High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court recently dismissed a criminal appeal filed by the State of Maharashtra against a judgment of the Additional Sessions judge in Sangli acquitting one Vijay Shinde and his parents who were booked under Sections 498A (cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.The High Court upheld the vires of Section 394 of the Mumbai Municipal...

Justice Aniruddha Bose Sworn In As Chief Justice of Jharkhand HC

Justice Aniruddha Bose was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court by the Governor Droupadi Murmu yesterday.  The ceremony held at Raj Bhavan was attended by Chief Minister Raghubar Das, former Chief Ministers Arjun Munda and Hemant Soren, Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Dinesh Oraon and a host of dignitaries.Justice Bose, the senior-most Puisne judge of Calcutta High Court, did...

NGT Directs CPCB, DPCC To Find Whether Mosques In Delhi Causing Noise Pollution, Asks DCP To Ensure Compliance [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee ( DPCC) to find out if mosques in East Delhi were causing noise pollution.The tribunal passed the order on an application filed by a right wing NGO, Akhand Bharat Morcha, which had claimed that seven mosques at different locations across East Delhi were...

TN Bar Council Suspends Advocate-Couple For Blocking Car of HC Judge & Abusing Driver [Read Order]

The  Bar Council of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry has suspended an advocate-couple from practicing for fifteen days, on the charge that they blocked the car of a judge of Madras High Court and entered into a verbal quarrel with his driver in public view.The allegation is that on July 30 at about 9.40 AM, a car driven by advocate Sahul Hameed , in which his wife advocate Shika Sarmadan was...

Justice Tahilramani Sworn In As Chief Justice of Madras High Court

Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court today morning. The Governor, Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath at a ceremony held in Raj Bhavan, which was attended by Chief Minister E K Palaniswami, and Justice Indira Banerjee, former Chief Justice of Madras High CourtJustice Tahilramani, who was the Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court,...

Issuance Of Passport Can Be Refused On Ground Of Pendency Of Criminal Appeal Against Acquittal: Telangana & AP HC [Read Judgment]

‘If proceedings in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed by the applicant for Passport are pending before the appellate Court; the High Court in this case; that is ground enough for the Passport Officer to be compelled by the opening part of Sub-section (2) of Section 6 of the Act to refuse issuance of such Passport.’The High Court of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh has...

Callous Attitude Shown Towards Animal Welfare Unfortunate: Manipur HC Directs State To Implement Animal Welfare Laws In Letter And Spirit [Read Order]

‘… our country being a welfare State, the State of Manipur ought to act fairly and reasonably with a view to keep a healthy environment for purpose of making the human life meaningful.’The Manipur High Court recently directed the state to implement the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act and the Rules made thereunder, in letter and spirit.A suo moto PIL was registered...

Delhi HC Directs PWD To Pay 10 Lakh Compensation To Mother Of 11 YO Boy Who Died After Falling In Uncovered Pit [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court last week awarded compensation of Rs. 10 lakh with interest of Rs 2.47 lakh as an additional sum to the mother of an 11-year-old boy who died during a school picnic after falling into an uncovered rainwater harvesting pit at the Millennium Park in Southeast Delhi.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar directed the Public...

Armymen Also Are Entitled To Preservation Of Reputation, Livelihood And Protection From Oppression: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

‘The question arises is as to whether the benefits of the liberal spirits of the Constitution would be totally deprived to a class of citizens, namely, those who are engaged in defending the country against external aggression and those who serve the country in peace as much as in war.’Quashing the order of punishment of imprisonment as well as dismissal from service imposed on...

TN, Puducherry Courts Open Today To Compensate For Holiday On Karunanidhi’s Demise

All courts in Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Puducherry will work on Saturday to compensate for the loss of work on Wednesday which was declared as holiday as a mark of respect to former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on his demise.“In lieu of declaring August 8, 2018 (Wednesday) as holiday, August 11 is declared as working day for the high court (Principal seat at Madras and Madurai...

SC Collegium Rejects Proposal For Elevation Of Three Advocates To Gujarat High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium recently rejected the proposal by the High Court Collegium to recommend three Advocates for elevation to Gujarat High Court.The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MB Lokur noted that two of the Advocates—Amar Dhirajlal Mithani and Udayan Pankajkumar Vyas— do not satisfy the prescribed professional...

Constitution Of Appellate Tribunal Under GST Act Prima Facie Contrary To SC Decision; Madras HC Issues Notice To Centre, State, GST Council And AG Of India [Read Order]

Holding that the constitution of Appellate Tribunal under the GST Act is prima facie contrary to the decision of the Supreme Court that the technical members on a Tribunal shall never exceed the judicial member, the Madras High Court has issued notice to the Centre, the Tamil Nadu government and the Goods and Service Tax Council and also the Attorney General of India. The court was hearing...