Delhi HC Quashes Centre's 1997 OM On Reservation In Promotion, All Promotions Made On Its Basis Stand Quashed [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has quashed the Centre's office memorandum dated August 13, 1997, by which it had extended reservation in promotion to SC and ST staff beyond five years stipulated by the Supreme Court in the year 1992 in the famous Indra Sawhney vs UoI case.A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Harishankar quashed the office memorandum issued by the Department...

Whether IPS Or Other Officers Can Be Posted In The Railway Police Force? Delhi HC Refers Question To Larger Bench [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has referred to a larger Bench the question whether Indian Police Service or other Officers can be appointed to the posts in the Railway Protection Force.A Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Navin Chawla referred the ratio of the decision in the case of P.S. Rawal and Others versus Union of India and Others, wherein a Division Bench of the Court had...

Delhi HC Upholds CIC Order, Says IB Liable To Share Report On Whistleblower IFS Officer [Read Judgment]

In a major relief to whistleblower IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi, the Delhi High Court has upheld the order of the Central Information Commission directing the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests to share with him a copy of the IB report on his harassment and implication in various cases for pointing out corrupt practices during his tenure as forest officer...

Delhi High Court Lacks Original Jurisdiction To Try Matters Under Family Courts Act [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court clarified that it lacked the original civil jurisdiction to try matters falling under Section 7 of the Family Courts Act. The Delhi High Court has original jurisdiction in civil matters falling above the prescribed pecuniary limit as per the Delhi High Court Act 1966. The issue was whether such jurisdiction extended to such civil matters which are to be dealt by the...

Haryana Dy AG Sacked After Video Showing Him Assisting Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Surfaces

Haryana Dy AG Sacked After Video Showing Him Assisting Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Surfaces Haryana’ Deputy Advocate General Gurdass Singh Salwara has been removed from his post, after a video of him assisting Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh with his luggage surfaced recently.According to reports, Haryana AG Baldev Mahajan recommended Salwara’s removal after watching the...

CBI Judge To Be Flown To Rohtak Jail For Hearing On Sentence To Dera Chief [Read Notification]

The CBI judge will be flown to Rohtak district prison in Sunaria for Monday's hearing on the quantum of sentence to be awarded to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who has been held guilty of raping two sadhavis 15 years ago.The Punjab and Haryana High Court issued a notification, notifying the district jail as the place of sitting for the CBI judge for the...

P&H HC Seeks Details Of Friday Violence’s Toll & Govt Plan To Avert Repeat [Read Order]

Following the mayhem and large-scale damage to public and private property caused by the supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim on him being held guilty of rape, the  Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday called for a list of persons killed in the mayhem and the government's plan for averting a repeat of Friday's chaos.The court also directed the state of Punjab and...

Assets Of Dera Sacha Sauda To Be Attached If Its Members Are Found To Be Responsible For Violence: Punjab&Haryana HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana is closely monitoring the violent situation which has engulfed the State following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.Large mob gatherings had assembled in Panchkula, as the CBI Court there was set to pronounce its judgment in the rape case alleged against Ram Rahim Singh. Pre-empting violent reaction from the mob claiming to...

PIL Says NGT Headed For Premature Death, Seeks Appointment Of Judges; Delhi HC Notice To Centre [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a public interest litigation praying for appointment of judicial officers in the National Green Tribunal, which is reduced to eight judicial and six expert members, as opposed to a minimum strength of 10 prescribed in the National Green Tribunal Act and is headed towards a “premature death”.The high court has called for a...

MP HC Warns Judicial Officers Against Sharing Vulgar, Obscene Videos On FB, WhatsApp, Etc [Read Memo]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court’s administration has warned of disciplinary action against judicial officers of subordinate judiciary if they are found indulge in sharing any vulgar, obscene videos, photographs, etc. on social networking sites such as Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.The administration has taken note of the fact that some judicial officers “indulge in posting of objectionable,...

State Should Have Respect For The Highest Office Of Advocate General: Bombay HC In Silence Zone Case [Read Order]

As stated in our earlier story, the matter of silence zones has already been transferred to a separate bench, constituted by the Chief Justice, of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice GS Kulkarni.But before the order for transfer was passed, Justice AS Oka passed a detailed order recording all the facts that have been placed before the court until then before adjourning the matter till 3 pm...

Silence Zones: Bombay HC CJ Transfers Matter To Another Bench After State Govt Alleges ‘Serious Bias’ Against Justice Oka

In a shocking development, the state government on Thursday alleged serious bias against Justice AS Oka, who heads the bench that has been hearing a batch of petitions seeking strict implementation of Noise Pollution Rules.As reported earlier, a bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla had refused to accept the state government’s stand that currently there were no silence zones in...