Arbitrary & Discriminatory; Bombay HC (FB) Quashes GR Allowing Fee Reimbursement To Only Those Undergrad SC/ST Students Who Took Admission Through CAP [Read Judgment]

A full bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday held a Government Resolution dated February 27, 2013 as arbitrary and discriminatory against those SC and ST students who did not take admission in undergrad engineering courses in the State through the Common Admission Process (CAP). Court set aside the said GR and directed the State to reimburse the fees deposited by such students. The...

Delhi HC Directs RBI To Consider The Difficulties Faced By Depositors Due To Moratorium On Withdrawal From PMC Bank [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Reserve Bank of India and the Central Government to appreciate the difficulties faced by the senior citizens with respect to moratorium on withdrawal from Punjab & Maharashtra Bank and decide the same in accordance with law, rules, regulations and government policy. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan...

MSMEs Move Gujarat HC Seeking Waiver Of Fixed Minimum Demand Electricity Charges [Read Petition]

The Gujarat High Court on Friday issued notice returnable within a week on a petition filed by Gujarat Re-Rolling Mills Association seeking waiver of fixed minimum demand electricity charges for the months of May and June, 2020. The plea drawn by Advocate Arpit R. Singhvi, states that the Distribution Companies are demanding fixed demand electricity charges for the month of May,...

Bhima Koregaon: Spl Court Rejects Interim Medical Bail Application Filed By Sudha Bharadwaj

A Special court in Mumbai on Friday rejected the interim bail application filed on behalf of tribal rights activist and lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj arrested in relation to the caste based violence that took place at Koregaon Bhima in Pune on January 1, 2018. The 58-year-old Bharadwaj is currently lodged in Byculla women's jail where an inmate has already tested positive for Covid-19. Special...

Support IDIA In Its Relief Work With Sunderbans And Belaghata Slum In Kolkata

IDIA is a pan-India movement to train underprivileged students and help them transform into leading lawyers and community advocates by first training them for entrances and then supporting them financially on being selected in colleges. What is more commendable is that, in this difficult hour, IDIA is doing relief work in Sunderbans and Beleghata slum in Kolkata in response to COVID-19...

Financial Assistance Scheme For Rickshaw Drivers: Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Transfer The Benefits to All The Eligible Beneficiaries Within 10 Days [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Transport Department of Delhi Government to clear the list of all the eligible beneficiaries of the financial assistance scheme announced for the auto rickshaw drivers within 10 days by depositing a sum of ₹5000 in their bank accounts. The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad noted that there was enough time for...

Telangana HC Issues Notice To Centre, State Over Illegal Sales Of Drugs [Read Order]

Amidst the nation-wide COVID scare, the Telangana High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and the state on a PIL alleging that most of the Chemists and Druggists stores are run in the absence of a recognised Pharmacist, seeking the implementation of the various provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and the Pharmacy Act. "Most of the medicines are supplied without...

Delhi HC Grants Injunction In Reliance Industries' Plea Claiming That OLX Is Hosting Fraudulent Recruitment Advertisements For Jio And Reliance Trends [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has granted injunction in favour of Reliance Industries who had raised the concern of fraudulent recruitment advertisements being put up on the website of OLX which was harming the reputation of its marks 'Jio' and 'Reliance Trends'. While granting the injunction, the Single Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta noted that: 'Considering the averments in the plaint...

Expiry Of Cheque Due To Lockdown 'Unfortunate Issue', Says Delhi HC; Seeks RBI Response [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court termed the expiry of cheque on account of the sealing of the branch of bank where it was deposited amid lockdown 'unfortunate issue'.Observing thus, a bench of Justice Jayanth Nath sought the response of the Reserve Bank of India to the issue.The Court was considering a writ petition filed by one Abhinav Chawla, whose cheque for an amount of Rs 10 lakhs got expired as...

Donate Money For Preparation & Distribution Of Food To Downtrodden Persons Including Migrants: Madhya Pradesh HC Imposes Bail Condition

Justice SA Dharmadhikari of the Gwalior Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has set a new trend of directing the UTPs to donate money for preparation and distribution of food to poor and underprivileged sections of the society, as a precondition for bail. In as many as 17 bail orders passed between May 18 and May 22, the single–Judge directed the accused persons to deposit...

'Decision To Relax Dress Code Only For Lawyers Discriminatory ': Retired Judicial Officers Write To CJI SA Bobde And Gujarat CJ[Read Letter]

A group of retired Judicial Officers from the state of Gujarat have addressed a letter to the High Court, seeking relaxation for Subordinate Judicial Officers from wearing black coats, as precautionary measure to contain spread of Covid-19. The letter has been penned by Sh. JB Dhadhal, ADJ(R); Sh. NM Vyas, ADJ(R); Sh. Yashodharaben Pandya, PDJ(R); Sh. PA Vaghela, ADJ(R); Sh. BL...

'Lackadaisical Approach Adopted By Government To Ameliorate The Plight Of Migrants Does Not Show Them In Good Light': Uttarakhand HC [Read Order]

"The indifference exhibited by the haves, to the plight of these have nots who are forced to walk for miles together without food and water (during peak summer when several parts of the country are seeing a record surge in day temperature), is extremely disturbing." The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday expressed deep dissatisfaction on the measures being taken by both the Central...