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...

Delhi HC Notice To Registrar As DJSE-2017 Aspirants Challenge Marking System In Prelims, Seek Stay On DJSE Mains

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to its Registrar-General on a plea moved by two women who took the Delhi Judicial Services Examination 2017 demanding that the result of the preliminary examination be declared afresh and the Mains examination be stayed as they alleged glaring discrepancies in the marking of their answer sheets and the manner in which the final list was...

Delhi HC Tells Govt. To Decide On Plea For Separate Department For Disability Affairs

The Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government to take a call within eight weeks on the plea for creating a separate department of disability affairs so that various schemes and provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act can be effectively implemented.The court directed the Centre and the Delhi government to also address the concerns regarding various government...

Madras HC Upholds Death Penalty to Techie Youth For Rape & Murder of Seven Year Old [Read Judgment]

“If the punishment of an innocent person is a mistake of justice administration, failure to punish a criminal indicates that the absence of justice, which is a worse mistake.”, Justice Dr.S.Vimala observed  quoting Immanuel Kant The Madras High Court has upheld death penalty awarded to  Daswanth, a 23-year-old techie, for rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in his neighborhood....

Delhi HC Issues Notice To Tajinder Singh Bagga On Journalist Swati Chaturvedi's Plea For Quashing Defamation Proceedings

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to BJP spokesperson Tajinder Singh Bagga on a petition filed by journalist Swati Chaturvedi for quashing defamation proceedings instituted by Mr. Bagga against her.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva also granted her exemption from appearance before the trial court. Ms. Chaturvedi was represented by Senior Advocate Arvind Nigam and Advocate Pranav...

SC Closes Contempt Against Kerala Lawyer After High Court Finally Accepts His Apology [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has closed contempt proceedings initiated by the Kerala High Court against advocate CK Mohanan as he filed an affidavit expressing unconditional regret before the high court.A division bench of Justice PN Ravindran and Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu had initiated suo motu contempt proceedings initiated against advocate CK Mohanan for his alleged contumacious behaviour during...