PIL Says NGT Headed For Premature Death, Seeks Appointment Of Judges; Delhi HC Notice To Centre [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a public interest litigation praying for appointment of judicial officers in the National Green Tribunal, which is reduced to eight judicial and six expert members, as opposed to a minimum strength of 10 prescribed in the National Green Tribunal Act and is headed towards a “premature death”.The high court has called for a...

MP HC Warns Judicial Officers Against Sharing Vulgar, Obscene Videos On FB, WhatsApp, Etc [Read Memo]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court’s administration has warned of disciplinary action against judicial officers of subordinate judiciary if they are found indulge in sharing any vulgar, obscene videos, photographs, etc. on social networking sites such as Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.The administration has taken note of the fact that some judicial officers “indulge in posting of objectionable,...

State Should Have Respect For The Highest Office Of Advocate General: Bombay HC In Silence Zone Case [Read Order]

As stated in our earlier story, the matter of silence zones has already been transferred to a separate bench, constituted by the Chief Justice, of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice GS Kulkarni.But before the order for transfer was passed, Justice AS Oka passed a detailed order recording all the facts that have been placed before the court until then before adjourning the matter till 3 pm...

Silence Zones: Bombay HC CJ Transfers Matter To Another Bench After State Govt Alleges ‘Serious Bias’ Against Justice Oka

In a shocking development, the state government on Thursday alleged serious bias against Justice AS Oka, who heads the bench that has been hearing a batch of petitions seeking strict implementation of Noise Pollution Rules.As reported earlier, a bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla had refused to accept the state government’s stand that currently there were no silence zones in...

SC Rejects The Claim Of Non-Keralite Students To Seek Medical Admission In Minority Colleges In Kerala [Read Judgment]

Three students belonging to Muslim minority community had approached the Supreme Court directly through a writ petition seeking admission in the minority-run medical colleges in Kerala on the basis of their rankings in NEET. The hurdle for the students was the fact that they belonged to Tamil Nadu. The college was would have admitted them without any objection to their non-Keralite status but...

Uttarakhand HC Appoints Committee For Inquiry Into Allegations Of Mismanagement Of Dargah Sharif Peeran-E-Kalyar [Read Judgment]

Uttarakhand High Court, on Wednesday, directed appointment of a Committee of Financial Experts to look into allegations of financial irregularities in the management of Dargah Sharif Peeran-E-Kalyar.The Bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma opined that the allegations seem prima facie correct, and appointed a Committee of independent experts, including...

HC Raps ASJ For Satisfying ‘Sadistic Pleasures’ By Summonsing Senior Cops Instead Of Checking With Own Staff On Loss Of Summons [Read Judgment]

“Judges are to remain humble and not be guided by their ego or prejudices,” remarked the Delhi High Court on Wednesday as it took strong objection to an Additional Sessions Judge satisfying his “sadistic pleasures” by summonsing senior police officers, ordering inquiries, making scathing remarks and delaying hearing in a criminal case only because one of the summons issued to...

After Delhi HC Ire, Dist Court Issues Order For Fast Disposal Of Petitions Under Mental Health Act [Read Judgment & Order]

Five months after the Delhi High Court criticised the conduct of a trial court in moving slowly on a petition of a man seeking permission to sell off property of his mentally-ill younger brother to meet his medical expenses, the District and Sessions judge (headquarters) has instructed all judicial officers to decide all such petitions within 90 days.An order issued by District &...

Delhi HC To Remain Closed On Sept. 9, To Work On Nov. 25 Instead [Read Notification]

The district courts will be working on October 14. Cases fixed for September 9 earlier will now be taken up on Saturdays now declared as working days.The Delhi High Court has modified its previous notification by which it had decided to work on the second Saturday falling on September 9, in lieu of the Janmashtami holiday on August 14.Vide a notification dated August 23, it has now decided...

Families Affected By Tehri Dam Project Have Fundamental Right To Compensation For Loss Of Basic Amenities: Uttarakhand HC

Uttarakhand High Court, on Wednesday, directed the Chief Secretary to resolve within three months all problems being faced by those affected by the construction of the Tehri dam.“The members of the petitioner- Samiti have a fundamental right to get adequate compensation for loss of basic amenities including roads etc.,” Justice Rajiv Sharma observed.The Court was hearing a Petition filed...

As Ganesh Chaturthi Approaches, Bombay HC In A Tussle With State Govt On Silence Zones

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to accept the Maharashtra government’s stand that in light of the new amendment to the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules 2000, silence zones have ceased to exist in the state.The state said new silence zones could only be notified by the state government under the new amendment.A bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla said...

Delhi HC Dismisses Justice Karnan’s Plea Against SC Registrar And His Challenge Against Contempt Of Court Act [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the writ petition filed by Justice Karnan challenging the vires of Contempt of Court  and against  the order dated 12th of May, 2017 of the Registrar (Judicial-I) of the Supreme Court of India and.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Harishankar held that challenge to the constitutionality of the Contempt of Courts Act in...