Kerala HC Recalls Judgment Dismissing PIL to Inquire Alleged Non-Utilization Of Public Funds By Journalists' Union [Read Order]

The PIL alleged that Rs.25 Lakhs allotted to the Union by Kerala Govt to construct Kerala Press Club in New Delhi was kept unused.By allowing a Review Petition, the High Court of Kerala has recalled the judgment which had dismissed a PIL seeking inquiry into the alleged non-utilization of funds by Kerala Union of Working Journalists(KUWJ). The petition alleged that the  KUWJ had kept the...

Bombay HC Refuses Relief To Final Year Law Student With Low Attendance [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently refused to grant any relief to a final year law student from Govind Ramnath Kare College of Law with low attendance.A bench of Justice NM Jamdar and Justice Prithviraj K Chavan was hearing the writ petition filed by the student himself.According to the petitioner, right before the sixth-semester examinations, students are required to obtain an attendance note...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court in Sham Kumbhakarna vs. Yogita  held that no ‘permanent custody’ orders can be made in proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.Giving the benefit of doubt to the accused, the High Court recently acquitted a man convicted under Sections 302 and 376(f) of the Indian Penal Code. Gaikwad was found sleeping over a foot...

Himachal Pradesh HC Enlists Indian Army’s Assistance For Removing Encroachments In Villages [Read Order]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday enlisted the Eco-Task Force set up by the Indian Army based at Kufri (Shimla) for removing encroachments over forests or public land in the Jalatha, Chaithla, Pungrish, Pandali and Kalemu villages in Kotkhai tehsil in Shimla district.The Army is expected to accompany the SIT constituted by the Court on 25 April for the purpose. The SIT comprises...

Bombay HC Permits Supply Of Free Copies Of Notes Of Evidence In PDF Format To Parties/Advocates

In a move that will be a positive step in digitisation of daily workings of both Higher as well as the lower judiciary, the Committee of Administrative Judges of the Bombay High Court has granted permission to supply digital copies of notes of evidence in PDF format to parties or their advocates free of cost.A circular dated July 20, 2018 signed by the Registrar General Shrinivas Aggarwal...

Bombay HC Imposes Unprecedented Rs. 60L On Maharashtra Govt For Failing To Find Missing Man For 13 Years [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has directed the State of Maharashtra to deposit Rs.60 lakh after concluding that the state has failed in discharging its responsibility in finding Gangadhar Patil, a man missing for the last 13 years.A division bench of Justices TV Nalawade and KV Waldane at the Aurangabad bench was hearing a criminal writ petition filed by Patil’s wife.Case BackgroundGangadhar was in...

Are Children & Lactating Mothers Being Given Nutritious Food In Tribal Melghat Area? Bombay HC Asks State [Read Order]

Is nutritious food being distributed to children and lactating mothers in the tribal Melghat area, the Bombay High Court sought to know on Tuesday.The order was issued by a Bench comprising Justice Naresh H. Patil and Justice G.S. Kulkarni, taking into account a chart submitted before it by Government Pleader Mr. A.B. Vagyani, indicating the number of camps held in Melghat, which is situated...

It Is The Centre’s Duty To Provide Special Health Packages To All Hilly States: Uttarakhand HC

The Uttarakhand High Court on Friday issued a slew of directions for improvement of medical facilities in the State.In doing so, the Bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Lok Pal Singh asserted that it is the Centre’s duty to provide special health packages to all hilly States, observing, “We are not oblivious of the financial crunch faced by the State of Uttarakhand. It is...

Courts Should Not Bow down To Browbeating By Litigants And Recuse Itself From Hearing Cases: Calcutta HC [Read Order]

A judge has to ensure that judicial process is insulated from scheming parties trying to circumvent the process by belated pleas of recusal, said a Calcutta High Court bench which was forced to undertake the “unsavoury” exercise of deciding a plea of its own bias stemming from its use of expression “ progress of trial ”.A bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Ravi Krishan...

Profiling A Person Solely On Basis Of Religion Is Contrary To Our Constitutional Creed: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

‘Every violation of visa norm cannot possibly lead to banning a person from entering into the country unless there is material to show that the person concerned acted in a manner which was inimical to our national interest.’Directing the immigration authorities to reconsider the decision to ‘blacklist’ an OCI cardholder, the Delhi High Court has observed that every violation of visa...

Gujarat HC Issues Notice To Centre, GST Council On Challenge Against CGST Rule On Filing, Revising TRAN-1 [Read Petition]

The Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the Centre and the GST council on a petition challenging the constitutional validity and vires of Rule 117 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules-2017 on the ground that it restricts the time limit for filing and revising of GST TRAN-1 to the extent of only 180 days from the appointed day even though there is no such limitation...

Sedition Row: Delhi HC Sets Aside JNU’s Penalty On Kanhaiya Kumar

The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside Jawaharlal Nehru University’s order imposing fine of Rs. 10,000 on its former student union president Kanhaiya Kumar. It opined that the impugned order was “illegal, irrational and irregular”, and directed JNU to conduct the proceedings afresh.The penalty had been imposed by JNU’s Appellate Authority in connection with an incident in...