#SwarajAbhiyan-IV ; SC asks Centre, States and RBI to religiously implement Drought-policies [Read Judgment]

A policy might be acceptable and worthy, but often it is the effective implementation and monitoring that is lacking, the Court said.In yet another judgment concerning the issue of draught, the Supreme Court in SwarajAbhiyan – (IV) vs. Union of India has directed the Central and State Government authorities and the Reserve Bank of India and other banks to religiously implement their...

CJAR demands Public Consultation on new MoP on Appointment of Judges

In a letter to Chief Justice of India, Campaign for Judicial Accountability & Reforms (CJAR) Convenor Prashant Bhushan has applauding the judiciary's move rejecting some of the clauses in the government draft of the Memorandum of Procedure for appointment of Supreme Court and High Court judges and sought greater transparency and public consultation in preparing a new MOP for...

When a citizen holding the position of CM wants to know the degree related information of the PM, it will be proper to disclose; CIC [Read CIC order on PM Modi’s Degree]

The Central Information Commission has directed the PIOs of Delhi University and Gujarat University, Ahmadabad to make best possible search for the information regarding degrees in the name of “Mr. Narendra Damodar Modi” in the year 1978 (Graduation in DU) and 1983 (Post Graduation in GU) and provide it to the appellant Mr Kejriwal, as soon as possible.The Central Information...

Candidates cannot be made to suffer because of the mistake of Public Service Commission: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The purity in the selection process has to be maintained. The mistake committed by the Commission has to be rectified and the candidates who appeared at the preliminary examination cannot be made to suffer because of the mistake of the Commission, the Court said.In a relief to many candidates who appeared for the exam conducted by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission to the post of...

The entry of possession in some revenue records simplicitor does not confer any right to retain the possession: SC [Read Judgment]

The entry of possession in some revenue records simplicitor does not confer any right to retain the possession, the Supreme Court has reiterated.The Bench comprising of Justices V. Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra made this observation in Muddasani Venkata Narsaiah (D) vs. Muddasani Sarojana wherein it upheld the decreeing of a suit by First Appellate Court.The suit was filed by a person who...

Petition filed in Delhi HC against Supreme Court Collegium and its Recommendations

A petition has been filed before the High Court of Delhi, for restraining the collegium consisting of the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India and four senior most Judges of the Supreme Court from making any recommendation for appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts and further to prohibit and restrain the Union of India from acting upon any such recommendation made by...

Even a Foreign Citizen is entitled to recover immediate possession of building owned him under Punjab Tenancy Law: HC [Read Judgment]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that even a foreign citizen or a person who was born outside India could be covered under the definition of Non Resident Indian for the purpose of Tenancy laws in Punjab.Justice Ajay Tewari made this observation while passing orders in a batch of petition by tenants against landlords. Section 13-B of the Punjab Rent Act, 1995 deals with Right...

Revisit Passport verification process; Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on 9th of May, said it was necessary for the Centre to revisit its existing mechanism for verifying credentials prior to issuing a passport, noting that even the government has admitted to “lacunae in the system” which could lead to issuance of passports based on false or forged documents.“It is, therefore, necessary for the respondent No.1 (Centre) to revisit...

Disobeying court orders would lead to anarchy: Manipur HC asks state to implement an order passed two decades ago [Read Order]

It must be kept in mind that the Court’s order is passed not just to be served aside or ignored or to be thrown to the dustbin, Manipal High Court has observed in a petition praying for a direction to the Government to implement the order passed by the erstwhile Imphal Bench of the Gauhati High Court, about two decades ago.The petitioner had donated a piece of homestead land for...

No Compassionate Appointment to children born out of bigamous marriage: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Madras High Court has held that compassionate appointment cannot be granted to the legal heirs of the deceased through the second wife. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, dismissing the challenge against denial of compassionate appointment on the ground that he is son of a deceased Government employee (Sub Inspector of Police) through his second wife, held that there is no bar for the Government...

No scientific data to prove that installation of Mobile Towers hazardous to the health of citizens; Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has recently held that there is no scientific data available to show that installation of mobile phone towers and the emission of the waves by the said towers is in any way harmful for the health or hazardous to the health of citizens.The Court was hearing a Public Interest litigation seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to remove the mobile towers installed...

Name of Biological Father cannot be replaced with name of Step Father in Birth Records; Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

Recently Punjab and Haryana High Court has examined the question whether name of a step-father, on the asking of his step-son, can be entered in the Birth Certificate, replacing the name of the biological father, in terms of Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969?The word "biological father" is defined in the Black's Law Dictionary as "the man whose sperm impregnated...