Allahabad HC Quashes Demotion Of 2 Professors Of Lucknow's Integral University; Says VC Threw All Rules To Wind [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has quashed the demotion of two professors of Lucknow’s Integral University while criticising its Vice-Chancellor for throwing the principles of natural justice to winds.A bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Rang Nath Pandey quashed the June 7 orders passed by the Vice-Chancellor of the varsity by which two professors were demoted from the post...

Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Woman Accused By Lesbian Partner Of ‘Breach Of Trust’

The Bombay High Court recently allowed a criminal appeal filed by a married woman and granted her protection from arrest in a case filed by her lesbian partner (complainant) for offences under Sections 354, 504, 506, 509 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 66(E) and 67 of the Information and Technology Act as well as under Sections 3(1)(r)(s)(w)(i)(ii) of the Scheduled Castes...

Is The Finance Ministry Sleeping? Bombay HC Questions Non-Working Of Mumbai Debt Recovery Tribunal

The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned the shutdown of Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) following a fire in the said building premises over a month ago and expressed surprise at this development. Is the Finance Ministry sleeping, asked Justice Abhay Oka.The division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice AA Sayyed was hearing a petition filed by the Debt Recovery Tribunal Bar...

Madras HC Says Look-Out Circular Against Karti Chidambaram Was Issued In “Hot Haste”; Quashes It [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Monday quashed a lookout circular (LOC) issued by the CBI against Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, in connection with the INX Media case.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose opined that the LOC was issued in “hot haste”, and ruled, “In view of the finding of this Court that the...

Single Co-Owner Cannot Terminate Tenancy for Seeking Recovery of Possession When Other Co-Owners Object- Delhi High Court [Read Order]

“When there are various co-owners/co-landlords, only one co-owner/co-landlord cannot terminate the tenancy for seeking possession of the tenanted property and/or mesne profits”Applying the legal principle that a suit for recovery of possession was not maintainable at the instance of a co-owner alone when other co-owners object to it, the Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed...

Over 80 DSNLU Students Continue Protests After Being Ousted From Hostel

After being expelled from the campus for failing to clear examination backlog, over 80 students of the Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU), Visakhapatnam continued their protest against “arbitrary examination rules and their faulty implementation” on Monday.According to reports, the students have to pass two categories of exams—even semester (May to July) and the odd semester (November/ December). Up until February, every student was allowed four attempts to clear backlogs of...

Mehul Choksi Files Application To Cancel Non Bailable Warrant Against Him Citing “Fear of Mob Lynching” As One Of Reasons For Non-Appearance

Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi, the owner of Gitanjali Gems, who is alleged to be involved in the Rs.17,200 crores PNB fraud along with his nephew Nirav Modi, has filed an application to cancel the non-bailable warrants issued against him in the case filed against him by the Enforcement Directorate(ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act(PMLA).  The Sessions Court, Greater...

From Aug 1, Approaching Authorities Concerned A Must Before Coming To Tribunal, Says NGT [Read Order]

From August 1, every person coming to the National Green Tribunal highlighting violation of any environmental law must first approach the authorities concerned and give them 15 days’ time to respond before moving the tribunal.The same has been ordered by NGT bench headed by chairperson Justice AK Goel with a view that the same may provide quicker remedy.The bench said so while hearing...

P Chidambaram Gets Anticipatory Bail From Delhi Court

Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has got protection from arrest in the multi-crore Aircel-Maxis and INX Media case with a Delhi court granting him anticipatory bail on Monday.Special CBI judge OP Saini granted the relief to Chidambaram who has been named as an accused along with his son Karti in the charge sheet filed by the CBI on July 19.Chidambaram had moved the court in...

Delhi HC Upholds DUSU President Rocky Tuseed’s Disqualification [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the disqualification of Rocky Tuseed's candidature by the varsity, a month before his tenure as the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) President ends.Justice V. Kameswar Rao noted that Tuseed had failed to disclose the disciplinary action taken against him during his undergraduate days at Shivaji College for assaulting another student. This, it...

Women’s Commission Has No Power To Order Maintenance; Kerala HC Quashes Order That Directed Man To Pay ¾ Of Salary To Wife, Kids [Read Judgment]

‘No power is granted to the Commission to issue directions with regard to the matters where specific provisions are made in other statutes and where the parties have appropriate remedies available on them.’Quashing an order passed by the Women’s Commission asking a man to pay three-fourths of his salary to wife and children, the Kerala High Court in Sreekumar v. Kerala Women’s...

Woman’s “Loose Character” Does Not Give Men The Right To Rape Her: Bombay HC Rejects Attempts To Tarnish Rape Survivor’s Character [Read Judgment]

Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently dismissed an appeal filed by a rape convict, upholding the lower Court’s decision to reject attempts to tarnish the rape survivor’s character.Justice Manish Pitale was hearing an appeal filed by one Ramkrishna Ganesh Wagh, challenging an order passed in October 2005 by the Sessions Court, Akola convicting him for raping a 15-year-old...