Colleges Are Established, Fee/Capitalization Fee Is Collected, Then No Teaching Takes Place; A Very Sorry State Of Affairs: MPHC Allows MCI to Encash Bank Guarantee [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (10th September) took a serious note of the case of a College, wherein fees were collected from the students by the College, but no teaching took place in the Medical College established by the petitioner Institution.A Single Bench of Justice S. C. Sharma observed,"The present case reflects a very sorry state of affairs prevalent in the field of...

Lathi Linked To Villager's Identity, Not A Weapon Of Assault Simpliciter, Says SC [Read Judgment]

The fact that a lathi is also capable of being used as a weapon of assault, does not make it a weapon of assault simpliciter, the Supreme Court has observed.In this case, the deceased died a day after the accused assaulted him with a lathi on the head. The Trial Court convicted the accused under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code for murder. Though the High Court opined that the assault was...

Delhi Court Convicts Srilankan Airlines Manager For Outraging Modesty Of A Subordinate Employee [Read Order]

A Delhi Court on Wednesday found the former Regional Manager (India) of the Srilankan Airlines guilty of outraging the modesty of his subordinate employee. The conviction order against the accused, Lalit D'Silva, was passed on the basis of sole testimony of the prosecutrix, Sales Executive at the Airlines, after the Court observed that her testimony had...

Repetitive Filing Of Applications Amounts To Abuse Of Process Of Law: SC Slaps Rs. 25K Costs On Adarsh Scam Accused [Read Order]

The Supreme Court imposed costs of Rs. 25,000 on Raj Kumar Modi, an accused in Adarsh Scam Case, for filing repetitive filing of interim bail applications.Repetitive filing of applications amounts to abuse of process of law, said the bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat while dismissing his application seeking extension of interim bail on...

Idea Of Establishment Of SC Bench Outside Delhi Has Not Found Favour With Supreme Court: Law Ministry [Read Statement]

The Ministry of Law and Justice has reiterated that it has no plans to establish separate Benches of the Supreme Court, as the proposition has not been supported by Supreme Court itself. "Representations have been received from time to time from various quarters for establishment of Benches of Supreme Court in various parts of the country. The Law Commission, in its 229th Report had...

Karnataka HC Seeks Clarification From State On Delay In Investigations And Filing Of Chargesheets Under SC/ST Act

The Karnataka High Court has sought a clarification from the State Government on why there has been delay in investigating and filing of charge sheet in offences registered under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. In the details provided to the court by the state government it is indicated that out of 35,091 cases registered under...

Committed To Honour Constitutional Mandate To Bring Uniform Civil Code; But It Requires Wide Scale Consultations: Centre Tells Lok Sabha

"No plans to abolish minority status accorded to certain religions under the Uniform Civil Code."

Supply Of Liquid Medical Oxygen From Maharashtra To Continue As MP HC Passes Interim Direction On Plea Against Maha Govt. Notification [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) on Wednesday (16th September) passed an interim direction wherein, a Maharashtra based dealer was directed to continue supplying Liquid Medical oxygen to the Hospitals situated in the State of Madhya Pradesh.This direction from the Court came on a plea against the Maharashtra government's notification, wherein the Government of Maharashtra has...

Lok Sabha Clears Bill For RBI Supervision Of Cooperative Banks [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, by voice vote. It was introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with an aim to protect the interest of the depositors and regulate functioning of Cooperative Banks by bringing them under regulatory framework of Reserve Bank of India. It may be noted that since the Parliament was not in session...

IO Attempted To Save Co- Accused: Rajasthan HC Directs Suspension, Departmental Action Against IO For Not Implicating Co-Accused And Distorting Age Of Minor Rape Victim [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court directed the Director General of Police to take departmental action and initiate departmental proceedings for major penalty against the concerned Investigating Officer after suspending him from service immediately for tardy probe in a rape case of a minor.Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma while considering a bail plea held that the IO is found to have prima facie...

In View Of Notification For Decongestion Of Prisons During Lockdown, There Is Automatic Extension Of Parole, No Need To Apply For Extension: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Monday held that those prisoners or undertrials who have already been granted emergency parole as per notification dated May 8 for decongestion of prisons in view of the Coronavirus, need not apply for extension of parole once the initial 45 day period is over.Division bench of Justice TV Nalawade and Justice MG Sewlikar of the Aurangabad bench allowed six...

Delhi HC Rejects Plea Seeking Home-Based Exam For CLAT 2020 [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking a home-based exam for CLAT 2020. While dismissing the petition, the Single Bench of Justice Jayant Nath noted that home-based exams may not be appropriate for approximately 78,000 candidates who are to take the exam. The court further observed that the possibility of the exams being compromised or manipulated by...