DHJS Exam: Delhi HC Tells HC PIO To Share Breakup Of Marks Awarded To Candidates In Interview Round [Read Order]

Marks awarded to candidates in the interview round of the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Examination are not confidential, but public information, the Delhi High Court has said.The same flows from the order of Justice Vibhu Bakhru, who directed the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the Delhi High Court to share with the petitioner the tabulated statement of marks awarded to all candidates in...

Gujarat HC Raps Lower Court For Keeping Juvenile In Police Custody [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court recently rapped a lower Court for sending a juvenile delinquent to jail and treating him as an adult under the law, despite having been apprised of the fact of him being a juvenile.Terming the incident as “unfortunate”, Justice G.R. Udhwani observed, “It is unfortunate that the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Talod was unmindful of the provisions of the...

Sexual Molestation In NCW: CIC Asks Member Secretary To Look Into Commission’s Anti-RTI Attitude [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission has asked Satbir Bedi, member secretary, National Commission for Women, to look into the anti-RTI working in the organisation where a contractual research assistant was allegedly sexually harassed by the NCW deputy secretary and denied information that she had sought after being thrown out of job, leading to further harassment.Information Commissioner M...

Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Woman After Holding That FIR Against Her Was An Afterthought

The Bombay High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a woman booked under Section 3 (x)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, as it was found that the FIR was registered against her by people against whom she had filed a case of assault five months earlier.A bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Sadhana Jadhav was hearing an anticipatory...

NUSRL Ranchi Students End 9-Day Agitation

The nine-day long dharna staged by the students of National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi, has ended, stated a press release issued by the university on Thursday evening.The university informed that Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh of Jharkhand High Court visited the university after the calling off of the agitation and listened to the issues raised by the students. Justice Singh said works were continuing on war footing for the development of the law university since the...

Reliance Jio Vs Other Telcos: Bombay HC Terms CCI Order Illegal, Says Every Majority Decision Is Not ‘Cartelisation’ [Read Order]

In a huge relief to telecom giants, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Bharti Airtel Limited, the Bombay High Court quashed and set aside an order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) which directed a probe into the ‘cartelisation’ charge leveled against them by new market player Reliance Jio.A bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice Bharati Dangre quashed and set aside the...

Relief For Harish Salve As ITAT Says Deferral Of Depreciation Allowance Doesn’t Result In Concealment Of Income [Read Order]

Deferral of depreciation allowance does not result into any concealment of income or furnishing of any inaccurate particulars, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held while setting aside the penalty imposed on eminent lawyer Harish Salve for alleged concealment of income as it said his tax payments running into crores show his intention to be “tax compliant”.A bench of HS Sidhu...

Jharkhand HC Disposes Of Over 1,250 Bail Pleas In Two Days

The Jharkhand High Court has disposed of over 1,250 bail applications in a special drive during the last two days. Almost all courts here took up bail applications in large numbers and achieved a high disposal rate.Secretary of High Court Bar Association Hemant Shikarwar had approached the HC Acting Chief Justice Justice DN Patel with the request to constitute special benches for bail in view...

MPHC Asks Centre To Frame Recruitment Rules For Bhopal Memorial Hospital [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has asked the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to frame recruitment rules for teaching and non-teaching posts in Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC) by the next date of hearing or else it will be constrained to summon the Secretary of the Ministry.The BMHRC was opened particularly to provide advanced super-specialty care to victims...

Bombay HC Allows Habeas Corpus Petition As Detaining Authority Didn’t Draft Grounds For Detention Himself [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently allowed a habeas corpus petition challenging an order dated March 20, 2017, passed by the Commissioner of Police, Solapur, sanctioning preventive arrest of one Taufiq Ismail Shaikh under Section 3(1) of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Dangerous Persons, Video Pirates, Sand Smugglers and Persons engaged...

GST Council's Notification On 5% GST Toll For Cereals, Pulses Etc

The GST Council, at its 21st meeting held recently in Hyderabad, has recommended that for 5% GST rate on cereals, pulses and flours etc. put in unit container and bearing a registered brand name: A brand registered as on 15.05.2017 shall be deemed to be a registered brand for the purposes of levy of 5% GST, irrespective of whether or not such brand is subsequently deregistered. A brand...

Complaint For Trespass Registered Against CBI Agents Who 'Mistakenly' Raided Sitting Judge’s House

A complaint of trespass has been filed against the Central Bureau of Investigation for raiding the house of Orissa High Court Judge, Justice C.R. Dash instead of retd. Justice I.M. Quddusi against whom the CBI had registered a case.Justice Dash had reportedly complained about the incident to Chief Justice Vineet Saran, after which the officers were summoned to the Court. An F.I.R. has...