Do Not Ignore ‘Dictums’ Of Constitutional Courts: Karnataka HC Tells Government Departments [Read Order]

Otherwise the very purpose of maintaining the hierarchical judicial discipline will be lost, the Bench observed.Reprimanding a Tax authority for not following the dictum laid down in the High Court Judgment, the Karnataka High Court has observed that the judgments of Constitutional Courts have to be discussed in detail and if the Authorities below still have to take a different view in the...

‘Nokku Kooli’ Illegal, Payment For Head-load Workers Union Shall Be Made Through Bank Accounts And Aadhaar Linked PAN Card A Must: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Dealing with the allegation that head load workers unions were demanding ‘ nokkukooli ’ (gawking fee, the amount which private parties have to allegedly pay to trade unions, even if loading/unloading job is got done through one’s own employees or mechanical process, without relying on union workers), the Kerala High Court ruled that payments to headload workers union should only be...

“Too Harsh A Punishment”: Delhi HC Quashes Order To Cancel Hospital’s Registration For Allegedly Conducting Pre-Natal Test [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently set aside an order passed by the District Advisory Committee (DAC), which had cancelled the registration of a private hospital on allegations of conducting a pre-natal test.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva termed the punishment too “harsh” and observed, “The action of cancellation of registration of the Hospital, which is a 100 bedded Multi Super-Speciality...

Cleaning up Of Legal Profession And Education: Madras HC’s 25 Questions To Bar Council And Others

Justice N Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court made some scathing observations against the unsavoury system in place in India where getting a law degree from “letter pad colleges” is a common practice and asked BCI on what basis it has increased number of law colleges in India which stood at 800 (in 2014) against the needed 175 colleges in 2010.The court delved in to the issue of...

Madras HC Shuns Goondas Taking Avatar Of Advocates, Blames BCI For Mediocrity In Legal Profession [Read Orders]

The Madras High Court has made some serious observations against people in “black and white” dress acting as hooligans while holding the Bar Council of India for institutionalizing mediocrity in the profession by randomly granting approval to law colleges and creating disproportion in demand and supply of lawyers in the society. Justice N Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court made...

High Courts Weekly Round- Up

Allahabad high courtThe Allahabad High Court on Thursday acquitted Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the 2008 Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case. A bench of Justice BK Narayana and AK Mishra granted the Talwar couple benefit of doubt while pointing out various loopholes in the probe conducted in the double murder which has seen numerous conspiracy theories from the start when Aarushi Talwar was...

Expert Panel Suggests Amendments To Curb Online Hate Speech [Read Recommendations]

An expert panel constituted to study the 267th Law Commission of India report on hate speech has suggested amendments to the IPC, CrPC and IT Act for curbing online hate speech. The committee was chaired by Dr TK Viswanathan, former Law Secretary, and present Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha. The committee has proposed the addition of sections 153C and 505A to IPC. The expert panel noted...

PIL For Tech Member In Ahmedabad NCLT: Guj HC Asks Petitioner To Make Representation Before NCLT President [Read Petition & Order]

The Gujarat High Court has directed the petitioner, a taxation and commercial law advisor, who sought direction to the Centre to appoint a technical member on the Ahmedabad bench of the National Company Law Tribunal, to make a representation before the NCLT president.A bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice Vipul M Pancholi was hearing a PIL filed by Nipun Praveen Sanghvi, a...

Loudspeakers At Religious Places Vs Right To Privacy: Delhi HC Issues Notice To Centre [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Union of India on a public interest litigation for removal of loudspeakers from all religious structures on the ground that their use is an encroachment on a person’s “right to be left alone and spatial control” and thus violates the newly recognised fundamental right to privacy.A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal issued...

No Application Of Mind In Changes To Manodhairya Scheme Providing Compensation To Victims: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court observed on Thursday that there was no application of mind in the changes brought about by the state government to Manodhairya Scheme in August this year.The said scheme provides compensation for victims of sexual assault and acid attack.Under the new changes, the amount of compensation to the victims of sexual assault and acid attacks was increased from Rs 3 lakh to Rs...

Bombay HC Dismisses Plea By Minor Rape Victim’s Father Seeking Medical Termination Of 27-Week-Old Foetus [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a rape victim’s father seeking medical termination of a 27-week-old foetus after a panel of 8 doctors from KEM Hospital in Mumbai recommended that the victim should be directed to continue with the pregnancy.In 2017, an FIR was registered against the accused for the offence punishable under Section 376 of IPC and under sections 4, 8 and...

Delhi Judicial Service Assn Condemns Lawyers’ Strike, Says Judges Suffer In Silence [Read Resolution]

The Delhi Judicial Services Association (DJSA) has condemned the lawyers’ strike in all six district courts of Delhi on Friday over alleged misbehaviour of judicial officers, saying the same is an attempt to overawe and browbeat the judges.“The baseless allegations of misconduct and corruption are condemnable. We unanimously resolve that judges remain and easy target for those who wish...