Retired Employee Not Bound To Pay Back Amount Withdrawn From Welfare Fund For Re-Enrolling: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

A single bench of the High Court of Kerala has held that the Bar Council cannot insist that a retired employee should pay back the amount which he had withdrawn from the welfare fund upon joining government service, for re-enrolling as an advocate after retirement.After putting in eight years of practice, the writ-petitioner had joined government service. Before that, he had got his name...

Bombay HC Refuses To Reduce Sentence Of Man Convicted Of Outraging Woman’s Modesty, Sends Him Back To Jail [Read Judgment]

Sixteen years after a police report was filed by a girl from Nagpur against a 20-year-old man for outraging her modesty and 12 years after he was convicted under Sections 354 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, the Bombay High Court has cancelled his bail bond and sent him back to jail.Justice Rohit B Deo of the Nagpur bench was hearing a criminal appeal filed by the convict against the...

Delhi HC Allows Deceased CMD’s Wife To Lease Space In Ardee Mall, Appoints Court Observer [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has allowed Meenakshi Varma, wife Ardee Group’s late chairman and managing director Ashok Varma, to lease vacant space in Ardee Mall in Gurgaon while appointing retired district judge Rakesh Kapoor as court observer to supervise the leasing of the space in the mall which has been gathering dust for years now owing to a property dispute.Justice Yogesh Khanna...

Speed Post Fails: Consumer Forum Orders Post Offices To Pay Rs 25K To 2 Law Graduates Who Missed Precious Chance At DJSE-2015 [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has held the Post Master General in Chandigarh and Lodhi Road in New Delhi guilty of deficiency in service for failing to deliver the application forms of two law graduates to the Delhi High Court Registrar in time, leading to the applicants losing precious chance of participating in the Delhi Judicial Service Examination.A bench of NCDRC...

'Cannot Lift One Community By Demeaning Others': Madras HC(FB) Lifts Ban On Two Tamil Books After Alterations [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court has directed the State to lift its ban from the two Tamil books written by Mr. K. Senthil Mallar on the condition that the “provoking contents” in the books be altered or deleted."Under such circumstances, the impugned orders are liable to be set aside, provided that the petitioner complies with the references and bibliography as pointed out by the first respondent,...

SARFAESI: Allahabad HC Refuses To Entertain Borrower’s Loan Default Due To Demonetisation, GST [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging recovery proceedings initiated against a borrower firm, which challenged recovery proceedings on the ground that due to demonetisation and imposition of GST, it suffered loss in business and could not pay loan installments to the bank.The bench comprising Justice Bharati Sapru and Justice Siddharth passed the above order in...

A Govt. Servant Has A Right To Visit Any Person Of His Choice: MP HC Dismisses PIL Against Govt. Servants For Meeting RSS Chief [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held the government servants ‘did not violate’ Rule 5 of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, by meeting RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Jabalpur during the local body elections in year 2015.The court dismissed a PIL filed by a group of advocates claiming that certain government officers had violated the conduct rules by meeting the Rashtriya...

Clean TN: Madras HC Bans Unnecessary Banners, Photos, Flags, Drawings On The Wall; No Banner To Feature Live Person, Sponsors [Read Order]

To maintain clean atmosphere in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court has banned erection of hoardings, banners, sign-boards, flags, drawings on the walls without due permission while expressly stating that any banner, put up with permission, should not feature any living person or the sponsors.Justice S Vaidyanathan ordered the Chief Secretary to issue a circular to all town panchayats, wards etc...

Bombay HC Fines Vodafone For Flouting Vishaka Guidelines In The Past [Read Judgment]

Telecom Company Vodafone has been slapped with a fine of Rs. 50,000 for its failure to constitute a Complaints Committee as required by the Supreme Court in the case of Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan.While noting that such a Committee was in place currently, a Bombay High Court Bench comprising Justice A.A. Sayed and Justice M.S. Karnik observed, "Though we are not inclined to direct payment...

Malabar Cements Corruption Case: Delhi HC Stays Further Proceedings In Attachment Of Businessman V.M. Radhakrishnan's Assets [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has stayed the proceedings in furtherance of the order of attachment of assets worth Rs. 23 crore belonging to businessman Mr. V. M. Radhakrishnan (Chakku Radhakrishnan).The assets were attached in connection with the Malabar Cements corruption case. The Enforcement Directorate Officials (ED) had invoked provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) Act, 2002 and...

Temprorary, Ad Hoc And Contract Staff Also Entitled To Maternity Leave: CAT [Read Order]

CAT observed that it is a fact that temporary, ad hoc or contract employees do not enjoy the same benefits as a regular employee but request for maternity leave stood on a different footing.In a significant ruling, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has said that temporary, ad hoc and contract women employees are also entitled to maternity leave and consequent benefits akin to...

Did Not Claim To Clear All Pending Cases By March, 2018: Madras HC Rebuts News Reports

In response to news reports claiming that the Madras High Court is set to achieve the superhuman task of clearing all pending cases by March, 2018, a clarification has now been issued denying any such claim.The Registrar General of Madras High Court has clarified that Chief Justice Indira Banerjee merely claimed to be taking steps to clear all cases that have been pending for more than...