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BCI Merely Degree-Recognising Body, Can’t Regulate Admissions: Maharashtra Tells Bombay HC [Read Affidavit]
In a relief to law colleges and students in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has directed the completion of admission process to law colleges for this academic year within the stipulated time without the Bar Council of India’s consent or approval.A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice GS Kulkarni passed these directions on April 20 in a PIL filed by one Vibhuti...
Make ITC, Finance Ministry & SEBI Parties In PIL Against LIC Investment In Tobacco Giant ITC: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has directed petitioners of a PIL opposing the idea of the Life Insurance Corporation of India holding one-third equity stake in tobacco giant ITC, to implead the Union Ministry of Finance, ITC, Ministry of Industries and Commerce and SEBI as respondents.The petitioners are a group of seven people, two of them being members of Tata Trusts, R Venkatramanan and...
A Classic Example As To How A Court Should Not Pen Down A Judgment; Madras HC Quashes The ‘Worst Judgment’ [Read Judgment]
“In our little experience, we have not come across this kind of worst judgment. Let this be the last judgment ever written on communal consideration”, said the BenchMadras High Court has set aside a Judgment delivered by District and Sessions Judge No.II, Kancheepuram observing that the impugned judgment is a classic example as to how a Court of Law in this Country should not pen down...
Bombay HC Grants 28-day Furlough To Gangster-Turned-Politician Arun Gawli [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court has granted a 28-day furlough to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli.A bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice VM Deshpande was hearing two separate criminal writ petitions filed by Gawli.While one of the petitions alleged “inconsistency or arbitrariness” in the provision that denies furlough to prisoners whose appeal challenging conviction is pending, the...
Appellate Court Can’t Dismiss Appeal Under S.386 Without Considering It On Merits: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has held that an appellate court cannot dismiss an appeal exercising its jurisdiction under Section 386, unless the matter has been decided on merits.Justice SB Shukre allowed a writ petition challenging a sessions court order dated June 28, 2016, wherein an appeal was dismissed on default for failure to deposit paper book charges.At the very outset,...
CIC Dismisses 1,282 Appeals In One Order [Read Order]
RTI applicants are expected to not transgress the spirit of the RTI Act and resort to clogging the functioning of the public authority by filing mundane RTI applications merely claiming that it is intrinsic to fighting corruption, the commission observed.Central Information Commissioner Divya Prakash Sinha has dismissed 1,282 appeals filed by retired Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force...
Will 2G Accused Be Indicted? Special CBI Court Reserves Verdict
After five years of day-to-day hearings, a special Central Bureau of Investigation court in New Delhi's Patiala House Court Complex has reserved its verdict on the infamous 2G scam.Special CBI judge OP Saini has concluded hearing, but gave the parties one last chance on July 5 to submit any document or make any additional submission.The court is expected to give its verdict in three to...
Cattle Smuggling Along Indo-Bangla Border: MHA Tells SC 1.7 Lakh Seizures In 2016; 35 Deaths, 302 Injured In Skirmish Since 2014
The confrontation between cattle smugglers and BSF leading to causalities and injuries on both sides is one of the most important issues in Indo-Bangladesh relations, the Home Ministry told the Supreme Court in an affidavit.The submission came in an affidavit filed by the Home Ministry in the PIL being heard by the Supreme Court seeking measures to stop cattle smuggling across...
Husband Can Initiate Proceedings Under DV Act Against Wife, Her Relatives: Karnataka HC [Read Order]
The Karnataka High Court has recently held that any person, whether male or female, aggrieved and alleging violation of the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, can invoke the provisions under the Act.Justice Anand Byrareddy was hearing a petition filed by Mohammed Zakir against dismissal of his complaint filed under the Domestic Violence Act against his wife and her relatives by Addl....
Electricity Board Strictly Liable For Deaths And Injuries Caused Due To Energy Transmission: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
The Allahabad High Court, in the case of Yash Pal (Minor) & Anr vs State of UP, issued directions to the State to ensure that adequate safety measures are undertaken by the electricity department.In the present case, two minor kids came in contact with a live 11 KV transmission wire touching the roof of a house. As a result of the electrocution, both legs and one hand of both the children...
Take Immediate Steps To Prevent Outbreak Of Dengue, Chikungunya Etc. Or Face Contempt: Delhi HC To Govt.
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi government to take all necessary steps to prevent outbreak of vector-borne diseases, including dengue, chikungunya and malaria, which are caused on account of mosquito bites.Taking suo motu notice in the issue, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra observed that in the final order dated August 17, 2016, in petitions filed...
Giving Ceremonial Gift ‘Sword’ To A Dignitary In Gurudwara Is Not Illegal: MP HC [Read Order]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held the ceremonial gift given to a visiting dignitary in the Gurudwara cannot be said to be an offence within the purview of the MP Government’s notification as it was not carried in a public place.The sword was gifted to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan when he visited the Gurudwara at Bhopal on occasion of the 350th Birth Anniversary of Guru...