High Courts
Courts Can Examine Blacklisting Order In Writ Jurisdiction To Ensure Proportionality, Adherence To Natural Justice: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the Courts while exercising writ jurisdiction have the power to examine blacklisting order to ensure that principles of natural justice and doctrine of proportionality are followed.The bench comprising Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Manjive Shukla held State instrumentalities though vested with the power of blacklisting must conform to fairness...
Karnataka High Court Declines Law Students' Plea Challenging Debarment From Writing Ninth-Semester Exams Due To Attendance Shortage
The Karnataka High Court has rejected petitions filed by 9th-semester law students seeking directions on the Karnataka State Law University to permit them to write their examinations, which they were not allowed to do since they did not meet the required attendance criteria.A single judge bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav dismissed the petitions filed by Dhanush B N and others. The students...
Gujarat High Court Nixes Plea By Surat Based Gaming Zone Seeking Modification Of Order Banning All Gaming Zones
The Gujarat High Court recently dismissed a plea moved by a Surat based gaming zone seeking modification of an earlier direction prohibiting the operation of all gaming zones in the state in connection with the TRP Game Zone fire in Rajkot which resulted in the death of 27 people earlier in May.In an order passed on July 4, division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav...
Elgar Parishad Case: Bombay High Court Rejects Default Bail To Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Sudhir Dhawade & Rona Wilson
The Bombay High Court today rejected the default bail to Dalit rights' activist and advocate Surendra Gadling and co-accused Mahesh Raut, in the infamous Elgar Parishad case of 2018.A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Shyam Chandak pronounced the order in their chamber. Bail was also denied to Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, Sudhir Dhawade and researcher Rona Wilson.The bench...
Girls From Villages Along Patiala-Rajpura Highway Dropping Out Due To Far-Away Schools: High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of village girl students dropping out of schools due to non-availability of schools and infrastructure along Punjab's Patiala-Rajpura Highway.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Vikas Suri said, "Learned State counsel is directed to submit report with regard to the plight of the students of High Schools (10th) and Higher...
PCS-J 2022 | Allahabad High Court Seeks UPPSC's Reply On Candidate's Plea Alleging Marking Discrepancies In Mains Exam
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) to respond to a candidate's allegations of discrepancies in marking her answers in the U.P. Judicial Service Civil Judge (Junior Division) Mains Examination 2022. The petitioner (Sucheta Rai) claims that fewer marks were awarded to her against her answers in the written...
O.41 R.27 CPC | Appellate Court Cannot Dispose Of Application For Production Of Additional Evidence Before Final Hearing: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court on Thursday (July 25) observed that it is impermissible for the First Appellate Court to dispose of the application under Order 41 Rule 27 of CPC for the production of additional evidence at the appellate stage during the pre-hearing stage. The Court said that the plea for the production of additional evidence at an appellate stage should be disposed of at the final...
Telangana High Court Quashes Cheating Case Against Builder Prevented From Delivering Villas Due To Litigation Initiated Against Property
The Telangana High Court has granted anticipatory bail to two petitioners accused of cheating and breach of trust in a real estate transaction.The case stemmed from a complaint against a married couple running a company under M/s.EVK Projects Pvt. Ltd. The complainant, Raghavendar, and another individual had entered into an agreement with the petitioners to purchase two villas. When...
Courts Can't Order Accused To Deposit Passport On "Unfounded Apprehensions" That He May Flee, Violates Fundamental Rights: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has overturned a lower court's order to retain the passport of a former airline employee, facing criminal charges.Justice BS Bhanumathi emphasized the importance of constitutional rights to freedom of movement and livelihood and said,“As rightly contended by the petitioner, right to freedom of movement under Article 19 and right to life and liberty which...
Earlier Ban On Central Govt Employees From Joining RSS Painted Its Apolitical Activities As 'Communal' & 'Anti-Secular': MP High Court
In a matter connected to the controversial ban on central government employees joining RSS, the Madhya Pradesh High Court remarked that the previous union governments had painted the 'whole universe of even the apolitical activities' of RSS as 'communal/anti-Secular', which had drastic consequences. “….The issuance of the OMs painting the whole universe of even the apolitical activities...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Mahua Moitra's Plea Challenging FIR Over Tweet On NCW Chief Rekha Sharma
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a plea moved by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra challenging an FIR registered by the Delhi Police recently over her social media post allegedly criticising the National Commission of Women (NCW) Chief Rekha Sharma.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna sought response of the Delhi Police and listed the matter for hearing on November 06. Moitra...
Gujarat High Court Permits Woman To Become Guardian Of Comatose Husband And Manage His Estate
The Gujarat High Court has granted a woman permission to become the guardian of her husband and manage his estate and movable and immovable properties, as he has been in a coma for five years following a head injury.Justice Sangeeta K. Vishen, presiding over the case, noted, “So far as the medical condition of the patient is concerned, the team of doctors, so also the medical treatment of...