Admissions To DU Subject To Revaluation Petition Against CBSE, Delhi HC Asks DU To Inform Students, Colleges [Read Order]

With the ongoing admission process to various colleges in Delhi University, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed that all students and colleges be informed that all admissions would be subject CBSE revaluation class 12 answer sheets as per it's order.A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal directed DU to inform all concerned about the same."...notice has to be taken of the...

Jharkhand Takes The Lead In Resolving Cases Through Expert Mediators

In a pioneering step, the Jharkhand State Legal Service Authority (JHALSA) has formed a strong team of expert mediators comprising people from various fields, including administration, medical, education and business, to resolve pending court cases.The Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC), a unit formed by Supreme Court, has framed a rule which states experts or professionals...

Review Policy On Sanctioning Prosecution Of Govt Officials: Bombay HC Tells State

The Bombay High Court on Monday rebuked the state government, while hearing a criminal PIL filed by one Ankur Patil, who challenged a government resolution that makes it mandatory for the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to obtain a sanction from the state in order to prosecute its own officers.A division bench of Justice RM Savant and Justice Sadhna Jadhav noted that the state government must...

Delhi HC Issues Notices To Speaker, Govt On Youth Jailed For Assembly Ruckus

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Speaker of the Delhi Assembly and the Delhi government on the plea of two youth imprisoned on the Speaker’s order for throwing pamphlets and creating ruckus in the Assembly.The high court also issued production warrants for Jagdeep Rana and Rajan Kumar Madan, who will now be produced before the court on Monday.A bench of Justice...

How A Transgender Activist Made Her Way From Begging To A National Lok Adalat Bench

For a community that is shunned to the margins of the society, Ms. Joyita Mondal, a transgender woman’s appointment to a bench of a National Lok Adalat exhibits more than just a glaring glimmer of hope.It was moment of immense pride for the LGBTQ community as a whole, when she drove into Uttar Dinajpur’s Islampur court premises in a white car bearing a red plaque stating ‘judgeship...

Delhi HC To Hear On Tuesday Plea Of Men Jailed For Throwing Pamphlets In Assembly

The Delhi High Court will hear Tuesday a plea of two youth who havr challenged their 30 days' jail term by the Delhi Assembly Speaker for throwing pamphlets and raising slogans in the House.A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Najmi Waziri posted the plea for Tuesday while granting the counsel for the petitioners time to see if they wanted to challenge the rules under which the...

Served Rotten, Infested Potatoes, Jawan Moves Delhi HC

Another army jawan has moved the Delhi High Court alleging poor quality food being served to them with potatoes infested with insects.Posted in Panbari, Assam, the jawan is currently in Delhi on leave.He alleged that authorities started harassing him after he complained on a WhatsApp group that the troopers were being served with poor quality food.He told the court that the WhatsApp group...

Delhi HC Relief For Sunil Shetty, Complaint By Stuntman Quashed [Read Judgment]

Bollywood actor and action star Sunil  Shetty got a major relief from the Delhi High Court which quashed a criminal complaint filed against him by a stuntman alleging criminal conspiracy and criminal intimidation.Justice Mukta Gupta quashed the complaint case filed by Puran Chauhan against Shetty, his company Popcorn Entertainment Pvt Ltd and three others for criminal conspiracy and...

Senior Advocate HS Phoolka Chooses 1984 Riot Victims Over ‘Office Of Profit’

Eminent lawyer and AAP leader HS Phoolka has decided to give up his post as the Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly after the Delhi Bar Council barred him from practicing while holding the cabinet-rank post and enjoying office of profit.Having fought court battles for over 30 years for the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases without charging any fees, Phoolka had tweeted that he would...

Delhi HC Appoints Local Commissioner As Slum Dwellers Fear Homelessness

The Delhi High Court has appointed a local commissioner to visit those residents of Rajeev Camp at Mandawali in east Delhi who feared forcible eviction by the Delhi government for expansion of NH 24.A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal appointed a local commissioner to scutinize the claim of the slum dwellers who alleged that they were wrongly declared ineligible for...

Jharkhand HC Recalls Former CJ P.K. Mohanty’s Order Directing Audit Of NUSRL, Ranchi [Read Order And Judgment]

A Division Bench of the Jharkhand High Court recently recalled an order passed by former Chief Justice P.K. Mohanty, wherein the Bench had directed an audit of National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi and other institutions.Justice Mohanty had, last month, allowed a Petition alleging mismanagement and misutilisation of funds by Jharkhand State Legal Services...

Amit Shah’s Public Meeting At Goa Airport: Bombay HC Issues Notices To Civil Aviation Ministry, Goa Chief Secretary

The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has issued notices to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Chief Secretary of Goa and other respondent authorities in a petition that questions the legality of a public meeting that took place at Goa’s Dabolim Airport upon BJP president Amit Shah’s arrival.The bench of Justice FM Reis and Justice Nutan Sardessai issued notice to all respondents seeking...