Delhi HC Acting Chief Justice Asks District Judges To Follow Three Adjournment Rule [Read Notice]

With a view to ensure speedy yet effective justice, the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Gita Mittal has instructed heads of all district courts to ensure that the laid down procedure of allowing maximum three adjournments is followed in every case and a realistic timeline is adhered to.In a circular issued through Registrar General Dinesh Kumar Sharma, the Acting Chief Justice...

CJAR Appeals For Impeachment Of MP High Court Chief Justice Hemant Gupta

The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) on Thursday appealed to the political parties to “come together” to initiate impeachment proceedings against the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justice Hemant Gupta.A press release issued by CJAR highlighted the inaction of the Judiciary, despite the complaint against the Judge in March this year. Along with...

Display Details Of Free Education To Weaker Sections Of The Society: Haryana Information Commission To State And Schools [Read Order]

State Information Commission, Haryana has directed the Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) and Educational Institutions to display information on the grant of free education by Educational Institutions. A compliance report has been directed to be filed by 1 November.This was in furtherance of an undertaking given to the DTCP by Schools/ Educational Institutions who were granted...

Bhopal Jail Break Encounter: MP HC Dismisses Plea Of Deceased’s Mother Seeking Documents Of Inquiry [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has turned down the plea of a woman demanding certain documents of the inquiry into the Bhopal Central Jail break.The court observed: “The family members of the deceased undertrials are not concerned with such documents as they are alien for such aspect of the inquiry.”About the concern of petitioner that the commission’s findings might affect the...

Govt Rates Not Applicable On Rates Agreed In A Contract: MP HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the data entry charges fixed by the Union government were not applicable on a contract signed by a private firm with a district collector for the work of National Population Register.The petitioner private firm had signed the contract with the district collector Satna for data entry work of National Population Register for Rs. 4 per family.The...

NGT Lays Out The Way Ahead To Resurrect ‘Holy Ganga’ [Read Judgment]

Extolling the ‘most celebrated river of all times’, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday laid out the ‘way ahead’ and shared ‘a new perspective’ for cleaning and rejuvenating Ganga river in the next two years with a string of directions, including announcement of Rs. 50,000 environmental compensation for every act of throwing any kind of waste in the river or its...

SC And SCBA Together Chalk Out Plan To Avoid Delayed Uploading Of Cause Lists [Read Circular]

The Supreme Court Bar Association and the Apex Court have together chalked out a plan for dealing with the issue of delayed uploading of Cause Lists.A circular issued by the Supreme Court explains: The Daily Cause Lists containing the regular hearing matters and miscellaneous matters, if any, to be listed on all the three regular hearing days viz. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will be...

Gujarat HC Pulls Up Tribal Land Owners And Lawyer For Blackmailing Builders And Misusing Atrocities Act [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court on Monday pulled up tribal land owners and a lawyer for blackmailing and extorting money from builders by utilizing the “powerful potent weapon in their hands in the form of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.”The Court was hearing a bunch of Petitions by the builders, seeking to quash an FIR registered against them on...

Bye-Elections Can Be Held Even If Member’s Remainder Term Is Less Than A Year: Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

There is no bar on the Election Commission of India to fill up the casual vacancy even if the remainder of the term of a member in relation to a vacancy is less than one year, the Gauhati High Court has observed.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Singh and Justice Manojit Bhuyan was considering an appeal against a single bench dismissal of writ petition, wherein a press note of...

Clean Ganga: NGT Puts 50K Cost On Polluters, No Development Near River

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday prohibited dumping of waste within 500 metres of the river Ganga while announcing an environment compensation of RS 50,000 to be paid by defaulter.A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also declared area of 100 metres from the edge of Ganga between Haridwar and Unnao as " No Development Zone"While directing all states concerned...

MBBS/BDS Admissions - Overseas Citizens To Be Treated On Par With NRI , Eligible For All Categories Except Govt. Quota : Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has held that Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cardholders, who are NEET UG 2017 qualified, shall be entitled to be treated on par with Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in the matter of admission to first year MBBS/BDS course for the academic year 2017-18. The High Court also held that they can be considered for all categories except Government quota.A division...

Contempt Notice Not To Be Issued In Routine Manner: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Contempt proceedings cannot be likened to proceedings inviting interrogatories, the court observed.The Delhi High Court has observed that notice on contempt petitions is not to be issued in a routine manner and would be justified only if the court prima facie feels that possible contempt might have been committed.Justice C Hari Shankar was considering an application seeking initiation of...