Calcutta HC Stays Union Of India Decision To De-Recognize Equivalence of Degrees Awarded By Madrassas [Read Order]

‘While retaining this character as an essential ingredient of the basic features of our Constitution of India it does not, prima facie, appear to be open to the Department of Posts of the Union of India to suddenly de-recognize the equivalence of such degrees as are awarded by such institutions, when compared to the degrees awarded by other institutions which do not even have...

Allahabad HC Upholds Death Sentence Of Man For Murdering His Own Kin, Including Octogenarian Parents [Read Judgment]

The dastardly act of wiping out the entire family therefore falls within the category of “rarest of rare cases” where passing of a death sentence is of greatest concern in order to keep the faith of people alive in the law of the land, the bench said.The Allahabad High Court has confirmed death sentence awarded to a man holding him guilty of murdering his octogenarian parents, brother and...

CBSE Paper Leak: Delhi Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to School Principal [Read Order]

A Delhi court has granted anticipatory bail to the principal of a private school who is being interrogated in connection with the leak of CBSE Class XII Economics question paper.Judge Ajay Gupta granted anticipatory bail to the principal of Mother Khazani School, a private school in northwest Delhi.The principal was being interrogated after the police arrested two teachers of the school who...

Madras HC Restrains Kumudam Magazine From Publishing Articles On MP Kanimozhi’s Pvt Life Without Her Prior Consent [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has restrained a Tamil weekly magazine from publishing anything about the private life of Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi without her prior consent.Justice R Subramanian directed the magazine to also seek her comments if they wish to publish anything about her life which they feel is in public interest and publish her comments also with same prominence as the article...

CLAT 2018 Results Shall Be Subject To The Decision Of Petitions Challenging It: Rajasthan HC [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court has, while posting a writ petition challenging CLAT Examinations 2018, on 29th May, observed that if the result of the Examination is declared before the said date, it shall be subject to the decision of this writ petition.This order was issued by the division bench comprising of Justice Gopal Krishan Vyas and Justice Ramchandra Singh Jhala on a Writ petition filed by...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtIn a significant judgment, the Bombay High Court held that merely because parties are governed by the Muslim Personal Law, it should not be an impediment in the wife invoking provisions of the Domestic Violence Act.The High Court recently allowed a petition filed by a public charitable trust called FE Dinshaw Trust and held that acquisition of land measuring almost 41 acres...

Parl Standing Committee Invites Views On Citizens’ Data Security & Privacy

In wake of Cambridge Analytica’s data leak case and Facebook users' data breach, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology headed by MP Anurag Singh Thakur has invited views from the general public as well as experts on the issue of ‘citizens' data security and privacy’.The committee is examining various aspects related to the subject as the government is taking...

No Straightjacket Formula For Determining Period Of Limitation For Filing Administration Suit: Bombay HC (FB) [Read Judgment]

A full bench of the Bombay High Court has examined two questions of law that were referred to it by a division bench:(i)   Whether Article 110 of the Limitation Act, 1963, has any application to a suit for administration of the estate of a deceased person?(ii) What is the period of limitation for filing of a suit for administration and partition of the property, both movable and immovable...

Bombay HC Imposes 50,000 Fine On CBI For Arrest Of Woman After Sunset [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently slapped a fine of Rs. 50,000 on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for an illegal arrest made by its officer in the PNB fraud case.The Bench comprising Justice S.J. Kathawalla and Justice Bharti Dangre, however, clarified that the agency is free to recover this cost from the erring officers responsible for the violations, as found after...

SC Upholds Madras HC’s Order For CBI Probe Into Underground Gutkha Business In TN [Read Judgment]

‘For instilling confidence in the minds of the victims as well as public at large, the High Court predicated that it was but necessary to entrust the investigation of such a crime to CBI. Viewed thus, there is no infirmity in the conclusion reached by the High Court in the impugned judgment, for having entrusted the investigation to CBI.’The Supreme Court has upheld the Madras High...

Acquisition Of 40 Acres Lapses As Maharashtra Govt Fails To Complete Proceedings In Almost 30 Years [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently allowed a petition filed by a public charitable trust called FE Dinshaw Trust and held that acquisition of land measuring almost 41 acres or 1,65,602 square metres had lapsed as the state government failed to complete acquisition in nearly three decades.A bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla directed the state government to publish and notify the...

Only 5 Out Of 21 National Law Universities Reserve 5% Seats For ‘Specially Abled Persons’, Finds Study [Read Report]

The Centre for Disability Studies and Health Laws has found that a majority of national law universities (NLUs) do not follow the 5 percent criteria for reservation of seats for persons with benchmark disabilities as provided for in the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016.The Centre, after studying the brochures and admission notifications of all NLUs in India concluded that only...