Dismissal of woman for marrying a married colleague without knowing the fact of first marriage is too harsh a punishment: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently set aside the dismissal of a woman police constable from service for marrying her colleague, a married constable. “The petitioner has no knowledge regarding the second marriage of her husband at the time of solemnization of the marriage and at this belated stage, the punishment of dismissal from service is too harsh and disproportionate to the conduct of...

Start Rain water harvesting in all Government buildings in the state: Jharkhand HC

The High Court of Jharkhand, in a land mark order, has asked the State to start, rain water harvesting project throughout the State, at least in all the Government Buildings.The High Court bench comprising of Chief Justice Virender Singh and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar issued the order in a Suo motu Public interest litigation.The Bench said “At least in all the Government Buildings, rain...

Finally, AIBE IX results out.

Finally, after a delay of more than a month, the results of All India Bar Examinationhas been released today. The results of the exam are available on the AIBE web portal. The candidate has to enter Roll number and Date of Birth to get the results.AIBE -IX was held across various centres in India, on March 6th, 2016. Yesterday, Live Law had published an ‘Open Letter to BCI’ regarding...

Do not give Awards to undeserved, Delhi HC to Govt. [Read Judgment]

Awards would lose their sheen and cease to be coveted and perceived as indicative of the excellence of the holder thereof if they are conferred on persons not deserving thereof or if selection thereof is guided not by the spirit of award and identifying excellence but for extraneous reasons, the Court said.The Delhi High Court has observed that, utmost care and transparency should be observed...

Petition filed in Delhi HC challenging patent granted to Gilead for costly Hepatitis-C drug

A Writ Petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court, challenging the grant of patent to costly Hepatitis-C drug, Sovaldi. The drug is reportedly the costliest medicine in the world, priced at $1,000 per pill in the U.S. by its manufacturer Gilead.The petition has been filed by the United States based non-for-profit group, Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK) and...

Right to reputation & Right to eat – Article 21 stretched further

Tennyson wrote –“A land of settled government,A land of just & old renownWhere freedom slowly broadens downFrom precedent to precedent”Article 21 of the Constitution states – No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to “procedure established by law”. The most vocal debates during Constituent Assembly sessions on its predecessor draft Article...

Most States in favour of #NEET; will soon decide on implementation issues: Health Minister

“Most States are in favour of NEET in- principle. However, some States have expressed that there are some logistic issues that are impeding its implementation, and therefore they have desired for some more time”. This was stated by Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Shri J P Nadda after he met the Health Ministers from various States to hear their views on issues related to...

State Govt. cannot re-write the definition of Section 2(d) of Right to Education Act : Rajasthan HC [Read Judgment]

Rajasthan High Court has held that the State Government is not competent & holding any authority to re-write the definition of Sec.2 (d) of the Right to Education Act, 2009. Disposing the Public Interest Litigation filed by Abhyutthanam Society, the court made following substitution to be made a part of the new notification issued by the state :Let the child belonging to OBC & SBC...

Patna HC rejects challenge against Bihar Civil Judge (Junior Grade) Selection [Read Order]

The Petitioner is estopped from challenging the condition in the advertisement after appearing in the interview and taking a chance, said the Bench.Patna High Court has dismissed the challenge against Bihar Judicial Service Competitive Examination, 2012 for selection of candidates for appointment on the post of Civil Judge (Junior Grade).The result was challenged mainly on the ground that it...

Even a prostitute has the fundamental right as well as the moral and social rights and she is at her liberty to permit a person for sexual intercourse; Allahabad HC

Nobody can commit sexual intercourse even with prostitute under the threat or upon the gun point, said the Court.Allahabad High Court has recently held that even a prostitute has the fundamental right as well as the moral and social rights and she is at her liberty to permit a person for sexual intercourse and nobody can commit sexual intercourse even with prostitute under the threat or upon...

Land acquired for housing purpose must revert back to owner, and not to anyone else directly or indirectly: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Entertaining an application for releasing of land in favour of the builder amounts to transfer of resources of poor for the benefit of the rich. It amounts to permitting profiteering at the cost of livelihood and existence of a farmer, the Bench said.Supreme Court in UDDAR GAGAN PROPERIES LTD. VS. SANT SINGH has made some pertinent observations about Land acquisition by the State and...

Disqualified MLAs in Uttarakhand to continue to enjoy facilities as MLAs [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh today decided, after taking the views of CA Sundaram, the senior counsel for the nine disqualified MLAs,and Kapil Sibal, the senior counsel for the restored chief minister, Harish Rawat, that the nine disqualified MLAs would continue to enjoy facilities accorded to them as a legislator, even though they are not...