Cut-Throat Corrupt Officials Are Like Cruel, Blood-Thirsty Wolves And Should Be Dealt With Iron Hand: Madras HC [Read Order]

Calling it a "classic case, which would demonstrate as to how corrupt Government servants utilise any situation to make illegal gain", the Madras High Court last week came down heavily on instances of procuring e-passes amidst the Pandemic by paying bribes to authorities. Justices N. Kirubakaran and V. M. Velumani noted that "the world is affected with the worst pandemic", "it came to...

DU Open Book Exams : Delhi HC Issues Notice To Pro Vice-Chancellor On Plea Alleging Failure To Operationalise Grievance Redressal Committee[Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Delhi University's Pro Vice Chancellor Prof PC Joshi in an application claiming that the Delhi University has not taken any steps to operationalise Grievance Redressal Committee, violating the previous order of the court. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has further issued notices to the Ministry of Human...

Article 15(6) Is Only Enabling Provision: Kerala HC Dismisses PIL Seeking 10% EWS Quota In Higher Secondary Admissions [Read Order]

Article 15(6) is only an enabling provision, observed the High Court of Kerala while dismissing a PIL that sought direction to the state to earmark 10% quota for economically weaker section students, who apply for Higher Secondary course, for the year 2020- 21.However, the Kerala Government has, on Tuesday, reportedly issued an order reserving 10% of the total seats in various batches...

[2G Spectrum Case]ED Urges Delhi HC To Expeditiously Conclude Hearings On Appeals Filed Against The Acquittal Of A Raja And Others

Enforcement Directorate today urged the Delhi High Court to expeditiously conclude hearings in Special Leave for Appeals filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate itself against the acquittals of A Raja and others. Appearing for the ED, Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain informed the Single Bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani that...

'Unworkable': SC Sets Aside Delhi HC's Direction To Insurance Company To Plant 100 Trees [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has set aside the direction issued by the Delhi High Court to an Insurance Company to plant hundred treesThe Delhi High Court had passed this direction as an interim order after it noticed that the Oriental Insurance Company Ltd., which was the appellant in an MACA before it, failed to take steps to bring on record the legal heirs of one of the claimants before MACT,...

Judicial Independence Prerequisite To Rule Of Law; Advocates Throwing Mud On Judges Attacking Institution And Themselves: Madras HC [Read Order]

"Judicial independence is defined as a pre-requisite to the rule of law and a fundamental guarantee of fair proceedings", observed Justice B. Pugalendhi on Thursday. Setting aside the acquittal of the management of certain granite firms (in connection with their accusation for illegal quarrying of granite in Madurai worth crores of rupees) and remanding the matter for fresh trial, the...

Animal Trafficking: School Teacher Accused Of Trafficking Pangolins Released On Bail By Orissa HC [Read Order]

The Orissa High Court on Monday allowed the bail plea of a school teacher, accused of hunting and trading in wildlife animals. The case relates to smuggling of a Pangolin in the Athagarh forest area in Orissa, where a scooty rider was apprehended transporting a live pangolin. On being enquired, he had named the present Petitioner, a school teacher, as a complicit. The bench of...

Insurance Scheme For Advocates- Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Hold Negotiatons With Insurance Companies, Finalise Policy WIthin 2 Weeks

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to hold negotiations with the top 3 nationalised insurance companies in India - New India Insurance, United India Insurance, and Oriental Insurance - and finalise the policy on providing group-mediclaim to Advocates within 2 weeks. In order to expedite the process, the Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has further...

Write The Name Of Drugs In Capital Letters Or In A Legible Manner: Orissa HC Tells Doctors [Read Order]

The Orissa High Court on Monday recommended that doctors working in Government or private or other medical set-ups should write the name of prescribed drugs in "capital letters", to ensure that their prescriptions are "legible". The remarks were made by a bench of Justice SK Panigrahi while hearing of a bail application, whereby the Applicant sought interim relief to take care of...

Witch Hunting Still Very Active In This Century Though Scientific Temper Reached Its Pinnacle : Orissa HC Calls For Uniform Law [Read Order]

Taking note of the prevalence of the inhuman and barbaric practice of witch-hunting in the State of Orissa, the Orissa High Court has recently observed that witch craft, that has been in practice across culture, religion and territory "bares the terrible face of the so-called civilized society of human being and that the uneducated and economically weaker sections end up being the soft targets...

Kerala HC Expresses Concerns About Police Officers Conducting Press Meetings About Ongoing Investigations [Read Judgment]

"Recently the practise of police officers rushing to media with speculative information about on going investigations is on the increase."

"Errors Must Be Corrected": Uttarakhand HC Modifies Its 2018 Judgment Setting Maximum Noise Limit For Loudspeakers [Read Order]

The sanctity to the finality of judicial orders should never deter a Court in correcting its plain errors, remarked Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia while allowing a plea seeking modification of a directive issued by the Uttarakhand High Court in its 2018 judgment setting maximum noise level for loudspeakers.The matter was heard by Justice Dhulia as the division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh...