Retd SC Judge-Headed Panel To Look Into Plight Of Children Of Women Prisoners [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has ordered the appointment of a committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to look into issues of children of women prisoners.On Wednesday, when the matter was taken up  the Bench of Justices Madan Lokur, Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta the Attorney General expressed his concurrence with the view expressed by the court about the formation of a committee to study...

Punjab & Haryana HC Sets Aside Income-Based Sub Category Under Backward Classes Quota [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday set aside a government notification fixing income criteria for allotting quota seats to candidates from the backward class category.The impugned notification had been issued on 17 August, 2016 under the Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and Admissions in Educational Institutions) Act, 2016. It had stipulated that the children of people with...

Kerala HC Stresses Need For Mechanism To Regulate Fees in Private Schools [Read Order]

"Education is a charitable activity; both the provider and the beneficiary have to see that in such a manner. There cannot be any element of profit except for the further development of the school infrastructure", Justice Mustaque observed in the orderWhile dealing with writ petitions concerning fee hike in a private school, the High Court of Kerala lamented that there was no statutory...

In Case Of Perjury, Court Can Invoke Its Contempt Jurisdiction: Delhi HC Jails Litigant For Lying Under Oath [Read Judgment]

‘As the respondent no.2/ defendant no.2 has admittedly made false statements under oath, this Court is of the view that it strikes a blow at the rule of law and no Court can ignore such conduct which has the tendency to shake public confidence in the judicial institutions because the very structure of an ordered life is put at stake.’All parties to a civil litigation swear before courts...

Ishrat Jahan Fake Encounter Case: Special CBI Court Rejects Discharge Pleas Of Former Cops Vanzara And Amin

A Special CBI Court on Tuesday rejected the discharge petitions filed by two former police officers —DG Vanzara and NK Amin, who are accused in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case.19-year-old Ishrat Jahan, along with three others—Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar—was gunned down by the Gujarat police in an “encounter” in the...

Outside Food In Multiplexes: Maharashtra Govt Takes U-Turn, Says Allowing Outside Food A Security Threat, Bombay HC Asks How?

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned the state government in light of an affidavit filed by the Deputy Secretary, Home Department in a PIL filed by Jainendra Baxi challenging the rule imposed by multiplexes on moviegoers of not carrying any outside food, thereby, forcing them to buy food from private vendors at exorbitant prices.A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice...

Restore 100-Yr-Old Lake: Bombay HC Directs BMC To Demolish Illegal Garden Built Over Khajuria Lake [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (BMC) to restore the 100-year-old Khajuria Lake which is a natural lake that was filled by the corporation and a municipal garden was built over it.Petitioner Pankaj Kotecha averred in his petition that the said construction was done illegally at the behest of then local Councillor and now an MLA for the...

Now Court Staff In New Delhi Distt Can Apply For Leave In Hindi Only

A circular has been issued by the District and Sessions Judge of the New Delhi District asking all employees to henceforth apply for leaves in Hindi only.District and Sessions Judge Poonam Bamba has issued the circular which is also in Hindi.It asks employees of all grades to henceforth give their leave applications in Hindi.This, the circular says, is a step towards promoting the use of...

This Is What SC Held When It Quashed Charges Under POCSO Act Against Doctors In Kottiyoor Rape Case [Read Judgment]

‘Evidence should be such which should at least indicate grave suspicion. Mere likelihood of suspicion cannot be the reason to charge a person for an offence.’The Supreme Court has discharged the gynaecologist, paediatrician and the hospital administrative who were arrayed as accused in the Kottiyoor rape case.The main accused in the case is a church priest. As per the complaint, when...

No Conflict Between Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act And FSS Act, License For Carrying Catering Business Mandatory: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has upheld the vires of Section 394 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act of 1888 and ruled that a license under the provision is mandatory in order to carry on a catering business.A division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai held that the objective of the Food Safety and Standards Act is to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food...

Thanks To Uttarakhand HC, A Functional State Level Authorization Committee For Organ Transplants Is Now In Place In The State [Read Order]

The State of Uttarakhand did not have a fully functional State Level Authorization Committee under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 until last month. However, owing to an order passed by the Uttarakhand High Court, the committee is now fully functional.The committee is expected to regulate living donor transplantation by reviewing each case of transplant and ensuring...

Madras HC Allows Marina Beach To Be The Final Resting Place of Karunanidhi [ Read Order]

(Story updated with the operative portion of Order)The Madras High Court has allowed ex-CM and DMK leader Karunanidhi to be interred near Anna Memorial at Marina Beach, after a special hearing session.The special hearing was held by Acting CJ Huluvadi.G Ramesh and Justice S.S Sundar when DMK moved an urgent petition against the decision of State Government denying permission to bury...