NHRC Notice To Chhattisgarh Govt On Cops Raping, Assaulting Tribal Women

The National Human Rights Commission, in a press release, has said that it found 16 Tribal women prima facie victims of rape, sexual and physical assault by the state police personnel in Chhattisgarh.The Commission said there were 20 more victims and their statements were yet to be recorded.The NHRC issued a notice to the Government of Chhattisgarh to show-cause why it should not...

Submit PAN/ Form No.60 To Banks Before February End: Income Tax Dept. [Read Notification]

Banks have been directed to submit info about cash deposits during the period 1st April, 2016, to 9th Nov, 2016Those who have not yet submitted their PAN or Form No.60 will have to do so before February end, as the Income Tax Department has directed banks, including cooperative banks, to link permanent account number or Form No. 60, to bank accounts on or before 28 February, 2017.In an...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtReiterating that the Chief Justice is the master of roster and none else, the full bench of Allahabad High Court in Dinesh Kumar Singh @ Sonu vs. State of UP, held that a single and division bench of the High Court assigned with a particular jurisdiction assigned by the Chief Justice, cannot overstep into the determination of another bench, assigned with...

Desertion Is Not About Who Leaves Whom First, Says Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The desertion is not to be tested by merely ascertaining which party left the matrimonial home first, the bench observed.Desertion is an often invoked ground for divorce. But can the mere reason that a wife leaves matrimonial home without the consent of her husband be made a ground of desertion for the Husband to get divorce? No, says the Delhi High Court in a recent judgment.“The desertion...

Madras HC Asks Govts Why Puducherry Information Commission Was Abolished In 2007 [Read Order]

The bench wants to find out the reason co-relatable to any change of circumstance.The First Bench of Madras High Court has asked the Union Government and the Government of Puducherry to explain the circumstance under which the office of the State Information Commission, Puducherry, was abolished in 2007.In 2007, the Government of India abolished the State Commission of Puducherry and...

SEZ Rules Relaxed To Allow Foreign Lawyers, Accountants? [Read Notification]

The latest SEZ Rules amendment removes exclusion of Legal Services and Accounting from ambit of ‘services’.In what can be seen as a baby step towards opening India’s legal and accounting sector to foreign players, the Government of India has amended Special Economic Zone Rules which could make Legal and accountancy services from foreign entities possible in the Special Economic...

Chhattisgarh HC Asks State To Consider Providing Quota To Disabled In State Administrative Service [Read Judgment]

The very object and purpose of the Act of 1995 is defeated by holding that no reservation for persons with disabilities in the cadre of State Administrative Service, the Court said.The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the state government to reconsider its notification which exempts the State Administrative Service from the requirement of providing reservation to the persons...

Allahabad HC Cautions Judges Against Overstepping Their Roster [Read Judgment]

The puisne judges are not expected to entertain any request from the advocates of the parties for listing of a case which does not strictly fall within the determined roster, the bench observed.Reiterating that the Chief Justice is the master of roster and none else, the full bench of Allahabad High Court in Dinesh Kumar Singh @ Sonu vs. State of UP, has held that a single and division bench...

Sexual Harassment Allegations: Delhi HC Leaves It Open For Industrial Tribunal To Decide Pachauri’s Appeal

The Delhi High Court on Friday left it open to the Industrial Tribunal to decide on former TERI Chief R.K. Pachauri's petition against the internal complaints committee’s (ICC) findings on him in a sexual harassment case.“We are, therefore, of the view that it would be appropriate to leave it open to the Industrial Tribunal-I to proceed further and decide the appeal following due process...

Delhi HC Dismisses Payal Abdullah’s Appeal For Govt Accommodation At Akbar Road [Read Judgment]

In a long-standing feud between Payal Abdullah, the estranged wife of former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, and the Central government regarding the apparent illegal occupation of the government premises by her and her two sons despite repeated communications made to her to vacate the premise, the Delhi High Court has settled it by dismissing her petition and upholding the decision of...

Bombay HC Says Age No Bar To Study Law, Grants Interim Relief To Students With Provisional Admission

The Bombay High Court has granted interim relief to law students who sought protection against a possible cancellation of their provisional admissions.These students had challenged the Clause 28 of Schedule III of BCI’s Legal Education Rules of 2008.This clause puts an age limit for admission to a five year LLB course at 20 years and for a three year course at 30 years.A division bench of...

Kerala HC Strikes Down UGC Criteria Giving Relaxation To Reserved Categories For Qualifying NET [Read Judgment]

A stipulation in the UGC criteria for National Eligibility Test, has been struck down as unconstitutional by the High Court of Kerala, observing that it would infringe the fundamental right to equal opportunity granted to ‘General’ category candidates.The UGC (University Grants Commission) mandated stipulation for obtaining minimum marks by the candidates to the NET(National Eligibilty...