Anglo Indian Representation To Lok Sabha, State Assemblies Done Away; SC-ST Reservation Extended For 10 Years: Constitution (104th Amendment) Act To Come Into Force On 25th Jan

The Central Government has notified Constitution (One Hundred And Fourth Amendment) Act which extends reservation for ten years for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes to Lok Sabha and State Assemblies. The amendment also does away with the provision for nomination of Anglo Indians.The Amendment to Constitution was ratified by the Legislatures more than one-half of the States by resolutions...

Consumer Forums Do Not Have Jurisdiction Over Educational Institutions As They Do Not Impart 'Services', Holds NCDRC [Read Judgment]

The NCDRC on Monday answered a reference holding that 'educational institutions' do not impart 'services' and hence the consumer fora does not have jurisdiction to entertain complaints against them. With this ruling, the bench comprising Justice RK Agrawal (President), Justice VK Jain (Member) and M. Shreesha (Member) has broken the deadlock created by two conflicting judgments of...

Karnataka HC Restrains Authorities From Demolition Of Temporary Sheds Alleging Occupants Are Illegal Bangladeshi Migrants [Read Petition]

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday by way of interim relief restrained the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and the Bengaluru police from evicting those living in sheds in areas of Kariyammana Agrahara, Devarabeesanahalli, Kundalahalli and Bellanduru. Recently, the authorities had carried out a demolition drive, displacing several people, on the pretext that the occupants were...

Subodh Gupta Case : Delhi HC Asks If Anonymous Instagram Account Holder Wants To Represent All Those Who Shared 'MeToo' Stories

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the anonymous holder of the Instagram account 'Herdsceneand' to decide as to whether she would want to be imlpeaded in representative capacity of all women who had raised sexual harassment allegations through the account against artist Subodh Gupta.The Court was considering the defamation suit filed by Gupta against the Instagram account. ...

Bombay HC Asks Petitioner Challenging CAA To Approach SC

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to hear a Public Interest Litigation filed by one Urmila Kowe challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act.A division bench of Justice RK Deshpande and Justice AB Borkar of Nagpur bench observed that the Supreme Court was already hearing petitions challenging the said act and asked the petitioner to approach the...

Delhi Court Seeks Action Taken Report From Police On Jamia Violence [Read Complaint]

Saket Court has asked Delhi Police to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) regarding the December 15 incident that took place inside the campus of Jamia University. The direction has been given in a complaint filed by the administration of Jamia Millia Islamia University, seeking action against alleged police brutality that took place in the campus premises. ...

Kerala HC Stays Proposed Anti-CAA Resolution By A District Panchayath [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala, on Tuesday, stayed a move of District Panchayath to pass resolution against Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019.One K.Shrikant had approached the High Court seeking a stay of the notice issued by District Panchayath, Kasargode in this regard.Before Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V., it was contended on behalf of the petitioner that the proposed resolution is clearly...

Availing Of Civil Remedy Is Not A Ground To Quash Criminal Proceedings, Reiterates SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that, even if a civil remedy is availed by a party, he is not precluded from setting in motion the proceedings in criminal law.The bench comprising of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Vineet Saran said that, in certain cases the very same set of facts may give rise to remedies in civil as well as in criminal proceedings.In this case, the criminal...

Kerala HC Allows Advocate Commissioner To Serve Notice Through Whatsapp/Email [Read Order]

In a notable development, the High Court of Kerala has allowed an Advocate Commissioner to serve notice on the parties through Whatsapp/E-mail, Fax whichever is practicable.This happened in a case relating to alleged poor living conditions in the hostel of a medical college.To get a status report regarding the state-of-affairs, Justice S V Bhatti appointed an Advocate Commissioner. The...

"It Seems That They Do Not Have Elementary Knowledge Of Criminal Law":Karnataka HC Slams Police For Not Registering FIRs Before Investigation

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, came down heavily on the State government and senior police officers for not registering a First Information Report (FIR), before investigating alleged cases of Child Pornography. Registration of FIR before investigation of cognizable offence, is mandated by the Supreme Court, in the case of Lalita Kumari Versus State Of Uttar Pradesh. ...

'Courts Have A Duty To Protect The Rights Of Animals': Delhi HC Rejects Habeas Corpus Seeking Production Of An Elephant [Read Judgment]

Since an animal is unable to express itself, the principles of parens patriae jurisdiction will apply, said the Court.

Application Moved By A Bank For Sale Of Vehicle In Recovery Suits Shall Be Disposed Of Within 60 Days: Orders Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that applications filed for seeking permission to sell a vehicle seized by the bank in cases of default cannot be kept pending for long and should be disposed of within 60 days. "Considering that a large number of petitions have been filed today, which include suits both at the interim stage and at the final stage wherein the applications under Order...