A Look At Judgments Bombay HC Passed In 1947, When India Got Independence

In 1947, when India got its Independence from British rule, Sir Leonard Stone was the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. His tenure lasted for 5 years until he resigned at the stroke of midnight on August 14.On that night, with an audience comprising members of the Original Side, Appellate Side Bar, Solicitors, Officers and the entire staff of the high court gathered in the Central Court...

Kerala HC Stays Condition Of Making Deposit Of Rs.11 Lakhs & Submitting Bank Guarantee For Rs.44 Lakhs For Admission In Pvt Medical Colleges [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court stayed the operation of the order issued by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations, which imposed a condition of making an interest free deposit of Rs.11 lakhs for securing admission in medical seats. The order imposed a further condition that the students should produce bank guarantee for the fee of remaining four years, which would amount to Rs.44 lakhs. The...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtTaking a different view from an earlier order, a division bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday accepted the state government’s decision to keep the age limit for Govindas at 14 years and removed the height restriction that was imposed by a 2014 judgment.In a relief to Reliance Life Sciences, the High Court quashed and set aside a communication dated June 8, 2017, from...

Bombay HC Sets Aside Order Declaring Candidate For Sub-Inspector Post Unfit Due To His Tattoos [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has set aside an order declaring a candidate for the post of Sub-Inspector in the Central Industrial Security Force as unfit due to tattoos and asked them to allow the candidate to participate in the final selection process.A bench of Justice Naresh Patil and Justice ZA Haq was hearing a writ petition filed by one Sangharsh Lonekar.Lonekar had appeared in a...

M’rashtra’s New Pension Scheme Not Applicable To Judicial Officers As It Breaches SC Order: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held recently that the New Pension Scheme brought in by the state government, through a Government Resolution dated October 31, 2005 (cut-off date), was not applicable to judicial officers in the state and the ones appointed after this cut-off date could choose to opt for the same.A bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice AK Menon held that the officers who do not opt...

NHRC Notice To UP Govt Over Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy

Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports over the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the government of Uttar Pradesh seeking detailed report over the deaths of at least 70 children at Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, Gorakhpur.The NHRC has granted the state government four weeks to file its report over the steps taken for...

MP HC Confirms Death Sentence Of Two For Minor’s Kidnap-Cum-Murder [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the death sentence to two persons and lifer to one person for kidnapping and murdering a 15-year-old boy after his family did not paid the ransom of Rs. 50 lakh.Appellants Rajesh alias Rakesh and Raja Yadav were awarded death sentence, while Om Prakash was convicted to life imprisonment in the case.The prosecution case is that on 26.3.2013, about 9...

Compulsory Retirement For 12 District Judges After Jharkhand HC Notes ‘Dubious Conduct’

Twelve District Judges were compulsorily retired by the Jharkhand Government on Saturday on recommendation of the Jharkhand High Court.“The judicial officers were marked by the High Court for their dubious conduct and, on the issue of probity, they were given compulsory retirement,” Secretary of Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department Nidhi Khare was quoted as saying.Ms. Khare...

Bombay HC Rejects NIA Appeal Seeking Areeb Majeed To Be Charged As ISIS Member Under UAPA [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently dismissed an appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against the decision of the trial judge to not charge Areeb Majeed under Section 20 of the Unlawful Activity (Prevention) Act (UAPA).A bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Sadhana Jadhav held that there was no merit in NIA’s appeal and dismissed it.Case BackgroundMajeed was picked up on...

After Staging Dharna Outside MP HC, ADJ Plans Cycle Yatra To Protest “Injustice Meted Out To Him”

Additional District Judge R.K. Sriwas, who had earlier staged a dharna outside the Madhya Pradesh High Court, has now decided undertake a cycle yatra from Neemuch, his last posting, to Jabalpur, where the principal bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court sits.Last week, Mr. Sriwas had staged a dharna outside the High Court against being transferred 4 times within a period of 15 months,...

Right To Life Includes Entitlement To Alternate Accommodation, Says Delhi HC; Comes To Aid Of 14 Slum Dwellers Facing Homelessness [Read Judgment]

Reiterating that right to housing is an essential part of right to life which is not merely an animal existence but entitlement to reasonable accommodation, the Delhi High Court has come to the aid of 14 slum dwellers, earlier declared ineligible by the Delhi government for rehabilitation, as it held them entitled for alternate accommodation after being removed for expansion of...

IDIA Team Secures Interim Relief For Slum Dwellers With Calcutta HC Stay On Demolition And Eviction

In a significant victory for the public interest team at the Increasing Diversity By Increasing Access (IDIA), the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted an interim stay on slum demolitions in Kolkata’s Subhas Sarovar area.Justice Ranjit Kumar Bag granted a stay for one week against the orders for demolition, which were issued in furtherance of a beautification project named...