Man Files Plea Before Calcutta HC Seeking Issuance Of Aadhaar Card; Union Govt Says He Impersonated His Mother [Read Order]

A curious case relating to the issuance of an Aadhaar card has come up before Calcutta High Court. One Majibar Rahman has filed the writ petition seeking issuance of Aadhaar card.Responding to his plea, the Union Government counsel contended that he allegedly impersonated his mother and gave his fingerprints instead of his mother’s. According to the petitioner, his mother is dead. The...

Amidst Rising Debts, Malvinder Singh Restrained From Selling Off Assets [Read Order]

Spelling trouble for former CEO of Ranbaxy Malvinder Mohan Singh, the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) has restrained him or his agents from selling or alienating a posh property in South Delhi, besides various priced artworks, for defaulting in repayment of loan granted by Yes Bank.Tribunal’s Presiding Officer GVK Raju passed the order on an application moved by Yes Bank seeking recovery Rs...

MP HC Asks Counsel To Do One-Hour Community Service Instead Of Imposing Costs To Restore His Case

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently made a suggestion to the counsel to do one hour of community service instead of imposing costs while allowing restoration application.Justice Anand Pathak suggested the counsel for the applicant to invest one hour of community service while visiting Blind's Home (Madhav Andha Ashram, Chandravadni Ka Naka, Gwalior) along with some food items/ snacks...

‘The Wire’ To Move SC Against The Gag Order On Jay Shah Article

‘The Wire’ has decided to move the Supreme Court against the gag order issued against publishing the article about BJP President Amit Shah’s son  Jay Amit Bhai Shah.The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday restored the gag order on online news portal The Wire barring it from reporting any article on Jay Amit Bhai Shah pending the defamation suit filed by him against the portal.Justice...

Bombay HC Imposes Rs. 1 Lakh Cost On Advocate For Filing PIL With Reckless Allegations Against Justice SK Shinde [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has dismissed the PIL filed by advocate Ulhas Naik challenging the elevation of Justice SK Shinde to the bench and imposed a cost of Rs. 1 lakh for levelling reckless allegations against the judge.The bench of Justice RM Borde and Justice RG Ketkar noted that the petitioner advocate had intentionally made an incorrect statement on oath that Justice Shinde, (who...

Rajasthan HC Allows Student Accused Of Rape Of Co-Student To Continue His Studies [Read Judgment]

A human being has to be given a real chance in life which comes from education, resultant employment and consequent family, the court said.The Rajasthan High Court has allowed a student, accused of raping a co-student, to continue his studies and attend the classes in the college.‘A human being has to be given a real chance in life which comes from education, resultant employment and...

Undertrials Languishing In Jail Despite Bail: District & Sessions Court Judges Fail To Conduct "Risk Assessment" Despite Delhi HC Orders [Read Orders]

The Delhi High Court recently rapped District and Sessions Judges for their non-compliance with its earlier order whereby it had directed them to conduct a "risk assessment" of cases where undertrials have been unable to secure release from jail despite grant of bail.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar noted that despite its earlier order, it...

Pattor Land Scam: Lashing Out At Jacob Thomas IPS, Kerala HC Quashes Vigilance Cases Against Ex-CM, Ex-Chief Secy [Read Judgment]

“Preconceptions and misconceptions, predilections and predeterminations of a police officer shall not be the basis for registration of a case, especially, for an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act.”The High Court of Kerala has quashed the FIR registered against former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and former Chief Secretary Bharat Bhushan in which they were alleged to...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe full bench of Allahabad High Court, in M/s N.C.M.L. Industries Ltd. through Director and another Vs. Debts Recovery Tribunal, Lucknow and others, held that taking “symbolic possession” or issuance of possession notice, meeting with any resistance, cannot be treated as “measure”/s taken under Section 13(4) of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial...

Delhi HC Refuses To Quash I-T Re-Assessment Notice Issued To Robert Vadra's Firm [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has refused to set aside the re-assessment notice issued by the Income Tax Department to Sky Light Hospitality, in which Robert Vadra is a partner, in connection with the DLF- Sky Light Hospitality land deal.Sky Light had challenged the notice contending that it was now a limited liability partnership (LLP) and that the impugned notice was, in fact, issued to M/s Sky...

MP High Court Issues Directions For Bar Council Elections, Asks To Follow ‘One Bar One Vote’ Rule [Read Order]

 The Madhya Pradesh High Court has announced that the upcoming High Court Bar Association elections will be governed by the ‘One Bar One Vote’ principle and the voter list will also be prepared in line with the said rule. A bench of Justices P K Jaiswal and Virender Singh directed that “…in the spirit of the directions issued by Hon'ble Supreme Court in S.C. Bar Association &...

CBEC Decides Not To Challenge Orders/Judgment In 63 Cases To Reduce Litigation [Read Circular]

The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has issued circular (1063/2/2018-CX dated 16.02.2018) in relation to indirect taxes on the subject ‘Orders of Supreme Court, High Courts and CESTAT accepted by the Department and on which no review petitions, SLPs have been filed’.The Department has decided not to file any review petitions and SLPs against such orders to reduce litigations...