Child Trafficking: U’khand HC Orders DNA Test Of Children Seen With Beggars, Passes Other Directions [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court has directed DNA testing of all children found begging on the streets or in company of a beggar to check their parentage and trace trafficked or kidnapped children, while also directing the state to display photographs of missing children on bus stands and railway stations, besides passing a string of directions to check inter- and intra-country human...

Disability Quota In Promotions: SC Drops Contempt Charges Against MP Housing And Infrastructure Development Board [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, dropped contempt charges against the M.P. Housing and Development Board on a plea alleging that it was not providing reservation in promotions to the disabled.The Bench comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R. Banumathi was hearing a Petition filed by one Mr. Achintya Deb Dasgupta against the State of Madhya Pradesh, implicating the Housing and...

Delhi HC Sets Aside CIC Order Declaring Every Minister A Public Authority Under RTI Act [Read Orders]

The Delhi High Court has set aside ‘as not sustainable’ the order of the Central Information Commission declaring every minister a “public authority” under the Right to Information Act.Justice Vibhu Bakhru overturned the March 12, 2016, order of the CIC, by which it was declared that “the Ministers in the Union Government and all State Governments as ‘public authorities’...

Calcutta HC Issues Directions For Investigation And Trial In Cases Involving "Vulnerable Victims" [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has issued a slew of directions to be followed by the authorities during investigation or trial in cases involving murder or rape of minor children or other " vulnerable victims ".The Bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj directed:"(a) In cases involving grave offences like murder and/or rape of minor children or other vulnerable...

Publications In Media Seeking Organ Donations Impermissible, Rules Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has held that publications in media seeking organ donations cannot be permitted as per law, even if no explicit offer of consideration was made in the publications. The ruling was rendered in a batch of writ petitions filed by patients suffering from chronic renal failure, who sought permission to make advertisements soliciting willing kidney doners strictly on...

Delhi HC Upholds The Vires Of Section 4(b) Of The Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act,2003 [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday, upheld the constitutional validity of Section 4(b) of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act, 2003.The provision, which came into operation with effect from 1 December, 2016, has the effect of abating all proceedings pending before the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) and the Appellate Authority for Industrial...

Delhi Govt Vs LG Power Tussle: With Appearance Of Council Of Ministers, King Hid Behind Curtains, Argues Sr Adv Gopal Subramanium

As the hearing on the appeals from the 2016 Delhi High Court judgment on the power tussle between the Lieutenant Governor (LG) and the Chief Minister of the government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi continues before a five-judge Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, senior counsel Gopal Subramanium, appearing on behalf of the Delhi government, sought to confirm and...

Anti-Sikh riots: SC To Examine Report Filed By Its Panel On 241 Closed Cases

Instead of a sealed cover, the report was filed in a leather bag with a number lock system Taking on record the final report submitted by an advisory board comprising of former SC judges Justices J M Panchal and K S P Radhakrishnan appointed by it to look into the closure of 241 cases in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the Supreme Court  today said it will examine it on December 11.A bench of...

Gujarat HC Allows Inter-Religion Couple To Stay Together Till Boy Attains Marriageable Age [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court has allowed a 20-year-old girl to go with her lover who has not yet attained the marriageable age considering their submission that they would like to live with each other till such time that they can get married.A bench of Justice Abhilasha Kumari and Justice BN Karia observed that the girl is an adult and is capable of taking her own decisions regarding her life...

Junaid Khan Lynching Case: Punjab & Haryana HC Division Bench Stays Trial

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Tuesday, directed the Trial Court to adjourn the case concerning the brutal lynching 16-year-old boy, Junaid Khan, in June this year.The Bench comprising Justice Mahesh Grover and Justice Raj Shekhar Attri also issued notice to the State and fixed 11 January as the next date of hearing.The Court is hearing an Appeal challenging an order passed by a...

Bombay HC Upholds Validity Of Real Estate (Regulation And Development) Act [Read Judgment]

In a huge relief to thousands of home buyers, the Bombay High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Real Estate (regulation and Development) Act.A bench of Justice Naresh Patil and Justice RG Ketkar passed the judgment after hearing all parties in the matter and upheld the provisions of the new Act that came into effect on May 1, 2017.The Supreme Court had earlier directed...

Recommendations For Karnataka HC: SC Collegium Rejects Objections From Governor And CM

The Supreme Court Collegium has resolved to recommend that S/Shri (1) Dixit Krishna Shripad, (2) Shankar Ganapathi Pandit, (3) Ramakrishna Devdas, (4) Bhotanhosur Mallikarjuna Shyam Prasad, and (5) Siddappa Sunil Dutt Yadav be appointed as Judges of the Karnataka High Court.There seems to have been serious objections made by Karnataka Governor and the Chief Minister with regard to some...