High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court transferred the case of missing witness in Asaram case to Central Bureau of Investigation. The Division Bench comprising of Justices Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Vijay Laxmi, observed that investigation by the State police is far from being credible and does not inspire confidenceBombay High CourtBombay High Court hiked the...

Victims and Witnesses are Guests of Court: Madras HC [Read Order]

Madras High Court has recently directed the Trial Courts to treat victims and witnesses as Court’s Guests.Justice Dr.P.Devadass was considering applications under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure filed by Accused persons in a corruption Case, challenging the Order of Special Judge by which he dismissed their Petitions to re-call the witnesses for cross examination.The Counsel for...

Muslim Police Officer Knocks HC Door Seeking Permission To Grow Beard [Read Petition]

Almost two months after an Armed Forces Tribunal bench in Kochi upheld the dismissal of a Muslim jawan from service after he insisted on growing beard on religious grounds, a Muslim civil police officer has knocked the doors of the Kerala High Court with a similar petition.The Kerala Police officer has filed a writ petition (civil) before the High Court seeking a declaration granting...

NGT issues Guidelines on Appointments in State Pollution Control Boards [Read Judgment]

After hearing a plea challenging the constitution of the Uttarakhand State Pollution Control Board, a five-member bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Saturday issued guidelines in respect of eligibility for appointment of Chairman, Member Secretary and members of State Pollution Control Boards.The bench comprising NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, Justice M. Sasidharan...

E-stamp facility introduced at Rajasthan HC

The High Court of Rajasthan has become the fourth in the country to provide E-stamp facility, after the High Courts of Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh.Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, Justice Navin Sinha inaugurated the e-Court Fees Centre in Jaipur while in Jodhpur the facility was launched by High Court Judge Govind Mathur.The Court fee stamp system would continue with...

8 special courts designated for speedy trial under Companies Act

In a step towards speedy justice, the Centre has designated eight courts as special courts across the country to deal with cases arising out of violations under the Companies Act, 2013.The eight courts were designated after receiving due concurrence of the respective High Court Chief Justices of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, Madras and Manipur.A notification issued by the...

Applications invited for two Information Commissioner posts

The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has issued a notification for appointment of two new Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission. The positions are due to be vacated by early next year and nominations for the vacant posts are sought by the 3rd of October this year.According to the DoPT circular, Information Commissioners MA Khan Yusufi and Basant...

Jalgaon Housing Scam: SC grants Bail to ex-minister Suresh Jain [Read Order]

The influential politician from Maharashtra was arrested in March 2012 for allegedly favouring a builder and indulging in irregularities to the tune of Rs 29 croreIn a reprieve for jailed former Maharashtra minister Suresh Jain, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him bail in the multi-crore Jalgaon housing scheme scam case.Suresh Jain, an influential politician from Maharashtra, was arrested...

Kerala HC quashes ‘Vague’ Police Report in KUA Scam, Orders Further Probe [Read Order]

The court accepted the alleged accused’s argument that the report fails to specify the exact nature of misconduct committed and doesn’t disclose the identity of alleged beneficiaries of the malpractice, apart from a vague assertion that certain public servants had favoured certain persons in procuring employment.The Kerala High Court has quashed the final report submitted by the police...

Adjudication in Marital disputes is riddled with complications: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Cautioning against the overwhelming nature of evidentiary material in such pleadings, the court stated that factors of each case must be considered, and accusations and allegations must be viewed in the context in which they were made. Pointing out that divorce petitions are mostly rigged with exaggerated allegations against the spouse, the Delhi High Court on Friday held that ‘the...

NGT refuses to quash environmental clearance to Vizhinjam Port

The NGT has constituted a 7-member expert committee to look into the compliance of conditions of environmental and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance.The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday refused to quash the environmental clearance granted to Vizhinjam International Multipurpose Deepwater Seaport, being built and maintained by Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd (VISL) and...

Parent’s Visitation Rights can’t be denied due to mere hesitation from Child: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Earlier, the Family Court of Karkardooma had limited the visitation timings of the father, Aditya Mahajan, to meet his son to one hour every first Monday of the month, after it found that the child was hesitant to be around his father. In a case concerning visitation rights of a parent, the Delhi High Court has said mere hesitation on the part of the child to meet either parent should not be...