This Is Hardly Good Governance: SC Asks State Of Jharkhand To Make Regular Appointments Only [Read Judgment]

‘What has eventually been achieved by the State of Jharkhand is to short circuit the process of regular appointments and instead make appointments on an irregular basis. This is hardly good governance.’This is hardly good governance, remarked a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur observing that the State of Jharkhand continued with the irregular appointments for almost...

Cannot Cancel Entire Exam If Two Students Were Found Copying: SC Upholds ASTE Exam In Gauhati [Read Order]

The Supreme Court last week upheld the examination held for selection to the post of Assistant Signal-and- Telecommunication Engineer (ASTE) (Grade-B) against 30% LDCE quota vacancies in Gauhati.The Bench comprising Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice L. Nageswara Rao opined that the State could not have cancelled the entire exam if only two students were found copying, observing, “In...

Delhi Court Allows Shashi Tharoor To Travel Abroad

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, accused of subjecting his deceased wife Sunanda Pushkar to cruelty and abetting her to commit suicide, was on Wednesday allowed by a Delhi court to travel abroad to several countries from August 10.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted Tharoor the permission to travel to five countries, including the USA, Canada and Germany, upon furnishing...

Delhi HC Allows OP Chautala To Summon Records Of 1997 Closed DA Case To Defend Self In 2010 Under Trial DA Case [Read Judgment]

Eight years after being charge-sheeted by the CBI in a disproportionate assets case, former Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala has been allowed by the Delhi High Court to summon the record and witnesses pertaining to an FIR which was registered against him way back in year 1997 for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known income only to end in a closure report.Justice...

Academic Qualification Can’t Be The Sole Criteria To Determine Merits Of Person: Tripura HC Upholds Compensation Awarded By MACT To Permanently Disabled Student [Read Judgment]

‘In our country, there are so many instances that a person with less academic career has become a successful industrialist and even participated in generating the economic growth of the nation.’While upholding compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) to a student who suffered accident, the Tripura High Court has observed that academic qualification cannot be the...

Three Law Students Fight For Toilet Facilities For Slum Dwellers, Delhi HC Issues Notice To Govt [Read Petition]

Moved by the pitiable condition of residents of a slum cluster in the heart of Delhi who are forced to defecate in open for want of a toilet and live in pathetic conditions, three law students have moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the government to provide them toilet and healthcare facilities and Anganwadi for women and children to ensure they do not suffer...

MP HC To Debar Members/Office Bearers Of Bar Council/Assns From Appearing Before Courts In Case They Give Strike Calls [Read Order]

"The litigant has a right to get justice. He will get justice only if the Courts are functioning in the country but the members of the Bar cannot make the third pillar of democracy non-functional by deciding to withdraw from work. Their action is antitheses of democratic life of the country."The first bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued significant directives against the call of...

Former Bombay HC CJ Manjula Chellur Appointed As APTEL Chairperson

Former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Justice Manjula Chellur has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) for a period of three years or until further orders.The notification appointing her states: “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for appointment of Justice (Smt) Manjula Chellur, Retired Chief...

All Live-in Relationships Are Not Covered Under Provisions Of Domestic Violence Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

" It is only those relationships which qualify to be the relationship in the nature of marriage which are governed by that provision. In order to constitute such a relationship, a legal marriage between the two must be possible.”The Bombay High Court has held that in order to claim any relief under the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, relations between the woman and her partner must...

Modify Court Marriage Check List To Promote Inter-Religion Marriages Instead Of Hampering Them: Punjab & Haryana HC To State [Read Judgment]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Haryana Government to suitably amend the Court Marriage Check List (CMCL), which lists down sixteen conditions to be complied with by couples seeking to tie the knot under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.Opining that the current list hampers interfaith marriages instead of promoting them, Justice Rajiv Narain Raina directed, “Is is suggested...

Delhi HC Grants Rs.20 Lakhs To Christian Louboutin For Trademark Infringement of "Red Sole" [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has awarded punitive damages of Rs. Twenty Lakhs to famous French designer company Christian Louboutin for infringement of trademark of its world famous ‘Red Sole’ design . ‘Red Sole' is a signature design by Christian Louboutin for high-end stilettos, which has shiny, red-lacquered soles and has found favour with a lot of celebrities. The distribution of its...

Ten Years Old Diesel Vehicles Shall Not Ply In Delhi, NCR, Non BS-IV Vehicles Not To Be Registered, Holds NGT [Read Order]

Ten years old commercial diesel vehicles shall not ply in the Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held.New diesel vehicles which are not BS-IV(Bharat Stage emission norms) or which are not needed for essential services (such as Ambulances, Fire services, petroleum, food carriers, sewer cleaning machines and LPG trucks)food shall also not be...