Recovery Of Salary Of Teachers On Election Duty For Non-Performance Of Teaching Duty; Patna HC Asks Education Dept Not To Pass ‘Absurd’ Orders [Read Judgment]

Terming it an ‘absurd’ order, the Patna High Court has come down heavily on Education Department for ordering recovery of salary of teachers on the ground of not imparting teaching job but engaged in election duty.If the petitioner refused to join election duty, he is liable to be prosecuted and disciplinary action. If he carried the direction and discharged the duty at the dictates of...

"They Have Acted As Predators":Kerala HC Declines Anticipatory Bail To Clergymen In The Sexual Abuse Case [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala has dismissed the plea of anticipatory bail of four priests of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, alleged to be involved in a sexual abuse case. They are accused of committing offences punishable under Sections 376, 354, 354A, 506(i) of IPC by abusing their priestly position to force a married woman to return sexual favors. The court through Justice Raja...

U’khand High Court Ensures All Expectant Mothers Get Their Due Share Of Care, Tells State To Supply Balanced Diet, Install Silent Observer Devices In Clinics [Read Order]

With India having a high number of women dying every year due to pregnancy-related issues, the Uttarakhand High Court has tried to ensure that every expectant mother in the state gets due care by directing the state government and the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to keep a record of all pregnant women and ensure that they get balanced diet and undergo all necessary antenatal checks.The court...

No Absolute Rider To Deposit Entire Maintenance Amount Prior To Entertainment Of Statutory Remedy: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

‘It would be most unjust and unreasonable to bar his statutory remedy of revision/ appeal as the case may be, merely because he may not be in a position to deposit the entire arrears of interim maintenance.’The Delhi High Court in Sabina Sahdev v. Vidur Sahdev has held that there cannot be an absolute rider that the entire maintenance amount, as granted by the trial court, should be...

U’khand HC Tells State To Hold Parleys With Swami Swaroop, Who Was Picked Up On 19th Day Of His Fast For Ganga [Read Order]

A day after environmentalist GD Agarwal, better known as Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand, was evicted from Maitri Sadan, Haridwar, where he was on an indefinite hunger strike for the cause of clean Ganga, the Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to disclose his location, shift him to AIIMS Rishikesh and hold parleys with him on the issue in complete bonhomie within...

U’khand HC Passes String Of Directions To Make School Education Barrier Free For Children With Special Needs [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to appoint special educators in all government aided and unaided private schools for children with special needs and the school premises and transportation is made barrier-free.A bench of Justices Rajiv Sharma and Lok Pal Singh also directed the state to take the responsibility of children with special needs whose parents...

Delhi HC To Hear Plea Against Saif-Starrer Netflix Show ‘Sacred Games’ For Content Defaming Rajiv Gandhi

A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking deletion of certain scenes from Netflix show ‘Sacred Games’ claiming that those were derogatory to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.The petition by Nikhil Bhalla was mentioned before a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal who allowed it to be listed for hearing.The plea will now be heard on July 12.The...

Cost Of Higher Education Can’t Qualify As Business Expenditure Under IT Act Unless There Is Direct Nexus With Assessee’s Business Activities: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that there needs to be a direct nexus between the cost of higher education paid by an assessee and the business activities of the assessee in order for such cost to be claimed as business expenditure under the Income Tax Act, 1961.A division bench of Justice MS Sanklecha and Justice Sandeep Shinde was hearing an appeal filed by Indian Galvanics Cyrium Foils Ltd,...

Merit Can’t Be Defeated On Tech Grounds, Says Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Aspiring medico gets to register for deemed varsities as HC asks Centre to open up its portal Holding merit over technical grounds, the Delhi High Court has opened up a closed opportunity for an aspiring medico to register for the second round of counselling for deemed universities after the due date.Justice Siddharth Mridul directed the Centre to open up its online registration facility for...

NEET UG-2018: Madras HC Directs Additional 196 Marks To Candidates Who Took Exam In Tamil Due To Mistranslation Of Questions [Read Order]

Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) to award 196 marks to candidates who wrote this year’s National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) in Tamil, in order to make up for 49 mis-translated questions.The Bench comprising Justice C.T. Selvam and Justice A.M. Basheer Ahamed ruled, “We are of the view that students who...

Eye Witnesses’ Evidence Can’t Be Doubted On The Ground That They Made No Attempts To Save The Deceased: SC [Read Judgment]

‘On witnessing a crime, each person reacts in his own way and their evidence cannot be doubted on the ground that the witness has not acted in a particular manner.’While affirming conviction in a murder case, the Supreme Court in Motiram Padu Joshi v. State Of Maharashtra, reiterated that evidence of the eye witnesses cannot be doubted on the ground that they did not intervene in the...

S.138 NI Act Offence Attracted Even If Cheque Issued For Sale Consideration Not Disclosed in Sale Deed:Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that offence of dishonour of cheque under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is attracted even if the cheque was issued in respect of sale consideration which was not disclosed in the sale deed. The judgment was delivered by Justice Vipin Sanghi in the case Bhawish Chand Sharma v. Bawa Singh while considering an appeal against the acquittal...