Can’t Be ‘Either Their Way Or The Runway’: Delhi HC Rejects IndiGo’s ‘Claim Of Monopoly’ To T-1, Grants Last Chance To Suggest Sectors To Be Shifted To T-2 [Read Judgment]

Holding public interest above business interest, the Delhi High Court has dismissed IndiGo’s prayer against part shifting of its flight operations to and fro Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 of Indira Gandhi International Airport but granted it one last opportunity to suggest other sectors which it would want to shift to T-2 to reduce passenger volume at...

Petition Against Advance Ruling Under GST Sans Judicial Member: Gujarat HC Issues Notice To Centre, GST Council, State [Read Petition]

The Gujarat High Court has agreed to hear a petition praying that provisions concerning the Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) and the Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR) under the Central Goods and Services Tax be declared ultra vires for being coram non judice as it has no judicial member on it.Admitting the petition for hearing, the high court has issued notice to the Centre, the...

Sohrabuddin Case: Not Getting Assistance Needed From CBI , Says Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has again questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation’s sincerity in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, Tulsiram Prajapati and Kausar Bi.Justice Revati Mohite Dere is hearing the CBI’s challenge to the discharge of certain police officers in the said case. Apart from the CBI, deceased Sohrabuddin’s brother Rubabuddin has also challenged...

No One Can Be Denied Essential Services/Benefits Just Because He/She Doesn’t Have An Aadhaar, Says UIDAI

In a press release issued on Saturday, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has made it clear that no essential service or benefit shall be denied to a genuine beneficiary for the want of Aadhaar whether it is medical help, hospitalisation, school admission or ration through PDS.This clarification through a press release comes when the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court...

Orissa HC Bar Association To Abstain From Work Till 19 Feb To Protest Against Shortage Of Judges

After several Bangalore lawyers went on a hunger strike to protest against the ever-growing judicial vacancies at the Karnataka High Court, it is the Orissa High Court Bar Association that has now decided to abstain from court work till 19 February, in order to express its "anxiety" regarding non-appointment of Judges.Orissa High Court Bar Association President, Srikant Nayak was quoted as...

26 Year Old Law Student Beaten To Death In Allahabad

A 26 year old law student reportedly succumbed to injuries on Sunday morning, two days after he was brutally beaten up by a group of youths following an argument outside a restaurant in Allahabad.Second year LLB student of Allahabad Degree College, Dileep Saroj had reportedly gone to a restaurant for a meal along with two of his friends on Friday, when an altercation broke out with a few...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court held that the stepson of a Hindu citizen dying intestate cannot claim inheritance over his property. Justice SC Gupte passed the judgment in a chamber summons taken out in a partition suit involving partition of ancestral property jointly owned by the parties in the suit.The High Court held that a licensing authority cannot refuse arms license to a...

DSLSA Conducts National Lok Adalat, Disposes Of 12,576 Cases In One Day

The Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA), under the guidance of its Patron-in-Chief/Executive Chairperson Justice Gita Mittal, Judge, High Court of Delhi, conducted National Lok Adalat on 10th February, 2018.The Lok Adalats were organized in all the 11 district courts of Delhi and the same were presided over by the judges of the district courts, Delhi. A total of 12,576...

Orders From HC’s Official Website Have Sanctity: Bombay HC Tells Trial Courts Insisting On Certified Copy Of Orders [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has said orders uploaded on its official website have sanctity and trial courts that insist on production of a certified copy always have the option of verifying whether the said orders are uploaded on the website or not.Justice RV Ghuge of the Aurangabad bench passed the order after advocate Suvidh Kulkarni, who was appearing in a miscellaneous application, stated that...

Calcutta HC Commutes Death Penalty Of Eight Murder Accused [Read Judgment]

We find that the case under reference is simply a case of retaliation and in that view of this case, we are not in a position to accept the case as one of rarest of rare cases, the bench observed.The Calcutta High Court has commuted death penalty awarded to eight persons accused in a kidnap-cum-murder case and also acquitted two accused.The bench comprising Justice Nadira Patherya and...

Stone-Pelting In J&K: NHRC Seeks "Factual Report" From Defence Ministry On Complaint By Army Officers' Children

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a "factual report" from the Union Ministry of Defence on the alleged "humiliation and violation of the human rights of Army personnel" in Jammu and Kashmir.The NHRC has taken cognizance of a complaint filed by three children of Army officers alleging violation of human rights of the force's personnel in recent incidents of stone-pelting...

Delhi HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Attacks On Three Advocates; Calls For Status Report From Delhi Police [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of a recent attack on three Advocates- Mr. Kirti Uppal, Mr. Ravi Sharma and Mr. Vikas Pahwa- which had prompted the Delhi High Court Bar Association to abstain from work on 25 January.In an order passed on 29 January, a Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar expressed dismay and concern over the...