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No Statutory Right: P&H High Court Dismisses Judges' Pleas Seeking Re-Determination Of Inter-Se Seniority By Counting Ad-Hoc Service
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by different categories of judges claiming seniority over and above recruits from other sources. The petitions were filed seeking re-determination of inter-se seniority of judges by counting the time spent in their ad-hoc service. The petitioners claiming seniority over other recruits belonged to three categories: (a) judges...
Lack Of Specialist Doctors Affecting Tribal Women & Children: Bombay High Court On '62% Medico Vacancies' In Govt Hospitals
The Bombay High Court was recently informed that 62% of the Group A posts of MBBS and BAMS doctors in Maharashtra Medical and Health Services are lying vacant. Out of 1786 posts, 1112 are vacant.A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M. S. Karnik took note of this in a Public Interest Litigation regarding deaths of women and children due to lack of proper medical care in...
RBI Directs Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services To Cease Recovery Through Outsourcing Arrangements
On 22.09.2022, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a press release, directing Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (MMFSL), Mumbai, to immediately cease carrying out any recovery or repossession activity through outsourcing arrangements, till further orders. However, the MMFSL may continue to carry out recovery or repossession activities, through its own employees. It...
Recovery Of Annual Report And Share Certificate From the Assessee's Premises Are Not Incriminating Documents: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the recovery of the annual report and the share certificate of the assessee premises cannot be considered to be incriminating documents.The division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora has observed that the genuineness of the share capital has been accepted both by CIT (A) and ITAT and that there is no live link between the...
Gauhati High Court Commences Live Streaming
In consonance with the guidelines formulated by the Supreme Court in Swapnil Tripathi v. Supreme Court of India, the Gauhati High Court has commenced the live streaming of Court proceedings on its official YouTube Channel from 26-09-2022 for public viewing. The project has been implemented at present in respect of three nos. of Courts of the High Court. Thus, the proceedings of the Court...
Govt. Extends Foreign Trade Policy For 6 Months
The Ministry of Commerce & Industry has notified the extension of the foreign trade policy for 6 months."The government has always involved all stakeholders in formulating policy. In view of this, it has been decided to extend the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20, valid till Sept 30, 2022, for a further period of six months, w.e.f. October 1st, 2022," the government said.The government...
NSE Co-Location Scam: Delhi High Court Grants Statutory Bail To Chitra Ramkrishna, Anand Subramanian In CBI Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted statutory bail to the former National Stock Exchange (NSE) CEO Chitra Ramkrishna and former Group Operating Officer Anand Subramanian in the co-location scam case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain pronounced the order. The detailed order is awaited. Senior Advocate N Hariharan appeared for...
No PMLA Proceedings After Quashing Of FIR Against Accused: Delhi High Court Set Aside Proceedings Against IHFL And Its Employees
The Delhi High Court has set aside the proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 against Indiabulls Housing and Finance Limited (IHFL) and its employees.The division bench of Justice Anish Dayal and Justice Mukta Gupta relied on the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors Vs. Union of India & Ors. The supreme court held...
Kerala HC Initiates Suo Motu PIL To Include 'Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia' As Rare Disease, Ensure Financial Aid To Patients
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday initiated a suo motu public interest writ petition to include 'Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia' in the group of rare diseases and to grant financial aid and support to the patients. It is a genetic disorders that affects adrenal glands.A Division Bench consisting of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly has issued notices to the State government...
Dangerous Stunts: Madras High Court Asks Biker To Help Patients In Trauma Ward, Upload Instagram Video Against Reckless Driving
Granting anticipatory bail to a biker accused of performing dangerous stunts on a public road, the Madras High Court directed the 22-year-old to upload a video on his Instagram account against reckless driving and also report before a trauma ward duty doctor at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital for three weeks. The directions are part of the conditions imposed by the court while...
Kallakurichi Student Death: Madras High Court Directs Parents To Hand Over Her Mobile Phone To CB-CID
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the parents of a school girl, who died by suicide in Kallakurichi in July, to hand over her mobile phone to the CB-CID and cooperate with the investigation.During a hearing of the petition filed by the 17-year-old's father for a proper investigation in the case, the Public Prosecutor Hassan Mohammed Jinnah submitted that the girl's parents were...
Whether Suit Falls U/S 92 CPC Has To Be Decided Before Trial: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday held that the question as to whether a suit falls under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure (C.P.C.) would have to be decided before the trial.Justice A. Badharudeen reasoned that a suit under Section 92 can be prosecuted only with the leave of the court and if the parties are relegated till the finalisation of the trial and if ultimately it is found...