Bhima-Koregaon: Bombay HC Rejects Professor Anand Teltumbde’s Plea To Quash FIR [Read Judgment]

“We are of the opinion that this is not a case where there is no incriminating material against the Petitioner”The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed Professor Anand Teltumbde plea to quash FIR registered against him in relation to Bhima­-Koregaon incident.Refusing to interfere with the investigation, the bench comprising Justice B. P. Dharmadhikari and Justice Sarang V....

NGT Sets Up Expert Panel To Look Into Re-Use Of RO Waste Water, Report Sought By 4 Months [Read Order]

Agreeing with the view that the rejected water in the process of purification by Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems further percolates down to the ground water, thereby contaminating it, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted an expert committee to devise ways of re-filtration or secondary use of such water.The tribunal, while dealing with an application filed by an NGO, Friends, has set...

Vedanta Copper Plant: Madras HC Temporarily Rolls Back NGT Verdict; Orders Status Quo On Reopening [Read Order]

In a major setback to the Vedanta Group, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday stayed the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) December 15 order that had permitted it to reopen its copper smelting plant in Tuticorin.A bench comprising Justice KK Sasidharan and Justice PD Audikesavalu ordered status quo to continue, thereby restraining Vedanta from reopening its copper...

Does It Behove State Govt To Treat Lokayukta In A Casual And Irresponsible Manner, Says Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

“The Lokayukta is an independent statutory authority and not a Commission under the State Government nor is he the Chairman of any such statutory Commission under the State Government.”The Allahabad High Court came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh Government for cancelling a Type-VI accommodation provided to the Lokayukta and instead allotting a lower category accommodation.Justice...

Delhi HC Abolishes Beggars Court 4 Months After Decriminalising Begging

The Delhi High Court has abolished the Beggars Court, through a public notice dated December 20. The move comes four months after the court struck down anti-begging provisions as unconstitutional.The notice also announcesthe immediate transfer of the following judicial officers: Shelly Arora Vijeta Singh Rawa Saumya Chauhan Harvinder Singh Arun Goel Ajay Kumar Malik Richa Parihar Preeti...

Women Wall Campaign : Participation To Be Voluntary; Children Must Be Excluded, Rules Kerala HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala has directed the exclusion of persons below the age of 18 years from the 'Women Wall'(vanitha mathil) campaign of the Government.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar was considering a batch of petitions challenging the program.'Women Wall' is an awareness campaign announced by the Women and Child Department, whereby...

Senior Citizens Cannot Be Used As Commodity Or Chattel By Their Children: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court recently rejected a petition filed by a Mysuru woman against her 82-year-old mother, asserting that it is the “duty and dharma” of children to take care of their aged parents.The order was passed by Justice B. Veerappa on a petition filed by a woman, ND Vanamala, challenging an order passed by the Assistant Commissioner (AC) in November last year, whereby a gift...

Delhi HC Orders Immediate Release Of Tandoor Murder Case Convict Sushil Sharma After 23 Yrs In Jail

Tandoor murder convict Sushil Sharma will see the light of the day after having spent 23 years in incarceration with the Delhi High Court on Friday ordering his immediate release.A  bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal ordered that Sharma be released from Tihar jail where he has been serving life term since 1995 for murdering his wife and attempting to destroy her...

‘Amazed’ T&AP HC Directs Andhra Pradesh Govt To Forthwith Constitute State Human Rights Commission [Read Order]

“We are amazed to hear that no appointment is made to the State Human Rights Commission of the State of Andhra Pradesh. lf such institutions do not work what would be at peril is the eligibility of humans to ask for human rights through duly constituted institutions.”The High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has directed the State of Andhra Pradesh to forthwith constitute State...

How Is Pt. Nehru’s Legacy Being Erased, Effaced Or Defamed By Centre: Delhi HC Rejects AJL’s Plea Challenging Centre’s Order To Vacate Herald House [Read Judgment]

“This Court is conscious of the fact that Young Indian Company is a charitable company, but modus operandi to acquire 99% of AJL's shares speaks volumes.”The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the plea by Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), challenging the Centre’s order to vacate the premises in the national capital.Justice Sunil Gaur observed that AJL will have to vacate the premises...

Denial Of Maintenance Is A Continuing Cause Of Action; Claim Not Time Barred After 3 Years : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held offence of domestic violence under Section 498A IPC  has to be treated as a "continuing offence".The Court further held that the claim for maintenance was a "continuing cause of action", and wife was not barred from claim it under the Domestic Violence Act even after a period of three years.The judgment was delivered by Justice Mukta Gupta, while dismissing a...

Delhi HC Declines Sajjan Kumar's Prayer To Extend Time To Surrender

The Delhi High Court today dismissed the petition filed by Sajjan Kumar seeking extension of time to surrender. He was directed by the Court last Monday to surrender on or before December 31 to serve the sentence of life imprisonment imposed on him for his involvement in 1984 anti-sikh riots.He had moved the Delhi High Court yesterday seeking extension of time till January 30, 2019,...