High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court, last week, upheld the acquisition of land by the State for the purpose of building the Delhi Meerut Expressway.The High Court held that the cut-off marks cannot be lowered to merely fill the seats reserved for the special category and once a candidate has submitted himself to a given procedure of selection, he cannot turn back and challenge the...

‘Former Wife’ Not A ‘Relative’ Of Husband And Can’t Be Prosecuted For 498A IPC : Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court has quashed a case against the former wife of a man whose present wife had filed a criminal case under Section 498A IPC arraying her as well, as an accused.The complainant wife had alleged that her husband after getting married to her, went back to his divorced wife. She had arrayed the former wife also as accused in her complaint, along with her husband.Justice...

Kerala HC Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against College Principal, Students For Article Published In Magazine [Read Order]

The attempt is nothing but to shut the mouth of the citizens and this is nothing but an act against the freedom of speech and expression, the court said.The High Court of Kerala has quashed a criminal case against the principal and some students of Sri Vivekananda Arts and Science College for publishing some article in the college magazine allegedly defaming Hindu rituals and the Indian...

Delhi HC Refuses To Salvage LLM Dreams Of Candidate Allegedly Awarded Zero Marks In LLB Subject By Mistake [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Friday, refused to come to the rescue of an LL.M. candidate who had alleged that he could not submit the requisite documents for admission as the University had wrongly awarded him zero marks in one of his LL.B. subjects.The Bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva was hearing a Petition filed by one Mr. Ravi Yadav, who had challenged...

If Agreement Has Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause, Courts In The Venue Of Arbitration Also Cannot Be Approached: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Friday, dismissed an Application filed under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, noting that the agreement specifies Courts in Noida to have exclusive jurisdiction."Now simply to allege there being no High Court in NOIDA would not confer the jurisdiction upon the Courts at U.P.; would be stretching the Article 12 (supra) too much. The...

BCI Condemns Justice G.S. Singhvi And Justice A.P. Shah's Comments On Dismissal Of CJAR's Petition

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has condemned the statement issued by former Supreme Court Judge, Justice G.S. Singhvi, and former Law Commission Chairman Justice A.P. Shah on the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the Petition filed by the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) demanding an independent probe into allegations of corruption in the higher judiciary."Probably they...

Delhi HC Refuses To Waive Costs Imposed On Officer Of Rajya Sabha Secretariat For Filing Frivolous Appeals [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has refused to waive the costs of Rs. 50,000 which it had imposed on the officer of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat for wasting "judicial time of three courts" by filing frivolous appeals.The Secretariat had to face the Court's ire in August this year for harassing an ex-employee for a paltry sum of Rs. 39,000 by pursuing litigation against him for over a decade.Justice...

NLU-D Centre On Death Penalty Releases ‘Matters Of Judgment’ Report On Award Of Capital Punishment [Read Report]

The National Law University of Delhi (NLU-D) on Friday hosted an event at India International Centre, New Delhi, to celebrate the release of the research compilation of the Centre on Death Penalty -‘Matters of Judgement’, an opinion study on the death penalty and the criminal justice system with 60 former judges of the Supreme Court. The occasion saw in attendance Delhi High Court...

In A First, A Transgender And Acid Attack Victim Assist In National Lok Adalat

In yet another first-of-its-kind initiative by Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal, a transgender and a victim of acid attack sat as associate members on the National Lok Adalat conducted on Friday by the Delhi State Legal Services Authority.The Lok Adalats were organised in all 11 districts in all the court complexes and were presided over by the judges/ retired judges of...

Madras HC Puts Interim Stay On NCLT Order Telling Advocates To Wear Gowns Before NCLT Benches [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has stayed for now the operation of the order issued by the Registrar of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) which made it mandatory for advocates to wear gowns while appearing before any bench of NCLT.A bench of Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice K Ravichandrabaabu placed the November 14 order issued by NCLT Registrar under interim stay while holding that the...

Delhi HC For Expeditious Disposal Of Pleas Of Patients Of Rare Diseases For Free Treatment

The Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government to expeditiously process applications of patients suffering from rare genetic disorder called Gaucher (LSD) for free Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT) under the National Policy for Treatment of Rare Diseases (2017), while taking note to Centre’s submission that it has asked the National Health Mission to earmark Rs 100 crore towards...

Police Machinery Can’t Be Utilised To Hold Husband At Ransom: Gujarat HC [Read Order]

Every matrimonial conduct, which may cause annoyance to the other, may not amount to cruelty, the court observed.The police machinery cannot be utilized for the purpose of holding the husband at ransom so that he could be squeezed by the wife at the instigation of her parents or relatives or friends, observed the High Court of Gujarat while quashing a case against the husband filed by...