High Courts
Mumbai Can't Be Concrete Jungle With Only Skyscrapers: HC Calls For Slum-Free City With Open Green Spaces, Flags Issues In Land Management
The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Maharashtra government and other authorities to have a vision for making Mumbai a 'slum-free' city since it is an 'international' city and expressed concern over the plight suffered by slum-dwellers at the hands of "developers."The Court also emphasised that in the coming generations there cannot be only 'skyscrapers' in the city's 'concrete jungle...
Karnataka HC Directs Regularisation Of Daily Wage Employees Working At Horticulture And Sericulture Department For Over 10 Yrs
The Karnataka High Court recently quashed an endorsement issued by the Horticulture and Sericulture department and declared that the petitioners who have been working as daily wage workers for over 10 years without a sanctioned post are entitled to regularisation of service.A single judge bench of Justice B M Shyam Prasad allowed the petition filed by Shanthalakshmi and others and said...
Causes Eyesight, Hearing Loss: PIL In Bombay HC Challenges Use Of Laser Beams And Loud Sound Systems During Festivals
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court concerning the usage of laser beams and loud sound systems during religious processions and other ceremonies.The petitioner, Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat, argued that the hazardous laser beams used in festivals have resulted in loss of eyesight in several individuals. Further that the noise pollution due to DJ...
S.7(1) Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act | Persons Who Carry Out Prostitution As Well As Those Who Engage As Customers Are Liable: P&H HC
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to quash an FIR lodged under the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act against a man who was found in an objectionable position with a woman in a spa allegedly running prostitution. Justice Nidhi Gupta said, "Needless to say, the above allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. Section 7(1) of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention)...
To Attract Offense U/S 111(1) BNS Two Or More Persons Must Carry Out Continuous Unlawful Activity Leading To More Than One Chargesheet Within Last 10 Yrs: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court allowed the bail application of the petitioner who was arrayed as 1st accused for allegedly committing an offence of organized crime under Section 111(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.Section 111 (1) of the BNS defines organised crime as a continuing criminal activity committed by a member of an organized crime syndicate or on behalf of such syndicate. Section...
Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of Samajwadi Party Media Cell's Tweet Against Amit Malviya Accusing Him Of Sexual Misconduct
The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered removal and take down of a tweet posted by Samajwadi Party's Media Cell on X Corp, formerly Twitter, accusing BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya of sexual misconduct. The order was passed by Justice Vikas Mahajan. Malviya was represented by Senior Advocate Arvind Nayar who pressed for an interim order directing take down of the impugned content.The suit has...
PUCL Moves High Court Over Rape-Murder Of Trainee Doctor At Kolkata Hospital, Seeks State's Report On Compliance With POSH Norms
The People's Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) has approached the Calcutta High Court over the incident of the brutal rape and murder of a 2nd year PG Medical student on the RG Kar College and Hospital campus in Kolkata after she had finished her night shift.The petition moved by Advocate Jhuma Sen prays for a court-monitored investigation into the brutal rape and murder and seeks a...
Not Mandatory To File Audit Report Along With Return, Can Be Filed Anytime Before Assessment Completion: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the assessee was entitled to claim deductions even where the audit report had not been filed with the return but was submitted before the assessment was completed. The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has observed that Section 10B(8) is clearly couched in terms more imperative than Section 80-IA(7). This becomes manifest from a...
Delhi High Court Restores Ad-Hoc Committee Appointed By Indian Olympic Association To Run Affairs Of Wrestling Federation
The Delhi High Court on Friday restored the mandate of the ad-hoc committee appointed by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on December 27 last year for overseeing and taking over all the activities and management of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).The ad-hoc committee was dissolved by IOA on March 18 after the ban on WFI was lifted in February by the United World Wrestling. Justice...
Allahabad High Court Refuses Relief To 6 Muslim Men Accused Of Carrying Tiranga Containing Quranic Verses
The Allahabad High Court recently refused to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against 6 Muslim men who had allegedly carried a Tiranga in their hands in a religious procession, on which Quranic verses (Ayat and Kalma) were inscribed. In a prima facie observation, a bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar said that the applicants' act was punishable under the Flag Code of India, 2002,...
Reinstatement Upon Setting Aside Termination Not Re-Employment, Employee Entitled To Seniority, Salary Arrears Severed Due To Termination: Chhattisgarh HC
Recently, the Chhattisgarh High Court observed that once the termination of the state employee was set aside without further enquiry, then the employee would be entitled to receive all the consequential benefits that he had not received during the period of termination. The Court said that the period during which the state employee was out of a job shall be treated as duty for all purposes...
Rajasthan High Court Quashes Income Tax Reassessment As Income Tax Dept. Failed To Hold Proper Investigation
The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court has quashed the income tax reassessment and held that the Income Tax Department had not done any investigation or held an inquiry. There was no other material except the value determined by the A.O. The bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan and Justice Ashutosh Kumar has observed that the additions were made solely based on the order passed by the...