Delhi HC Refuses To Stay For Now CIC Order Allowing Student To Inspect Evaluated Answer Sheets [Read Order]

HC to decide on Jan 30 whether student has right to inspect answer sheetsThe Delhi High Court has refused to stay the order of the Chief Information Commission (CIC) by which the Delhi University was directed to allow inspection of evaluated answer sheets.Justice Vibhu Bakhru refused to stay the June 18 order of CIC and said it will consider on January 30, 2019, the question whether a student...

Restore Samadhi Of Adi Shankracharya Ji Within A Year: Uttarakhand HC Directs State [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday directed the State to restore the Samadhi of Adi Shankracharya Ji at Kedarnath within one year.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari  also directed the District Administration to ensure that the local traditional hill architecture is taken into consideration while repairing/restoring the samadhi, and...

Mother Wouldn’t Falsely Accuse Child’s Father Of Rape Which Could Damage Daughter’s Marriage Prospects: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently upheld the conviction of a father for raping his minor daughter, opining that the mother would have no reason to file a false rape case against him, as it can even damage “prospect of marriage” of the girl child.Justice AM Badar observed, “The incident in question is that of penetrative sexual assault by the father of the PW2/victim child. It...

Calcutta HC Refuses To Interfere With WB Govt.’s Decision To Give Funds To Durga Puja Committees

The Calcutta High Court Wednesday refused to interfere in the West Bengal government's decision to give Rs 10,000 each to 28,000 Durga puja committees in the state.An interim stay granted by the court on disbursal of funds stands vacated as the court disposed of the public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the state government's decision to give funds to the puja committees.A division...

What Action Is Being Taken Against Those Availing Benefits Of Several Slum Schemes? Bombay HC Asks Authorities [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently sought to know the statutory impediment in the way of a person to avail of the benefit of more than one Slum Scheme.The Bench comprising Justice RM Sawant and Justice KK Sonawane explained, “The grievance of the Petitioner in so far as the person availing the benefits in more than one Slum Rehabilitation Schemes appears to be meritorious and in public...

Exclusion Of Non Domicile Candidates From Kerala LL.B Admission Dropped Following Law Students' PIL In HC [Read Order]

In a Public Interest Litigation filed by three law students, the Government informed the High Court of Kerala that there will not be total exclusion of non-domicile candidates from LL.B admission in Kerala from next academic year.Three law students of Government Law College, Ernakulam -  Gajendra Singh Rajpurohit, Akhil George and Thanseela M.B  - filed a PIL in the High Court of...

Fragile Kasauli: NGT Restricts New Construction Of Any Kind; No Regularisation Of Unauthorised Buildings [Read Order]

Noting that increasing pressure of human activities was causing threat to the ecology in terms of landslides, earthquakes, cloudbursts, flash floods, snow avalanches, droughts and other disasters, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ruled against any new construction of any kind in Kasauli Planning Area (KPA) except in accordance with the area’s Development Plan 2021.The tribunal has...

Disclosure Of Criminal Antecedents Of Candidates: Delhi HC Refuses To Entertain PIL For Compliance With SC Directions In Upcoming Assembly Elections

The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday, refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to frame guidelines for advertising criminal antecedents of candidates in the election campaign in compliance with the Supreme Court judgment in Public Interest Foundation v. Union Of India.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice VK Rao opined that...

Stop All Illegal And Polluting Activities Forthwith, Recover Rs. 50000 Compensation Personally From Parties For Environment Damage, Directs NGT

Coming down heavily on the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and Delhi Police for failing to perform their statutory duties, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed immediate closure of units operating illegally and creating pollution, including unauthorised workshops, carrying out servicing, repair, denting, junk dealing and like activities in the Rohini area of Delhi.The...

Sunanda Pushkar Case: Delhi HC Dismisses Plea For Cancellation Of Shashi Tharoor’s Anticipatory Bail

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking cancellation of Shashi Tharoor's anticipatory bail in the case accusing him of allegedly abetting the suicide of his wife, Sunanda Pushkar.The petition, filed by Advocate Deepak Anand, was dismissed by Justice RK Gauba. The plea had essentially challenged Mr. Tharoor’s move to bypass a magisterial court and directly approach...

Salary Of Professors Insignificant In Election Duties Assigned By District Electoral Officer [Read Order]

P&H HC says election duties are constitutional obligations, no bar on teachers being assigned the sameReiterating that there is no bar on teachers being posted on election duty, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the mere fact that some teachers are drawing higher salary than the Deputy Commissioner and therefore, cannot be directed by him to perform a duty, does not hold...

HC Advocates Association To Be Included In Distribution Of Flood Relief Materials Imported By It : Kerala HC [Read Order] 

The High Court of Kerala has held that the District Collectors should involve the Kerala High Court Advocates Associations(KHCAA) while distributing the flood relief materials imported by the Association.  The wishes of the Association should be given due weightage while distributing flood relief materials imported by it, observed the Court.The order was passed by the Division Bench of...