High Courts
Six-Day School Week | Kerala HC Quashes Decision To Make 25 Saturdays Working Days, Says Adverse Impact On Student's Mental Health Not Considered
The Kerala High Court has quashed the decision of the Director of General Education in so far as it makes 25 Saturdays as working days out of 35 Saturdays in an academic year. The Court observed that the decision to implement a six day working week with Saturdays working was made without considering its adverse effects on the mental health of students. In this case, several writ petitions...
Hate Speech: High Court Grants 4 Weeks To Maharashtra Police For Obtaining Sanction To Prosecute BJP Leader Vikram Pawaskar
The Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered the Maharashtra Police to obtain a sanction to prosecute Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State Vice President Vikram Pawaskar, for charges of hate speech, within four weeks.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan noted the submissions of Chief Public Prosecutor Hiten Venegavkar, who told the judges that the chargesheet in...
Minority Institutions' Right Of Administration Must Be Balanced With Principles Of Public Employment: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday orally remarked that even in cases of public employment in minority institutions, the right of the institution to administer has to be balanced with the basic principles of selection in public employment such as transparency and uniformity.A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi was hearing a batch of petitions moved...
Suspending Registration Of Vehicle Without Providing Opportunity For Hearing Is Void Ab Initio, Illegal: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has allowed an appeal by the appellant challenging an order of the Transport Department suspending his vehicle's registration without affording any opportunity for a hearing. It was held that the order was made by the Transport Department in excess of its lawfully prescribed authority and thus was void ab initio illegal.The petition was filed by an individual...
'Drastic Impact On Career': High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost On IIM Rohtak For Withholding Result Of Student For Four Years
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed an exemplary cost of Rs.2 lakh on the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak for illegally withholding the result of a student for 4 years.Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri said, "The petitioner is a young girl and was of 27 years at the time when the impugned order was passed and she could not do anything for the next four years because of...
Right To Seek Divorce Is 'Personal Right' Of Individual, Family Cannot Pursue Proceedings After Son's Death: Bombay High Court
In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court held that the 'right to seek divorce' is a personal right of an individual and the same cannot be extended to the family members of a person, even after his or her death.A division bench of Justices Mangesh Patil and Shailesh Brahme delivered the judgment while dismissing an appeal filed by the mother and brothers of a Pune-based man, who sought...
"Go To Pakistan Or Some Gulf Country, Do Not Take Undue Advantage Of India's Liberal Attitude": Bombay High Court Tells Refugee Who Overstayed
Coming down heavily on a 'refugee' for overstaying in India, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked a Yemen national to go to Pakistan or some other Gulf countries instead of overstaying here.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan said the refugee cannot take 'undue advantage' of India's liberal attitude."You can go to Pakistan, which is in the neighbourhood....
Concealed Election Expenditure, Sought Votes In Temple: Plea In HC Challenges Lok Sabha Election Of Fmr Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi
An election petition has been filed in the Punjab & Haryana High Court challenging the Lok Sabha election of former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who was elected as Member of Parliament from Jalandhar in the 17th Lok Sabha.The plea filed by a Jalandhar voter stated that Channi had concealed information about the expenditure incurred by him during the election process....
Madras High Court Grants Bail To Youtuber Felix Jerald In Savukku Shankar Case, Asks Him To Close His YouTube Channel
The Madras High Court has granted bail to Youtuber Felix Jerald in a case pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Coimbatore. The court however asked Jerald to close his YouTube channel “RedPix 24x7” in which the interview with Savukku Shankar was aired. Justice TV Thamilselvi passed the orders on a petition filed by Jerald. Previously, when Jerald had moved a bail petition...
Maratha Reservation | Community Exceptionally Backward As Many Practise Superstition, Get Daughters Married Before 18-Yrs Age: MSCBC Tells Bombay HC
Justifying its recommendation for providing reservations to the Maratha Community, the Maharashtra State Commission for Backward Classes (MSCBC) on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that the community has been pushed to the 'dark edges' of the mainstream society and that the Marathas continue to get their daughters married before completing 18 years, and also practice superstition.The...
Krishna Janmabhumi Case | Its 'Religious Character' To Be Determined In Trial; Govt's 1920 Notification Indicates Pre-Aurangzeb Temple Existence: Allahabad HC
In a significant verdict, the Allahabad High Court today DISMISSED the Order 7 Rule 11 CPC petition filed by the Mathura-based Shahi Eidgah (mosque) committee challenging the maintainability of 18 suits filed by Hindu worshipers and deity Shri Krishna Virajman, in connection with the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Mosque dispute in Mathura. A bench of Justice Mayank Kumar Jain...
Wayanad Landslides: Kerala High Court To Hold Full Court Reference To Condole Loss Of Lives
The Kerala High Court will hold a reference on 2nd August at 10:15 am to condole the large-scale loss of lives and to express solidarity with the survivors who lost their homes and family members in the landslides in Wayanad. The reference will be held in the court of the Chief Justice.On Tuesday, extremely heavy rainfall in Wayanad triggered landslides in the hilly areas of the...