Bombay HC Orders Pension For 79-Yr-Old War Widow [Read Order]

In a major relief to a 79-year-old war widow, the Bombay High Court has directed the Sainik Welfare Department of the State Government to start her pension once all relevant documents are submitted by her.Tulsabai has been trying to get the pension for eight years now.A bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice RV Ghuge had passed an order on April 17 directing the authorities to...

Counterclaim Can Only Be Filed Against Plaintiff: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court, in the case of M/S Alliance University vs Sri Sudhir, has noted that a counterclaim can only be filed against the plaintiff and a presenter of the suit cannot be treated as the plaintiff.In the present case, the issue was regarding the chancellorship of Alliance University.The Alliance University Act provided for appointment of the Chancellor ‘for life’.However,...

Bombay HC Allows Ex-Councillor To Contest Civic Body Elections After Nomination Was Rejected By EC

In a matter that came up for hearing before the vacation bench of Justice KK Tated and Justice AK Menon on Thursday, a contention was raised by the petitioner that his nomination form for the Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation elections was rejected by the Returning Officer, who retrospectively applied law.Petitioner’s counsel SM Gorwadkar submitted that in an order dated May 8,...

Plan SC Annual Calendar To Ensure 225 Days Per Year, 06 Hours Per Day: Representation To 5 Senior-Most SC Judges

A representation made to the five senior-most Judges of the Supreme Court has demanded that the Registrar General be directed to plan the annual calendar in such a way so that the Apex Court works at least 225 days per year, 06 hours per day. The representation, made by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay further demands that High Courts be directed to: list the matters pending for over 15 years in...

Four New Judges Of Delhi High Court Will Be Sworn-in On Monday.

Four new Judges of Delhi High Court will be sworn-in on Monday.President of India has appointed (i) Smt. Rekha Palli, (ii) Smt. Prathiba M. Singh (iii) Shri Navin Chawla, and (iv) Shri C. Hari Shankar as Judges of the Delhi High Court by notification dated 11th May.As per the new roster, C. Hari Shankar will sit with Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal, Navin Chawla with Justice Ravindra...

Delhi HC Sets Aside Rejection Of A Candidate’s Nomination Papers For Non-Declaration Of Her Gender [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi on Monday declared as improper the rejection of a woman’s candidature for Municipal Elections on the ground of her having failed to declare her gender in the nomination papers.“In the face of all the aforesaid evidence and materials before the RO, could it be said that there could have been any reasonable doubt about the sex of the petitioner - on account of the...

Settlement Agreement Should Not Encourage Further Litigation: Delhi HC Raps Its Mediation Cell [Read Order]

The High Court of Delhi on Tuesday rapped it Mediation Cell for drawing up a settlement agreement that had resulted in further litigation.“The attempt of the mediator should be to bind the parties by providing such default clauses as may discourage further litigation. A Settlement Agreement drawn up by the Mediation Cell of this Court should not be allowed to furnish a cause of action...

Experts On Exclusion Bring Legal Justice Under Scrutiny

The Centre for Equity Studies (CES) released the India Exclusion Report 2016 today at the Indian Social Institute in New Delhi with the outgoing Chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Sukhdeo Thorat delivering a keynote address. This is the third edition of the annual flagship publication of CES.Thorat traced the historical development of the concept of...

Govt. Exempts Senior Citizens, Residents From Some States Etc. From Quoting Aadhaar For IT Returns [Read Notification]

When the constitutionality of linking Aaadhaar with Pan is under challenge before the Supreme Court of India, the Central Government vide notification dated 11th May, 2017 has notified that the requirement of quoting of Aadhaar / Enrolment ID shall not apply to the following individuals if they do not possess the Aadhaar / Enrolment ID: An individual who is residing in the state of...

Five New Judges Appointed in Rajasthan High Court

President of India has appointed S/Shri (i) Ashok Kumar Gaur, (ii) Manoj Kumar Garg, (iii) Inderjeet Singh, (iv) Dr. Virendra Kumar Mathur, and (v) Ramchandra Singh Jhala, to be Additional Judges of the Rajasthan High Court, in that order of seniority.As per the notification, the appointment of S/Shri Ashok Kumar Gaur, Manoj Kumar Garg, and Inderjeet Singh, would be for a period of two years...

Tampering Evidence In Uphaar Tragedy Case: Delhi HC Upholds Charges Against Ansals [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court speaking through Justice Siddharth Mridul has dismissed a review petition filed by real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal in the unfortunate 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy, in which 59 people had lost their lives after a fire broke out during the show of a Bollywood movie. The single judge bench upheld the trial court’s order charging the duo – owners of...

Delhi HC Upholds Order Granting Tax Exemption For Period Of VHP’s Ban Post Babri Demolition [Read Order]

The High Court of Delhi on Monday upheld the grant of tax exemption under Section 11 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, despite the delay in filing of audit reports along with the returns for FY 1993-94. The Court accepted the contention that such delay was justified as it was due to the fact that its accounts were seized when it was banned under the Unlawful...