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'Right To Housing Is Fundamental Right': P&H High Court Sets Aside Rejection Of Jhuggi Dwellers' Claims Under Small Flats Scheme
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed an order of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) rejecting the claims of a group of jhuggi dwellers for allotment of flats under the Chandigarh Small Flats Scheme, 2006, holding that the decision was taken in violation of the principles of natural justice.Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal and Justice Mandeep Pannu said, "It is manifest that the claim...
Telangana Phone-Tapping Case | Ex-Intelligence Chief Withholding iCloud Accounts Despite Order: State Tells Supreme Court
The State of Telangana today told the Supreme Court that former intelligence chief T Prabhakar Rao, accused of phone tapping of politicians and high court judges during the term of the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi-led Government in Telangana, was still not cooperating with the investigation.“He has done paper cooperation. Either the devices are not opening or they have been wiped out. So...
Financial Constraints No Grounds To Deny Medical Reimbursement To Retd Employees: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that the Haryana Police Housing Corporation cannot deny medical reimbursement to its retired employees on the ground of financial constraints, quashing two orders that had denied the benefit to former staff members. The Court reiterated that once medical reimbursement is part of the service conditions, retired employees cannot be placed in...
Madras High Court Asks Union Govt To Take Policy Decision On Allowing Movie Theatres Within Airport Premises
The Madras High Court has directed the Ministry of Civil Aviation to take a policy decision on allowing cinema multiplexes within the airport premises. In doing so, Justice M Dhandapani also gave relief to PVR INOX, which was asked to close down its cinema hall functioning in the Multi-Level Car Parking Complex near the Chennai Airport. The court ordered that till a policy decision...
Persistent Technical Glitches : UP State Waqf Tribunal Grants 6-Month Extension To Register Waqf Properties On UMEED Portal
In a respite to the administration of thousands of Waqf properties across Uttar Pradesh, the UP State Waqf Tribunal has granted a six-month extension for registration on the UMEED Central Portal on the petition filed by the UP Sunni Waqf Board. The deadline for the online registration has now been extended till June 5 2026. The order, pronounced today, takes note of the...
NSEL Scam: Bombay High Court Quashes Special Court's 'Mechanical' Summons To Amit Rathi
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday set aside summons issued in 2019 to Amit Rathi and Anand Rathi Commodities Ltd. in a criminal case stemming from the 2013 collapse of the National Spot Exchange Ltd. (NSEL).A single bench of Justice RN Laddha ruled that the Special MPID Court's order in the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) case was mechanical and failed to provide any sufficient reasons for it...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Govt Order Closing Jan Aushadhi Kendras In Govt Hospitals
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday allowed a batch of petitions and quashed a government order dated May 14 which directed closure of all Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) operating within the premises of government hospitals.A single judge Justice M Nagaprasanna sitting at Dharwad bench allowed the petition filed by Rakesh Mahalingappa L and Others. It said “Allowed and quashed.” A...
Haryana Govt's Withdrawal Of Clerk's Increment Prima Facie Violates Undertaking Before Larger Bench: P&H High Court Issues Contempt Notice
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that the Haryana Government's action in withdrawing an increment earlier granted to an employee of the Women and Child Development Department prima facie violates an undertaking recorded before a Larger Bench of the Court regarding the applicability of the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC).The Court has...
S. 29A Arbitration Act | Arbitrator's Mandate Terminates On Expiry Of Time; Substituted Arbitrator Must Resume After Extension : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (December 10) held that once the statutory 18-month period for delivering an arbitral award expires, the arbitrator's mandate automatically comes to an end as per Section 29A(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, when no application for extension is made. Therefore, when an extension of time is granted by the Court after the mandate of the arbitrator...
Police Can Freeze Bank Accounts Invoking S.102 CrPC In Cases Under Prevention Of Corruption Act : Supreme Court
In an important ruling, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (December 10) ruled that the police/investigating agencies are empowered to freeze the bank account of a person under Section 102 Code of Criminal Procedure (now Section 106 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita)., against whom a proceeding is initiated under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (“PC Act”).Dismissing...