BCI Rules Don’t Penalise For Addressing Court As ‘My Lord’, ‘Your Lordship’: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court came across an interesting plea from a lawyer challenging the provisions of Bar Council of India Rules which provides the manner to address the courts at different levels.The lawyer, Verinder Pal Sharma, contended that these rules provide that the superior courts should be addressed as “Your Honour” or “Hon'ble Court”, and in subordinate courts...

AAP Govt’s Notification On School Admissions Prima Facie Offends Minority Rights Under Constitution: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the operation of AAP government’s notification asking private minority unaided schools to accept nursery admission forms using neighbourhood criteria.The Counsel for the Petitioners Romy Chacko argued that the impugned Notification to the extent it applies to private unaided minority educational institutions violates Articles 30(1) and 15(5) of...

Vijay Mallya Case: Ex-IDBI Chairman, 8 Others Sent To Judicial Custody

Special judge designated for CBI cases HS Mahajan on Tuesday remanded all the nine arrested accused in the Vijay Mallya loan default case to judicial custody till February 7. Their bail applications will now be heard on January 30.The CBI also filed its charge sheet before the special court in Mumbai against former IDBI chairman Yogesh Aggarwal, along with eight others, who were held...

Maharashtra Govt Tenders Apology To Bombay HC For Allowing Use Of Loudspeakers In Silent Zone

Maharashtra government tendered an apology before the bench of Justices AS Oka and Anuja Prabhudessai today for granting permission towards use of loudspeakers at an event in Shivaji Park which was declared a silent zone in 2010.The bench was hearing an application moved by Wecom Trust, an NGO. In the application, the NGO alleged that Noise Pollution Rules were violated as loudspeakers were...

NHRC Issues Notice To Maharashtra Govt Over Suspicious Death Of Adivasi Girls In Ashram Schools

National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra over the alleged suspicious death of 500 Scheduled Tribe girls, in the State run ashram schools of Maharashtra over the past decade. A detailed report has been directed to be submitted within six weeks.As per a press release, the NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report which...

CBDT Issues Guidelines To Determine Company’s Place Of Effective Management [Read Circular]

Ahead of the Budget Session, the Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued final guidelines for determining the place of effective management (PoEM) of a company. It is effective from 01.04.2016, and accordingly shall apply from assessment year 2017-18 onwards. The move defies expectations that the government may do away with PoEM.The guidelines however, have been incorporated with several...

Cabinet Approves Indian Institute Of Management Bill, 2017 Giving Complete Autonomy To IIMs

Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Bill, 2017.As per the Bill, IIMs would be declared as Institutions of National Importance which will enable them togrant degrees to their students.Now all IIMs are separate autonomous bodies registered under the Societies Act. Being societies, IIMs are not authorized to award degrees...

Govt Issues Strict ‘Timeline’ For Disciplinary Enquires Against IAS Officials

In its crackdown on the errant functionaries of the bureaucracy, the government has given specific timelines to be honoured at every step of enquiry against officials and members of All-India Services (AIS) to ensure that disciplinary enquiries are completed in a time-bound manner.Elucidating on this latest move of the Department of Personnel and Training, Union Minister of State...

Pvt School Employees Entitled To Emoluments Same As Those Of Their Govt School Counterparts: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has ruled that employees of private schools in Delhi ought to receive monetary emoluments equal to similarly placed employees in government schools. It was clarified that employees of private schools are equally entitled to salaries as per the Sixth Pay Commission report.Acting on a petition filed by employees of BGS International Public School, Justice Valmiki J Mehta...

Delhi HC Rejects Student’s Plea To Change Name In Records Maintained By CBSE [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has rejected a writ petition wherein a student sought a direction to the CBSE to change his name in all the records maintained by the Board, and to issue a fresh mark-sheet and certificate of Class-X Examination passed by the student in 2015.Aditya appeared for Class-X Board Examination (All-India Secondary School Examination) conducted by the CBSE in March 2015, and...

TN Assembly ‘Unanimously’ Passes Jallikattu Bill

The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has passed the Jallikattu Bill, 2017.Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has forwarded the Bill to President Pranab Mukherjee for his consent.Two days ago, the Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department of Tamil Nadu Government had framed Tamil Nadu Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Conduct of Jallikattu) Rules, 2017.This article has been...

Delhi HC Stays CIC Order Directing Disclosure Of PM Modi’s Degree Records

Delhi High Court has on Monday stayed the order of Central Information Commission directing the Delhi University to disclose the records relating to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree.Delhi University has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the CIC order.This hardly comes as a surprise after the Central Public Information Officer of the university had denied the same information...