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Devaswom Board Can Only Make Regular Appointments; Any Scheme For Regularization Will Be Unconstitutional: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court observed that Devaswom Board has the constitutional obligation to make appointment only in fulfilment of the statutory procedures regarding appointment. Framing of a scheme for regularisation will be in violation of Articles 14, 15, and 16 of the Constitution, the bench of Justices Alexander Thomas and K. Babu observed.The court was considering a batch of petitions...
Information Available In Public Domain- Calcutta High Court Stays Proceedings Against BJP Leader Amit Malviya In A Case Filed By Kolkata Police
The Calcutta High Court on Friday stayed all proceedings in a case lodged against BJP national convenor for Information and Technology Amit Malviya for "fraudulently" downloading information from Kolkata Police's website and circulating vide his Twitter handle in a bid to create unrest among different groups of officers. Accordingly, the Court imposed a stay on all proceedings for a period of...
Infant In Distress Due To Rare Genetic Disease: Karnataka High Court Directs Indira Gandhi Institute Of Child Health To Examine Immediately
The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bengaluru to forthwith examine a one and a half-year-old boy, who is suffering from a rare Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Type 1) disease. Justice Krishna S Dixit directed "The infant shall be taken to NIMHANS compound for being examined by Dr G N Sanjeev, today itself. Petitioners/guardians...
Won't Arrest Param Bir Singh Till October 21 In FIR Under SC/ST Act, Maharashtra Govt Tells Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Friday adjourned to October 20, former Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh's plea to quash the Thane police's FIR under the SC/ST Act (prevention of atrocities) on a subordinate officer's complaint.Maharashtra Government's counsel APP JP Yagnik agreed not to arrest Singh till October 21, extending the State's original protection statement from May 24.The Thane...
'Immense Sentimental Value': Chennai Court Allows IPS Officer To Wear Badge, Cap Marked 'Evidence' In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case On Retirement Day
IPS officer Prateep V. Philip, who on Thursday retired as Director General of Police, Training, was permitted by a City Civil Court in Chennai to wear on his retirement day, the bloodstained cap and name badge which he had worn while he was on duty when former Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated at Sriperumpadur. The IPS officer was serving as the Additional Superintendant...
Durga Puja Pandals In State To Be No-Entry Zones For Visitors: Calcutta High Court Reiterates Previous Directions
The Calcutta High Court on Friday reiterated its previous directions and ordered that all pandals where Durga Puja is being celebrated this year, shall be made no-entry zones for members of the public in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. A Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking...
"Unbecoming Of Elected Representative": MP High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Councillor Booked For Destroying Public Properties
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently denied bail to a sitting Councillor, Atamdas who has been booked for an offence that took place in the year 2018 wherein he, alongwith other co-accused, had led an unruly mob of 700- 800 persons who were protesting against the ratio of a decision of Apex Court.Allegedly, they were protesting against the Top Court's ruling in the case of Dr. Subhash...
Divorce Suit Transfer- "Convenience Of Wife Is To Be Preferred Over The Convenience Of Husband": Rajasthan High Court
Dealing with a plea of wife seeking transfer of the Divorce case, the Rajasthan High Court (Jaipur Bench) on Thursday observed that in such matters, courts are required to give more weightage and consideration to the convenience of the female litigants in comparison to the husband's convenience. "Transfer of legal proceedings from one Court to another should ordinarily be allowed...
Marriage Had Not Taken Off From The Very Beginning, Living Apart For More Than 19 Years': SC Grants Divorce For Irretrievable Break Down Of Marriage
The Supreme Court on Wednesday exercised its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to grant divorce to a couple on account of irretrievable break down of marriage. The Court noted that the marriage had 'not taken off from the very beginning' and that the couple had been living separately for more than 19 years. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M Sundresh...
"Harassment Of Common Man By Public Authorities Socially Abhorring": Allahabad HC Orders Fair Probe In Ex-Army Man Torture Case
The Allahabad High Court today ordered a fair investigation, immediate action in the case of an ex-soldier of the Indian Army, who had alleged that he was humiliated and brutally tortured by the Uttar Pradesh Police in May this year.He was allegedly forcefully taken to a Police Station, where he was disrobed and then tied up on a cot and brutally beaten up by the police officials for...
Allahabad High Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Ex-UP Governor Dr. Aziz Quereshi In Sedition Case Over Alleged Remarks Against CM
Dr. Aziz Quereshi, former Governor of Uttar Pradesh including two other States, was today granted interim protection from arrest by Allahabad High Court in a sedition case registered against him over his alleged derogatory remarks against CM Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh Government.A bench of Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justice Mohd. Aslam granted him the protection till the next date...
Mumbai Court Issues Process Against Anil Deshmukh For Non-Compliance Of ED Summons In PMLA Case
A local court in Mumbai has issued process against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on an application filed by the Enforcement Directorate regarding the NCP leader's failure to appear before the agency despite repeated summons. Deshmukh is directed to appear before the court on November 16. "Prima facie case is made out," Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate...