MPLADS Fund : CIC Recommends Legal Framework For Transparency In Fund Utilization [Read Order]

It is sad that law makers of the nation did not make law for their own MPLADSThe Central Information Commission has recommended the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman to issue appropriate legal framework to bring in more accountability and transparency in the utilization of funds under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme(MPLADS).The order was passed by the...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In A Petition For Direction To Include Sign Language In The Eighth Schedule Of Constitution Of India

The Delhi High Court last week issued notice on a PIL demanding that sign language be recognized as an official language of India and be incorporated into the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.The notice was issued by a bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar Rao, directing the respondents to file their counter-affidavits within four weeks, and listing...

Even An Animal Will Feel Ashamed Of Such A Person: Meghalaya HC Confirms 10-Yr RI To Man For Raping A Minor [Read Judgment]

A person who did not spare a “tiny tot” not knowing what ravishing means, a small flower yet to bloom, can such a person, who tarnished, ravished and brutalized a female baby of 7 years of age, be a human being? Even an animal will feel ashamed of such a person, remarked the Meghalaya High Court while dismissing an appeal by a man accused of raping a 7-year-old girl.Joken Kharsati...

Total Prohibition Of Plastic Carry Bags To Achieve The Larger Public Interest In The Interest Of Environment: MP HC Upholds State Amendment [Read Order]

“May be; the Central Government, considering the conditions prevailing in the country has taken steps for minimization of plastic waste but if the State takes steps to eliminate the plastic waste, such Act cannot be said to be irreconcilable to the Central law.”The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld total prohibition of plastic carry bags in the state.The bench of Chief Justice Hemant...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court issued interim guidelines for the management of shelter homes in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Bench comprising Chief Justice DB Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma has directed all District Judges in the State to constitute monitoring committees of 3-4 members, comprising the Secretary of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), and...

Bar Council Of Delhi Supports BCI’s Call For Nationwide Demonstration In October For Insurance, Pension Etc, & Lawyers’ Right To Strike

The Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) has unanimously resolved to fully support the Bar Council of India (BCI), which had called on the Bar Associations throughout the country to participate in a nationwide demonstration to be held some time in October this year, to protest against issues ranging from their right to call for strikes and their demand for insurance, medi-claim, pension, stipend...

DSSSB Post Graduate Teachers Recruitment: Plea Before Delhi HC For Conducting Exam Afresh [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court praying for a direction to the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) to scrap the online exam conducted for recruitment of postgraduate teachers (PGT) in July this year, and conduct it afresh.The petition came up on 10 September before Justice IS Mehta, who directed it to be listed on 31 October before the Roster Bench,...

Not ‘Comfort’, But Overall Welfare Of The Minor Is The Sole And Predominant Criterion To Determine Custody: Tripura HC [Read Judgment]

“It is not the “comfort‟ alone is to be considered, but the overall welfare of the minor is the sole and predominant criterion to be determined for her better and descent growing both physically and mentally to lead quality and respectable life the society expects from a child.”The Tripura High court has observed that it is not the “comfort‟ alone to be considered, but the...

Even An Unregistered Partnership Firm Can Maintain ‘Cheque Bounce’ Complaint: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

“It would be noticed that save and except an isolated authority of the Division Bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court in Amit Desai’s case (supra), all other High Courts in the country, have categorically held that the proceedings under Section 138 of the N.I. Act, are not recovery proceedings.”The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that even an unregistered partnership firm can maintain...

Admission Test For NLU Delhi (AILET 2019) On May 5

National Law University Delhi has announced the date for the All India Law Entrance Test 2019. The exam will be conducted on a nation-wide level for admission to its B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), LL.M. and Ph.D. Programmes.Date: Sunday, 5th May 2019Time: 3:00 to 4:40 PMThe admission notification will be issued in the first week of January 2019 and the Online Application Forms will be available on the University website from the first week of January 2019.The official notification can be accessed here.

Madras HC Directs Stipulation Of Outer Time Limit For Filing Counter Affidavits In Writ Petitions [Read Order]

“The Amended Civil Procedure Code stipulates 90 days time for filing written statement in a Civil Suit. When such an outer time limit has been stipulated in the amended Civil Procedure Code, it is highly warranted that the same procedure is to be adopted in the writ petitions also, enabling the High Courts to deal with the matter, soon after the cases are listed for final...

U’khand HC Recommends Govt To Restore Provision Of Anticipatory Bail [Read Order]

Lord Krishna thus told Arjun that “For a self-respecting man, infamy is worse than death.”“This difficulty (as referred to by Lord Krishna) can be overcome by restoring the provision for anticipatory bail,” said the Uttarakhand High Court which has recommended restoration of provision for anticipatory bail in the state.“I am of the view that there must be a provision for...