Hindu Gods’ Names Can’t Be Monopolised: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Dismissing an appeal filed against an order of a single bench, the Bombay High Court has held that names of Hindu Gods are not exclusive and such words cannot be monopolised by one party.A bench of Justice Naresh Patil and Bharti Dangre was hearing an appeal filed by Freudenberg Gala Household Product Pvt Ltd wherein a judgment of a single judge of the high court was challenged.Case...

Delhi HC Quashes DGCA Circular Fixing Excess Baggage Fee

In what would have wide ramifications, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside the Rs. 100 per kg fee fixed by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for excess checked-in baggage of 15-20 kg on private airlines.Justice Vibhu Bakhru set aside the DGCA's June 10, 2016, circular that mandated that private airlines will charge Rs. 100 per extra kg till 20 kg as against their...

PIL Filed In Delhi HC Against ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation was filed before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday against lethal online game ‘Blue whale challenge’, which is leading its participants to commit suicide.The PIL was mentioned by advocate Gurmeet Singh before Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shanker seeking directions to internet companies to take down the links of ‘Blue Whale’,...

Staff Crunch Hits Schools’ Inspection To Determine Fee Hike, Delhi Govt Tells HC [Read Affidavit]

The AAP government has told the Delhi High Court that it is facing severe staff crunch, which it cited as an impediment in conducting inspections of schools and failing to produce relevant records before the Justice Anil Dev committee constituted to determine excess fee charged by private unaided recognised schools.The DoE said out of 249 schools (174 only inspection cases and...

No Bullock Cart Races Until Rules Under Prevention Of Cruelty Towards Animals Act Are Framed: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday prohibited the state from granting any permission allowing bullock cart racing before framing rules as envisaged in the new amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice NM Jamdar was hearing a PIL filed by Ajay Marathe, who sought a stay on a race that was to take place in his district in...

Former Advocate General Of Kerala MK Damodaran Passes Away

Senior Advocate and former Advocate General of Kerala MK Damodaran passed away on Wednesday at a private hospital at Cochin.He was the Advocate General of Kerala during the tenure of EK Nayanar’s LDF Ministry.He was appointed as the legal advisor of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in July, but he refused to take charge as a writ petition was filed in Kerala High Court challenging...

PIL In Allahabad HC Seeks Court-Monitored CBI Probe Into Gorakhpur Tragedy [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Allahabad High Court demanding a court-monitored time-bound CBI probe into the Gorakhpur tragedy, in which over 65 children have died since last Thursday at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College, to identify the cause of the deaths and the guilty.The PIL, filed by the Youth Bar Association of India and advocates Saksham Srivastava and...

Employer Can’t Be Compelled To Appoint A Person Acquitted In Criminal Case: MP HC [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that even if a newly-appointed person makes declaration truthfully of having being acquitted in a criminal case, the employer still has the right to consider his antecedents and cannot be compelled to appoint the person.The court rejected an appeal of an aspirant.The appellant challenged the single judge bench order in the appeal taking ground that...

Centre Asks Social Media Platforms To Remove Links Of ‘Blue Whale Challenge’

With reports of the Blue Whale Challenge having made its way to India, the Government has directed all social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to remove links of the game from their sites.The Blue Whale Challenge is reportedly a suicide game in which the player is given certain tasks to complete for a period of 50 days, and the final task leads to suicide. The player is asked...

Hate Message : Jharkhand HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To WhatsApp Admin [Read Judgment]

The Jharkhand High Court recently granted anticipatory bail to Admin of a WhatsApp group, in a case registered against them under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings.The Applicant was one of the  Admin of a WhatsApp group named ‘Law Firm’, and was embroiled in a controversy after it was alleged...

Legal Assistance Establishment ‘Saketham’ Launched In Kerala

Chief Justice of Kerala High Court, Justice N.P. Singh inaugurated the Legal Assistance Establishment- ‘Saketham’ at the office of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) on 15 August.Also present at the occasion were Justice Antony Dominic, Executive Chairman of KeLSA and Justice K. Surendra Mohan, Chairman of Kerala High Court Legal Services Committee.As per an official...

Bombay HC Gives Benefit Of Doubt To Accused, Sets Aside Death Sentence In A Case Of Rape & Double Murder [Read Judgment]

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has set aside the death sentence awarded to two accused in a case of rape and double murder.Upon examination of the entire evidence on record, the bench of Justice SS Shinde and KK Sonawane held that the prosecution’s case was based entirely on circumstantial evidence which was insufficient to prove the guilt of the accused.Case BackgroundThe...