Aspirant Solely Responsible To Check Recruitment Exam Updates: MP High Court Refuses To Relax Mandatory Timelines On Medical Grounds

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that candidates participating in a recruitment process are solely responsible for regularly monitoring the official exam website for updates and instructions.The bench of Justice Jai Kumar Pillai thus dismissed the plea of a candidate, aspiring for the post of Assistant Professor, whose candidature was cancelled due to her failure to submit the...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Plea Seeking Alternatives To Hanging For Death Penalty Execution

The Supreme Court today reserved orders in a public interest litigation seeking abolishment of death-by-hanging.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta reserved the order after hearing Attorney General R Venkataramani, Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora (for Project 39A) and Advocate Rishi Malhotra (petitioner-in-person).During the hearing, Malhotra relied on a Law Commission of...

NGT Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Techie's Drowning In Noida Ditch, Says “Lapses By Authorities Led To Death”

The National Green Tribunal has taken suo motu cognizance of the death of a software engineer who drowned in a waterlogged trench in Noida, observing that lapses by authorities in taking remedial measures resulted in the fatal incident and that the matter indicates violation of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.A Bench headed by Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Chairperson, with Dr. A....

Tender | Common Site Photograph By Bidders Not Proof Of Cartelisation; Integrity Commitment Must Be Breached: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court while refusing to interfere with the award of a Public Works Department contract for construction of a Circuit House at Udalguri, held that an allegation of cartelisation raised by an unsuccessful bidder based solely on a common photograph enclosed with site-visit certificates of two competing bidders cannot be accepted in the absence of any concrete material showing...

Families Of Disabled Combat Personnel Deserve Liberal Approach In Compassionate Appointment Claims: Orissa High Court

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to suffer violence on their behalf,” the Orissa High Court quoted George Orwell as it upheld the direction of a Single Bench, which ordered compassionate appointment as Head Constable in favour of the wife of a former Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan who sustained grave injuries and disability in a...

Promotees Occupying Direct Recruit Slots Temporarily Can't Claim Seniority Over Them: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the revision of a 2007 seniority list of Prohibition & Excise staff, holding that promoted officers cannot claim seniority over direct recruits who subsequently joined service simply because they temporarily occupied the slots meant for the latter.A Bench of Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy and Justice Tuhin...

Kerala Court Hears Rahul Mamkootathil For Bail In Third Rape Case, Arguments To Continue On Saturday

Principal District and Sessions Court, Pathanamthitta on Thursday (January 22) heard detailed arguments in the regular bail application of Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in the third rape case alleged against him.After hearing Mamkootathil's counsel and the prosecution for some time, Sessions Judge N. Harikumar posted the case on Saturday (January 24) for further hearing.Mamkootathil...

“Being Over Sensitive”: Delhi High Court Tells TV Today, Says Newslaundry's Criticism Not Necessarily Disparagement

The Delhi High Court on Thursday told TV Today, which owns news channels India Today and Aaj Tak, that it was being “over sensitive” of the videos made by digital platform Newslaundry by alleging that every comment made is disparagement or defamatory. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla said that while one of the videos impugned by TV Today...

Advocate Not A Mouthpiece Of Client, Should Refrain From Accepting Frivolous Briefs: Allahabad High Court

While refraining from imposing cost on a young advocate, the Allahabad High Court cautioned that advocates are not mere mouthpieces of their clients and they must refrain from accepting frivolous briefs which waste the judicial time.Taking a lenient view as the counsel got enrolled only in 2024, Justice Subhash Vidyarthi observed,“..the learned Counsel should understand that although...

Sanction U/S 188 CrPC Not Needed To Take Cognizance Of Foreign Offence, But Mandatory Before Trial: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has reiterated that sanction under Section 188 of CrPC is not required at the stage of taking cognizance of an offence committed outside India, while it is required for commencement of the trial.For context, section 188 of CrPC deals with the procedure, when an offence is committed outside India. Justice C Pratheep Kumar while dealing with a criminal revision...

Can Special Intensive Revision Deviate From Rules? Procedure Must Be Transparent : Supreme Court To Election Commission

In the challenge to the SIR across various states, the Supreme Court yesterday observed that the ECI cannot have untrammelled and unregulated powers under Section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, which empowers the Commission to carryout an intensive revision "in such manner as it may think fit".The Court opined that such a 'manner' has to be within the...

Jharkhand High Court Links Child Trafficking To 'Outsiders' In Garb Of Business; Orders Guidelines For Identification & Police Permission

The Jharkhand High Court has directed the Home Department to formulate guidelines to deal with persons entering Jharkhand from outside, particularly to ensure their proper identification and to require that permission be sought from the concerned police station.A Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Arun Kumar Rai passed this direction while hearing a Habeas Corpus petition filed...