Human Rights Commission Can’t Direct Payment Of Compensation: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

Human Rights Commission is only empowered to make a recommendation. It has no adjudicatory jurisdiction, the court said.The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the State Human Rights Commission is only a recommendatory body and it has no power and jurisdiction to direct payment of compensation.The Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board was directed by the State Human Rights Commission to...

Formulate A Concrete Health Policy; Improve Housing Facilities For Doctors, Etc.: Allahabad HC Issues Slew Of Suggestions [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court, on Wednesday, ruled that an application for voluntary retirement cannot be rejected solely on the ground of there being a scarcity of doctors in the State.The Bench comprising Justice Devendra Kumar Arora and Justice Rajnish Kumar also issued a slew of directions to improve the healthcare facilities in the State, observing, "We hope and trust that the State...

Stop All Sand Mining/Quarrying Activities Within 6 Months: Madras HC To TN Govt [Read Order]

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, on Wednesday, directed the Tamil Nadu Government to stop all sand quarrying and mining activities within six months and prohibited it from opening any sand quarries in the future.Justice R. Mahadevan issued the order "in larger interest, for the welfare of the people of the State, to protect the environment, river beds, river bodies and the field...

MP HC Commutes Death Penalty Imposed On Man Convicted For Rape, Murder Of Minor Niece [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, has commuted death penalty imposed on a man convicted for rape and murder of a minor girl, who was his niece.Vinay was convicted by the Trial Court for rape and murder of his niece who was only thirteen-year-old at that time. The prosecution case was that, after committing rape, the accused and his juvenile friends, killed her by hitting her head with a...

SC Directs Schools To Spread Awareness About The Dangers In ‘Blue Whale Game’ [Read Order]

Children must grow up with an awareness that such a thing exists and they shall scrupulously avoid it, the bench said.Disposing of a plea seeking ban of Blue Whale game, the Supreme Court has directed all the states and Union Territories to spread awareness in the schools run by them so as to make aware the children about the danger such games propagate by bringing people into a trap.A...

SC Raps Centre For Relying On Private Books Instead Of Official Publications [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has criticized the practice adopted by the Union of India in relying private books for ‘the purpose of defeating the rights of citizens’.Kamal Kishore and others had applied to the post of Constable GD in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for being considered for appointment to the posts reserved for OBCs. They were denied appointment on the ground that the castes to...

SC Reserves Judgment On Correctness Of Questions In 2009 UP Social Science TGT Recruitment Exam

The Supreme Court bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta on Wednesday reserved its judgment on the appeals challenging the Allahabad High Court judgment dated November 2, 2015, upholding the correctness of 5 out of the 7 allegedly inaccurate multiple choice questions in the examination conducted by UP Secondary Education Selection Board in pursuance of a January...

CCI Levies Penalty Of 52 Crore On BCCI For Abuse Of Dominant Position [Read Order]

The Competition Commission of India (CCI), on Wednesday, imposed a penalty of Rs. 52.24 crore on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for abusing its dominant position.The CCI found that the BCCI had violated Section 4(1) read with Section 4(2)(c) (abusing domination position by denying market access) of the Competition Act, 2002 by assuring broadcasters of Indian Premier League...

Attack On Whistleblower: Delhi HC Says Matter Serious, Hands Over Probe To Crime Branch [Read Order]

Unhappy with the pace of probe into the attack on a whistleblower while performing his duties as a court-appointed commissioner to assess the magnitude of the problem of unauthorised construction, the Delhi High Court has handed over the investigation to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police asking it to bring the culprits to book expeditiously.A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal...

Law Is A Very Attractive Career For Women Today: Says Delhi HC Judge Justice Pratibha Singh At GES-2017 [Video]

Indian legal system is very vibrant and user friendly, more and more women should use it for access to justice. They should not hesitate to approach the court for their rights, Delhi High Court judge Justice Pratibha Maninder Singh. She was speaking in a session ‘Grassroots Grow: Women in Emerging Market’ at a three day-long Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017, Hyderabad.Speaking...

Watch, But Don’t Report: CBI Judge Presiding Over Sohrabuddin Trial Gags Media

In a drastic move, CBI special judge S J Sharma, who is hearing the case relating to the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati, has directed the media not to report on the court proceedings.While the media can be present during the proceedings, no reporting regarding the same can be done."Considering the sensitivity in the matter, likelihood of any untoward...

Gujarat HC Rejects The Wire's Challenge Against 'Gag Order' On The Jay Shah Article [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court, on Tuesday, rejected the Appeals challenging the ex-parte injunction rendered by Additional Senior Civil Judge B.K. Dasondi of Ahmedabad rural court against The Wire. The impugned injunction was issued in respect of the article titled The Golden Touch of Jay Amit Shah published by The Wire on 8 October.  The article had claimed that the company owned by Mr. Jay Shah saw...