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...

Bombay HC Draws Distinction Between “Matrimonial Cruelty” & “Legal Cruelty” [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has yet again made some drastic observations while granting bail to a man convicted of offences punishable under Sections 498A and 306 r/w Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.Justice AM Badar was hearing an application filed by one Neeraj Mehta, whose wife Neha committed suicide by hanging herself in their Nerul house on September 28, 2014.On the basis of the report...

Bombay HC Directs Senior Police Officer To Supervise Enquiry Against Traffic Police Officers In The State

The Bombay High Court has directed an officer of the rank of Additional Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau(ACB) to oversee the enquiry instituted against corrupt traffic cops in Mumbai as well as other cities in the state.These directions came when the bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi were hearing a petition filed by head constable Sunil TokeBombay...

Plea In NHRC Seeking Intervention Into Police Action On Jallikattu Protesters [Read Petition]

With jallikattu agitations turning sour, an petition has been filed with the National Human Rights Commission, seeking its intervention into use of force and violence against peaceful protesters by the state police. The petitioner claimed that the police was allegedly given a ‘free-hand’ by the state authorities to use ‘violence’ as a means to curb the protesters.Advocate and Chairman...

Oxford University Directed To Face Trial Over $1.6 Million Compensation Claim For ‘Boring’ Teaching

Oxford University has been directed to face trial over a claim for $1.6 million compensation from a student who has alleged that “boring” and “appallingly bad” tuition cost him a first-class degree, and robbed him of the high-flying legal career he deserved.The direction was issued by High Court judge Mr. Justice Kerr, ruling that Oxford “has a case to answer” and that the...

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...