MP HC Tells Govt To Release Compensation Amount To 1984 Riots’ Victim [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to disburse within six weeks the compensation amount to a woman who lost four of her family members in the 1984 riots.A 75-year-old Harjinder Kaur @ Gurmeet Kaur filed a petition after the respondents, despite her requests, did not release the amount of Rs. 20 lakh sanctioned by the government as compensation for four members of...

CIC Calls For Views On Bringing Parliamentary Parties Under RTI Act, Says MPs Obliged To Disclose Works, Use Of Funds Under MPLADS [Read Order]

Opining that “in principle, every legislature/parliamentary party shall be considered as public authority”, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has called for views from the BJP and other political parties as to why legislature/ parliamentary parties should not be brought under the purview of RTI Act and why were they not disclosing voluntarily the selection of work and use of...

Delhi HC Comes Down Hard On Fraudulent Insurance Claim; Directs Initiation Of Criminal Proceedings Against Colluding Employer And Claimant [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Thursday, directed initiation of criminal proceedings against an employer and an employee who, the Court concluded, had filed a “fraudulent and collusive” insurance claim petition.Justice Valmiki J. Mehta directed the Registrar General of the Court to draw out an FIR against the employer and the employee. “…in terms of the present judgment the FIR so drawn be...

Ensure That Flight And Cabin Crew Do Not Skip Pre-Flight Breath Analyzer Test: Delhi HC To DGCA [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday lamented the circumvention of the pre-flight breathalyzer tests, which are mandatory for flight and cabin crew under the Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR).Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva then directed the Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA) to examine the interpretation and functioning of the CAR, “to ensure that there is no possibility, in the future, of...

‘No Toilet At Home Amounts To Cruelty’: Family Court Grants Divorce

A Family Court in Rajasthan’s Bhilawara District has reportedly granted a woman’s plea for divorce, ruling that absence of a toilet at home amounts to cruelty.“Has it ever pained us that our mothers and sisters have to go to defecate in the open? Women in villages have to wait for dark to venture out in order to relieve and as a result has to bear with physical pain… It is an irony...

No Reservation In Promotion in Aided Educational Institutions If Less Than Five Sanctioned Posts Available: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court recently reiterated the law laid down a full Bench of the Court, wherein it was held that the benefit of reservation cannot be provided in promotions, if there are less than five sanctioned posts available.“There is another aspect of the matter, namely, that there were only two sanctioned posts within the quota for promotion in the Lecturer's grade available in...

MP HC Tells Govt To Ensure Healthcare Of Workers In Coal Power Plants [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to take all possible steps for the health of workers working in the coal-fired thermal power plants (CFTPPs) in future.The court’s directive came after the state government submitted a report stating no worker in thermal power plants is suffering from any occupational disease. The team of the state officials conducted...

Delhi HC Asks Centre To Implement National Policy For Rare Diseases [Read Order]

Continuing to ensure aid to patients suffering from rare diseases, the Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to take urgent steps to make the National Policy for Treatment of Rare Diseases functional at the ground level.“This Court is of the view that urgent steps need to be taken by the Ministry to make the National Policy functional at the ground level. This Court directs the Ministry...

Fodder Scam: Jharkhand HC Hears Lalu Prasad’s Transfer Petition

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday directed the CBI judge hearing fodder scam to give report on his orders passed during the three previous proceedings in a case (RC 64A/96) related to illegal withdrawal from Deoghar treasury in Jharkhand.Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh passed the order while hearing a transfer petition filed on behalf of RJD supremo and former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad...

Maintenance Under DV Act Cannot Be Denied Solely Because The Grievance Arose In Second Marriage: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently set aside a lower Court order, which had denied maintenance to the wife under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act) solely because she was married before.“The incidences of domestic violence have been enumerated in Section 3 of the Act which defines domestic violence and it includes physical, verbal, emotional and economic abuse....

In Huge Relief To Property Tax Payers, Delhi HC Invalidates NDMC Bye-Laws; Civic Agency To Refund Excess Property Tax [Read Judgment]

In a big relief to property tax payers in the NDMC area, the Delhi High Court has struck down the New Delhi Municipal Council (Determination of Annual Rent) Bye-laws, 2009, and asked it to refund the excess tax collected by it.The bye-laws were amended and changed the then existing system of determining the rateable value on the basis of the annual rent, at which the land or buildings...

Delhi HC To Hear Pleas Challenging Service Tax On Senior Advocates After SC Transfers All Petitions

The Delhi High Court will hear all petitions filed countrywide which have challenged the levy of service 14 % tax on senior advocates.This was after a bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta transferred today ordered transfer of all petitions to the Delhi High  Court.On April 1 the Delhi High Court had passed an interim order staying the Centres notifications providing for levy...