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Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL To Conduct General Elections Through Ballot Paper Instead Of EVMs
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation seeking a direction on the Union Government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct the general elections through ballot papers and not electronic voting machines (EVMs).A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela refused to entertain a plea filed by one Upendra Nath...
Prevention Of Corruption Act | High Court Cannot Discharge Accused For Invalidity Of Sanction : Supreme Court Reiterates
The Supreme Court reiterated that the alleged invalidity of sanction cannot be a ground to discharge an accused in a criminal case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act).A bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma allowed appeals filed by the Karnataka Lokayukta Police, setting aside a Karnataka High Court order that discharged the accused on the ground...
TN Minister Duraimurugan Approaches Madras High Court Challenging Transfer Of Disproportionate Case Against Him From Vellore To Chennai
Tamil Nadu Minister for Water resources, Durai Murugan has approached the Madras High Court challenging a Government Order through which the investigation in connection with a disproportionate asset case against him was transferred from the file of Subordinate Judge, Vellore, to the Special Court for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Chennai. When the matter came up...
Supreme Court Allows Urgent Listing Of Plea Challenging Allahabad HC's Stay Of Ramlila Celebrations In School Ground; Hearing Tomorrow
The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the plea of a Ramlila organizing committee challenging Allahabad High Court's ex-parte stay of ongoing Ramlila celebrations at a school ground in Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh.A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh today allowed urgent listing of the case, upon a mentioning. The counsel who mentioned the case on behalf of the...
Supervisory Jurisdiction Of HC Doesn't Extend To Correcting All Errors In Order Of Administrative Tribunal: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court refused to interfere with State Administrative Tribunal's order which upheld the transfer of a teacher, reiterating that supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution cannot be exercised to correct all errors in the order of the Administrative Tribunal. Referring to various decisions, a division bench of Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice Muralee...
Karnataka High Court Stays Coercive Steps Against BJP Leader Booked For Giving 'Inflammatory Speech' During Ganesh Chathurthi Festival
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (September 24) in an interim order directed that no coercive steps will be taken against BJP Leader M P Renukacharya who has been booked in an FIR for allegedly making inflammatory speeches during Ganesh Chathurthi festival celebration this year. As per news reports, the BJP leader urged the youth to use DJ music during immersion despite an order issued...
Delhi High Court Allows Retired Major General VK Singh To Inspect Documents In CBI FIR Over Revealing Classified Information In Book
The Delhi High Court has allowed Major General (retired) V.K. Singh to inspect documents to effectively defend himself during the trial in an FIR registered by CBI alleging that he published some classified and secret information about Research and Analysis Wing in his book authored in 2007 after his retirement.Justice Amit Mahajan noted that the CBI was not opposed to the inspection of...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL To Remove Graves Of Afzal Guru, Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt From Tihar Jail Premises
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking the removal of the graves of Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt and Mohammad Afzal Guru, who were executed for terrorism-related offences, from Central Jail, Tihar.As an alternative, it was prayed that the authorities relocate their mortal remains to a secret location in accordance with law, “so as to prevent glorification of...
CAPF Officers Can't Seek Posting Based On Parents' Illness; Authorities Expected To Be Alive To Hardships: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has said that the policy of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) at present does not contain a provision which could constitute a basis for an officer to choose a place of posting on the grounds that the parents are unwell. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla has asked the authorities to be alive to the difficulties faced by...
