Formulate Policy For Mentally Ill Children; Ensure They're Not Treated By Tantrics/Quacks: Uttarakhand HC Issues Slew Of Directions [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Friday directed the State to formulate a comprehensive policy for rehabilitation of mentally ill children and patients.While issuing a slew of directions, the Bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma also asked the State to ensure that they are not treated by Tantrics and quacks. Besides, it also directed the State to...

Abuse Of Animals At ‘Model’ Delhi Zoo: Delhi HC Issues Notice On Petition By Environment Activist

The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Centre, the Director of the National Zoological Park (NZP) in Delhi, the Central Zoo Authority and the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization after an environmental activist moved court seeking a CBI probe into alleged foul play in the maintenance of the zoo, including illegal trafficking of animals and their parts.The petition filed by...

Charge Of Criminal/Quasi-Criminal Nature Can’t Be Allowed To Hang Over The Head Of A Citizen Indefinitely: Calcutta HC Quashes ED’s 26-Yr-Old Show Cause Notice [Read Judgment]

The petitioner has spent the last 26 years with the adjudication proceeding hanging over his head like the proverbial Damocles’ sword, the court said.Quashing a 26-year-old show cause notice issued to a man by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Calcutta High Court observed that a charge of a criminal or quasi-criminal nature cannot be allowed to hang over the head of a citizen...

The Leap From Cancellation Of 2G Licences To Criminality Is What I Have A Problem With, Says Khurshid On Launch Of His Book ‘Spectrum Politics: Unveiling the Defence’

On Thursday, Rupa Publications celebrated the release of former Union Minister and senior advocate Salman Khurshid’s book Spectrum Politics: Unveiling the Defence at Shangri-La Hotel in New Delhi.The book, as the name suggests, is an attempt to throw light on what had ensued during the allocation of the 122 2G licenses in 2008, infamous as the ‘2G scam’. The book launch was followed by...

Shimla Water Crisis: Disconnect Water Supply To Hotels With Pending Dues; No Water Tankers Even To VIPs: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Order]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued some stern directions this week in a bid to tackle effectively the acute water shortage being faced my residents in Shimla.Having taken suo motu cognizance of the water crisis in the city, the Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice A.M. Goel on Wednesday directed Commissioner of Shimla Municipal Corporation to disconnect water supply to...

POCSO Act Is Gender Neutral: Delhi HC Awards 15-Yr Jail Term For A Man For Sodomizing 6-Yr-Old Boy [Read Judgment]

"The POCSO Act applies to every person below 18 years of age", said the Court.The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a man for sodomizing a 6-year-old boy and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment of 15 years under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) ActA bench of Justice SP Garg Justice and C Hari Shankar observed that the Protection of Children...

P&H HC Quashes Haryana Govt’s Policies For Regularizing Grp B, C, D Staff, Says It Was Election Gimmick [Read Judgment]

In a major development, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana has quashed four policies by which the Haryana Government had sought to regularize the services of Group B, C and D employees with a minimum of three years or 10 years in service on May 28, 2014, as it held that the same were framed only to appease voters ahead of the 2014 Assembly elections.Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice...

Aadhaar Card Can Be Considered As Proof Of Age: Delhi HC , Disagrees With Madras HC

Proof of Age: The Rule does not require, either expressly or by necessary implication, that the date of birth of the person should figure on the body of the said document, the bench observed.The Delhi High Court has held that Aadhaar card can be considered as a proof of age for the purpose of Rule 7 of the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Rules.A bench of Justice SP Garg and Justice C Hari Shankar...

Aadhaar Number Not Mandatory For Filing Cases Before Courts In Delhi: RTI Appellate Authority Of Tis Hazari Courts [Read Order]

Appellate Authority of the Tis Hazari Courts under the Right to Information Act clarified recently that furnishing of Aadhaar number is not mandatory for filing cases before the Delhi High Court or other district courts in the capital.Appellate Authority Kovai Venugopal was hearing an Appeal filed by Advocate Mohak Bhadana, who had sought the following information under the Act: Is disclosing...

Delhi HC Reiterates LMV Licence Includes Authorization To Drive Transport Vehicle, Including Tractor, With Unladen Weight Under 7,500 Kg [Read Judgment]

HC sets aside recovery rights of insurer on payment of compensation to road accident victimThe Delhi High Court has reiterated that a licence issued to drive Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) includes authorization to drive transport vehicle (commercial vehicle), including a tractor, and what matters is that the gross vehicle weight or the unladen weight of the vehicle should not exceed...

#CLAT2018: Delhi HC Disposes Of Petition As Withdrawn As ABVP Seeks Liberty To Approach SC

The process of wrapping up petitions pertaining to CLAT-2018 has begun as the Delhi High Court on Thursday, in the petition filed by the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and two other petitioners, disposed of the matter as withdrawn with express liberty to the petitioners to approach the Supreme Court on larger issues pertaining to a deeper look into the affairs of the conduct...

Vishaka Guidelines Need To Be Taken Seriously And Not Followed In A "Ritualistic Manner": Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asserted that the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Vishaka & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan need to be taken seriously and not followed in an empty "ritualistic manner".A Bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice A.K. Chawla observed, "The march of our society to an awareness and sensitivity to the issue of sexual...