High Court Makes Declaration Regarding Status Of Minor Children From First Marriage Mandatory

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it mandatory for parties moving the High Court with their protection pleas in case of Live-in relationships or second marriage, despite subsisting marriages, to declare the status of the minor children from their first marriage, if any.A notice has been issued in this regard on Tuesday by the HC administration which states thus:"This is for...