Bar Association Of Madikeri Appeals For Donations For Karnataka’s Flood-Hit Kodagu

As Kerala struggles to get back up after being raved by floods, Kodagu district in neighbouring Karnataka is also facing a similar catastrophe. Heavy downpour in the district has caused flooding, damaging more than 840 houses, 123 km of road, 58 bridges, 278 government buildings and 3,800 electric poles, according to a statement issued on Monday.The Bar Association of Madikeri has...

Nothing To Suggest That He Can’t Be A Useful Member Of The Society: MP HC Commutes Death Penalty To Youth In Minor’s Rape-Murder Case [Read Judgment]

“The record indicates that he was left by his mother and residing alone, therefore, the accused was the first offender living separate from his family at the age of 21 year and the probability of his being rehabilitation and reformation is there, cannot be ruled out. Nothing is available on record to suggest that he cannot be a useful member of the society.”The Madhya Pradesh High...

What’s In A Name? When ‘Mr. Highcourt’ Approaches Madras High Court

As far as unusual cases go, the Madras High Court seems to have bagged itself a winner. The Court has been approached by a 72-year-old retired police head constable from Tiruvannamalai district named B. Highcourt.Mr. Highcourt has approached the High Court demanding a direction to the Judicial Magistrate at Polur in Tiruvannamalai district to commit a case filed by him under the Scheduled...

Person Who Has Not Studied A Subject Can’t Be Appointed To Teach That Subject: Raj HC Says Candidates With English As Addl Subject In Graduation Not Eligible For Post Of English Teacher [Read Order]

Can a person be appointed to teach a subject which she or he has himself not studied for three years in graduation but only for a year as an additional subject?The Rajasthan High Court has said that doing so would amount to diluting the standard of education, whatever of it is left.“… a teacher who himself has not studied the subject which he is to teach; if appointed would be damaging to...

Delhi HC Issues Guidelines For Grading Of Judicial Officers By Appraisal Evaluation Authorities [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by a judicial officer challenging the criteria adopted by the Delhi High Court for promotion to posts of District and Sessions Judges as being non-transparent.In doing so, the Bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sunil Gaur also issued certain guidelines to be kept in mind by appraisal evaluation authorities for...

Delhi HC Judges, Registry To Contribute To Kerala Relief Fund, Advocates In Rohini Also Collect Funds

The Chief Justice and judges of the Delhi High Court have come forward to lend a helping hand in the relief and rehabilitation of flood-affected Kerala.The judges of the high court have decided to contribute voluntarily to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund.Many advocates in the Rohini district court have also been collecting funds to be deposited in the relief fund.Advocate...

NGT Directs Taloja CETP Society To Shell Out Rs 10Cr For Polluting Kasardi River in Maharashtra [Read Order]

Earlier on April 4, the NGT had noted that the effluent discharge from the CETP was high and alarming and had directed the Society to deposit Rs 5 crore as environment compensation Venting anger against the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for failing to control high levels of pollution in Kasardi river in Navi Mumbai and not prosecuting the erring industries, the National...

“My Land Needs A Helping Hand”: A High Court Judge's Poetic Plea For Kerala

Showing solidarity with the flood-ravaged Kerala, High Court judge, Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu has authored a beautiful poem calling on the people of the country to stand with the State and help it through the calamity that has already claimed the lives of more than 370 people.Justice Naidu, who is originally from Andhra Pradesh, had initially written the poem in Telugu, appealing only to...

Kerala Floods: Former AG Mukul Rohatgi Donates 50 Lakhs, Bombay Bar Association, Maharashtra Bar Council Appeal Lawyers To Contribute

Senior Advocate and former Attorney General for India Mukul Rohatgi has contributed Rs. 50 lakhs towards Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund Courtesy: M UnnikrishnanThe Bombay Bar Association (BBA) has donated Rs 2.5 lakhs from the Bombay Bar Association Trust for Kerala flood victims and asked members of the bar to contribute generously in this hour of need. All members can draw a cheque...

MCI Regulations Barring Candidates With Biology As Additional Subject From Taking NEET Arbitrary: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

In a big relief to several MBBS aspirants, the Delhi High Court has directed grant of admission to candidates who had passed Class XII with biology/biotechnology as an additional subject and had qualified in the NEET exams.The direction was issued by a Bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice AK Chawla while ruling that the regulations barring candidates with biology/biotechnology...

If Claim For Dues Under Working Journalists Act Is Denied By Employer Newspaper, Labour Court Can Decide Not State: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has ruled that when employees of newspapers under the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955, claim recovery of dues from their employer and same is denied by the employer, then the state or its delegate must refer the matter to a Labour Court.Justice SC Gupte passed the judgment in a batch of...

12YO Girl’s Rape And Murder : Constitute Permanent SITs In All Districts Within 48 Hours For Dealing With “Sensitive Matters”: Uttarakhand HC [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of the rape and murder of a twelve-year-old girl in Uttarkashi.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Manoj K. Tiwari also appointed Advocates Sanjay Bhatt and Lata Negi as the amicus curiae in the case.The Court took cognizance of two reports published in Times of India, titled “Uttarkashi rape:...