"Equal Pay For Equal Work" Has Assumed Status Of Fundamental Right In Service Jurisprudence: Jharkhand HC [Read Judgment]

"Equal pay for equal work" has assumed the status of fundamental right in service jurisprudence, the Jharkhand High Court has observed.The Court was considering a petition filed by a management [Employer, Food Corporation of India] for quashing the Award passed by Central Government Industrial Tribunal directing it for regularization in service of a workman. While considering the case, the...

Where Complaint Pending Before Lokayukta, Institution Of FIR On Selfsame Issue Will Create Double Jeopardy: Orissa HC [Read Order]

"Where a complaint is pending before the Lokayukta and in the event the Lokayukta is taking up the selfsame issue, institution of F.I.R. on the selfsame issue against the petitioner will definitely create double-jeopardy", noted the Orissa High Court last week.Justice Biswanath Rath was hearing the petitioner who contended that not only has he not been reinstated in service even after quashing...

Prisoner Not Entitled To Get Phone Facility In Jail: Allahabad High Court [Read Order]

In an order delivered on Tuesday (20th October), the Allahabad High Court made it clear that a prisoner isn't entitled to phone facility in Jail.The Bench of Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Saroj Yadav was hearing a writ petition wherein the petitioner (Mohan Singh) had requested the Court to provide him a phone facility in jail.Specifically, the writ petition was filed with the...

Centre Notifies Dispute Resolution Rules Under Farmers' Act [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified Farmers' Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services (Dispute Resolution) Rules, 2020.These Rules are framed by the Centre in exercise of the powers conferred to it under section 22, read with sub-sections (8) and (9) of section 14, of the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020.Section 14 of the...

[Tablighi Jamaat] Allahabad HC Issues Notice To UP Govt. In 12 Bangladeshi Nationals' Plea; Interim Protection Granted Against Coercive Action [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Monday (19th October) issued notice to the State Government in connection with an application, filed by 12 Bangladeshi Nationals (members of Tablighi Jamaat), praying to quash the charge sheet dated 06.06.2020 as well as cognizance order dated 31.07.2020The Bench of Justice Anil Kumar-IX was hearing the application (filed by 12 Bangladeshi Nationals) in which it...

Erect Barricades At Least 10 Meters Prior To 130 Yr Old Mosque's Entrance To Ensure There Is No Obstruction For Devotees: Delhi HC To Police [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (20th October) directed the Delhi Police to ensure that the barricades are erected on the road at least 10 meters prior to the entrance of a 130-year-old Mosque or ahead of the entrance of the Mosque, so as to ensure that in front of the Mosque there is no obstruction for the devotees, to enter through the gate of the Mosque.The Bench of Justice Pratibha Singh...

[Derogatory Facebook Post On Prophet Mohammed] Karnataka HC Grants Bail To Sitting MLA's Nephew [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court, last week, granted bail to the nephew of a sitting Karnataka MLA accused of making derogatory Facebook Post on Prophet Mohammed.Merely on the ground that there is threat to his life, if the bail application is rejected, it would indirectly affect the fundamental right, Justice BA Patil observed.Naveen P., the nephew of the sitting MLA of Pulikeshinagar constituency,...

Accused' Right To Cross Examination Could Not Be Closed On Account Of Absence Of His Counsel; Duty of Court To Provide Legal Aid Counsel: HP HC [Read Order]

"Right to cross-examine vested in the petitioner could not have been closed by learned Court below, on account of absence of his counsel, rather, in that situation, court should have provided some legal aid counsel to the accused," observed the High Court of Himachal Pradesh recently. The order passed by a Single Bench of Justice Sandeep Sharma is a shining example of exercise of...

[Yamuna Expressway Land Scam] Allahabad HC Grants Bail To UP's Revenue Official [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday allowed the second bail application filed by a Revenue Official in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district in connection with the Rs. 126 crore Yamuna Expressway land scam (YEIDA land scam). The order was passed by Single Bench of Justice Suneet Kumar, after it was informed that there was a change in circumstances for moving the second bail...

Can State Violate Privacy Rights Of Accused By Publishing Their Photographs In Media Or Parading Them? Madhya Pradesh HC To Examine [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court will examine whether the State Govt. by issuing an executive instruction, can violate the privacy rights of the accused by publishing their uncovered faces in news paper/ media or by parading them in Society.?Justice G.S. Ahluwalia was considering a petition filed by a man who alleged that his photographs in the custody of the police were also made viral in...

Necessary For Courts To Scrutinize Allegations As Nowadays There's A Tendency To Make Vague Allegations Against Members Of Husband's Family U/498-A: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court while quashing an FIR against in-laws of woman who alleged harassment at their hands, observed that nowadays, it has become a tendency to make vague and omnibus allegations, against every member of the family of the husband, implicating everybody under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code.Division bench of Justice ZA Haq and Justice Amit Borkar of the Nagpur...

Plea In Delhi HC Challenges Appointment Of 11 Special Public Prosecutors For Riots Cases

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the appointment of eleven Special Public Prosecutors for conducting cases pertaining to the riots that took place in the northeast districts of Delhi. Moved by Delhi Prosecutors Welfare Association, the writ petition challenges the notification dated 24/06/20 issued by the Delhi Government whereby eleven Special Public...