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Can State Specify Percentage Of Disability For Reservation In Recruitment? Madras HC Asks [Read Order]

The High Court of Madras recently questioned the Additional Advocate General on the source of the power of the Government to specify the percentage of disabilities for reservation in recruitment for various posts.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M. Sundar was hearing a PIL seeking 4% reservation for the disabled in the direct recruitment of Post Graduate...

Imposing Inadequate Sentence Showing Undue Sympathy Harms The Justice System: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi recently refused to reduce the sentence awarded to a 45 year old man convicted for raping and attempting to murder his ex-employer’s daughter-in-law, observing that showing undue sympathy and imposing inadequate sentence harms the justice system.“It is the duty of every court to award proper sentence having regard to the nature of the offence and the manner in which...

Adulteration Of Milk: Madras HC Directs Government To File Status Report On Complaints

The High Court of Madras last week directed the Government to file a status report on action taken on complaints against milk adulteration.“Status report be filed with regard to the steps taken for implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, particularly in relation to the allegation of adulteration of milk meant for children. Needless to mention that strong action will be...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtIn a huge relief for a police head constable of Uttar Pradesh, who was instrumental in saving the life of a former chief justice of Allahabad High Court from an unruly mob during a bandh in 1994, the High Court observed that he cannot be denied promotion to the post of sub-inspector on the sole ground that he had not qualified the training course for the post of...

Amend Rules To Ensure Speedy Disposal Of Election Petitions: Madras HC Tells State [Read Order]

‘Ensure complete and comprehensive adjudication of Election Dispute assigned to the designated concerned judge/tribunal within the prescribed time.’The Madras High Court has called upon the state to make an endeavour to bring necessary amendments so as to see that election petitions/disputes are determined expeditiously.Justice M Venugopal was considering an election petition by Saidai...

Remand Order Passed In The Absence Of Accused Does Not Entitle Him To Seek Bail: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has observed that mere non-production of the accused from time to time and failure of the Magistrate to pass express order remanding the accused to custody do not vitiate the proceedings, nor does it confer a right on the accused to seek for his release on bail.The Bench comprising Justice H.G. Ramesh And Justice John Michael Cunha however clarified that the production...

Reliance Jio’s Free Services Not Anti-Competitive: Competition Commission Of India

Fair-trade regulator Competition Commission of India on Friday rejected telecom major, Bharti Airtel’s predatory pricing complaint against Reliance Jio and Reliance Industries Limited.“The Commission notes that providing free services cannot by itself raise competition concerns unless the same is offered by a dominant enterprise and shown to be tainted with an anti-competitive objective...

Bombay HC Quashes Appointment Of Govt Pleader With Communal Bias, Doubtful Integrity [Read Judgment]

The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside a notification issued by the state government dated July 6, 2016, appointing one Sunil Popatlal Jain as district government pleader and public prosecutor for district Dhule.The said order was passed after a bench of Justice RM Borde and Justice KL Waldane heard a writ petition filed by one Dilip Gangaram Patil.Patil...

Make Efforts To Look Into Issues Raised By Guha & To Make BCCI More Transparent: CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission on Friday urged the Court-appointed Committee of Administrators running the BCCI to “immediately initiate efforts” to look into the issues raised by historian Ramachandra Guha in his resignation letter. Mr. Guha had, in his resignation letter, made sensational claims questioning the stardom and conflict of interest by some members.The Commission was...

Fee Structure For Tamil Nadu Self-Financing Medical Colleges Be Fixed By Puducherry Fee Committee: Madras HC Issues Notice [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed before the High Court of Madras, demanding a declaration that the fee structure for self-financing medical and dental colleges for Post Graduation courses shall be fixed by the Puducherry Fee Committee. The High Court has issued notice to parties.The Petition, filed by Chennai based lawyer Mr. V.B.R. Menon, brings to the notice of the Court that there are 7...

Call For Papers: NLU Assam Law & Policy Review , Vol. 3, No. I, 2017

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