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Accepted Auction Bid Creates Legitimate Expectation; State Can't Cancel Without Reasons: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that once a bid is accepted at the auction venue, followed by immediate deposit of stipulated amount, the relationship between the State and the bidder progresses beyond mere offer, and a legitimate expectation coupled with the obligation of fairness arises in favour of the bidder. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali thus set aside unilateral cancellation of...
UP Revenue Code 2006 : High Court Slams State's 'Woefully Lacking' Affidavit On Women's Succession Rights In Agricultural Land
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Monday came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government for its evasive and “woefully lacking” response to a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the UP-Revenue Code, 2006.The 5 pleas challenge Sections 108, 109, and 110 of the 2006 Code, contending that these provisions discriminate against women in the line of...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Plea To Withdraw Life Support For Man In Permanent Vegetative State
The Supreme Court today(January 15) reserved the decision on the plea to withdraw life support for a 32-year old man, who has remained in an irreversible permanent vegetative state for the past 12 years after falling from a building. Two medical boards constituted by the Court has reported that the man has no chance for recovery.The bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV...
Unreliable Eyewitness Testimony, No Test Identification Parade: Kerala High Court Sets Aside Life Conviction After 7 Yrs
The Kerala High Court recently passed a judgment holding that non-conduct of test identification parade taken along with other vitiating factors would render as suspect the testimony of eyewitnesses.The Division Bench consisting of Dr. Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Jobin Sebastian observed:“Although it is trite that an identification in a TI parade is not substantive...
Post-Marriage Migration Doesn't Divest Women Of Reservation Benefits If Caste Is Recognized In Both States: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that women candidates who were originally residents of another State and later shifted to MP upon their marriage, are not to be treated as migrants for all service and reservation-related purposes and shall be considered as domiciled residents of the State. The bench of Justice Jai Kumar Pillai observed,"In the present case, although the petitioners...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Claiming Auto Festival Will Worsen Air Pollution
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a PIL against “Burnout City India” event scheduled to be organized at NSIC Exhibition Ground on January 17, claiming that it will aggravate the existing air pollution. The event is an automotive and lifestyle festival, involving massive vehicles showcase, drift and stunt zones, and music events. A division bench comprising Chief Justice...
Over-Age Candidate Can't Claim Relaxation Due To Delay In Earlier Recruitment: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (January 14) held that a candidate who had participated in a recruitment process of 2022 cannot seek age relaxation on the grounds that the earlier recruitment process had extended the age limit prescribed under the Rules.The bench of Justice Jai Kumar Pillai observed; "This Court is of further opinion that even if some delay occurred in concluding...
Lok Adalat Award Final And Binding; Consumer Complaint Not Maintainable: Kerala State Consumer Commission
The Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Thiruvananthapuram, comprising Justice B. Sudheendra Kumar (President), D. Ajith Kumar (Judicial Member), and K.R. Radha-krishnan (Member), allowed a revision petition filed by Gurudeva Trust and set aside the order of the District Commission, holding that a dispute already settled through a Lok Adalat award cannot be reopened by filing...
Unnao Rape Victim Moves Delhi High Court For Leading Further Evidence Against Kuldeep Singh Sengar
Victim of the Unnao rape case moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday with a prayer to lead further evidence against former Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the case.The victim's application came for hearing before a division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain which listed it for hearing on February...
Employee's Reinstatement On Court Order Doesn't Bar Disciplinary Enquiry For Past Misconduct: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that reinstatement of a government employee after consideration of his/her representation based on a court order was not equivalent to condonation of the misconduct, and it did not take away the State's right to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the employee for the same period. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma clarified that unless a specific order...
Trial Court Can't Order Permanent Injunction In Title Suit Without Granting Recovery Of Possession As Consequential Relief: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (January 14) quashed a trial court order in a title suit, observing that the court had erred in passing decree of permanent injunction without granting consequential relief of recovery of possession to the plaintiff despite holding that the land was encroached upon by the defendant. The bench of Justice Vivek Jain observed; "Court had already arrived...
