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Aadhaar Shouldn’t Be A Pre-requisite For Getting Food Articles From Ration Shops: Rajasthan HC [Read Order]
Rajasthan High Court has directed the authorities to ensure that all those who hold a Ration Card are issued the Rations as per the entitlement without insisting upon the holder of the Ration Card obtaining an Aadhaar Card.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice S.P. Sharma in its interim order dated 30th May observed, “The respondents are directed to ensure that...
Jail Officials Ordered To Produce Indrani Mukerjea Before Court As She Claims Intimidation Of Sexual Assault
A special CBI court in Mumbai on Tuesday ordered the Byculla prison authorities to produce the main accused in Sheena Bora murder case, Indrani Mukerjea, on Wednesday as she filed an application through her lawyer, informing the court that she was beaten up by the jail authorities in Mumbai’s Byculla prison.In her application, Indrani claimed that she was beaten up by the Superintendent...
Implementation Of TDS, TCS Provisions Under GST Act Deferred
The government has postponed the implementation of provisions relating to TDS (Section 51) and TCS ( Section 52) of the CGST / SGST Act 2017 .The Finance Ministry has informed that “with the objective of ensuring smooth rollout of GST and taking into account the feedback received from the trade and industry regarding the provisions of deduction of tax at Source under Section 51 of the CGST...
Gujarat HC Quashes Charges for Kidnapping of Minor Girl After Her Nikah with Alleged Kidnapper [Read Judgment]
The Gujarat High Court recently quashed an FIR against a 25 year old man for kidnapping a minor girl, after the two got married.The Court was hearing a Petition filed by one Afvan Afirbhai Januhasan, who had been accused by the 16 year old girl’s father, pursuant to which offences under Sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping) and 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel...
Petition Filed In Orissa HC Challenging PhD Admission Procedure At Utkal University
A Petition has been filed before the Orissa High Court challenging the selection procedure adopted by Utkal University for admissions to their PhD course 2016-17.The Petition, filed by one Mr. Vikash Kumar, has demanded that the merit list for admissions be cancelled and a revised merit list be published by the University. He alleges that the procedure, as published in the advertisement,...
Madras HC Sets Aside Sale Of Properties Endowed In 1907 For Temple Rituals [Read Judgment]
Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has reversed a lower Court’s order granting permission to the hereditary trustees of a religious endowment to sell immovable properties that had been endowed in 1907 for conducting rituals in various temples.The Bench comprising Justice A. Selvam and Justice N. Authinathan held that the permission was bad in law since none of the beneficiary temples and...
Allahabad HC Directs Varanasi Administration to File Report on Malnutrition of Children
The High Court of Allahabad on Tuesday directed the Varanasi administration to file its response on a Petition alleging that the Government departments in a particular block of the District were neglecting malnourished children and not providing them with nutrition as per norms.A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice Arun Tandon and Justice Ashok Kumar ordered the Varanasi...
Banks Not Liable For Theft In Lockers, Reveals RBI In RTI Query
An RTI response by the RBI and 19 PSU banks has disclosed that locker hiring agreement between the public sector banks and the customers absolves the banks of any liability for theft or burglary in the lockers.The banks stated in the response that the relationship between the locker hirer and the bank is that of a lessor and a lessee and therefore, the lessor is solely responsible for...
Punjab & Haryana HC Upholds Minimum Age Limit of 17 Years for NEET [Read Judgment]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday upheld the minimum age criterion of 17 years prescribed for taking the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to MBBS/BDS courses. Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain ruled that taking the test without fulfilling the age criteria would only amount to exhausting of a chance.The Court was hearing a Petition filed by a minor, Kuldeep...
High Court Weekly Round-Up
Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High Court quashed the order of the Uttar Pradesh government that removed six members of the Shia Waqf Board.The High Court, in the case of Abdul Azad vs State Of UP, held that the testimony of a witness cannot be rejected merely because the witness happens to be a blood relative.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court upheld the constitutional validity of Section...
Litigant Needs To Be Vigilant, Can’t Put Entire Blame On Advocate To Get Delay Condoned: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
"The litigant owes a duty to be vigilant of his rights and is also expected to be equally vigilant about the judicial proceedings pending in the court of law against him or initiated at his instance"Delhi High Court recently rapped an Appellant-company for their lack of vigilance in conducting a suit for recovery of money, and their subsequent conduct in blaming the Counsel for the delay...
Even Poorest Of Poor Has Right To Procure And Shower Love On Child, Income Irrelevant For Guardianship: Uttarakhand HC
The High Court of Uttarakhand on Thursday allowed a mother’s appeal for custody of her minor son, and lamented the sole reliance placed by the Additional Family Court on the financial status of the parties.“…income of either of the party in matrimony is irrelevant for considering the propriety of guardianship, as even poorest of poor have right to procure child and shower his or her...