PIL In Bombay High Court Challenges 75% Marks Eligibility Criteria For JEE Mains, Seeks Deferment Of Exam To April 2023

A PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking deferment of the upcoming JEE Mains examination. It also challenges the eligibility criterion of 75 percent marks in Class XII."The respondent no. 1 (National Testing Agency) failed to appreciate the fact that many students appearing for the upcoming exams are the students from the batches of the pandemic period. Those students were...

Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2022: Part- I [Citations 1- 222]

Nominal Index [Citations 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 1 - 222]Vinay Shankar v. Union of India & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 1Rajeswary vs State of Kerala, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 2K.S. Narayana Elayathu v. Sandhya, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3Suo Motu v. Travancore Devaswom Board, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 4Mohammed Suhail & Ors v. State of Kerala & Anr, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 5Vijayakumar V. & Anr. v....

Karnataka HC Allows Consideration Of Single Mother's Application For Child's Passport Without Husband's Consent

The Karnataka High Court recently granted relief to a single mother by directing the Passport authorities to consider the application for issuance of passport for her minor son, without insisting on the consent of her estranged husband.The Court observed that a provision in the Passport Manual- which directs the single parent should get the permission of the Family Court where the petition...

'Court Does Not Find It Offensive': Orissa High Court On Veterinarian's Statement About Demand Of Indian Cow Meat Abroad

The Orissa High Court has upheld a magistrate's ruling wherein it was held that the then Chief District Veterinary Officer, Koraput had not committed any offence under Section 505(2) IPC by speaking about the demand of meat of Indian cows and bulls outside.A Sessions Court in December 2013 had set aside SDJM, Koraput's order and remitted the matter back to the trial court for fresh decision....

File Status Reports On Child Sexual Abuse Cases Before HC's Juvenile Justice Committee Every 6 Months: Gauhati High Court To State, Child Rights Body

The Gauhati High Court has issued a slew of directions for proper enquiry in the cases relating to sexual abuse of children. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Rashmin Manharbhai Chhaya and Justice Soumitra Saikia passed the order in a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) registered in 2019 on the basis of a news article which reported sexual and physical abuse of minor girl inmates of...

Breaking: Bombay High Court Refuses to Extend Stay On Order Granting Bail to Anil Deshmukh

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to extend the stay on order granting bail to former state home minister Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) approached the vacation bench seeking another extension.Paving way for Deshmukh's release, Justice Santosh Chapalgaonkar refused to entertain CBI's plea in light of regular court's earlier order that...

Bombay High Court Refuses Urgent Hearing To Former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar In Plea Against Arrest

Former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak have approached the Bombay High Court alleging illegal arrest by CBI in the case of alleged irregularities regarding loans granted to Venugopal Dhoot's Videocon Group.While they sought urgent hearing of their petition for interim relief of release, the vacation bench of Justice Madhav J Jamdar and Justice S G Chapalgaonkar...

Settled Legal Position That Medical Negligence Can Only Be Gauged By Field Experts: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court on Monday while answering a question as to how the negligence of a professional doctor is to be gauged, maintained that only experts can certify negligence on the part of the doctor. The observations came from Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal while dismissing a petition seeking direction to the respondents to pay compensation to the tune of Rs 20 lakh...

"State Doesn't Fulfill Triple Test Formality": Allahabad HC Directs SEC To Notify ULB Polls Without OBC Quota, Include Women Quota

In a significant decision, the Allahabad High Court has directed the State Election Commission to immediately notify the Urban Local Body Polls without OBC reservation. The court ordered thus as it held that the state government doesn't fulfill the Triple Test Formality as laid down by the Apex Court.The bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Saurabh Lavania also ordered that...

J&K&L High Court Dismisses Plea By Ex-Minister Chaudhary Lal Singh Against Eviction From Government Bungalow

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by ex-minister Chaudhary Lal Singh against evicting him from the government-allotted bungalow in Jammu's Gandhi Nagar.The pronouncement came on a plea moved Lal Singh seeking injunction against his eviction till the government re-assesses the security threat to him.Earlier also, Singh had moved a plea challenging...

No Service Tax Is Payable On Commission Received In Convertible Foreign Exchange: CESTAT

The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that no service tax is demandable when the commission received is in convertible foreign exchange.The two-member bench of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical Member) has observed that the commission agent service provided to a foreign-based entity for promoting or marketing their goods...

Sec 482 CrPC Cannot Be Invoked To Examine Correctness Of Allegations In A Complaint: J&K&L High Court Reiterates

Reiterating that powers of the court under Section 482 Cr.P.C are to be exercised with great amount of caution the J&K&L High court on Monday held that under the said provision the Court cannot examine the correctness of the allegations in a compliant except in exceptionally rare cases where it is patently clear that the allegations are frivolous or do not disclose any...