'Doctors Must Prepare Postmortem, Injury Reports In Typed, Legible Format': Allahabad HC Orders UP Govt To Issue Directions To CMOs

The Allahabad High Court has directed the State Government to issue directions orders to the Chief Medical Officers of the state regarding the preparation of postmortem reports or injury reports in typed format, which is legible.The bench of Justice Brij Raj Singh issued this direction while granting bail to one Vishwanath, who has been accused of assaulting a victim, which resulted in his...

Article 311 Constitution Not Applicable To Armed Force: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Interfere With BSF Constable's Dismissal

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to interfere with the dismissal order of a BSF Constable who overstayed his leave, on the ground that Article 311 of the Constitution is applicable only to the holders of civil posts and not to the members of the Armed Forces. Article 311 lays down ground rules for dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under...

Can't Direct Govt To Enforce Strict Prohibition On Liquor, Directive Principles Not Enforceable: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Observing that Courts cannot issue a writ of mandamus for enforcing the directive principles of State policy, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently closed a petition seeking closure of liquor shops and establishments in the UT, besides seeking rehabilitation of those engaged in this business.The bench comprising Justices Sanjeev Kumar and Puneet Gupta was hearing a plea ...

Hindu Female Becomes 'Absolute Owner' Of Partitioned Property, Can't Devolve On Siblings But Would Be Subject To Succession: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a female Hindu becomes the absolute owner of the property on acquisition of property by way of a partition deed agreed upon in the family and the property cannot be termed as acquisition by inheritance and thus would not revert to the siblings on her death. A single judge bench of Justice C M Joshi sitting at Kalaburagi, allowed the appeal filed...

BJP MLA Vijender Gupta Moves High Court Against One Year Suspension From Delhi Assembly

BJP MLA Vijender Gupta has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the motion passed by Delhi Legislative Assembly suspending him from attending the sittings of the House for one year till the next Budget Session. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Datta allowed urgent listing of the petition for tomorrow. The matter was mentioned by Senior...

No Mandatory Requirement Of Aadhaar For MSME Udyam Registration: Centre To Gujarat High Court

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) on Monday informed the Gujarat High Court that there is no mandatory requirement of Aadhaar Number for registration of businesses with MSME Udyam Registration.The Court was hearing a PIL seeking quashing of the part of the Notification dated June 26, 2020 issued by MSME, so far as it allegedly mandatorily demands Aadhaar Number from...

EPF Pension | Kerala High Court Seeks Response Of PF Authorities On Plea Against Limiting Higher Pension For Not Exercising 'Fresh Joint Option'

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Central Government and the Provident Fund authorities in the plea challenging the initiation of steps by the PF Commissioner to curtail/limit/stop the higher pension that is being received by the retired employees of KELTRON on the ground that they had not exercised a fresh joint option. Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. posted the...

Air India Urination Case: Delhi High Court Directs DGCA To Constitute Appellate Committee To Hear Appeal Against ‘Unruly Passenger’ Tag

The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to constitute an appellate committee to hear the appeal of Shankar Mishra, accused in the Air India urination case, against the airline’s inquiry committee's order designating him as an “unruly passenger” and banning him from flying for four months.Justice Prathiba M Singh permitted Mishra to file...

Karnataka High Court Permitted Superintendent of Central Tax To Pass Orders For Revoking Cancellation Of GST Registration On Filing Returns

The Karnataka High Court has permitted the Superintendent of Central Tax to pass suitable orders for revocation of the cancellation of the GST registration, if the petitioner/assessee files returns.The single bench of Justice B. M. Shyam Prasad has observed that the cancellation of GST registration was without due opportunity and was arbitrary.The petitioner submitted that the respondent...

Appellate Court Becomes Functus Officio After Disposing Main Appeal, Cannot Decide Injunction Application Thereafter: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court recently held the dismissal of an injunction application by a District Judge, 5 days after disposal of the main title appeal, to be bad in law. The single judge bench of Justice Justice Parthiv Jyoti Saikia observed:“The Title Appeal was disposed of on 23.02.2022 and the connected injunction petition was disposed of 5 days later, i.e. on 28.02.2022. With the delivery...

Airport Metro Arbitral Award: DMRC Seeks Review Of High Court Ruling, Says Attachment Of Statutory Expenses Will Cause Chaos On Delhi Roads

Seeking a review of Delhi High Court's recent decision on the execution petition filed by Reliance Infra-promoted Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL), the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has told the court that the attachment of its statutory expenses will result in immediate stoppage of the entire metro network in National Capital Region and cause inconvenience to more...

Order 6 Rule 17 CPC | Party Can’t Be Refused Relief Merely Over Inadvertence Or Infraction Of Procedural Rules: Patna High Court

A bench comprising Justice Sunil Dutta Mishra of the Patna High Court, while allowing a civil miscellaneous petition held that a party cannot be refused just relief merely because of some mistake, negligence, inadvertence or even infraction of the rules of procedure.In this case, the Civil Miscellaneous application was preferred for setting aside the order passed by Sub-Judge, Gaya in a...