MP HC Order On Charging Tuition Fee By Pvt CBSE Schools: SC Directs DSE To Publish Data On Compliance By Schools Within 2 Weeks

District Level Committee Has Overseen Steps Taken By Schools: Supreme Court Disposes Plea Assailing Madhya Pradesh HC Order That Allowed Private CBSE Schools To Charge Only Tuition Fees

Union Minister Narayan Rane Approaches Bombay HC To Quash FIRs For Remarks Against Uddhav Thackeray

Union Minister and BJP leader Narayan Rane has approached the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of the three FIRs registered against him for his "slapping" remark against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. The bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar refused to hear an urgent mentioning by Adv Aniket Nikam for Rane and asked him to file praecipe as per the procedure. Nikam said he...

For Increased Efficacy Or Due To Shortage of Vaccines? Kerala High Court Seeks Clarification From Centre Regarding Prescribed Gap Between Covishield Doses

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Central government regarding the 84 days gap mandated between administering the first and the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.Justice P B Suresh Kumar inquired if this gap was necessary and if it was related to the efficacy of the vaccine, or if it was extended due to the non-availability of the vaccines in the country.The...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Shutting Down Of Uttar Pradesh State Medical Faculty

The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Government of India along with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to shut down Uttar Pradesh State Medical Faculty alleging that the 1916 Act which created it, has been repealed in the year 2016. The Bench of Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh was hearing the plea moved by one Ajay Kumar...

Delhi Riots-"Being A Protestor Not An Offence": Jamia Alumni President Shifa-Ur-Rehman To Delhi Court In Bail Hearing

President of Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association, Shifa-Ur-Rehman told a Delhi Court on Tuesday that merely being a protestor is not an offence and that every person is entitled to have his or her own opinion.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat was hearing a bail plea moved by Shifa ur Rehman in FIR 59/2020 which alleges a larger conspiracy in the Delhi Riots that happened last...

Only Because Two Individual Are Sexually Involved, It Is Not Compulsory For Them To Marry: Mumbai Court Allows Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused of Rape

A Mumbai Court on Friday noted that only because two individuals are sexually involved with each other, it is not compulsory for them to marry. The observation was made while granting anticipatory bail to three accused persons booked in connection with a criminal complaint of Rape on false promise to marry.Additional Sessions Judge PM Gupta went on to remark that,To marry someone is a matter...

Revenue Authorities Have No Jurisdiction To Determine Genuineness Of Will : MP High Court

The Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that that a revenue authority does not have the power to determine the validity of a will while considering an application for mutation. Referring to an earlier judgment in Kusum Bai & Anr v. Ummedi Bai (2021), Justice Vishal Mishra held that it is for the civil court to adjudicate the validity of a Will as per Section 63 of...

Kerala High Court Quashes Order Removing Joint Registrar of Central University of Kerala From Service

The Kerala High Court recently quashed all charges levelled against the Joint Registrar of the Central University of Kerala removing him from service and held that all these charges were hit by the principle of no evidence. A Division Bench of Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P thereby directed the University to clear all the consequential benefits, arrears of salary...

Mukul Roy's Appointment As PAC Chairman Breaches Constitutional Convention : BJP MLA Ambika Roy Argues Before Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday heard extensive arguments from Senior Advocate C.S Vaidyanathan appearing on behalf of BJP MLA Ambika Roy in the plea moved by her challenging the appointment of TMC MLA Mukul Roy as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. On July 9, Mukul Roy had been appointed as the Chairman of PAC by the Speaker of...

Reduction In Minimum Drinking Age Has No Connection With Drunken Driving: Delhi Govt Argues Before High Court

The Delhi Government today argued before the High Court that its decision to reduce the minimum age for consuming liquor in the national capital has no connection with the offence of drunken driving."Drunken driving is not permissible in law. So whether the minimum age is 21 or 25, it doesn't matter," Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra said.A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh...

ISRO Espionage Conspiracy Case- Former DGP Siby Mathews Granted Anticipatory Bail By Sessions Court

A Sessions Court in Kerala on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to former DGP Siby Mathews in the ISRO espionage case.Special CBI Judge Krishna Kumar has reserved the order in the petition filed by Siby Mathews last week.This comes ten days after a group of other accused in the matter were granted anticipatory bail by the Kerala High Court. The former DGP had preferred an anticipatory...

'There Can't Be Two Matters': Delhi HC Adjourns Challenge To Rakesh Asthana's Appointment As DPC In View Of CPIL's Plea Before SC

The Delhi High Court today adjourned hearing of a plea challenging appointment of IPS Officer Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner in view of the fact that a similar petition has been filed before the Supreme Court by Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL).A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh observed that to avoid duplicity of proceedings and the...