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Decision On Permission To Staff/Clerks To Travel By Local Trains Will Be Taken This Week: Govt., Railways Inform Bombay High Court
The Maharashtra State Government and Railways on Tuesday (01st December) informed the Bombay High Court that a meeting would be held this week itself, to resolve the issue and to work out the modalities and mechanism, for grant of travel permissions to the staffs and clerks, registered with the Bar Associations to travel by local trains. The Submission was made before the Bench of...
Award Interim Compensation; Periodically Conduct Counselling Of 14 Yr Old Rape Victim: P&H High Court Directs DLSA
The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Wednesday (25th November) directed the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Mewat at Nuh as well as the Secretary, DLSA, Faridabad, to award interim compensation to a 14 year old victim. The Bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan also directed the DLSA, Mewat at Nuh to appoint a lady Counsellor, who will periodically...
Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against The Appointment Of N R Santosh As Political Secretary Of CM Yediyurappa
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a public interest challenging the appointment of N R Santosh as political secretary to the Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty while issuing the notice to respondents returnable on January 11, 2021, said "​Is there any provision for appointing a...
'How Many Actions Will You Take?' : Bombay High Court Questions Maharashtra Police Over FIR Against Sunaina Holey For Anti-Govt Tweet
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday while hearing a matter relating to tweets against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya Thackeray questioned the Maharashtra government if action will be taken against all those who say something objectionable on Twitter.A division bench of justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik was hearing the criminal writ petition under Section 482 of CrPC filed...
Private Financial Institutions May Be Performing Public Duties But Can't Be Considered 'State' Under Article 12 Of Constitution: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday reiterated that private financial institutions, carrying business or commercial activity, may be performing public duties, but cannot be considered to be covered under the definition of "State" under Article 12 of the Constitution. The observation was mad by Justices Naheed Ara Moonis and Vivek Varma in a writ petition filed against HDFC Bank...
10 Judicial Officers Elevated As Additional Judges Of Madras High Court
The Central Government on Tuesday issued two notifications for appointment of 10 Judicial Officers as Additional Judges to the Madras High Court. In the first notification, it is intimated that the following Judicial Officers, listed in the order of seniority, shall be the...
'Will Open Floodgates': Madras HC Refuses To Interfere With Anna University's Decision To Collect Exam Fees Despite Cancellation Of Exams
The Madras High Court on Monday refused to interfere with the decision of Anna University to collect examination fees from the students, even though the examinations were cancelled by the State Government on account of the ongoing pandemic. "The State Government itself authorized the Universities and academic Institutions to collect the semester fees as well as the examination fees...
Delhi Judicial Service Exam- Answer Key To Be Subjected To Judicial Review Only When It Is Demonstrably Wrong: Delhi High Court
In a case relating to Delhi Higher Judiciary Service Preliminary Examination, Delhi High Court has observed that an answer key cannot be disregarded as being incorrect merely on a doubt.There is always a presumption of correctness regarding the answer key and it may be subject to judicial review only when it is "demonstrably wrong" i.e. it must be such as no reasonable body of men well-versed...
A Letter Petition In Allahabad High Court Seeks Probe In To The Incident Where A Journalist & His Friend Burnt Alive In UP's Balrampur
A letter petition has been filed before the Allahabad High Court seeking suo motu action against a 'terrifying incident' in Balrampur District of UP, where a journalist and his friend were allegedly charred to death by some unknown men, on Friday midnight. It is alleged that the 37-yr-old journalist Rakesh Singh and his 35-yr-old friend Pintu Sahu were burnt alive in a house, leading...
Merely Publishing News Against Cop Won't Create Disaffection Amongst Police Or Incite Them To Act Against Govt.: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court (Bench at Aurangabad) on Monday (23rd November) ruled that allegations levelled against a police officer that he is involved in criminal activities and publishing news report regarding the same would not incite the force to act against the government (within the meaning of Section 3 of the Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act, 1922). The Bench of Justice T....
Ex-Judge Karnan's Abusive Videos : Madras High Court Directs Personal Presence Of DGP & Commissioner To Ascertain Probe Status
The Madras High Court has summoned the Director General of Police and the Commissioner of Police, Tamil Nadu, in connection to the lackadaisical investigation in the 'uncharitable tirades' of former High Court Judge, CS Karnan. While seeking personal presence of the two on December 7, 2020, a Division Bench of Justices M. Sathyanarayanan and R. Hemalatha said, "It is very pertinent...