Morbi Tragedy Suo Moto Case| Gujarat High Court Dismisses Municipality Elected Members' Impleadment Plea

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday dismissed an application moved by certain elected members of the Morbi Municipality seeking their impleadment in the suo moto case instituted by the High Court pertaining Morbi Bridge collapse, which claimed 135 lives.The bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J. Shastri opined that the councillors are not a necessary or proper party to...

Stickers Bearing Official Name, Designation Or Political Party Is Tactic To Avoid Being Questioned By Police, Should Be Removed: Madras HC

The Madurai bench of Madras High court recently noted that use of stickers bearing official name, designation or political marks in vehicles is a tactic employed by violators to avoid being questioned by the police. This court is of the opinion that the use of stickers bearing the official name, designation or political marks in the motor vehicles is a tactic employed by those, attempting...

Shahjahanpur Rape Case 2011| Allahabad High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Chinmayanand Saraswati Till Feb 6

The Allahabad High Court on Monday (December 19) granted interim anticipatory bail to former Union minister Chinmayanand Saraswati in connection with the Shahjahanpur Rape Case 2011.Issuing notices to the victim and the State government to file a reply in this matter within four weeks, the bench of Justice Samit Gopal granted him anticipatory bail till February 6. "Learned counsel for the...

Bombay High Court Frowns At Actor Anushka Sharma For Filing Tax Petition Through Her Tax Consultant

The Bombay High Court on Thursday frowned at actor Anushka Sharma for filing a tax petition through her consultant instead of doing it herself. "These Petitions are filed through Taxation Consultant of the Petitioner. There is no reason shown as to why the Petitioner cannot file these Petitions on solemn affirmation," a division bench of Justice Nitin Jamdar and Gauri Godse said in...

'Not Fit To Stand Trial': Calcutta HC Grants Bail To Schizophrenia Patient Languishing In Jail For Over 5 Yrs In Murder Case

The Calcutta High Court recently granted bail to a schizophrenia patient, who had been in custody for over five years in connection with a murder case. The matter reached the division bench of Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi when the petitioner moved the High Court through his father for grant of regular bail under Section 439 read with Section 330 of the...

'Patience To Put Up With Environmental Violations Has Run Dry': JKL High Court Denies Relief To MSME Unit Shut Over Seizure Of 1350Kg Banned Plastic

Dismissing a plea challenging a closure order of the petitioner's unit/premises by the J&K Pollution Control Board, Justice Rahul Bharti of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court observed, "Patience to put up with the violations and the violators of the ecological environment has now run dry. The law needs to take charge, and in fact has taken charge, of the situation to deal with the...

Punjab And Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Accused In Chandigarh University Video Leak Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday granted bail to Sanjeev Singh, an accused arrested in September in the Chandigarh University video leak case.Justice Amarjot Bhatti in the order said entire investigation is complete and the accused cannot be put behind the bars for an indefinite time period."The chargesheet is yet to be framed, thereafter the prosecution evidence will be recorded....

Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL Against Carrying Of Kirpans In Domestic Flights

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation challenging notifications that allow Sikh passengers to carry Kirpans of specific measurements on person in domestic flights.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad noted that that Explanation I of Article 25 of the Constitution of India clarifies that wearing and carrying...

No Bonafide Intention To Redevelop Slum Area On Her Own: Bombay High Court Upholds Acquisition Of Woman's Property For Slum Rehabilitation

The Bombay High Court recently refused to set aside acquisition of a 5115.2 m2 property in Borivali for slum rehabilitation observing that the owner showed no bonafide intention to redevelop the area on her own and the acquisition cannot be set aside disregarding her conduct."It is not a position in law that irrespective of the conduct of the owner, irrespective of lack of bonafide,...

'Unauthorized Coke Plants Matter Of Crying Shame': Meghalaya High Court Pulls Up State, Directs Strict Action

The Meghalaya High Court recently pulled up the State government over possible connivance for operation of unauthorized coke oven plants and illegal coal mining, despite several orders passed by the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal. The High Court was hearing a public interest litigation averring that there were more than sixty coke making units operating in the West...

Court Orders In Haryana To Be In Hindi Too, Governor Approves Amendment In Haryana Official Language Act

Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya has recently approved the notification amending the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969 to use Hindi language in all civil and criminal courts and tribunals subordinate to the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Haryana. The approval of the Governor followed cabinet's resolution passing the Haryana Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2020. As...

Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha To Repeal 65 Obsolete Laws Including One Enacted 135 Yrs Ago

The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday introduced in the Lok Sabha the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022, which seeks to repeal 65 laws which are either obsolete or have become redundant due to operation of other laws. The Bill contains three schedules – the First Schedule lists 24 laws enacted between the years 1885 and 2020 which it intends to repeal, the Second Schedule lists...