'There Seems To Be Complete Administrative Lethargy' : Delhi HC Pulls Up Delhi University Over Delay In Issuing Degree Certificates

While showing displeasure towards the lethargy shown by the Delhi University in issuing degree certificates to its students, the Delhi High Court has observed that there's a need for the University to streamline the said process with fixed timelines. In light of the same, the Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has directed the Delhi University to file an...

Advocates Will Get Reimbursed For Expenses Incurred On Treatment For COVID19: Advocates Welfare Trust Informs Delhi HC [Read Order]

Advocates Welfare Trust has informed the Delhi High Court that the advocates who are members of the Trust will get reimbursed for the medical expenses incurred on the treatment for COVID19. The said information was given before the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan in a PIL filed by Vaibhav Sharma seeking financial assistance for...

Karnataka HC Issues Notice To Franklin Templeton And Others On Plea Challenging Winding Up Of Debt Schemes

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Franklin Templeton India and other respondents on pleas challenging the winding up of six of its debt schemes. It has directed respondents to file their reply/counter/statement of objections by July 22 and rejoinder if any is to be filed by applicants is to be filed by July 29. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice...

Bihar Court Rejects Plea Accusing Salman Khan And Others In The Sushant Singh Rajput's Death

A court here on Wednesday turned down a petition accusing Bollywood bigwigs like Salman Khan, Ekta Kapoor, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Karan Johar, among others, of abetment to actor Sushant Singh Rajputs suicide.Chief Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Kumar dismissed the petition filed by local advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha, pointing out that the matter lay outside the courts jurisdiction.Interestingly,...

'We Will Dispose This Matter Soon': SC On AP Govt's Plea Against HC Order Reinstating Election Commissioner

Without passing interim orders, the Supreme Court on Wednesday posted Andhra Pradesh Government's challenge to a High Court Order by which it reinstated retired IAS officer Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar as State Election Commissioner (SEC) for final disposal after 3 weeks.The Court had earlier, in June, issued notice to the SEC, but did not stay the effect of the Order.When the matter came up before...

A Woman Who Lived Like A Wife Cannot Be Deprived Of Maintenance: Tripura HC [Read Judgment]

"Such woman has right to live in society with dignity and not as destitute."

Delhi HC Upholds The Midnight Decision Of Delhi University To Remove The Officiating Principal Of One Of Its Colleges [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has refused to set aside the decision of the Delhi University to remove the Officer on Special Duty-Principal (OSD) of one of its colleges - Delhi College of Arts & Commerce (DCAC). The Single Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh, however, has directed the University to pay the Petitioner his full salary for the period between the order imposing maintenance of status...

'Courts Have To Respect The Decision Of Popular Govt, Especially In Policy Matters: Telangana HC Dismisses Plea Against Relaxing Lockdown Norms

The Telangana High Court on Monday observed that the decisions of the Executive "may sometimes appear to be in excess of their power", and "may even appear, at the first blush, to be rather unusual", but so long as the policy decision does not infringe the fundamental rights, or a provision of law, "the courts would be weary of interfering" with such decisions. Moreover, the bench...

Educational Loan Cannot Be Rejected Solely On The Ground Of Unsatisfactory Credit Scores Of Applicant's Parents: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has held that educational loan cannot be rejected to a student solely on the ground of unsatisfactory credit scores of his/her parents Justice Anu Sivaraman observed that the repayment capacity of the applicant after his education should be the deciding factor as per the relevant scheme. Pranav, a 1st year B.Tech student in Food Technology, had applied for an...

Delhi University Decides To Postpone Exams Till August; Petitions Challenging DU Exam Notification Referred To Division Bench Of Delhi HC

The Delhi University has decided to postpone the examinations till August, but has not provided a specific date on which the examinations will be held. The information was given to the Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh which has directed to transfer all the petitions concerning the DU examinations before the Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium...

JGLS Legal Aid Clinic Secures Favorable Interim Order For EWS Student Who Was Allegedly Wrongly Denied Admission To Modern School, Delhi [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court recently directed the Modern School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi, to keep one seat vacant in Class 1 until the matter relating to alleged wrongful denial of seat to a EWS category student is decided finally. The order was passed by a single bench of Justice Jayant Nath after hearing the submissions made by Advocate Nipun Arora, engaged by the Right to Education Team of...

Final Year UG Exams Postponed To August, Delhi University Tells Delhi HC

The Delhi University on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it has decided to postpone the final year examination for undergraduate courses to August.The exams were which were scheduled to start from July 10. The submission was made before a Single Judge Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh,in a bunch petitions filed by several final year students concerning the conduction of...