‘Selection Process For Highest Seat In A University Can’t Just Be A Routine’: Madras HC Quashes Appointment Of Madurai Kamaraj University VC [Read Order]

‘A university is a seat of learning and the highest seat in a university is so sanctus that the selection process cannot just be a routine, but should be a rigor by itself... Offices of such nature are so sanctus that when there are statutory violations in selection procedure, the curative response is non-negotiable and inevitable’The Madras High Court has set aside the appointment of Dr...

"Kindness To Convict Should Not Result In Cruelty To Society": Bombay HC Upholds Denial Of Furlough To Rape Convicts [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently upheld a provision denying furlough to rape convicts, asserting that "kindness to the convicts does not result in cruelty to the society".The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani and Justice M.S. Sonak observed, "It would be dangerous to the society to release such a person on furlough merely out of consideration of penal reform and...

Uttarakhand HC Quashes Master Plan For Mussoorrie & Dehradun Notified By State Govt Without MoEF Approval [Read Judgment]

‘The Court can take judicial notice of the fact about the degradation of environment and ecology made after the promulgation of the First Master Plan, since the year 2008 till 2018 is irreparable and the same cannot be compensated in terms of money’The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed Master Plan for Mussoorrie & Dehradun which was notified by the state without seeking approval from...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court held that in the absence of a named legatee, courts can step in and remove an errant executor in order to protect the interests of one Bipin Gupta’s will.A man has lost his share in his father’s flat for mistreating his step-mother as the Bombay High Court held that it was implied that the father as well his second wife would be looked after by...

Faridabad Distt Bar Assn Passes Resolution Barring Outstation Advocates From Appearing In Courts Sans Local Lawyers

The District Bar Association of Faridabad has passed a resolution barring all out station advocates from appearing in any court of law there without local counsel saying it affects work of both the court and the local lawyers adversely.“It has been observed by the executive members that advocates appearing from out stations without local counsel cause inconvenience to members of the...

Not For The Court To Ban Organisations: Madras HC Rejects Plea To Ban Popular Front Of India [Read Order]

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a Public Interesting Litigation seeking ban on Popular Front of India observing that it cannot decide which organisations should be banned and which organisations might continue.Petitioner K Gopinath had sent representations to Centre and State Government seeking ban of Popular Front of India, which according to the petitioner, is an extremist and...

EC Has No Power To Recover Costs For Conducting Elections From Candidates Responsible For Cancellation Of Elections: Madras HC [Read Order]

May be the Election Commission with its wide powers to ensure free and fair elections might make a recommendation for suitable enactment and/or amendment of law, the bench said.The Madras High Court recently observed that Election Commission has no power to recover costs of preparations for conducting elections from contesting candidates responsible for the cancellation of elections.A...

Here Is Karnataka HC's New Procedure For Getting Designated As A Senior Advocate [Read Notification]

The Karnataka High Court on 8 June notified The High Court of Karnataka (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2018 in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in October last year on Senior Advocate Indira Jaising's petition.The new Rules allow lawyers who appear in courts subordinate to the Karnataka High Court to apply for the designation as well. Further, they...

U’khand HC Directs Govt To Use Drones, CCTVs To Check Poaching, Mining In Corbett, Rajaji National Parks [Read Judgment]

Court slaps Rs. 5L cost on illegal occupant of govt accommodation in Tiger Reserve for coming to court in garb of PIL As poaching, illegal mining and unauthorized occupants in the Tiger Reserve Area in Uttarakhand continue to take toll on wildlife with eight tigers dying in the state this year, the Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state to deploy drones and CCTV cameras in order to...

Defence Of An Accused Cannot Become The Subject Matter Of Another Criminal Complaint Against The Prosecution: T&AP High Court [Read Order]

‘The object of the petitioner filing a criminal complaint appears to be to first put to test the evidence so far collected by the Police Officers, before they can be used in the criminal complaints against him. The decision in Lalita Kumari did not license such a practice.’The High Court at Hyderabad for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, while dismissing a lawyer’s plea...

Chhattisgarh HC Gets 4 Additional Judges [Read Notification]

Through a notification issued on Friday, the Central Government has notified appointment of four Additional Judges to the Chhattisgarh High Court. The four Judges are: Justice Parth Prateem Sahu Justice Gautam Chourdiya Justice Vimla Singh Kapoor Justice Rajani DubeyRead the Notification...

Delhi HC Dismisses Petition To Conduct DU LLB Entrance Exam In Hindi [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently dismissed a Petition seeking a direction to the Delhi University (DU) to conduct the entrance exam for its LLB course in Hindi.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar was hearing a Petition filed by one Mr. Ayush Tiwari.The Court took note of a decision rendered by a Single Judge of the Court in 2014 relying on the...