DoPT Refuses To Disclose Details on RTI Amendments

In response to an RTI application, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has confirmed that amendments to the Right to Information Act, 2005 were being considered but have not reached finality. It, however, refused to disclose any further details, relying on Section 8(1)(i) of the Act, which exempts from disclosure cabinet papers, including records of deliberations of the Council...

NEET-Plea By Student With "Low Vision" Against Denial Of Disability Certificate: SC Directs Medical Board To Examine Him And Issue Certificate If His Claim Is Valid [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a Petition filed by a medical aspirant with "low vision", demanding that the authorities be directed to issue him a disability certificate and grant him admission under the reserved category in an undergraduate course through National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2018.The Bench comprising Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice Deepak Gupta...

Can Bar Assn Prohibit Advocate From Representing An Individual? SC Issues Notice To MP Govt, BCI [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the State of Madhya Pradesh and the Bar Council of India on a petition filed by a man against the Jabalpur District Bar Association issuing instructions prohibiting advocates from representing him.The man moved the Supreme Court against the instructions said to have been passed by the Bar Association while also seeking to know the “foundation...

Delhi HC Dismisses AAP Leader's Plea Against PM Modi's Low Attendance In Parliament [Read Order]

Terming it a “directed invective against the Prime Minister”, the Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea moved by AAP leader Sanjay Singh wherein he had sought directions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the Parliament regularly and respond to questions raised in the House.A bench of Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal and Justice C Hari Shankar dismissed the petition calling it...

Notice In PDF Format Delivered Through WhatsApp Is Valid: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has recently accepted service of notice in an execution application through WhatsApp messenger after finding that notice served in the form of a PDF file was not only delivered, but the attachment was opened as well.Justice GS Patel was hearing an execution application wherein the respondent Rohit Jadhav was evading service of notice under Order XXI Rule 22 of the Code...

Advocate Files Petition In Bombay HC Seeking Compensation For Judge BH Loya’s Family As ‘He Died Doing Govt Work’

Advocate Satish Uke has filed a petition before the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the State of Maharashtra to grant compensation and other benefits to the family members of Judge BH Loya, who was presiding over the Sohrabuddin trial before his untimely death on December 1, 2014.The petition stated that in a letter issued by the Joint Secretary, Department of Law...

Madras HC Split Verdict On Disqualification Of AIADMK MLAs: Here Are The Reasons Given By The Two Judges

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the petitions challenging the disqualification of 18 dissident AIADMK MLAs owing allegiance to AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran.While Chief Justice Indira Banerjee upheld the Speaker's decision, Justice M. Sundar disagreed. The matter will now be heard by a third Judge nominated by Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh. Till...

Is Strike A Weapon For Law Maker? PIL In Delhi HC Seeks To Declare Strike By Kejriwal Illegal

A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court praying that the sit-in protest by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues at the Raj Niwas be declared illegal and unconstitutional as it has brought the government machinery to a standstill.Petitioner Hari Nath Ram, through his counsel Shashak Deo Sudhi and Dr Shashi Bhushan, prayed to the court to “issue a...

Allahabad HC Overstepped its Jurisdiction By Ordering UPPSC To Re-Evaluate Answer-Sheets In PCS Exam:SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a significant ruling on the extent and power of constitutional courts to interfere in matters of academic nature.A vacation bench of Justice UU Lalit and Justice Deepak Gupta allowed the appeal preferred by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC), setting aside the Allahabad High Court judgment requiring the commission to...

Gauhati HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Lynching Of Youth Mistaken As Child Lifters [Read Orders]

The Gauhati High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the lynching of two youth -- Nilotpal Das and Abhijit Nath - by villagers in Karbi Anglong district and asked the government as well as the police as to what effective measures have been taken to arrest the wrongdoers.A bench of Chief Justice Ajit Singh and Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua directed the police and the government to...

Breaking: AIADMK MLAs Disqualification Case: Division Bench Of Madras HC Delivers Split Verdict [Read Order]

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the petitions challenging the disqualification of 18 dissident AIADMK MLAs owing allegiance to AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran.While Chief Justice Indira Banerjee upheld the Speaker's decision, Justice M. Sundar disagreed. The matter will now be heard by a third Judge nominated by Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh. Till...

Had To Take A Stand Against Rising Intolerance, Says Justice Abhay Thipsay On Joining Congress

Retired Justice Abhay Thipsay, former judge of the Bombay High Court, has joined the Indian National Congress. Justice Thipsay says that in order to fight against the rising intolerance within the civil society and communal forces in the country, he found it appropriate to join the grand old party.Justice Thipsay joined the Bar in 1979 and became a magistrate in 1987. He was elevated to the...