Air Pollution : HC Asks Delhi Govt To Submit Action Plan To Special Task Force

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Delhi Government to submit an action plan to the Special Task Force working under the supervision of the Supreme Court, stating the steps taken to deal with encroachments on forest lands. Hearing a suo motu matter on the air pollution in Delhi, the Division Bench of Justice Sistani and Justice Bhambhani, asked the Delhi Together e to...

New Pension Scheme For Judicial Officers Appointed Post April 1, 2006 Is Optional: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

Karnataka HIgh Court has held that 'New Pension Scheme' for judicial officers appointed post April 1, 2006, cannot be made mandatory by the government and it will be optional for the state cadre judicial officers to opt for the same. A bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz while deciding bunch of petitona filed by the Karnataka State Judicial Officers Association and...

PIL Challenges Appointment Of Karnataka Upa-Lokayukta Claiming There Was No Consultation With Chief Justice [Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation filed in the Karnataka High Court challenging the appointment of former Judge B S Patil, of the High Court, as Upa-Lokayukta of Karnataka. The petition filed by Samaj Parivarthana Samudaya, through their advocate S Basavaraj states that plea is filed "To maintain institutional integrity of the public institution meant for prevention and eradication...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court The Lucknow bench of the High Court issued notices on petition challenging the use of "reserved election symbols" by political parties as their party logos.Held that cogent evidence was required to summon a person under Section 319 of CrPC and that the same was a subject matter of scrutiny of trial court, which were to decide the application.While...

Termination Of Services Without RBI's Approval In Breach Of Banking Regulation Act; Chanda Kochhar Moves Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Monday heard Former ICICI bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar's writ petition challenging ICICI's decision to terminate her from service and deny her agreed remuneration in light of Justice BN Shrikrishna's report which highlighted that Kochhar had violated the bank's code of conduct.Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice MS Karnik allowed Chanda Kochhar's...

Delhi HC To Hear Plea Seeking Adequate Procedure To Deal With Reporting Of Mysterious Deaths

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking appropriate procedure to be set up to deal with cases where blind and the mysterious death of a person is reported. The Petitioner has moved the present plea as he himself lost his son in mysterious circumstances, and as per the petition, received no substantial assistance from the police or the concerned authorities. ...

Delhi HC Issues Notice To Centre In A Plea Challenging Validity Of Acts That Restrict Victims From Initiating Prosecutions

Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Central Government in a PIL challenging validity of provisions in certain statutes that prohibit victims from prosecuting offences laid down therein. Moved by an NGO titled India Awake for Transparency, the plea mentions that the following 8 statutes have restrictions on initiation of prosecution by persons other than the designated agencies of...

Blacklisting Of Contractor Must Be On The Touchstone Of Reasonableness : Patna HC [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court rendered a judgement on 25.11.2019 on how the blacklisting of a dealer needs to be exercised on the touchstone of reasonableness in terms of the contract alone. On the basis of the same, the impugned order of blacklisting was set aside. In the case of M/s Ganpati Roadways v. The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. & Ors., the Petitioner company submitted that the decision...

Madras HC Directs State To Implement Audio-Video Recording Of Witness Statements [Read Order]

"When the entire world is moving towards electronic means, it is high time that the criminal prosecution must also take advantage of this development and it will strike a balance between the rights of the accused and the rights of the victim." The Madras High Court on Friday issued certain guidelines to be followed by the investigating officers, for audio-visual recording of...

Ensure Availability Of Drinking Water In All Govt Schools, Delhi HC Tells Govt [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to ensure drinking water is available in all government schools and any infrastructure upkeep is taken care of at the earliest. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the government to "provide drinking water in the Government schools as well as wherever there is a need of upliftment of...

All Employees Of HC Should Be Paid The Same Clothing/Washing Allowance: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has said that all its employees should be paid the equal washing and clothing allowance and the policy of selectively entitling certain category of employees for such benefit is discriminatory. While dealing with the petition challenging the creation of a distinction between similarly placed employees in terms of the pay scale, the Division Bench of...

Delhi HC To Hear Plea Seeking Directions To Curb False Accusations Of Rape

Delhi High Court will hear on Monday a plea seeking directions to be given to the central government to constitute a committee for rehabilitation of the victims of false accusations of rape. The plea, moved by a police officer, also demands a CBI inquiry in a rape case alleged against the said officer. He says that he has been falsely accused, due to which, his family and him has...