Madras High Court Quashes Case Against Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji In Job Recruitment Scam After Victims Enter Into A Settlement

The Madras High Court has quashed a 2018 cheating case against incumbent State Electricity Minister and DMK MLA Senthil Balaji filed in relation to allegations of a 2014 recruitment scam since all thirteen alleged victims had compromised the issue and wanted the case to be quashed. The case pertained to alleged irregularities in recruitment when Mr. Senthilbalaji was the Transport Minister in...

Maharashtra Govt Agrees To Share With CBI 'Confidential' Report Of Rashmi Shukla IPS For Anil Deshmukh Case Probe

Ending months of impasse, the Maharashtra Government has agreed to share its "confidential" report on alleged corruption in police transfers and postings for the CBI's probe against former state home minister Anil Deshmukh. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar recorded Senior Advocate Rafique Dada's statement that former State Intelligence Department head, Rashmi...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea For Inclusion Of Advocates As 'Professionals' Under MSME Act For Availing Welfare Schemes

The Delhi High Court today issued notices on a PIL seeking inclusion of Advocates within the definition of "Professionals" under the MSME Act, for the purpose of accessing welfare schemes.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the MSME Ministry, Finance Ministry, Bar Council of India and the RBI, after hearing Advocate Abhijit Mishra, appearing as...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 5 Additional Judges To Calcutta High Court

The Central government on Thursday notified the appointment of five persons as additional judges of Calcutta High Court. The five persons are Kesang Doma Bhutia, Rabindranath Samanta, Sugato Majumdar, Bivas Pattanayak and Ananda Kumar Mukherjee.The notification issued by the Additional Secretary to Government of India, Rajinder Kashyap stated, "In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1)...

Driving Licenses: High Court Seeks Centre, Delhi Govt's Reply Over Non-Acceptance Of Fitness Certificates Issued By Ayurveda Practitioners

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Central Government as well as the Delhi Government to file their replies on a plea challenging non-acceptance of medical fitness certificates issued by Ayurvedic and Unani practitioners for online registration or renewal of driving licenses, even though such certificates are accepted offline.Justice Rekha Palli, while hearing a plea moved by...

Section 482 CrPC: High Court Not Required To Appreciate Evidence To Find Out Whether Accused Is Likely To Be Convicted Or Not: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that, at Section 482 CrPC stage, a High Court is not required to appreciate the evidence to find out whether the accused is likely to be convicted or not.In this case, the High Court had quashed a murder case against one of the accused. The wife of the deceased thus approached the Apex Court contending that there is ample material against the accused.According to...

President Appoints Pranay Verma As Judge Of Madhya Pradesh High Court

President of India has appointed Advocate Pranay Verma as a Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.A notification in this regard was issued today by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Justice (Appointment Division).The notification thus reads,In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri...

Espionage Case: Delhi High Court Seeks ED's Response On Freelance Journalist Rajeev Sharma's Bail Plea

The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Enforcement Directorate on the regular bail plea filed by freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma in connection with a case alleging that he supplied confidential information to Chinese Officials, in exchange of remuneration.Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice on the bail application and granted two weeks time to the ED for submitting status report in...

"People Have Stopped Hiring Goons, File FIR, Invoke PASA & Get Land's Possession": Gujarat HC On Misuse Of Anti Land Grabbing Act

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday deplored the misuse of recently enacted Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020 followed by the invocation of Gujarat Prevention of Antisocial Activities Act (PASA) in private property disputes. "People have stopped hiring goons, file FIR, invoke PASA and get the possession of the land, I have dealt with many such cases. Even in cases where...

Appellate Court Must Appoint An Amicus To Assist It In The Disposal Of Appeal In Case Of Non-Appearance Of Appellant : Jharkhand High Court Reiterates

The Jharkhand High Court has held that an appellate court is required to consider all the materials on record and arrive at findings and in case of non-appearance of the appellant, the appellate court ought to have at least appointed an amicus to assist the court from the side of the appellant in the disposal of the appeal.Justice Anubha Rawat Chowdhary relied on the Supreme Court's...

Rather Than Caste System Being Wiped Away, Reservation System Perpetuates It Endlessly: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court opined on Wednesday that the Constituent Assembly had envisioned the reservation system to be in force only during the infancy period of Independent India, however it is now being endlessly extended through repeated amendments thereby perpetuating the caste system in the process. The Court made the observation as a footnote while dismissing the contempt of court plea...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Facilities For Senior Citizens & Persons With Disabilities At Konkan Railway Stations

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Union Government and the Managing Director M/s Konkan Railway Corporation, on a plea seeking directions for providing facilities to physically challenged, persons with disabilities as well as senior citizens at all the railway stations on the Konkan railway line. A division bench of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice...