Bombay HC Directs Govt. To Set Up Food Commission Under National Food Security Act [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Monday issued a writ of mandamus directing the State government to set up a State Food Commission under the National Food Security Act. In an order dated July 24, 2019, Court had given the state "last opportunity" to constitute State Food Commission as contemplated by Section 16 of the National Food Security Act, 2013.The bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nadrajog...

Corrections In Petition Must Be Done By Filing Supplementary Affidavit; Minor Corrections To Be Signed By Advocate: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

A division bench of the Patna High Court on Wednesday upheld the order of a Single Judge of the high court, directing that any correction required in the body of the petitions/ applications filed by a party must be done either by filing a supplementary affidavit on oath or with the leave of the Court in special circumstances. The Single judge had made the above observation in view of the...

Sexual Harassment At Workplace: Hospital Fined 25 Lakh For Not Having ICC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed fine of Rs. 50,000 on Medanta Hospital, Indore for not having an Internal Complaints Committee, required to be constituted under Section 4(1) of the Sexual Harassment of Women At Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (the Act). It also directed the hospital to pay compensation to the tune of Rs. 25 lakhs to the Complainant in...

Delhi HC Issues Directions For Acknowledging The Service Of Copies: Court Clerks Violating Rules Will Be Punished [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has passed directions in order to curb the wastage of valuable court time due to confusions regarding the serving of copies to the other party. In the present case, there was a confusion between the counsels from both sides regarding the supply of an affidavit. While the counsel for the Respondent, Naushad Ahmed Khan, relied upon an affidavit to argue his case,...

Why Not Consider A Dispute Free 41-Hectare Govt Land In Kanjurmarg Instead Of Aarey For Metro Parking, Asks Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday continued to hear the matter regarding felling of trees at Aarey Colony in Mumbai for the purposes of building a car shed for Mumbai Metro. Court enquired from Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) about the 41-hectare land in Kanjurmarg which was dispute free and was recommended by the Technical Committee for the bus depot. The division bench...

Union Cabinet Clears Proposal To Prohibit E-Cigarettes

The Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced the prohibition of E-Cigarettes today. The ban will come into force with immediate effect as the Cabinet has given its approval for an Ordinance to that effect. "The Cabinet has given its approval for a decision to ban E-Cigarettes...It means that production, manufacturing, import, export, transport, or sale, or even...

Online Sale Of Liquor Cannot Be Allowed In The Absence Of Enabling Provision In The Excise Act: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

Karnataka High Court has held that online sale of liqour cannot be allowed in the absence of enabling provisions under the Karnataka Excise Act to grant such licenses or permissions. Justice S Sujatha, while dismissing the petition filed by HIP Bar private limited, a company offering a digital mobile wallet, said: "Indisputably, liquor is deleterious to the health of mankind. The...

Rajasthan HC Issues Notice To Police Officers Over Alleged Illegal Arrest Of RTI Activist

The Rajasthan High Court has issued notices to four police officers, seeking their reply on the arrest of an RTI activist, Nand Lal Vyas, from his house in Jodhpur last year. Allegations had been leveled by the RTI activist in a petition claiming that his arrest, effected by SHO of Mandor police station, Jodhpur along with his team in connection with a case under Scheduled Caste...

ED Falsely Presented DK Shivakumar's Declared Assets as Unaccounted Money: Singhvi

Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar continued to hear the arguments on the bail application filed by Karnataka Congress Leader DK Shivakumar in a money laundering case. As the ED Counsel was absent, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi took court's permission to start with his submissions. Abhishek Manu Singhvi presented the election declaration of DK Shivakumar which showed the value of...

File Affidavit In Compliance Of SC Directions For Treatment Of Acid Attack Victims: Jharkhand HC To State [Read Order]

The Jharkhand High Court has asked the State govt. to file an affidavit within a week regarding compliance of the order passed by the Supreme Court in Laxmi v. Union of India & Ors, whereby directions had been issued to all States /Union Territories to ensure the proper treatment, aftercare and rehabilitation is provided to all the victims of acid attack. The order comes in view of a...

Parents And Sister Of Deceased Workman Cannot Be Excluded From Availing Benefit Of Compassionate Appointment Scheme: Jharkhand HC [Read Judgment]

"The non-inclusion of the parents and sister of the deceased workman dying in harness, in the list of dependants to be appointed on compassionate ground, cannot be said to be based on any rational basis, rather this is wholly unfair and absolutely unjust."

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea For Construction Of Assistive Pathways For Specially Abled Persons [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court has issued notice in a PIL seeking the court's assistance in directing the State authorities to construct footpaths with assistive pathways for the blind and specially-abled individuals, and to ensure proper upkeep of the footpaths in the NCT of Delhi. The plea was filed by law aspirants Prateek Sharma and Diksha Singh from Delhi University, and calls for...