Person Running Court Canteen Is In Temporary Possession Of Premises, Not Entitled To Relief Under S.6 Of Special Relief Act: Bombay HC [Read Order]

Holding that a person running a canteen on court premises is in temporary possession and, therefore, is not entitled to relief under Section 6 of the Special Relief Act, 1963, the Bombay High Court has set aside a judgment of the city civil court in Mumbai dated August 31, 2015.A bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar was hearing a civil revision application filed by the Bombay Advocates...

Delhi HC Upholds Extradition Of NRI To The US In Bank Fraud Conspiracy Case [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently upheld the order of extradition of an NRI to the United States in a case alleging bank fraud conspiracy.The Court was hearing a Petition filed by one Mr. Rajiv Chandrakant Shah, challenging an order of extradition passed against him by the Ministry of External Affairs, which had accepted the report of the enquiry Magistrate recommending his extradition.He was...

MP HC Redirects MP Police To Gather Details Of Accused’s Email Accounts From Google Inc [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has again asked the state police to seek details of email IDs from service provider Google Inc of a man accused of forgery and cheating a woman, instead of demanding the man to furnish those details.The man has allegedly forgotten the passwords of the email IDs he created and used in the crime.Justice Atul Sreedharan said: “Ex facie, it appears that the...

Girls Steal The Show At The 25th NLSIU Convocation

The 25th Annual Convocation of the National Law School of India University saw girls stealing the show, with only 7 out of the 21 gold medalists being boys.Ms. Shruthi Ashok walked away with 16 gold medals, and the ceremony saw 581 under-graduate and post-graduate students being feted.The Convocation witnessed the attendance of Vice President Hamid Ansari as the Chief Guest. Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar presided over the Convocation, with Governor of Karnataka Mr. Vajubhai Vala as the...

Gujarat HC Quashes Rules Permitting Common Counselling By State For Management Quota Seats In Ayurveda Colleges [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court recently quashed Rules permitting common counselling for admissions to management quota seats in the courses of Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine & Surgery (BAMS), Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine & Surgery (BHMS) Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.Sc. Nursing).The Bench comprising Chief Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice Vipul...

SUVs May Cost More Soon As GST Council Suggests Raising Max Ceiling Of Leviable Cess

The GST council recently considered the issue of cess leviable on motor vehicles in its 20th meeting and recommended that Central Government may move legislative amendments required for increasing the maximum ceiling of cess leviable on motor vehicles falling under headings 8702 and 8703, including SUVs, to 25% instead of present 15%.However, the decision on when to raise the actual cess...

Bombay HC Issues Notice To M’rashtra Govt, Police On Protection Against Cow Vigilantes Ahead Of Bakr-Eid

The Bombay High Court has issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the state police in a public interest litigation seeking measures to ensure protection against cow vigilantes ahead of Bakr-Eid.A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice MS Karnik has made notices returnable in two weeks’ time.As reported earlier, the PIL sought 24-hour helpline for the “protection of life of...

Bombay HC Allows Reliance Life Sciences To Participate In Tender For Supplying Various Drugs, Medicines [Read Judgment]

In a relief to Reliance Life Sciences, the Bombay High Court quashed and set aside a communication dated June 8, 2017, from the Directorate of Health Services, Government of Maharashtra, wherein the firm’s bid in the tender process was rejected as it de-registered an earlier order of the Bihar government.A bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice Bharati Dangre was hearing a writ petition...

No Witness Examined Even After 3 Yrs & 23 Adjournments In Bail Matters: J’khand HC Judge Appalled At Justice System [Read Order]

Calls for report on mechanism to identify mistakes during probe, trial Observing that the Supreme Court had recently said that “criminal justice system in this country is on crossroad”, the Jharkhand High Court has said “Jharkhand is no exception” as it asked the Director General (Police) if there is any mechanism to identify mistakes committed during investigation and trial.“In...

Delhi HC Directs Trial Court To Proceed Against Prosecutrix Who Filed False Gang-Rape Complaint [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently directed the Trial Court to proceed against a prosecutrix for leveling false allegations of gang-rape against two Delhi-based doctors.While the Court acknowledged that “ordinarily no woman would falsely implicate someone in a rape case owing to social stigma attached to the offence”, it noted that it has come across false rape charges “when someone tutored...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by a 20-year-old engineering student whose admission was rejected by the Directorate of Technical Education for failing to comply with the OBC category.The High Court recently allowed a writ petition filed by an inmate currently lodged in Taloja Central Prison, holding that reasons for rejecting his application for...

Dahi Handi: Bombay HC Removes Age, Height Restrictions After State Assures Of Safety Measures [Read Order]

Taking 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.A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice MS Karnik observed that the decision to fix the height of human pyramids at the festival and...