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Karnataka High Court Permits Govt To Take A Decision On Panchamasali Lingayat Reservation
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday permitted the State government to decide on reservation for Panchamasali Lingayat sub-sect. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagi vacated the status quo order dated January 12, by which it had directed the state government to not act on the interim report of the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes...
Article 243ZE | Kerala High Court Directs State To Constitute Metropolitan Planning Committee For Kochi Without Further Delay
The Kerala High Court recently directed the State Government to complete the process of constituting the Metropolitan Planning Committee (MPC) for Kochi as mandated under Article 243ZE of the Constitution without further delay. A division bench comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Murali Purushothaman while considering a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by natives of...
Swiftly Rectify Discrepancies In Electoral Rolls Of Shivajinagar, Shanthi Nagar Assembly Constituencies: Karnataka High Court Directs ECI
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Election Commission of India to act swiftly and conclude the exercise of correcting the electoral rolls in Shivaji Nagar and Shanthi Nagar constituencies in Bengaluru, by identifying voters who have expired and those who have shifted to other areas, by March 26.Bharatiya Janata Party had approached the High court seeking consideration of...
Bookie Anil Jaisinghani Moves Bombay High Court Alleging Illegal Arrest In Case Filed By Amruta Fadnavis
Bookie Anil Jaisinghani has approached the Bombay High Court challenging his arrest in a complaint filed by Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.A division bench of Justice GS Kulkarni and Justice RN Laddha will hear the case on Monday, March 27.Fadnavis has alleged that Aniksha Jaisinghani, Anil Jaisinghani's daughter, attempted to bribe her with Rs 1 Crore to...
Delhi High Court Restrains Income Tax Dept From Acting On Show Cause Notice Issued To Kapil Sibal, Says Deal With His Objections First
The Delhi High Court on Thursday restrained Income Tax authorities from acting on the show cause notice issued to Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal on March 11 in relation to assessment proceedings pending against him. "Having heard the learned counsels of the parties, we are of the view that since the impugned notice has been challenged on jurisdiction as well as on the breach...
Bombay High Court Quashes Order Against Raj Thackarey, Asks Sessions Court To Decide Discharge Afresh In 2008 Agitation Case
The Bombay High Court on Thursday quashed an order passed against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray refusing to discharge him from a 2008 “unlawful assembly case” regarding agitations seeking jobs for Maharashtrians in the Railway.Justice Amit Borkar remanded the matter back to the Sessions court of Islampur directing it to decide the revision application afresh as...
Centre Notifies Transfer Of Two Judges To Madras High Court; One Judicial Officer Appointed As An Additional Judge
The Central Government today notified the transfer of two Judges to Madras High Court - Justice Battu Devanand (From Andhra Pradesh High Court) and Justice Devaraju Nagarjun (Telangana High Court). Judicial officer P.Vadamali has also been appointed as an additional judge of the High Court.This piece of information was tweeted by the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju today.In exercise of...
'Doctors Must Prepare Postmortem, Injury Reports In Typed, Legible Format': Allahabad HC Orders UP Govt To Issue Directions To CMOs
The Allahabad High Court has directed the State Government to issue directions orders to the Chief Medical Officers of the state regarding the preparation of postmortem reports or injury reports in typed format, which is legible.The bench of Justice Brij Raj Singh issued this direction while granting bail to one Vishwanath, who has been accused of assaulting a victim, which resulted in his...
Article 311 Constitution Not Applicable To Armed Force: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Interfere With BSF Constable's Dismissal
The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to interfere with the dismissal order of a BSF Constable who overstayed his leave, on the ground that Article 311 of the Constitution is applicable only to the holders of civil posts and not to the members of the Armed Forces. Article 311 lays down ground rules for dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under...
Can't Direct Govt To Enforce Strict Prohibition On Liquor, Directive Principles Not Enforceable: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
Observing that Courts cannot issue a writ of mandamus for enforcing the directive principles of State policy, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently closed a petition seeking closure of liquor shops and establishments in the UT, besides seeking rehabilitation of those engaged in this business.The bench comprising Justices Sanjeev Kumar and Puneet Gupta was hearing a plea ...
Hindu Female Becomes 'Absolute Owner' Of Partitioned Property, Can't Devolve On Siblings But Would Be Subject To Succession: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a female Hindu becomes the absolute owner of the property on acquisition of property by way of a partition deed agreed upon in the family and the property cannot be termed as acquisition by inheritance and thus would not revert to the siblings on her death. A single judge bench of Justice C M Joshi sitting at Kalaburagi, allowed the appeal filed...
BJP MLA Vijender Gupta Moves High Court Against One Year Suspension From Delhi Assembly
BJP MLA Vijender Gupta has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the motion passed by Delhi Legislative Assembly suspending him from attending the sittings of the House for one year till the next Budget Session. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Datta allowed urgent listing of the petition for tomorrow. The matter was mentioned by Senior...