High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay high CourtBombay High Court recently acquitted an Accused who challenged his conviction under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code. Originally he was charged with the Offences under Sections 306 IPC and 498A. He has been sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay fine of Rs.2000/- for S.498A. He was acquitted of offence under Section 306 of IPC.Calcutta High...

HC employees’ pay revision demands ‘reasonable’ and ‘justified’: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

A vibrant judiciary can only perform to its optimum level if the employees who assist in the administration of justice are not dissatisfied, the Bench said.Calcutta High Court has observed that the demands of High Court employees seeking implementation of recommendations of the Special Pay Commission, is ‘reasonable’ and ‘justified’.The Division Bench of Calcutta High Court dismissed...

Solar Scam: Kerala HC quashes vigilance court proceedings against former CM Oommen Chandy and another [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala, has on Friday , quashed the proceedings initiated by the Vigilance Court, Thrissur against Mr Oommen Chandy, former Chief Minister and Mr Aryadan Muhammed, Minister for Power.The Vigilance Court, Thrissur had ordered for registration of cases against them, pursuant to a complaint of having received bribe in the solar scam. The main accused in the solar scam,...

Appellate authorities under Special Statutes cannot be asked to condone the delay, beyond extended period of limitation: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Madras High Court in R.Gowrishankar vs. The Commissioner of Service Tax has held that Appellate authorities cannot be asked to condone the delay, beyond the extended period of limitationA Division Bench comprising of Justices S. Manikumar and D. Krishnakumar, made this observation while considering an appeal filed against Single Bench order declining to set aside the order made in the...

Madras High Court slams ‘Heartless’ EPF officials [Read Order]

The heartless officers of the Employees Provident Fund Organization, which organization has been established for taking care of the welfare and well being of the workforce and their dependents, has not acted with the spirit with which they are expected to act, the Bench said.A Division Bench of Madras High Court, terming some officers of Employees Provident Fund Organization as...

Centre returns Bills including Janlokpal Bill 2015 passed by Delhi assembly for ‘not following proper procedure’

The Union Home Ministry has reportedly sent back 14 bills passed by the Delhi assembly for not following proper procedures while adopting the legislations.Some of the Bills which were returned are the Janlokpal Bill 2015, the Minimum Wages (Delhi Amendment) Bill 2015, Delhi School (Verification of Accounts and Refund of Excess Fee) Bill 2015, Delhi School Education (Amendment) Bill 2015,...

Husband of sitting Punjab & Haryana HC Judge booked by CBI

Top Income Tax official, who is the husband of a sitting Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court has been reportedly booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation for his involvement in corrupt practices.Three other officials are also booked. It is also being reported that CBI recovered documents related to properties worth Rs 2.6 Crore, Rs 16 lakh in cash, 4.25 kg of gold jewelry and 13 kg...

Lawyers owe a duty to the court and to administration of Justice: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Punjab & Haryana, in Harpreet@Preet v State of Haryana, has observed that lawyers owed a duty to the court and to administration of justice.The court made such an observation while dismissing a revision petition, preferred impugning the order of court below which dismissed an application preferred under Section 311 Cr P.C.The court noted that the petitioner herein...

BCI says 5 year BA LLB Course in Govt Law College, Ernakulam is not recognized

When they joined the Government Law College, seldom had they imagined anything like this would happen to them like what is happening now. The students of Government Law College Ernakulam, who are pursuing the B.A. LLB integrated Course are now being told that the Course is not recognized by University Grants Commission(UGC), which means that they will not be eligible to get enrolled as Advocates, even if they complete the Course successfully.It is reported that, Bar Council of India has issued a...

Punjab & Haryana HC quashes CBSE’s selective revaluation policy [Read Order]

Once bye-laws do not envisage any restriction of revaluation, CBSE cannot on its own put fetter restricted qua one paper, permitting in others, the Court said.The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in Shaurya Gulati vs. CBSE, has directed the Central Board of Secondary Education to consider an application of a student seeking revaluation of the theory subject of Physical Education. Justice Amit...

A Father cannot appear and plead on behalf of his children: Madras HC [Read Order]

“Only an authorised practitioner of law, can appear and plead on behalf of some other individual” the bench observed.A Division Bench of Madras High Court bench, in P.Balasubramaniyan v The Tahsildar, Karur District has refused to grant permission to a father to appear as party in person and plead on behalf of his children.The father had appeared before the court claiming on behalf of...

Imposition of tax exemption cap on purchase value of vehicles used by disabled, not discriminatory: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

“A privilege being entirely different from a right, a Fundamental Right at that, we are of the opinion that the contention of the learned counsel as regards discrimination or unreasonableness does not apply” the division bench said. A Division Bench of High Court of Kerala, in Dr C.H.Moideen Kunhi v State of Kerala & others, has ruled that imposition of a cap of tax exemption on...