IDIA To Hold Annual Award Ceremony, Conference On Sept. 15, 16

The IDIA annual conference will be held on September 16 in New Delhi and the IDIA Annual Awards-2017 will be conferred on September 15 to honour and celebrate individuals and institutions who have contributed in significant ways to the cause of IDIA and inclusive education for the underprivileged.The IDIA project is a nationwide movement in India that trains underprivileged and marginalised students and helps transform them to leading lawyers and community advocates. The IDIA is formally...

Punjab And Haryana HC Issues Notice To State In Civil Services (Judicial Branch) Exam Paper Leak Case [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Haryana’s Additional Chief Secretary (Home) and the Director General of Police (DGP) on a Petition alleging leakage of the question paper of the Haryana Civil Services (Judicial Branch) Preliminary Examination conducted on July 16 this year.Taking serious note of the matter, Justice Kuldeep Singh observed, “There can be...

Senior Designation Can’t Be Claimed As A Matter Of Right: Kerala HC (DB) [Read Judgment]

It is a subjective decision, though based on objective considerations, the bench observed.Affirming the single bench judgment that rejected plea of an advocate challenging the full court decision rejecting his application for designation as senior advocate, the division bench of High Court of Kerala observed that an advocate can neither consider it to be his right to be declared as a...

Kerala HC On NH Liquor Prohibition: Distance From Highway’s Outer Edge To Liquor Outlet Relevant, Not To Its Gate [Read Judgment]

With regard to prohibition of liquor outlets near the national highways, the Kerala High Court has held that the relevant distance is to be measured from the outer edge of the highway to the vending point or the liquor outlet and not to the gate of the property where such outlet is established.The court was examining the state’s contention that for determining the 500-metre distance, a...

MP HC Advises Trial Courts Not To Issue Non-Bailable Warrant At First Instance [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has advised trial courts not to exercise its power to issue non-bailable warrant in a routine and mechanical manner and in the larger interest of justice, try to secure the presence of the accused on the next date of hearing by way of a bailable warrant at the first instance.The petitioner moved the high court for cancellation of the non-bailable warrant...

Hindu Gods’ Names Can’t Be Monopolised: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Dismissing an appeal filed against an order of a single bench, the Bombay High Court has held that names of Hindu Gods are not exclusive and such words cannot be monopolised by one party.A bench of Justice Naresh Patil and Bharti Dangre was hearing an appeal filed by Freudenberg Gala Household Product Pvt Ltd wherein a judgment of a single judge of the high court was challenged.Case...

Delhi HC Quashes DGCA Circular Fixing Excess Baggage Fee

In what would have wide ramifications, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside the Rs. 100 per kg fee fixed by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for excess checked-in baggage of 15-20 kg on private airlines.Justice Vibhu Bakhru set aside the DGCA's June 10, 2016, circular that mandated that private airlines will charge Rs. 100 per extra kg till 20 kg as against their...

PIL Filed In Delhi HC Against ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation was filed before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday against lethal online game ‘Blue whale challenge’, which is leading its participants to commit suicide.The PIL was mentioned by advocate Gurmeet Singh before Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shanker seeking directions to internet companies to take down the links of ‘Blue Whale’,...

Staff Crunch Hits Schools’ Inspection To Determine Fee Hike, Delhi Govt Tells HC [Read Affidavit]

The AAP government has told the Delhi High Court that it is facing severe staff crunch, which it cited as an impediment in conducting inspections of schools and failing to produce relevant records before the Justice Anil Dev committee constituted to determine excess fee charged by private unaided recognised schools.The DoE said out of 249 schools (174 only inspection cases and...

No Bullock Cart Races Until Rules Under Prevention Of Cruelty Towards Animals Act Are Framed: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday prohibited the state from granting any permission allowing bullock cart racing before framing rules as envisaged in the new amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice NM Jamdar was hearing a PIL filed by Ajay Marathe, who sought a stay on a race that was to take place in his district in...

Former Advocate General Of Kerala MK Damodaran Passes Away

Senior Advocate and former Advocate General of Kerala MK Damodaran passed away on Wednesday at a private hospital at Cochin.He was the Advocate General of Kerala during the tenure of EK Nayanar’s LDF Ministry.He was appointed as the legal advisor of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in July, but he refused to take charge as a writ petition was filed in Kerala High Court challenging...

PIL In Allahabad HC Seeks Court-Monitored CBI Probe Into Gorakhpur Tragedy [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Allahabad High Court demanding a court-monitored time-bound CBI probe into the Gorakhpur tragedy, in which over 65 children have died since last Thursday at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College, to identify the cause of the deaths and the guilty.The PIL, filed by the Youth Bar Association of India and advocates Saksham Srivastava and...