Denial Of Salary A 'Continuing Wrong' ; Not Barred By Limitation : HP HC [Read Judgment]

Observing that issues pertaining to payment of salary, allowance, etc. are not barred by limitation due to their recurring nature, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday directed the State to count the services rendered by Junior Basic Teachers on contract basis w.e.f. 7.8.1997, for the purposes of pension under CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972, annual increments, seniority, promotion and...

Make Sure That No Seats In M.Phil and Ph.D Programmes Are Left Vacant: Delhi HC Directs JNU [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed Jawaharlal Nehru University to ensure that the vacant seats in M.Phil and Ph.D are filled up immediately.Justice Rajiv Shakdher has ordered the University to ensure that in the ensuing academic years, M.Phil and Ph.D programmes, no seats are left vacant.The present petition was filed to seek directions to be issued to JNU to issue the third cut-off list for...

[Defamation] There Is No Absolute Privilege For Statements Made On Oath Or Otherwise In Judicial Proceedings: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"There is no merit in the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the statements made by the petitioner in the writ petition filed before a Court enjoy absolute privilege".

Kerala Rent Control Act: Sub-Letting A Part Of Tenanted Premises Gives Landlord The Right To Eviction From The Whole Premises: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, interpreting the provisions of Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control), Act, 1965, observed that sub-letting of any part of the tenanted premises gives the landlord the right to eviction from the whole premises. The contention taken in this case by the landlord was that even if the sub-tenancy is created in part of the premises, the entitlement of eviction is in...

CAA Protests: Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad Moves Sessions Court For Bail [Read Application]

Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad, who was arrested by Daryaganj police on December 21, 2019 for allegedly inciting violence during anti-CAA protests, has moved a bail application before the District and Sessions Judge (Central), in Tis Hazari. The application moved through his lawyer Mehmood Pracha, seeks regular bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). At the...

POCSO : Bombay HC Grants Bail, Observes Minor Girl 'Surrendered' To Physical Desires Of Accused Out Of Love & Affection [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to one Anirudha Yadav, a 25-year-old man accused of raping a minor girl, in a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.The Court observed that the conduct of the victim, a minor girl aged nearly 15 years, indicated the she had left home to go with the accused by her own will and that she had 'surrendered to the physical desires...

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act Comes Into Force From 10 January 2020 [Read Notification]

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, has also come into force on 10th January 2020.The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 5, 2019, during its monsoon session, and was later cleared by the Rajya Sabha in Winter session. The Act had received the assent of the President on 5th December, 2019.The state objective of the Act is...

Shaheen Bagh Protests: Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Reopening Of Stretch Closed Due To Anti-CAA Stir

A plea has been moved before the Delhi High Court seeking withdrawal of closure of Kalindi Kunj - Shaheen Bagh stretch, which is currently barricaded due to the ongoing anti-CAA protests.The Kalindi Kunj - Shaheen Bagh stretch, along with the Okhla Underpass, was closed on January 15 due to the large crowds turning up for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. This particular...

JNU Violence: Delhi HC Issues Notices To Whatsapp, Apple And Google On Plea For Preservation Of Evidence

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to Google, WhatsApp and Apple, in a plea moved for preservation of data pertaining to the violent incident that took place in the campus on January 5. In today's hearing, Advocate Rahul Mehra, who appeared for Delhi Police, submitted before the court that letters have been written to University authorities for preservation and...

NLUD Alumni Support Student Protests Against Unlawful Termination Of Housekeeping Staff

The alumni of NLU Delhi have come out in support of the ongoing student protests against alleged unlawful termination of the housekeeping staff of the University. "It has come to our notice that the University unduly terminated the employment of the workers who have since the inception of the University taken care of the students and the campus. xxx We demand that the...

'Courts Can't Issue Mandamus To Government To Fill In Unfilled Vacancies': Allahabad HC Dismisses Pleas On Qualifying Marks For Asst Teachers' Exam 2018 [Read Judgment]

On Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court refused to lower the merit for selection in the Assistant Teacher Recruitment Examination-2018 and stated that merely because certain seats were vacant, the court could not issue a writ of mandamus, asking the government to adjust more candidates. "A feeble argument raised on behalf of the petitioners is that there are approximately 27713 posts...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court ● The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court posted the Habeas Corpus petition filed on behalf of Lucknow based senior lawyer and president of human rights group Rihai Manch, Mohammad Shoaib, for next week. The bench of Justices Shabihul Hasnain and Virendra Kumar-II, has granted a week's time to the State to file the counter affidavit. Advocate Shoaib...