Advertise Animal Slaughter Norms In Print And Electronic Media: Calcutta HC To State [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court, on Friday, directed the West Bengal Government to advertise the norms and guidelines related to animal slaughter in print and the electronic media.“…the public at large may not be aware of the restrictions contained either in the judgments of the Court or in the Act of 1950 and the rules framed thereunder. This may lead to an innocent person being unaware of...

Secured Creditor Cannot Invoke Section 14 Of SARFAESI Act After Sale Of Secured Asset: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court, on Friday, ruled that a secured creditor cannot maintain an application under Section 14 of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 after issuance of a sale certificate, in order to obtain actual physical possession of the property. Section 14 requires the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or District...

Bombay HC Hikes Compensation For Municipal Sweeper’s Widow 21 Years After His Death [Read Judgment]

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, in a recent judgment, enhanced the compensation awarded to one Raiwantbai Sardare, widow and legal heir of deceased Ramdas Sardare, who was working for the Nagpur Municipal Corporation as drainage cleaner.Ramdas died on March 11, 1996, at the age of 67 while he was performing his duty behind St. John’s High School in Nagpur.Thereafter, his widow...

Delhi HC Awards Imprisonment To Litigant For Irresponsible Allegations Against Government Counsel [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently awarded week-long imprisonment to a litigant, finding him guilty of criminal contempt of court for leveling baseless allegations of impropriety against government counsel appearing for the Revenue Department.“The Court is of the view that the conduct of the respondent, insofar as he has leveled baseless allegations against counsel who appeared and assisted...

Jharkhand HC Takes Cognizance Of Child Deaths In State

The Jharkhand High Court has taken suo moto cognisance of an internal report on child deaths in MGM hospital, Jamshedpur, and converted it into a PIL. The court told the government to inform it about the steps the government plans to take to improve health services in the state.Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh said on Friday that the state government must take more measures to make primary and...

NEET Mess: Madras HC's Appeal To Wards Against Suicide Fails To Save Load-Man's Daughter With Big Dreams

On August 24, the Madras High Court had appealed to the students who had failed to clear NEET examination to not take any drastic step like suicide and directed the state government to identify all such students and counsel them to not take any wrong decision.“This Court is only concerned with the mindset of the children and their parents who were all along been dreaming and working...

Mumbai Floods: Bombay HC Issues Notice To BMC, State Govt; Seeks Reply In PIL On Dr. Amrapurkar’s Death On Deluge Day

The Bombay High Court has issued notices to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, state government and other respondents in a PIL that sought registration of an FIR against the Municipal Commissioner and officers of the BMC for causing the death of Dr. Deepak Amrapurkar due to criminal negligence.Dr. Amrapurkar was a 58-year-old gastroenterologist at Bombay Hospital who slipped into an...

Gorakhpur Tragedy: Allahabad HC Constitutes Fact-Finding Team To Visit Hospital & Inspect Infrastructure [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court, on Thursday, constituted a fact finding committee of the Secretary, Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority, and directed it to visit Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College and Hospital to take note of the infrastructure there.It further directed the Secretary to visit the place where oxygen cylinders are stored, and examine the arrangements of supply of oxygen...

Zee News Directed To Pay 1 Lakh Fine And Apologize To Gauhar Raza For Branding Him An ‘Anti-National’ [Read Order]

The News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) has directed Hindi news channel Zee News to pay a fine of Rs. 1 lakh and issue a public apology to poet and scientist Mr. Gauhar Raza, for branding him as part of an ‘Afzal Premi Gang’ for reciting his poems in the ‘Shankar-  Shaad Mushaira’.Zee News had aired a programme titled ‘Afzal Premi Gang ka Mushaira’ several times,...

Dignity Of Bombay HC Rests On Surer Foundations: Bench Headed By Justice Oka Accepts State’s Apology, Doesn’t Initiate Contempt [Read Order]

A bench headed by Justice AS Oka has passed a judgment dated August 29, accepting the unconditional apology of the Maharashtra government in the matter relating to noise pollution rules.On August 28, the state government had withdrawn allegations made against Justice Oka in a precipe dated August 24 and tendered an unconditional apology to Justice Oka, the Chief Justice as well as the...

Experts May Give Opinion In A Case, But Can’t Apply Law: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court held recently that an expert invited to give his or her opinion on a case cannot apply the law to the facts of the case and offer a solution, but merely bring in their learning to bear upon the facts of the case, as the task of adjudication lies with the courts.Justice SJ Kathawalla was hearing a notice of motion filed in a suit wherein plaintiff Dhirajlal Babaria is...

Next All India Bar Exam Scheduled For 3 December

The 11th All India Bar Exam held by the Bar Council of India has been scheduled for 3 December, 2017, LegallyIndia reported. The registrations for the examination have begun on its website.Last year’s exam had been marred by several delays. It was initially scheduled to be held on 26 February, but was postponed to 26 March. The declaration of results was also postponed several times. One...