"Employer Can't Discriminate Against Sick Employees" Delhi HC Orders Airlines To Renew Air Hostess’ Contract [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently came to the rescue of an air hostess who was denied reinstatement by Airlines Allied Services Ltd. after she took an 18 months sick leave.The Petition had challenged the dismissal of one Ms. Chitra Sharma, whose contract, which had till now been renewed automatically every three years, had been terminated while she was on a sick leave.The termination was contended...

Ensure No Parking In The Vicinity Of The High Court: Delhi HC To Police, Bar Association [Read Order]

Taking note of the traffic congestion around the High Court complex, the Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Traffic Police to ensure that no vehicles are parked on Sher Shah Road, which houses the Court complex."Police shall take all steps necessary to clear the cars which are parked regardless of their owners (litigants, officials or lawyers). This direction shall be implemented...

HC Judges Can’t Be Compared With Ministers Or Other Members Of Executive Or Legislature: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

High court judges are constitutional functionaries in a different way and neither need to be equated nor be compared with ‘ministers’ or other “members of executive or legislative wing of Government of India”, the bench observed.While dismissing a PIL filed by advocates, in which one prayer was to place a judge of high court at par with ministers, the Allahabad High Court has...

Industry Which Does Not Pay Minimum Wages To Workmen Has No Right To Continue: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently scorned at the practice of non-payment of minimum wages to workmen and came down heavily on industries which do not grant minimum wages, opining that such industries had "no right to continue".Justice C. Hari Shankar explained, "In any event, there can be no dispute that ―'sweated labor' is an anathema to any civilized society, and is a harkback to the...

All India Football Federation: Delhi HC Quashes Praful Patel's Appointment As President; Appoints S.Y. Quraishi As Administrator [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has set aside the election of the office-bearers of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), including its President Mr. Praful Patel, while calling for a fresh election within five months.In the meantime, the Bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice Najmi Waziri has appointed former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi as the administrator.The Court...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court upheld the death penalty imposed on a man convicted for rape and murder of 7-year-old girl. The division bench of Justice Shashi Kant Gupta and Justice Prabhat Chandra Tripathi observed that sentence of death is eminently desirable not only to deter others from committing such atrocious crimes, but also to give emphatic expression to...

Access To Justice Can’t Be Directly Or Indirectly Hampered In Any Manner: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

Nobody should be deprived in defending his case properly only because he is unable to pay the expenses of the witnesses whom he wants to examine, the court said.While setting aside a direction to a retired public servant facing a confiscation case to deposit the salary for one day of the witnesses concerned for issuance of summons through the court process, the Orissa High Court observed...

Inter-Faith Marriage: Kerala HC Grants Police Protection To Muslim-Hindu ‘Lovers’ Intending To Get Married [Read Petition & Order]

The Kerala High Court has ordered grant of adequate police protection to a Muslim man and Hindu woman who intend to get married. This was ordered in a review petition filed by the man, seeking to recall an earlier order passed by the court dismissing the habeas corpus petition filed by him. The review was sought on the ground that the woman was made to disown him before the court under threat...

SC To Take Up 25 Miscellaneous Matters Every Tuesday [Read Notice]

The Supreme Court has decided to take up 25 Miscellaneous matters, along with 5 regular hearing matters on Tuesdays.As per a notice, this would begin from 7 November.Those matters which are not taken up, will be repeated the next week on Tuesday.Further, in case any Tuesday happens to be a holiday or a miscellaneous day on account of a holiday on Monday, the not taken up matters will be...

Delhi Court Clears Name Of DG Home Guards 17 Yrs After Being Accused Of Corruption [Read Judgment]

Seventeen years after being accused of corruption, senior IPS Officer and Director General of Home Guards Jatinder Kumar Sharma has been given a clean chit by a Delhi court, which found no substance in the CBI's version that the officer held assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.Special CBI judge Sarita Birbal acquitted Sharma, a 1982 batch IPS officer, who was...

Govt Can’t Take Advantage Of Its Failure In Making Appointments To Deny Child Care Leave: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

In Dr Kanchan Bala vs State of Haryana, a single bench of the Punjab and Haryana Court has allowed the petitioner to be granted child care leave despite the plea of the government that there were insufficient number of medical specialists available in the hospital, with only one other medical specialist available other than the petitioner.  In the instant case, the petitioner, a...

Delhi HC Constitutes High Level Committee To Suggest Measures For Enhancing Security In Prisons [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Wednesday, directed the creation of a High Level Committee to suggest measures for enhancing security of jail complexes.The Bench comprising Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice I.S. Mehta directed the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to constitute the Committee within 10 days. The Committee would comprise of a retired District Judge who has served in Delhi...