Bombay HC imposes 1Lakh cost on Reliance Infrastructure for abusing process of Law [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court has imposed costs of Rupees One Lakh on Reliance Infrastructure Limited for approaching it under Article 226 of the Constitution under the garb of violation of statutory and constitutional right, despite filing an appeal.Division Bench comprising of Justices G.S.Kulkarni and S.C.Dharmadhikari dismissing the petition filed by the company said that such tendencies of abusing...

All is not well with NLU Delhi PhD Admissions; Delhi HC directs to revisit the Admission Process [Read Order]

Delhi High Court Today has reproached National Law University Delhi (NLU-D) for its faulty PhD admission Procedure. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said that all does not appear to be well with the admission process of National Law University, Delhi at least qua admission to Ph.D. programme. The Court was considering a Writ Petition filed by one PhD Aspirant Amita Agarwal challenging the list...

Gujarat University De-reservation Rule unconstitutional: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

Gujarat High Court has struck down de-reservation rule of Gujarat University and has held that the Rule which permits the University to treat reserved seats as unreserved seats only on the ground that such reserved candidates are not available from University, is arbitrary and illegal and in violation of Constitutional Mandate of Articles 14 and 15(4) of the Constitution of India.A Schedule...

Second Marriage by Public Servant though permitted by Personal Law amounts to Misconduct: Tripura HC [Read Judgment]

Tripura High Court has held that second marriage contracted by a Government servant without permission from the Government, even if it is permissible by personal law, amounts to misconduct. Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice S. Talapatra, however modified the punishment imposed on a BSF official to ‘compulsory retirement’ instead of dismissal from...

Uttarakhand crisis: SC refuses to interfere, HC questions Centre’s interference in state affairs

The Uttarakhand High Court, during a hearing today on Former Chief Minister Harish Rawat’s plea, has made some scathing observation against the Central Government for its interference in State’s affairs.First Bench of the High Court comprising of the Chief Justice K.M. Joseph and Justice VK Bist also asked the Attorney General, Mukul Rohtagi, who appeared for the Central Government in...

Delhi HC issues notice on petition challenging “peak time charge” and “surge price” imposed by Ola, Uber, etc. [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice on a petition filed by Magic Sewa Pvt. Ltd. an operator of radio taxi services in National Capital Region, challenging the “peak time charge” and “surge price” imposed by taxi aggregators, including Ola and Uber.Posting the matter for further hearing on April 25, Justice J.R. Midha ordered the Government to file a status report as to...

Bombay HC expresses concern about students and institutions who ‘waste their time in litigation in Courts’; issues directions [Read Judgment]

Expressing concern about the students and Institutions who waste their time in litigation in Courts, the Bombay High Court has directed the State Government and the Universities in the State of Maharashtra to evolve a mechanism by which the students at the beginning of the academic year are informed about the ineligibility of their admission and are prevented from unnecessary pursuing the...

Madras HC upholds Constitutionality of Section 94-A of the Income Tax Act; calls it “need of the hour” [Read Order]

Madras High Court has upheld the constitutionality of Section 94-A (1) of the Income Tax Act holding that it ‘was the need of the hour’. The Division Bench comprising of Justices V. Ramasubramanian and T. Mathivanan held that treaties cannot limit the power of Parliament to make Laws in that regard.The petitioners, Indian citizens who had entered in an agreement with a company in Cyprus,...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High Court held that parties may withdraw their consent once granted for Divorce by mutual consent, at any time before the passing of the decree.Bombay High courtBombay High Court asked the BCCI to shift all the IPL matches scheduled after 30th April to venues outside Maharashtra. The order will affect 13 matches which were scheduled to be held in Maharashtra in...

Does Press Council of India have the Power to issue warrant? Govt. disagrees with Council

The Press Council of India (PCI) and the Government were at loggerheads over the issue of the media body's powers after it decided to serve a bailable arrest warrant against Union I and B Ministry Secretary Sunil Arora for failing to appear before it following summons.Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources said that the PCI has ‘limited powers’ and cannot decide everything unlike...

Education Standards cannot be allowed to fall to an absolutely 'low level': Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

High Court refuses to allow Govt. employee’s plea for extension of time to complete law degree.Delhi High Court recently refused to allow a petition filed by a Government employee seeking a direction to the University of Delhi, to allow him to complete his LL.B. Course, by appearing in the back papers even beyond the span period.Dismissing the petition, the Justice Manmohan observed,...

Allow atheist ‘witnesses’ to swear in the name of Constitution ; PIL filed in Bombay HC

Can those who do not believe in God be allowed to swear in the name of Constitution of India while deposing in Courts? A Public Interest Litigation has been filed by an atheist couple in Bombay High Court apparently seeks directions to lower courts and its staff to allow atheists to take oaths while deposing in court by keeping their hands on the Indian Constitution.Sunil Mane and wife...