Allahabad HC Orders State Of UP To Pay Compensation For Custodial Torture [Read Judgment]

The division bench of Justices Ramesh Sinha and Rekha Dikshit 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 who was tortured in police custody despite being completely innocent.The student of Sri Krishna Inter College Parshurampur, district Chandauli filed a petition in the High Court...

Quoting Wrong Provision In Order Cancelling Arm Licence Doesn’t Invalidate It: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

The 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.In the instant case, the provision quoted in the order was Section 17 (3) (b) of the Arms Act, which is a provision to suspend license if the licencing authority deems it necessary for the security of the public peace or...

Gujarat HC Rejects Plea To Restrain Websites From Publishing ‘Non-Reportable’ Judgment [Read Order]

‘Merely publishing on the website would not amount to same being reported as the word “reportable” used for judgment is in relation to it being reported in law reporter,’ the court observed.The Gujarat High Court has turned down a plea of a man who got acquittal in a criminal case, seeking to restrain Google from publishing an ‘non-reportable’ judgment of the high court in...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

ALLAHABAD HCThe Allahabad High Court  disposed of a writ petition against BSP president Mayawati filed by BJP leader Neeraj Kumar Saxena, wherein he had alleged that Mayawati openly sought votes to a public at large, amounting to wooing the electorate, based on a religious appeal.BOMBAY HCA division bench of Justices Ranjit More and ShaliniPhansalkar Joshi of the Bombay High Court pulled...

Currency Notes Are Still Backbone Of Commercial Transactions In India: Tripura HC [Read Judgment]

Being still used for transactions by multitudes in our country, in spite of growing accustomedness to the credit cards/debit cards or cashless system, the court said.The Tripura High Court has observed that the currency notes are still the backbone of commercial transactions by multitudes in our country, in spite of growing accustomedness to the credit cards/debit cards or cashless...

TN Govt Issues Jallikattu Rules: Lists Do’s And Don’ts [Read The Rules]

The Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department of Tamil Nadu Government has stated that the ordinance exempting jallikattu from the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act has been brought in, considering ‘the vital role played by the event of ‘Jallikattu’ in preserving and promoting tradition and culture among people in large parts of Tamil Nadu, and also considering the vital...

EC Censures Arvind Kejriwal For Inciting Voters For Bribery [Read Order]

The Election Commission (EC) has censured Arvind Kejriwal for his contentious remarks on’ bribery’ made at a rally in Goa. The EC rapped the Delhi CM and AAP chief for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and forewarned of stern action in case of similar violations in the future.The order stated, ‘The Election Commission hereby, CENSURES you for violating the aforesaid provisions...

DRT Allows Banks To Recover Rs.6,203 Cr From Vijay Mallya, His Firms [Read Order]

Mallya’s claim of banks coercing him to execute guarantee can add a bit of humour value in this otherwise serious claim for recovery of thousands of Crores of public money, the Tribunal said.The Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Karnataka, has allowed banks to recover Rs.6,203 crore from Vijay Mallya, Kingfisher Airlines and associated companies.Presiding Officer K Srinivasan also held that...

Fill Up NCST Vacancies In 3 Months: SC Tells Centre [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to fill up vacancies in the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) within three months.A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar issued this direction while hearing a writ petition filed by one Radhakanta Tripathy. He had sought for a direction to the Central Government to appoint NCST members.In response to...

Bombay HC Refuses To Interfere With A Winding Up Petition, Holds When Debt Is Undisputed Court Need Not Interfere [Read Judgment]

Applying the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in M/s Madhusudan Gordhandas & Co. vs Madhu Woollen Industries Pvt ltd, the division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice MS Sonak has held that once the debt owed by a debtor company is established as undisputed then the court shall wind up the particular company.This was held while the bench was hearing an appeal...

Jallikattu: TN Governor Promulgates Ordinance Allowing The Bull-Taming Sport

Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao, on Saturday, promulgated the ordinance for conducting Jallikattu. In its attempt to tame the bulls of passion favouring the Jallikattu, the Tamil Nadu Government had proposed to bring in an ordinance to allow the age-old bull-taming sport Jallikattu after a three-year ban.Apparently, the ordinance, which already got clearance from the Tamil Nadu Governor,...

Indian Data Protection Norms Inadequate: Vidhi Report [Read Report]

A report, prepared by think-tank Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, has claimed that India’s existing data protection norms are inadequate and address only a portion of what jurisdictions across the world have done for data protection.The report titled, ‘Building an effective data protection regime’ has been drafted by Ms. Sreenidhi Srinivasan and Ms. Namrata Mukherjee, research fellows...