No Exemption For Quarrying Sites From Ceiling Limit Under Land Reforms Act : Kerala HC Holds By 2:1 Majority [Read Judgment]

A Full Bench of High Court of Kerala has held by 2:1 majority that quarrying sites will not come within the definition of 'commercial site' under Section 2(5) of the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 so as to qualify for exemption from ceiling limit under 81(1)(q) of the Act.While Justices Chitambaresh and Sathish Ninan ruled against granting exemption to quarrying sites, Justice P B...

Rejection/Acceptance Of Anticipatory Bail Not Relevant While Considering Regular Bail Application: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the rejection or acceptance of anticipatory bail of an accused by the High Court is not relevant for consideration of the regular bail of the accused under Section 437(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.The Bench comprising Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice IS Mehta ruled, “While considering the regular bail application of the accused under...

Gauhati, Orissa, Meghalaya, Madras & Delhi High Courts Get New Judges [Read Notifications]

The President has notified the appointment of new judges in Gauhati, Orissa, Meghalaya, Madras and Delhi High Courts.Sanjay Kumar Medhi and Nania Tagia have been appointed as additional judges of Guahati High Court.Dr.Akshay Kumar Mishra has been appointed as judge of Orissa High Court.Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew has been appointed as judge of Meghalaya High Court.B. Pugalendhi has been...

Allahabad HC Gets 28 New Judges [Read Notifications]

The President has notified the appointment of 28 additional judges in Allahabad High Court. The notifications are issued separately in batches of 15 and 13.The first notification pertains to 15 advocates, who have been elevated as additional judges. They are:- Prakash Padia Alok Mathur Pankaj Bhatia Saurabh Lavania Vivek Varma Sanjay Kumar Singh Piyush Agarwal Saurabh Shyam Shamshery...

Mandatory To Impose Fine Of Not Less Than Rs 1 Lakh For Offence U/s 55 (1) of Kerala Abkari Act: SC [Read Judgment]

‘The Court has discretion to impose fine more than Rs. one lakh depending upon the facts of each case.’The Supreme Court has held that it is mandatory to impose a fine of not less than Rs 1 lakh on a person convicted under Section 55 (1) of the Kerala Abkari Act.The bench comprising Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice Indu Malhotra was considering an appeal filed by Santosh Kumar...

Calcutta HC Issues Directions To Prevent Child Sexual Abuse In Schools [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed authorities to appoint counsellors in about one lakh educational institutions in West Bengal to protect students from sexual abuse.The Court was acting on a petition filed by parents of a girl child who suffered abuse by physical education teachers of a city based school. Instead of confining itself to the individual issue, the Court decided to...

Delhi HC Notice To Centre On Petition Against Sale Of Expired Medicines [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre on a petition against the sale of expired medicines.A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice VK Rao issued a notice to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Drug Controller General of India on a petition moved by advocate Amit Sahni.Sahni prayed that the Centre be directed to undertake appropriate measures to...

Judges Should Refrain From Assessing Competence Of Lawyers Appearing Before Them: Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

‘There is a practical aspect of the controversy also, which the learned Single Judge should have thought of as he also hails from same fraternity of advocates, prior to His elevation to Bench, which the Advocates, as a professional of the Courts also face and he has to acknowledge the fact that normally in profession these types of minor errors do creep in…’The Uttarakhand High Court...

Attacking Police Officers Is In Increase In The State, Kerala HC Dismisses Plea Of 8 Persons Accused Of Assaulting Cops [Read Order]

‘Filing an application under section 321 Cr.P.C by the Public Prosecutor does not confer any right on the accused not to be proceeded against.’The Kerala High Court, while refusing withdrawal of prosecution in a criminal case against accused for assaulting cops, observed that attacks on police officers were on the increase in the state and it is not in public interest to allow the...

Statute Based On International Treaty To Be Interpreted In The Light Of Treaty : Madras HC On Anti Dumping Rules [Read Judgment]

Holding that a statute based on an international treaty should be interpreted in the light of the objectives of the treaty, the Madras High Court interpreted Anti Dumping Duty Rules in the light of General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs 1994(GATT).Thus, the High Court read into time limit for 'New Shipper Review' under Rule 22 of Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection...

Karnataka HC Confers Senior Designation On 18 Advocates [Read Notification]

The High Court of Karnataka has designated 18 advocates as Senior Advocates. They are: R V Subramanya Naik Gurumath Gangadhar Rudramuni Sharma R.V Prasad Hasahmath Pasha S Susheela T S Amar Kumar Gurudas Shyamrao Kannur Kuloor Arvind Kamath K N Phanindra G Shivadass Arun Kumar K Srinivasa Raghavan V A S Ponnanna Sandesh J Chouta Lakshmy Iyengar M Nagaprasanna Jayna Kothari Shankar AThis...

Illegal Flexes, Bill Boards, Advert Boards, Banners, Flags: Kerala HC Tells Authorities To Proceed Against Violators, Including Political Parties[Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala has called upon the authorities concerned to take strong penal action against violators, including political parties, who make unauthorized installation of illegal flex boards/billboards/advertisement boards/banners/flags.The court issued such an ultimatum after observing that violations being done out by persons, especially from the ruling political front,...