Employer Can’t Be Compelled To Appoint A Person Acquitted In Criminal Case: MP HC [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that even if a newly-appointed person makes declaration truthfully of having being acquitted in a criminal case, the employer still has the right to consider his antecedents and cannot be compelled to appoint the person.The court rejected an appeal of an aspirant.The appellant challenged the single judge bench order in the appeal taking ground that...

Centre Asks Social Media Platforms To Remove Links Of ‘Blue Whale Challenge’

With reports of the Blue Whale Challenge having made its way to India, the Government has directed all social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to remove links of the game from their sites.The Blue Whale Challenge is reportedly a suicide game in which the player is given certain tasks to complete for a period of 50 days, and the final task leads to suicide. The player is asked...

Hate Message : Jharkhand HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To WhatsApp Admin [Read Judgment]

The Jharkhand High Court recently granted anticipatory bail to Admin of a WhatsApp group, in a case registered against them under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings.The Applicant was one of the  Admin of a WhatsApp group named ‘Law Firm’, and was embroiled in a controversy after it was alleged...

Legal Assistance Establishment ‘Saketham’ Launched In Kerala

Chief Justice of Kerala High Court, Justice N.P. Singh inaugurated the Legal Assistance Establishment- ‘Saketham’ at the office of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) on 15 August.Also present at the occasion were Justice Antony Dominic, Executive Chairman of KeLSA and Justice K. Surendra Mohan, Chairman of Kerala High Court Legal Services Committee.As per an official...

Bombay HC Gives Benefit Of Doubt To Accused, Sets Aside Death Sentence In A Case Of Rape & Double Murder [Read Judgment]

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has set aside the death sentence awarded to two accused in a case of rape and double murder.Upon examination of the entire evidence on record, the bench of Justice SS Shinde and KK Sonawane held that the prosecution’s case was based entirely on circumstantial evidence which was insufficient to prove the guilt of the accused.Case BackgroundThe...

A Look At Judgments Bombay HC Passed In 1947, When India Got Independence

In 1947, when India got its Independence from British rule, Sir Leonard Stone was the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. His tenure lasted for 5 years until he resigned at the stroke of midnight on August 14.On that night, with an audience comprising members of the Original Side, Appellate Side Bar, Solicitors, Officers and the entire staff of the high court gathered in the Central Court...

Kerala HC Stays Condition Of Making Deposit Of Rs.11 Lakhs & Submitting Bank Guarantee For Rs.44 Lakhs For Admission In Pvt Medical Colleges [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court stayed the operation of the order issued by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations, which imposed a condition of making an interest free deposit of Rs.11 lakhs for securing admission in medical seats. The order imposed a further condition that the students should produce bank guarantee for the fee of remaining four years, which would amount to Rs.44 lakhs. The...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtTaking a different view from an earlier order, a division bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday accepted the state government’s decision to keep the age limit for Govindas at 14 years and removed the height restriction that was imposed by a 2014 judgment.In a relief to Reliance Life Sciences, the High Court quashed and set aside a communication dated June 8, 2017, from...

Bombay HC Sets Aside Order Declaring Candidate For Sub-Inspector Post Unfit Due To His Tattoos [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has set aside an order declaring a candidate for the post of Sub-Inspector in the Central Industrial Security Force as unfit due to tattoos and asked them to allow the candidate to participate in the final selection process.A bench of Justice Naresh Patil and Justice ZA Haq was hearing a writ petition filed by one Sangharsh Lonekar.Lonekar had appeared in a...

M’rashtra’s New Pension Scheme Not Applicable To Judicial Officers As It Breaches SC Order: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held recently that the New Pension Scheme brought in by the state government, through a Government Resolution dated October 31, 2005 (cut-off date), was not applicable to judicial officers in the state and the ones appointed after this cut-off date could choose to opt for the same.A bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice AK Menon held that the officers who do not opt...

NHRC Notice To UP Govt Over Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy

Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports over the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the government of Uttar Pradesh seeking detailed report over the deaths of at least 70 children at Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, Gorakhpur.The NHRC has granted the state government four weeks to file its report over the steps taken for...

MP HC Confirms Death Sentence Of Two For Minor’s Kidnap-Cum-Murder [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the death sentence to two persons and lifer to one person for kidnapping and murdering a 15-year-old boy after his family did not paid the ransom of Rs. 50 lakh.Appellants Rajesh alias Rakesh and Raja Yadav were awarded death sentence, while Om Prakash was convicted to life imprisonment in the case.The prosecution case is that on 26.3.2013, about 9...