HC Can't Issue Mandamus To Govt To Frame A Particular Set Of Rules: MP HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court observed a writ of mandamus cannot be issued against the State government to frame a particular set of rules considering the State government gave opportunity to raise objections against the draft of rules to regulate regulating installation of hoardings roadside.The court find the State invited objections while framing the rules tagged “Madhya Pradesh...

Bombay HC Grants Transit Bail To Actor Govinda In 20-Yr-Old Obscenity Case

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted pre-arrest transit bail to actor Govinda.Twenty years ago, a case was filed against the actor for offences under Sections 294, 500 and 502 of the Indian Penal Code by a lawyer in Pakur district, erstwhile Bihar and present day Jharkhand.The complainant had alleged that song Ek Chumma Tu Mujhko Udhaar De De in a 1996 movie, featuring Govinda, was...

Bombay High Court Issues Landmark Directions On Prison Reforms [Read Judgment]

The bench of Justices AS Oka and AA Sayed pronounced a 58-page judgement after looking into the condition of various prisons in the state.The main petition was filed by Jan Adalat, Centre of Para Legal Services and Legal Aid. Most of the members of the petitioner organisation are members of the Pune Bar Association. They challenged the communication dated August 24, 2015 issued by the...

Bombay HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Hirdesh Singh Aka Honey Singh [Read Order]

Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to quash an FIR against rapper Honey Singh.The bench Justice BR Gavai and Justice Indira K Jain refused to quash an FIR filed against Singh by one Anand Pal Singh Jabbar for “obscene and vulgar songs” uploaded online.According this Deccan Chronicle report, Singh appeared before the Pachpaoli Police Station in March 2015 after being...

Supersession: Justice HG Ramesh Declines Offer Of Madras Chief Justice-ship, Justice Indira Banerjee New Madras CJ

Disappointed by the elevation of his junior to the Supreme Court, Karnataka High Court judge Justice HG Ramesh has turned down the offer to be appointed as the Madras High Court Chief Justice, reports ETPost the vacancy left by promotion of Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, the Supreme Court collegium had recommended appointment of Justice Ramesh to the post. The...

Delhi Bar Council Extends Deadline For Submission Of Documents For Verification Drive [Read Notice]

The Bar Council of Delhi has extended the date for submission of educational certificates until further notice.As a result of some inconsistencies in the recording of documents, the council has postponed the submission deadline, which shall be intimated as soon as the issues are resolved.In pursuance of the verification drive, the Bar Council had issued a notice requesting advocates to...

Courts Aren’t Monarchs Or Dictators To Impose Punishment At Whims And Fancies: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Choked with emotion or driven by local sentiments, out of mere surmise or suspicion, a court of law cannot afford to convict an accused, the bench said.The courts of law cannot assume the role of a monarch or dictator so as to impose any punishment on anyone at their whims and fancies even in the absence of any legal evidence, remarked the Madras High Court while acquitting a man convicted by...

Allahabad HC Transfers Jawahar Bagh Massacre Probe To CBI [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court has transferred probe into the Jawahar Bagh massacre to the CBI, citing a flawed and unscientific investigation on part of the state government.A bench of Chief Justice DB Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Verma was hearing a Writ Petition filed by Vijay Singh Tomar seeking transfer of investigation to the CBI in the Jawahar Bagh massacre that killed 28 persons. Background...

MP HC Decline To Stall Land Acquisition For Nuclear Power Project [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has declined to stall the land acquisition process in village Kunda for the Nuclear Power Project in Mandla district.The court dismissed a PIL filed by the Gram Sabha of village Kunda challenging the land acquisition process taking ground it was not consulted as the area is a notified scheduled area and the acquisition proceedings are going on illegally.A...

Notice Under Sec 21 Must Before Referring Disputes To Arbitration: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, in a recent judgment delivered by Justice S Muralidhar, has clarified and settled that Section 21 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act 1996, is mandatory to be complied with before reference of disputes to arbitration.The court laid down the object and purpose of issuing the notice under Section 21 holding that the Section is not limited only for the purpose...

Bombay HC Quashes Govt Circular On Marathi Knowledge For Auto Permit

The Bombay High Court has struck down a circular by the state government wherein knowledge of Marathi language was made a pre-condition for granting auto rickshaw permits, holding it illegal.The said circular was issued in February 2016 and was to be made applicable from November 2016.The applicants for an auto permit were to be interviewed in order to prove their knowledge of Marathi. Those...

SC Notice To Maharashtra Govt On Plea By Bar Dancers Challenging New Law

The supreme court today issued notice to the Maharashtra government on a petition filed by women dancers, waitresses, singers and other performers working in bars and hotels in state under the umbrella of ‘Bharatiya Bar girls Union challenging the constitutional validity of a 2016 state law imposing various restrictions on dance bars.A bench headed by justice Dipak Misra has asked...