Plea for Uniform Syllabus and Curriculum to all the children: Delhi HC issues Notice to Centre [Read Petition]

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Ministry of Human Resources Development and Ministry of Law and Justice in a Public Interest Litigation seeking to provide common syllabus and common curriculum to all the children aged 6-14 years in spirit of the Article 21A read with Article 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India.The Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice G.Rohini and Justice SD...

Divorced Muslim woman also entitled to maintenance till she gets remarried: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

After a long wait of 27 years hoping to get maintenance from her husband who had divorced her, a Muslim lady in Maharashtra, got relief from Bombay High Court when it held that that even if the parties are governed by Mohammedan Law and provisions of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 are applicable, still the maintenance is not required to be confined only to iddat...

Unrest in Amity Law School after Student’s suicide

In an extremely unfortunate incident, Sushant Rohilla, a 3rd year student of Amity Law School, Delhi committed suicide on 10th August by hanging himself at his Sarojini Nagar residence, Delhi. Sushant's father, Jagdish Rohilla, is a Joint Secretary in Rajya Sabha. Both the parents were not present at home when this incident happened. While friends and family stand deeply shocked and...

Bombay HC denounces trend of eleventh hour rush to Courts to stall Movie release [Read Order]

When we spend time on plaintiffs who come with cases like this, we send out every conceivable wrong message to litigants who are otherwise before us, many of them old, many infirm, many aged; and many grown aged waiting for their cases to reach, the Court said.In a strong worded Judgment, Justice GS Patel of Bombay High Court has denounced the ‘recent’ trend of persons approaching Courts...

Punjab & Haryana HC quashes appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries by Punjab Govt [Read Judgment]

In a major blow to Government of Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that Parliamentary Secretaries are in the nature of Junior Ministers and their appointments amount to infraction of the provisions of Article 164 (1A) of the Constitution.Two lawyers, Jagmohan Singh Bhatti and H.C. Arora had filed petition before the High Court seeking issuance of writ of quo warranto...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court in Rashmi Bhatiya vs. Geeta Sharma held that, Release application cannot be filed by Power of Attorney on the ground of his bonafide need, but there is no express prohibition under the Rent Act debarring the owner-landlord from applying for release through Power of Attorney holder. Difference between filing of a Release application by a “Power...

Opening Indian legal sector to foreign players would be mutually beneficial: US ambassador Richard Verma

Addressing a conference on “Opening of India’s Legal Services Sector: Examining the Current Status and Way Forward” in New Delhi, the United States ambassador to India Richard R. Verma called upon the Indian legal sector to open up to foreign players.Emphasizing on the mutual benefits that such liberalization would entail, Mr. Verma assured that permitting foreign law firms to work...

Madras High Court mandates Court staffs to report on Holidays to make Holiday Filing easier

In a bid to improve procedural efficiency of the Judiciary, Madars High Court Registrar (Judicial) G. Ilangovan, has issued a circular mandating the court staff to report on holidays thereby eradicating the system of need based calling. Such an endeavour is expected to smoothen out the process of filing of cases on holidays, reports, The HinduIt was observed by the Registrar of the Madras...

Report of the Probation Officer not necessary for granting bail to a Juvenile: Madras HC [Read Order]

Madras High Court has recently held that Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 does not contemplate obtaining of report of the Probation Officer before the grant of bail. Dr. Justice S. Vimala also held that if the Juvenile Justice Board is not granting bail, the alterative option open to the Juvenile Justice Board is to place the Juvenile under the supervision of...

Not proper to accept the prosecution case when the place of occurrence itself has not been established: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court while reversing conviction in a murder case ruled that it would not be proper to accept the prosecution case when the place of occurrence itself has not been established. The Bench comrising Justice Debasish Kar Gupta and Justice Md. Mumtaz Khan, acquitted the accused.As per the case details, Md. Abdulla Mondal and Islam Sk, while returning home were attacked by...

Allahabad HC strikes down stipulation of ‘same-day appeal’ in Constable Recruitment Rules [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has struck down a stipulation in a provision for Appeal in Constable Recruitment Rules, which stated that no appeal with respect to the medical examination shall be entertained if the Candidate fails to appeal on the day of his medical examination and announcement of the result of the same.The Rules which provided appeal with respect to medical examination reads:...

Attention to detail and intuition are the hallmarks of good investigators; Justice U U Lalit

Shri U.U. Lalit, Supreme Court Justice, stresses upon application of laws during investigation.The 1st National Conference of Investigating Agencies concluded here today. In his valedictory address Shri U.U. Lalit, Justice of Supreme Court of India, stressed upon the adequate knowledge of laws and their appropriate use during investigation. He emphasized the need for coordination between...