Bills For Consideration In Budget Session Of Parliament

Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Ananth Kumar, informed that the Government’s legislative agenda for the 31 sittings of the Budget Session includes 40 Bills consisting of 1 Bill relating to Supplementary Demands for General Budget.The Bills are:I Bills for replacing Ordinances The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016, as passed by Lok Sabha and as reported by...

HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Declaration of Delhi Assembly Session Unconstitutional [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Delhi Government, Ministry Of Home Affairs and Assembly Secretary on a petition seeking the recent Delhi assembly session be declared unconstitutional.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva was hearing a petition filed by Delhi lawyer Prashant Kumar Umrao.Advocate RP Luthra, counsel for the petitioner, argued that the present session of the...

Govt To Challenge Kerala HC Verdict To ‘Regularise’ Illegal DLF Building

The government has asked Ernakulam District Collector not to accept penalty of Rs. 1 crore from the real estate firmThe Kerala government is all set to challenge the Kerala High Court verdict that allowed DLF to deposit Rs.1 crore to regularise an illegal construction done in violation of CRZ norms.As a prelude to it, the government has reportedly asked Ernakulam District Collector K Mohammed...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad HCThe Allahabad High Court, in Ram Sunder Ram vs. Union of India, has held that quoting of wrong provision in order to cancel the arm licence does not invalidate the order.The division bench of Justices Ramesh Sinha and RekhaDikshit of the Allahabad High Court has ordered the Chief Secretary of the State of Uttar Pradesh to pay a compensation of Rs.2 lakh to a student of Class XII...

EC Again Requests RBI To Increase Weekly Withdrawal Limits For Poll Candidates [Read Letter]

Expressing serious concerns over the 'cursory manner' in which the Reserve Bank of India has dealt with its proposal to increase the withdrawal limit for poll candidates, the Election Commission has once again requested the top bank to enhance the withdrawal limit for candidates contesting in Punjab, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur from Rs.24,000 to Rs.2 lakh a week till...

Breach Of ‘One Bar One Vote’: Gujarat HC Stays Announcement Of Bar Assn Election Results [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court has, in an interim order, stayed the announcement of results of the elections to the Bar Association until further orders by the court.Hemalkumar Bhupendrabhai Gohel had approached the high court, contending that elections to the bar association were being held in breach of the principle of 'one bar one vote'.The Delhi High Court had allowed petitions seeking...

ECI Directs FIR Against Kejriwal For His ‘Take Bribe’ Speech [Read Order]

The Election Commission has directed initiation of necessary legal action by filing FIR/complaint against Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal for violating the model code of conduct (MCC) by asking voters to 'take bribe' speech during Goa election campaign.Last week, an 'anguished' Election Commission had 'censured' Arvind Kejriwal, also Delhi Chief Minister, by saying: "The...

Delhi HC Upholds Fine Imposed On ICAR Chief Public Information Officer By CIC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has upheld an order by the Chief Information Commissioner(CIC) imposing a fine of Rs. 25,000 on the Chief Public Information Officer(CPIO) of Indian Council for Agricultural Research(ICAR) for not providing information sought by an applicant.An RTI applicant had sought information on various expenses incurred by the ICAR in procuring diagnostic kits for Foot and Mouth...

Delhi HC Rejects Teacher’s Plea On Service Termination from Rashtrapati Bhavan’s School [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court dismissed the plea of a teacher who had challenged the letter of termination of her services issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Kalyan Kendra.The teacher, Swaran Lata, claimed that she was appointed as a teacher by the Rashtrapati Bhavan and worked without any break for 16 years from 17.7.1990 to 1.5.2006, and hence, her termination from services is illegal.The Kalyan...

KU Recommends Debarring Law Academy Principal Lakshmi Nair For Five Years [Read Report]

A resolution has been passed by the Kerala University Syndicate recommending a five-year debarring of the Law Academy principal Lakshmi Nair from internal and university examination-related activities.The resolution was backed by nine syndicate members and was forwarded to the government to take action against the principal.Earlier on Saturday, a subcommittee headed by convener Dr P Rajesh...

Reports About Fake Lawyers Worrisome: Kerala Governor Justice Sathasivam

Kerala Governor and former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam on Monday said lawyers have to be vigilant, especially in maintaining credibility.“As a person who was fortunate to lead the Indian Judiciary, I am worried about the reports about unqualified lawyers in our State and the nation. We have been hearing reports quoting official sources that thousands of lawyers in Kerala are yet...

Delhi HC Stays CIC Order Says Commission Prima Facie Exceeded Its Jurisdiction [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has stayed an order of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), wherein the Public Information Officer of Tihar Jail was ordered to pay compensation to one Om Prakash Gandhi for keeping him under extra detention.The CIC had also directed the authorities of Tihar Jail to frame guidelines for dispute resolution regarding remission and monetary compensation of prisoners...