Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 3 To January 9

A weekly round-up of important cases from Madras High Court, subordinate courts and NGT (Southern Zone).1. Status Quo In Religious Demography Has To Be Maintained; Religious Conversion Can't Be A Group Agenda: Madras High Court Case Title: Fr P. George Ponniah v. The Inspector of Police Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 6 While refusing to quash an FIR registered against the...

No Violation Of Right To Privacy Just Because Peaceful Residence Is Affected : Kerala HC On Toddy Shops In Residential Areas

"...disruption of public order, peace and tranquillity cannot be understood as synonymous to breach of privacy rights"

"Why Doing This Amid Omicron Threat?": MP High Court Stays CWC Order To Shift 44 Children From An Orphanage

Why the children are being shifted in this cold weather and at this difficult time when there is a rising threat of Covid/Omicron?: MP High Court Asks CWC

Bombay High Court Weekly Roundup: January 3 To January 8, 2022

A weekly round-up of the significant judgements and orders passed by the Bombay High Court and other subordinate courts within its jurisdiction this week: Bombay High Court Orders Constitution of Medical Boards For Medical Termination Of Pregnancy As Mandated under the MTP Act Case Title- XXX vs State of Maharashtra Case No. – Writ Petition (L) NO.31015 OF 2021 The Bombay...

The National Green Tribuna (NGT)l- Yearly Round Up 2021

Scientific Disposal of Bio-Medical Waste arising out of COVID-19 treatment The issue for consideration in this matter was the remedial action to address the gaps in compliance of the BMW Rules, 2016, as applicable to the disposal of bio-medical waste arising out of handling of COVID-19 disease, so as to ensure protection of environment and public health, in view of potential...

[Recruitment Of 1,50,000 Asst. Professor Candidates] Rajasthan HC Dismisses Plea Alleging RPSC Procedure Being In Conflict With The UGC Norms

A division bench of Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur dismissed a plea challenging the RPSC procedure for the selection of Assistant Professors in government colleges for a total number of 918 posts. The question arose before the bench that whether or not the qualifications and the method of recruitment, as provided in the advertisement and which are followed by the Rajasthan Public...

Allahabad High Court Again Moves To Virtual Hearing After 8 Judges Test Positive For COVID

The Allahabad High Court (both benches) has again decided to function via Virtual Mode of hearing (starting from tomorrow) after 8 judges, a few judicial employees and some lawyers tested COVID-19 Positive.This decision came 6 days after the High Court had decided to move from a virtual mode of hearing to a hybrid mode of hearing. Speaking to Live Law, the president of Oudh Bar Association,...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: January 3 To January 9, 2022

Judgments/Orders of the Week1. 'Prayers Omnibus In Nature': Allahabad High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL On Alleged Corruption In MadarsasCase title - Mohammad Imran v. State Of U.P. Thru Addl.Chief Secy.Minority Wefare And Ors.Case Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 1The High Court refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed by a farmer to point out corruption in the...

Calcutta High Court Seeks WB Govt's Reply Over Measures Which Can Be Taken To Prevent Child Trafficking

The Calcutta High Court last week asked the West Bengal State Government to file an affidavit disclosing the measures which can be taken to avoid Child Trafficking incidents in the future.The Bench of Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Kesang Doma Bhutia sought the details on the above-mentioned subject while dealing with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed raising the...

Investigating Agency's Failure To Record Statements Of Independent Witnesses Must Be Viewed Seriously: Allahabad HC

Time is not far when the courts may have to invoke the suo motu powers to summon such witnesses for which there ought to exist a witness protection law.

Domestic Violence Act - Legal Representative Cannot Seek Monetary Reliefs On Behalf Of Deceased Woman : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that an aggrieved person, as defined under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (DV Act), "must be alive at the time of filing of the petition", and someone cannot file an application for monetary reliefs under the act after her demise. Justice Sandeep Shinde, in a judgment last week, dismissed an application filed by a minor girl...

CCI's Order For Preliminary Enquiry Does Not Attract Civil Consequences; Writ Court Can't Interfere : Madras HC

The Court rejected the challenge against the CCI probe raised by tyre manufacturers.