Examine Para TT Players’ Plea To Participate In Asian Para Games: Delhi HC Directs Sports Secretary [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Centre to examine and take expeditious decision on the candidature of para table tennis players who had been recommended by the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) for the upcoming Asian Para Games to be held in Indonesia.The direction was issued by Justice Vibhu Bakhru on a petition filed by ten para table tennis players. They had pointed out...

Killings Of Gauri Lankesh And Narendra Dabholkar Linked :CBI Tells Pune Court

The killings of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru last year and rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune in 2013 were "linked", the CBI claimed before a court at Pune today.Seeking extension of the custody of Sachin Andure, one of the alleged shooters in the Dabholkar murder case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the court that one of the accused in the Lankesh murder case...

As U'khand HC Quashes Stay, Whistle-blower Officer's Plea Adjourned To "Later On"

In less than a week after the Uttarakhand High Court set aside the interim stay on proceedings in a service matter instituted by IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi before the Nainital bench of CAT while finding the Centre’s attitude towards him vindictive, the matter revolving around the poor appraisal report of the whistle-blower officer has been adjourned indefinitely due to recent change in...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court recently opined that burning the effigy of a living person prima facie does not amount to organising a mock funeral, which is an offence under Section 6 of the United Provinces Special Powers Act, 1932.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court ruled that when employees of newspapers under the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees...

Plea For Removal Of Objectionable Facebook Post: MP HC Asks Woman Aggrieved By Police Inaction To Approach Magistrate [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has told a woman aggrieved by police inaction over her complaint seeking removal of an objectionable message on her Facebook page to approach the magistrate with her complaint as provided under the Criminal Procedure Code.Justice Sheel Nagu disposed of the writ petition moved by the woman, a resident of Gwalior, who had sought removal of an objectionable...

Anil Ambani's Reliance Group Files Rs 5,000 Crore Defamation Suit Against Congress Owned National Herald

Anil Ambani's Reliance Group companies have filed a Rs 5,000 crore defamation suit against Congress-owned National Herald, claiming an article published in the newspaper regarding the Rafale fighter jet deal was "libellous and derogatory".They also filed a second, similar suit against Gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil seeking Rs 5,000 crore in damages for defamation.The two suits...

Father Pleads For Passive Euthanasia To His 9-Yr-Old Son: Madras HC Constitutes Committee To Nominate Expert Doctors [Read Order]

T Paavendhan, a 9-year-old boy, is in persistent vegetative state (PVS) since birth diagnosed with the condition of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)While considering a plea of a man seeking passive euthanasia to his son in the persistent vegetative state (PVS) since birth, the Madras High Court has constituted a three-member committee of doctors to nominate three expert doctors according...

Law Student Represents Senior Citizen For Re 1, Stresses On Power Of Legal Aid [Read Order]

Puts to use 2014 guidelines for non-advocates to appear before consumer forumSetting an example of the power of legal aid in ensuring justice for all, a fifth-year law student from Lucknow has charged a token fee of just Re 1 to represent a senior citizen before a consumer forum in Jaipur, Rajasthan, in a legal battle drawn over two years and got him compensated too.Chanakya Sharma, a student...

This Kerala Judge Overcame Personal Tragedy In Floods To Dedicate Himself To Relief Work

The story of a Kerala judicial officer's selfless service during flood crisis is inspiring and poignant. Jomon John, Judicial First Class Magistrate of Irinjalakuda, Thrissur District, had to suffer personal bereavements in the torrential rains which wreaked havoc all over the state. However,undaunted by personal tragedies,he dedicated himself to relief operations in Irinjalakuda, which...

NDPS Bail Conditions Discriminatory, Irrational And Defy Human Logic, Says Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]

“On mere opposition by the Public Prosecutor, to the grant of bail to the accused, this Section castes a duty upon the Court to satisfy itself that there are reasonable grounds for believing: (A) that he is not guilty of such offence; (B) that he is not likely to commit any offence while on bail. The entire controversy, in this case, is regarding the above-said two conditions.”While...

Two Rooms Sans A Kitchen Can’t Be Called A House, Reiterates Delhi HC [Read Order]

HC asks govt to re-decide plea of a woman for an alternate plotTwo rooms without the basic facility of the kitchen cannot be called a house, the Delhi High Court has reiterated while asking the government to decide the plea of a woman for an alternate plot in lieu of acquired land.In this case, petitioner Fahmida Anjum’s application for allotment of an alternate plot in lieu of acquired...

“Hindu Courts Colour Justice With Religion”: Plea In Allahabad HC Demands Dismantling Of Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Maha Sabha’s Courts

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Allahabad High Court demanding dismantling of the “Hindu Courts” established by the Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Maha Sabha and restraining the Sabha from constituting such courts in the future.The PIL, filed by Allahabad based Advocate Ankit Singh through Advocate Rohan Gupta, contends, “…the establishment of such ‘Hindu courts’ is...