74 Civil Judges Move Guj HC To Treat Service As Ad-Hoc Judges As Continuous Service, Notice Issued To Govt, HC Registrar

Seventy-four civil judges in Gujarat have moved the high court challenging the non-consideration of their period of service as ad-hoc judges for the purpose of seniority, pay scale and other benefits.The Gujarat High Court has issue notice to the state government and the Registrar General of the High Court itself on their petition.The civil judges – from the 2011 and 2012 batch--...

Call To Abstain From Judicial Work Violates Fundamental Right Of An Advocate: MP HC Directs Advocates To Resume Work [Read Order]

None of the provisions of the Act confers power on the statutory body to call the members to abstain from judicial work which is a responsibility of every member of the Bar in terms of the provisions of the Act itself, the bench said.Holding that call to abstain from judicial work is a violation of fundamental right of an advocate, the Madhya Pradesh High court observed that the decision of...

Delhi HC Raps UGC For Denying NET Certificate To Candidate With Higher Qualification Degree [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Friday, rapped the University Grants Commission (UGC) for denying the National Eligibility Test (NET) certificate to a candidate who held a higher qualification degree than what was prescribed by it."If a master's degree is the minimum eligibility qualification for the NET, then a candidate with a higher qualification degree would also be eligible for the NET,"...

Court Needs To Step In As Parens Patraie Where Poor Organ Donors Give-In To Monetary Gains At Cost Of Their Health: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Friday, opined that Courts need to step in as parens patraie in cases where organ donors from economically weaker sections of the society succumb to monetary gains at the cost of their health."Being deprived of opportunities, money does play an important role in their lives. This fits in with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, which is often portrayed as a pyramid....

Centre Amends Rules To Include Transgender Option In PAN Cards [Read Notification]

In a win for the entire transgender community, the Centre has amended the Income Tax Rules, 1962 to allow transgenders to be recognized as an independent category of applicants for obtaining a Permanent Account Number (PAN) for their tax-related transactions.The notification was issued by the Ministry of Finance on 9 April under Sections 139A and 295 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.In a...

Salary For Public Prosecutors In Delhi Revised: Centre Tells Delhi HC

The Centre last week informed the Delhi High Court that it has hiked salaries for public prosecutors in Delhi to bring them at par with their counterparts in other States.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar then directed Additional Secretary Mr. P.K. Srivastava to file a compliance report on the next date of hearing. The matter has now been listed...

Bombay HC Suspends Recruitment For 9000 Posts As HC Administration Failed To Make Reservations Under Persons With Disabilities Act

In a notification dated 6 April, the Bombay High Court has stayed the process for recruitment of around 9,000 stenographers, junior clerks and peons, in furtherance of an order noting that the High Court administration had failed to mention seats available for the differently-abled and visually challenged in the advertisements.The official notification states: "The Hon'ble High Court of Bombay...

Does Service Of Forfeiture Order On Minor Constitute A Valid Service? SC To Consider 

A Supreme Court bench of Justice RK Agrawal and Justice AM Sapre shall consider whether service of forfeiture order on a minor constitutes a valid service and whether the power of rectification includes the power of review in context of the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act (SAFEMA) of 1976.The bench shall also determine whether sufficient service for...

Lawyers At Delhi District Courts Call Off Work Tomorrow In Protest Against Attack On Brethren, PCR's Inaction

Work in all six district courts in Delhi will get affected on Tuesday with the lawyers calling a complete strike.The coordination committee of All-District Courts Bar Association has decided to call off work on Tuesday i.e., April 10 to protest the brutal attack on four lawyers at Karkardooma Metro Station parking on Saturday night and the alleged conduct of PCR personnel who reached...

Delhi HC Notice To Centre On Allegation Of Unduly Closing Cases Of Enormous Corruption At AIIMS Sans PM’s Approval [Read Application]

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre to make clear its stand on allegations that cases of corruption at AIIMS running into several thousand crores of rupees involving senior officials, including IAS officer Vineet Chawdhary, were closed illegally by the Union Health Ministry without the approval of competent authority which in this case was the Prime Minister as...

New SC Roster Introduced: Here Are The Changes

Two months after introducing a subject-wise roster system in the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has now introduced a few changes in it. The new roster has come into effect from 9 April.As per the new roster, elections matters will now be heard by Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.K. Agrawal. However, matters relating to religious and charitable endowments have been taken...

Court Has Discretion To Allow Evidence On Affidavit And Cross-Examination To Test Of Veracity Of Evidence Under DV Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the court is empowered by Section 28(2) to deviate from the prescribed procedure under Rule 6(5) of the DV Rules or S.125 of CrPC and in its own discretion may allow evidence on affidavit and cross-examination to test veracity of evidence.Justice Anuja Prabhudessai dismissed the petition filed...