After Ten Years, The Karnataka HC Sets Aside Appointment Of AGP Saying It Was Void Ab Initio [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has upheld an order passed by the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal, setting aside the appointment of an Assistant Public Prosecutor cum Assistant Government Pleader, appointed in 2010 and directing the state to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to a candidate who was denied the post because of the illegal appointment. A division bench of Justice G...

[Explosion In Lucknow Court] UP Bar Council Appoints 9 Member Committee To Probe The Incident [Read Order]

The Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has set up a nine-member Committee to probe the violent clash between lawyers at Wazirganj District Court of Lucknow. The council has directed the Committee to submit its report by March 1. On Thursday, February 13, the Lucknow court was rocked by a crude-bomb blast, allegedly due to a feud between two groups of lawyers. As per the order issued by...

Idea Of Establishment Of SC Bench Outside Delhi Has Not Found Favour With Supreme Court:Law Ministry [Read Letter]

Declining the demands for establishment of regional benches of the Supreme Court, the Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the motion has not found favour with the top court. Pertinently, Article 130 of the Constitution stipulates that the Supreme Court shall sit in Delhi or in such other place or places as the Chief Justice of India may appoint, with the approval...

'Will Not Represent Kashmiri Students Accused Of Sedition': Hubli Bar Association Passes Resolution [Read Resolution]

The Hubli Bar Association, has passed a resolution on Saturday, February 15, deciding that none of it's members would appear for the three students from Kashmir, arrested on Sedition charges, for allegedly raising Pakistan Zindabad slogans and posting the video on social media. The three accused, who are studying Engineering in a city college were arrested on Sunday and...

Rajasthan HC Grants Interim Protection To CAA Protesters From Arrests In FIR Alleging Violence [Read Order]

In an interim relief to CAA protesters from threat of police action in FIR registered over alleged violence, the Rajasthan High Court directed the Udaipur Police authorities to not take any "coercive action" against them.While protection the protesters from arrest, the Court has directed them to cooperate with the investigation. Alleging that the peaceful march against the CAA held...

SC Denies Relief To Horse Cart Owners Who Wanted To Ply On Table Land At Panchghani [Read Order]

The Supreme Court of India, has denied permission sought by horse cart owners to use the famous tourist spot, 'Table Land', in Panchghani, for plying their carts. However, it has directed the panchghani municipal council to set out a plan, within six weeks for providing a levelled track for horse carts, within 20 acres demarcated for them, below the Table Land area. A bench of Chief Justice...

[Safety Of School Children] Allahabad HC Directs All DMs To Give Fitness Report Of School Buses By March 2 [Read Order]

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has ordered all the District Magistrates of the state to conduct a fitness test of school buses as per Supreme Court orders and to submit a compliance report thereto. As per the order dated January 13, passed by Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Chandra Dhari Singh, the District Magistrates will submit their reports to the...

Jamia Library Violence: Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Compensation For Injured Student

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to Delhi Police and Central Government in a plea seeking compensation for a student who has incurred severe injuries due to the alleged police brutality that took place inside the University's library. A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar, while issuing notices to the concerned authorities, expressed...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking CBI Inquiry On Instances Of Molestation Inside Gargi Campus

Delhi High Court has issued notices to Central Government, CBI and Delhi Police, in a plea moved by Advocate ML Sharma seeking CBI Inquiry on alleged instances of molestation and sexual misconduct inside the campus of Gargi college. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar has scheduled the matter for hearing on April 30. The plea arises from alleged...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court Time-Bound Contractual Services On Honorarium Basis Cannot Be Classified To Be An Office Of Profit [Neelam Nigam v. State of UP] Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi held that time-bound contractual services on honorarium basis cannot be termed to be an office of profit and hence, an elected pradhan, receiving honorarium in a private contractual service, alone is not...

Govt Deliberately Omitted To Revise Property Tax Rates For Their Political Interests: Madras HC Pulls Up Chennai Corporation [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Greater Chennai Corporation for failing to revise the property tax rates for about 20 years, affecting the revenue required for providing amenities to the citizens. The division bench comprising Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice P Velmurugan observed that successive governments had "deliberately omitted to revise the property tax...

Land Revenue Receipts, PAN Card & Bank Docs Do Not Prove Citizenship : Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

The Gauhati High Court has observed that land revenue paying receipts do not prove citizenship of a person.Also, following a previous judgment, the Court observed that PAN Card and Bank Documents do not prove citizenshipA division bench of Justices Maojit Bhuyan and Parthivjyoti Saikia made these observations while dismissing a writ petition filed by one Jabeda Begum against the order passed...