Delhi HC Interim Stay On Conferment Of DU’s Medal, Prof Savitri Sinha Padak In Tomorrow’s Convocation

The Delhi High Court has put an ad-interim stay on conferment of University Medal and also the Prof Savitri Sinha Smriti Swarna Padak, and the Maithili Sharan Gupta Puraskar, during the 95th annual convocation ceremony scheduled to be held tomorrow. A bench of Justice C Hari Shankar ordered that there would be stay on conferment of these honours on two students – one from Hindu college...

Probe ‘Motive’ Of Sexual Harassment Complaints Filed Against Public Servants Before Registering Cases Against Them, Says MP HC [Read Order]

‘It is the duty of the Investigating Officer to investigate thoroughly and reach to the motive for which the complaint has been filed against the public servant’While quashing a ‘sexual harassment’ complaint made against a public servant, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that harassment of the public servant on pretext of false complaint at the instance of or in hands of...

Sohrabuddin Was Killed In A Fake Encounter,His Wife Kausar Bi Was Raped And Later Killed By Police: Brother Deposes Before CBI Court

Sohrabuddin Shaikh's brother on Saturday that Tulsiram Prajapti had told him about Shaikh's alleged abduction by the Gujarat Police and subsequent death in a fake encounter in November 2005.Prajapati, Sohrabuddin's associate, was himself killed in an alleged fake encounter in 2006.Rubabuddin Shaikh, Sohrabuddin's brother, deposed before the special CBI court here.He stood by his statement to...

Mere Pleading That Husband Was Attempting Sodomy Sufficient To Grant Divorce To The Wife On The Ground Of Cruelty: Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

‘It will amount to be a cruelty, the reason being that no wife will ever in defence plead such an act to determine cruelty.’The Uttaranchal High Court recently observed that mere pleading by the wife in the divorce petition that husband was making an attempt to have an unnatural sexual relationship (sodomy) is sufficient to grant divorce on the ground of ‘cruelty’.The wife had come...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court held that Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure cannot be invoked to seek transfer of claim petition pending before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal.Two public interest litigations challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government’s decision to rename Allahabad to Prayagraj met different fate. While the bench at Allahabad dismissed the plea asking...

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...