SC Rejects The Claim Of Non-Keralite Students To Seek Medical Admission In Minority Colleges In Kerala [Read Judgment]

Three students belonging to Muslim minority community had approached the Supreme Court directly through a writ petition seeking admission in the minority-run medical colleges in Kerala on the basis of their rankings in NEET. The hurdle for the students was the fact that they belonged to Tamil Nadu. The college was would have admitted them without any objection to their non-Keralite status but...

Uttarakhand HC Appoints Committee For Inquiry Into Allegations Of Mismanagement Of Dargah Sharif Peeran-E-Kalyar [Read Judgment]

Uttarakhand High Court, on Wednesday, directed appointment of a Committee of Financial Experts to look into allegations of financial irregularities in the management of Dargah Sharif Peeran-E-Kalyar.The Bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma opined that the allegations seem prima facie correct, and appointed a Committee of independent experts, including...

HC Raps ASJ For Satisfying ‘Sadistic Pleasures’ By Summonsing Senior Cops Instead Of Checking With Own Staff On Loss Of Summons [Read Judgment]

“Judges are to remain humble and not be guided by their ego or prejudices,” remarked the Delhi High Court on Wednesday as it took strong objection to an Additional Sessions Judge satisfying his “sadistic pleasures” by summonsing senior police officers, ordering inquiries, making scathing remarks and delaying hearing in a criminal case only because one of the summons issued to...

After Delhi HC Ire, Dist Court Issues Order For Fast Disposal Of Petitions Under Mental Health Act [Read Judgment & Order]

Five months after the Delhi High Court criticised the conduct of a trial court in moving slowly on a petition of a man seeking permission to sell off property of his mentally-ill younger brother to meet his medical expenses, the District and Sessions judge (headquarters) has instructed all judicial officers to decide all such petitions within 90 days.An order issued by District &...

Delhi HC To Remain Closed On Sept. 9, To Work On Nov. 25 Instead [Read Notification]

The district courts will be working on October 14. Cases fixed for September 9 earlier will now be taken up on Saturdays now declared as working days.The Delhi High Court has modified its previous notification by which it had decided to work on the second Saturday falling on September 9, in lieu of the Janmashtami holiday on August 14.Vide a notification dated August 23, it has now decided...

Families Affected By Tehri Dam Project Have Fundamental Right To Compensation For Loss Of Basic Amenities: Uttarakhand HC

Uttarakhand High Court, on Wednesday, directed the Chief Secretary to resolve within three months all problems being faced by those affected by the construction of the Tehri dam.“The members of the petitioner- Samiti have a fundamental right to get adequate compensation for loss of basic amenities including roads etc.,” Justice Rajiv Sharma observed.The Court was hearing a Petition filed...

As Ganesh Chaturthi Approaches, Bombay HC In A Tussle With State Govt On Silence Zones

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to accept the Maharashtra government’s stand that in light of the new amendment to the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules 2000, silence zones have ceased to exist in the state.The state said new silence zones could only be notified by the state government under the new amendment.A bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla said...

Delhi HC Dismisses Justice Karnan’s Plea Against SC Registrar And His Challenge Against Contempt Of Court Act [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the writ petition filed by Justice Karnan challenging the vires of Contempt of Court  and against  the order dated 12th of May, 2017 of the Registrar (Judicial-I) of the Supreme Court of India and.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Harishankar held that challenge to the constitutionality of the Contempt of Courts Act in...

SC Asks Centre To Ensure Protection To The Parents of Boy Killed By Manipur CM’s Son In Road Rage

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Deepak Gupta, on Tuesday, August 22, asked the Additional Solicitor General, Pinky Anand, to interact with Vikram Sahgal, Inspector General of Police, Manipur and Nagaland Sector, Central Reserve Police Force, Imphal to ensure that the order of the Court directing security/protection to the parents of the boy, killed in a road rage case...

Dubai Court Verdict Not Binding In India, If Both Parties Are Hindus Of Indian Domicile: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently set aside an order dated February 22, 2016, of the family court of Bandra which dismissed a petition for divorce filed by one Shilpa Sachdev, stating that the same was barred by principles of res judicata as a Dubai court had already granted divorce on the ground of desertion.A bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai set aside the family...

Bihar and Jharkhand Settle Their 13-Year Old Non-Dispute Over Delhi’s Bihar Niwas, Thanks To SC’s Prodding

On Tuesday, August 22, the Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan B.Lokur and Deepak Gupta, gave its stamp of approval to the agreement reached between Bihar and Jharkhand over apportioning one of the Bihar Government’s guest houses, Bihar Niwas, and Bihar Bhawan in the Capital, following the creation of separate state of Jharkhand in 2000.As directed by the Supreme Court earlier, the Union...

How To Conduct Inquiry In To Sexual Harassment At Work Place Complaints: Delhi HC Explains [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has ordered the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to complete the inquiry into complaints of sexual harassment against Ashok Kumar Singh, a teaching staff at Dyal Singh Evening College, within three months, while strictly abiding by the principles of natural justice by allowing the accused to cross-examine the witnesses through a questionnaire so that the identity of...