HC Restricts Bursting Of Firecrackers To 3 Hrs In Punjab, Haryana, C’garh On Diwali Day [Read Order]

This Diwali, the people of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh will get to burst firecrackers only for three hours with the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday restricting the same within 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm on October 19, with total ban on any such indulgence before or after Diwali.A bench of Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal and Justice Amit Rawal directed: “The bursting of firecrackers within...

No Politics In Educational Institutions: Kerala HC [Read Order]

A Division Bench of Kerala High Court on Friday observed that Educational Institutions are meant for imparting education and not politics.In an interim order, the bench of Chief Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh and Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan also held that political activities like Dharna, hunger strikes and other practices like Sathyagrah have no place in a constitutional democracy, much less...

Bombay HC Strikes Down MoEF Notification That Transferred All Cases From Goa At NGT Western Zone To New Delhi

In a highly significant judgment, the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has struck down a notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests dated August 10, 2017, wherein all matters relating to the State of Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, before the National Green Tribunal, Western Zone in Pune, were transferred to the principal bench in New Delhi.In a 47-page judgment passed...

Delhi HC Sets Aside JNU's Disciplinary Action Against Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban, 12 Others [Read Judgment]

The Court has set aside Appellate Order dated August 22, 2016,and the matter is remanded back to the Appellate Authority to pass a reasoned order as expeditiously as possible preferably within six weeks thereafter,The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside the disciplinary action taken by the Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) against 15 of its students, including former JNUSU president...

Referring To Gauri Lankesh’s Murder, Bombay HC Says Trend Of Killing Anyone With Liberal Values Is Dangerous

While hearing the matter regarding the investigations into the murder of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare, the Bombay High Court referred to the murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru on September 5 and said: “People with liberal values and principles are being targeted. It’s like if there is any opposition to me, I shall have that eliminated. This is...

Kerala HC Seeks Reply From Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala On PIL Against UDF Hartal [Read Petition]

A Division Bench of Kerala High Court has issued notice to Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala on a PIL filed by a lawyer against the call of hartal on October 16.The Bench of Chief Justice Navniti Prasad Singh and Raja Vijayaraghavan observed that the hartal was already declared illegal by the Court.Placing reliance on earlier verdicts of the high court as well as the Supreme Court that...

Judge's Alleged 'Misbehaviour': Lawyers Of Delhi District Courts To Go On Strike Tomorrow

Lawyers across the six district courts in Delhi will go on strike on Friday to protest against the alleged “misbehaviour” of some judges and the increasing corruption in judiciary.The decision to call the strike at all district courts – Tis Hazari, Rohini, Patiala House, Karkardooma, Dwarka and Saket - was taken in an emergent meeting of the coordination committee of All-District Court...

SIT On Black Money Is Public Authority Under RTI: CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has held the special investigation team on black money a ‘public authority’ as per the Right to Information Act.Venkatesh Nayak had approached the commission praying to recognize the special investigation team (SIT) on black money of the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance as a ‘public authority’ within the terms of Section 2(h)...

Towards ‘Uniform’ Equality: Draft Of ‘Progressive Uniform Civil Code’ Placed Before Law Commission [Read Draft]

Amidst debate on achieving uniformity in Indian society with a Uniform Civil Code, Law Commission chairman Justice BS Chauhan (retired) has been presented with the draft of a ‘ progressive uniform civil code ’ that provides for live-in and homosexual relationships, and has ruled out any kind of gender-based discrimination.The draft-code rules out all discrimination between man, woman or...

Advocate’s Experience & Seniority Counted From Date Of Enrollment With State Bar Council: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

Not from the date of becoming member of particular Bar Association, the court said.The Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that experience and seniority of an advocate will be counted from the date of enrollment with the State Bar Council and not from the date of becoming member of a particular Bar Association.“An Advocate, after enrollment by the State Bar Council, is not debarred...

Bombay HC Imposes ₹5-Lakh Cost On Petitioners For Seeking To Re-argue Case With Different Set Of Lawyers [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently imposed ₹5 lakh cost on petitioners reminding them about the limitations of a review jurisdiction.A bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice MS Sonak observed that it is being seen lately that litigants try to go behind binding orders of the high court by canvassing arguments before the Supreme Court that do not give the entire or true picture of the...

Incidents Like Farmers' Protest On Rail Tracks Not Sudden, Railways Should Inform Passengers: Consumer Forum [Read Order]

Incidents like farmers’ protest do not happen all of a sudden and the Railways might have prior intimation of such protests on its tracks about which it should inform the passengers, a Delhi consumer forum has held while directing the Railways to cough up Rs 2 lakh to be paid in equal parts to  the eight passengers, including two minors, who complained of harassment during their train...