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PSI Recruitment Scam: Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To State On Congress MLA Priyank Kharge's PIL Seeking Court-Monitored Probe
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued notice to the State government on a public interest litigation filed by Congress Member of Legislative Assembly, Priyank M. Kharge, seeking a court-monitored investigation into the Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) recruitment scam through a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to be constituted. A division bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice...
Reports And Dossiers Of Intelligence Agencies Can’t Be Disclosed Under RTI Act, State Police ATS Exempted: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Friday observed that the reports and dossiers prepared by intelligence agencies cannot be disclosed under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Justice Prathiba M Singh said that major public interest is in protecting safety and security of the country and not in disclosing such reports. “Reports and dossiers by intelligence authorities, which are subject matter...
[Appointment Of Judges] Centre Wrote To CJI To Finalize MoP On Jan 6, Response Of SC Not Yet Received
The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that the Government wrote to the Chief Justice of India (on January 6) emphasizing the need to finalize the MoP (Memorandum of Procedure) for the appointment of Judges to the SC and HCs, however, the response to the same is yet to be received from the Supreme Court. The Union Law Minister, Kiren Rijijju...
Appoint Two Women Social Workers In State Monitoring Committee Under Anti-Manual Scavenging Law: Gauhati High Court To Assam Govt
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday directed Assam government to include two women social workers in the State Monitoring Committee constituted under Section 26 of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. Section 26(1)(i) of the 2013 Act mandates that two of the four social workers in the committee must be women. However, state government...
District Collector's Sanction Not Necessary For Initiating Prosecution Under Section 7 Of Essential Commodities Act: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that the sanction of the district collector is not required for initiating prosecution under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Justice Murali Purushothaman said that under Section 7 of the Act, the power to impose penalty is vested with the court and it is not for the District Collector to decide whether a person has committed...
No Timeline Can Be Set For Filling Up Judicial Vacancies In Constitutional Courts: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday while replying to the question put forth by Telugu Desam Party MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar regarding the vacancies of judges in the Andhra Pradesh High Court, said that "filling up of vacancies in the High Courts is a continuous, integrated and collaborative process between the Executive and the Judiciary. It requires consultation and...
Can't Prevent Bidder From Participating In Tender Process On Ground Of Pendency Of Proposal For Blacklisting: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court directed the Nagpur Zilla Parishad to consider a construction firm’s bid for various works, observing that it could not be disqualified merely because the State is considering blacklisting it.A division bench of Justice A. S. Chandurkar and Justice Vrushali V. Joshi held:“While there can be no quarrel with the proposition that in an appropriate case the action...
Gujarat High Court Constitutes Committee To Look Into Alleged Incidents Of Medical Negligence, Mistreatment Of Pregnant Women At Private Hospitals
The Gujarat High Court has constituted a Committee for probe into the alleged incidents of mistreatment of pregnant women at private hospitals in the state."In order to ensure that such incidents do no reoccur and as to how incidents reported in the print and electronic media as narrated by petitioner in the petition had occurred, we deem it proper to constitute a Committee headed by a...
Railway Authority Liable To Pay Compensation Even If Claimant Was Trying to De-board Moving Train: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently held that the Railway Authority is liable to pay compensation under Section 124-A of the Railways Act to a Claimant who met with an accident while deboarding a moving train. Section 124-A of the Railways Act, 1989 (“the Act”) deals with compensation on account of untoward incidents. The bench comprising Justice G. S. Ahluwalia observed...
Plea In Delhi High Court Alleges ‘Large Scale Rigging’ In LLB, LLM Entrance Exams Of Delhi University
A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court alleging “large scale rigging”, question paper leak and manipulation of final results in LLB and LLM entrance exams for academic session of 2022. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav directed the varsity and NTA to seek instructions in the matter, while listing it for hearing on March 22. However, the court has not yet issued a formal...
No Simultaneous CIRP Proceedings Against Same Corporate Debtor: NCLT Ahmedabad
The National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”), Ahmedabad Bench, comprising of Dr. Deepti Mukesh (Judicial Member) and Shri Ajai Das Mehrotra (Technical Member), while adjudicating a petition filed in Vrundavan Residency Pvt. Ltd. v Mars Remedies Pvt. Ltd., has held that there cannot be simultaneous CIRP proceedings against the same Corporate Debtor. The Bench declined to initiate...
Orissa High Court Monthly Digest - January 2023 [Citations 1-13]
Nominal IndexAnimesh Chakraborty v. State of Odisha, 2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 1Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda v. Union of India, 2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 2Soli @ Sulachana Jena & Anr. v. Chief Executive Officer, NESCO (Electrical), Balasore & Anr., 2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 3Sk. Jumman @ Badruddin v. State of Odisha, 2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 4Santosh Kumar Nayak v. State of Odisha, 2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 5Girish...