"Cannot Be Left High & Dry": Madras HC Directs Puducherry Govt To Grant Vacant ST Medical Seats To Backward Tribe Community Members

Granting relief to two students belonging to the Backward Tribe category seeking to be considered for reservation in the NEET UG medical admissions, the Madras High Court directed the Union Territory of Puducherry to allow them to fill up the vacant seats in the Scheduled Tribe category. The two seats under the Scheduled Tribe category which have been filled up by Scheduled Caste...

No Departmental Action Against Retired Employee For Event That Occurred Four Years Prior To Issuance Of Chargesheet: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently quashed the departmental proceedings initiated against a retired police inspector from Haryana in 2021 for an alleged misconduct which took place between 1986-88. A single bench of Justice Deepak Sibal referred to Rules 12.2(b) and 12(5)(a) of the Haryana Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2016 and said,"After an employee has retired, there...

Can't Stick On Technicalities Like Cut-Off Dates To Refuse Benefits: Kerala HC Asks State To Write Off Loans Taken For Endosulfan Victim's Treatment

The Kerala High Court recently directed the State Government to consider the debts incurred by the family of an endosulfan victim as debts qualified for waiver under Debt Waiver Scheme for Endosulfan Victims, and to write off the loans immediately. The direction comes after State refused to write off loans on the ground that the concerned GO for writing off loans up to Rs.3 Lakhs was...

Lawyer Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Disclosure Of Information Regarding Procurement, Funding Of COVID-19 Vaccines

A lawyer has moved the Delhi High Court seeking disclosure of various information regarding procurement, funding and purchase of COVID-19 vaccines by the Central Government under the under the Right to Information Act, 2005.Lawyer and author of books on intellectual property rights Prashant Reddy T. has filed three petitions before the court. One of the pleas has been filed against an...

Delhi High Court Vacation Benches To Hear Urgent Cases During Winter Vacation From December 24 To January 3

Delhi High Court will hear only urgent matters during the winter vacations commencing from December 24 to January 3, 2023.As per a notification released today by Registrar General Ravinder Dudeja, the composition of the vacation benches is as follows:- Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Sharma: from December 24 to December 26- Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Saurabh Banerjee:...

Advocate GBS Dhillon Elected As President Of Punjab And Haryana High Court Bar Association

Advocate GBS Dhillon has won the election for the post of President of Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association for the second time, as per results declared on Sunday.Dhillon won the election for the presidential post by a margin of 548 Votes, securing 1501 votes out of 3052 total votes which were cast, defeating his nearest contender Santokhwinder Singh Grewal, who secured 953 Votes....

Not Court's Duty To Monitor Public Urination, Spitting: Delhi High Court Junks PIL Seeking Prohibition On Affixing Of Photos Of Deities On Walls

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation moved by a lawyer against the practice of affixing sacred images of gods on walls as a measure to prevent public urination, spitting and throwing garbage.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that it is not the duty of a constitutional court to regulate and monitor...

'Contributed To Society In Most Unprecedented Times Of COVID-19': High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Clear Dues Of Ad Hoc Auxiliary Nurse Midwives

The High Court has directed the Delhi Government to pay salaries and other dues to the Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs), who were engaged for a short term last year for COVID vaccination centres in the national capital.Justice Jyoti Singh ordered that the payments shall be released by the Delhi Government within a period of six weeks."It needs no overemphasis that discharging the functions...

Madras High Court Judge Faces Misbehaviour By Vadapalani Murugan Temple Staff During Visit, Witnesses Financial Irregularities

Justice SM Subramaniam of the Madras High Court has registered a complaint with the Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment department take appropriate action against five temple staffs who were engaged in financial irregularities and subsequent misbehavior in Vadapalani Murugan Temple. Justice Subramaniam, who had visited the temple along with his wife and...

Bombay High Court Orders Status Quo On CM Eknath Shinde's 'Decision' To Give Land Acquired For Slum Dwellers To Private Persons

The Bombay High Court has questioned Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's alleged decision to direct the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) to give away over 4.5 acres of land meant for slum dwellers to 16 private individuals despite the matter being sub-judice. Shinde had reportedly taken the decision last year when he was the Urban Development Minister. A division bench at Nagpur of Justices...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: December 12 To December 18, 2022

Nominal Index: Parvathamma v. Munish Moudgil & others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 510 M/s Pradhan Mercantile Pvt Ltd v. M/s Virgin Apparels & Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 511 Tumakuru City Corporation v. Tumkuru Poura karmikara Sangha & others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 512 V.M. Sanjeevaiah & others v. The Deputy Commissioner (Food) & others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar)...

'Charasi Ganjedi' Tweet| MP High Court Rejects KRK's Plea To Quash Defamation Case Filed By Manoj Bajpayee

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected the plea filed by Actor Kamal Rashid Khan ('KRK') seeking to quash the Criminal Defamation case filed by Actor Manoj Bajpayee over an alleged tweet of KRK calling Bajpayee a 'Charasi Ganjedi'Denying relief to Khan, the bench of Justice Satyendra Kumar Singh prima facie observed that addressing Bajpayee, who is an actor, as 'charasi ganjedi'...