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...

Bombay HC Grants Relief To Goa MLA’s Wife, Transfers Matrimonial Petition To Bandra, Mumbai [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted relief to the wife of a sitting MLA from Aldona constituency in Goa by allowing her application for transfer of matrimonial petition filed by her husband before a civil court in Mapusa, North Goa, to the Family Court in Bandra, Mumbai.Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi was hearing the application filed under Section 24 of the Code of Civil...

Benefit Of Doubt: Bombay HC Acquits Man Convicted Of Rape-Murder Of 6-Yr-Old As He Was Found Simply Sleeping Beside The Victim [Read Judgment]

Giving the benefit of doubt to the accused, the Bombay 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 away from the victim girl aged 6 years, who was found in an unconscious state with injuries to her private parts.A division bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Sarang Kotwal were hearing...

Insured Employees Cannot Be Denied Certificate By ESI Corporation Due To Employers’ Default In Making Contributions And Filing Returns : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Certificate stating “Ward of Insured Employee” is necessary for availing quota in medical colleges run by ESI Corpn.The High Court of Kerala has held that the employers’ failure to make contributions and file returns in time cannot be a ground for denial of certificate of “ward of insured employee” to the insured employees by the Employees State Insurance Corporation. The...

Victims Of Crime Can Seek Cancellation Of Bail, Holds MP HC [Read Order]

‘It is the responsibility of the state to bring the accused to law but in such process the actual sufferer of crime cannot be permitted to stay outside the law and to watch the proceedings from hindsight.’The Madhya Pradesh High Court in Mahesh Pahade vs. State of MP has held that a victim of crime has a right to seek cancellation of bail/order of suspension of sentence.A bench of...

Some Provisions Of Delhi District Court (Right to Information) Rules Are Not In Conformity With RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]

“One wonders, what queries other than relating to its primary functioning of the administration of justice could be put to the PIO of a Court of Law.”Taking note of some ‘exemption’ provisions of Delhi District Court (Right to Information) Rules, the Central Information Commission observed that they are not in conformity with the Right to Information Act and have orchestrated Counter...