Justice Hemant Gupta Takes Oath As New Chief Justice Of Madhya Pradesh High Court

The newly appointed Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Hemant Gupta was administered the oath of office by Madhya Pradesh Governor O P Kohli in a ceremony held in Raj Bhawan at Bhopal on Saturday.Justice Gupta was earlier the officiating chief justice of the Patna High Court.He succeeds Justice Rajendra Menon who served as the acting chief justice of MP High Court since May...

Bombay HC Seeks Details Of Convicts In Gujarat Riot Victim's Gang-rape Case

The Bombay High Court on Friday sought details of convicts in the Gujarat riot victim's gangrape case.The court told the CBI to submit a chart detailing the names of convicts and the amount of time they have already spent in jail. It said this would help them in passing the judgment that was reserved in November last year.A division bench of Justice VK Tahilramani and Justice Mridula Bhatkar...

Metro Tyres-MRF: ASCI Can Entertain Complaint By Member Against Non-Member: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Provisions of Copyright Act/Trade Mark Act do not oust the jurisdiction of any self-regulatory body as ASCI, the court said.Dismissing a suit by Metro Tyres against MRF seeking to restrain the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) from assessing or proceeding with the complaint filed against it by MRF, the Delhi High Court has held that the ASCI can entertain a complaint by a...

Narada Sting: Calcutta HC Orders CBI Probe [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court on Friday has directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into Narada sting operation in which many Trinamool Congress leaders were allegedly found taking bribe.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Nishita Mhatre and Justice T Chakraborti directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry without any delay and in execution thereof, to take custody of the...

Kerala DJ Selection Row Reaches Governor’s Doors; Sathasivam Urged Not To Approve List

The row over “arbitrary and illegal” procedure followed in the selection of Kerala District and Sessions Judge took a new twist with two applicants who claimed they were victims of the process and were wrongly left out sending a representation to the Governor P Sathasivam seeking his intervention.In the representation to Sathasivam who is also a retired Chief Justice of India, the...

Plea Seeking FIR Registration Not Maintainable If Statutory Remedies Aren’t Availed Of: MP HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition as not maintainable since the petitioner did not avail of alternate remedies before approaching the court for direction to command the police to perform its statutory duties.The petitioner sought direction to the police to lodge an FIR against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (respondent no.5) and Gurdwara Committee (Bhopal)...

Review ‘In Person’ After Instructing Counsel To ‘Not Press’ Petition: Delhi HC Slams Jamia Millia Professor [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has dismissed plea of an assistant professor in Jamia Millia Islamia University challenging the disciplinary proceedings against him in relation to a sexual harassment complaint filed by one of his students against him.He was imposed the penalty of withholding of two increments with cumulative effect and scrutiny of his conduct during the next five years. Challenging...

Unsubstantiated Scandalous Allegations By Wife Against Husband Is ‘Cruelty’: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

Granting divorce to a husband, the Patna High Court has observed that unsubstantiated scandalous allegation by a wife against husband amounts to cruelty against him.During her cross examination, the wife had alleged that the husband had some illicit relationship with his sister-in-law, which was denied by the husband. She had also alleged that the husband is an illegitimate son. Both...

Uttarakhand HC Issues Landmark Guidelines On Solid Waste Management [Read Judgment]

Every citizen, at the same time, has a fundamental duty to maintain cleanliness in and around his abode, the court observed.The Uttarakhand High Court has issued landmark guidelines on solid waste management while disposing a public interest litigation filed by Sai Nath Seva Mandal.The Society, through the PIL, had brought to the notice of the court that the municipal waste generated in...

Gujarat HC Orders Probe In Graft Case Against Two Magistrates [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday appointed a team from the Anti Corruption Bureau to probe into an alleged corruption case against two suspended Judicial Magistrates.Justice Sonia Gokani directed Ms. Rupal Solanki, Assistant Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau, along with her team to carry out further investigation in the case. The team has been directed to complete the investigation within...

Delhi HC Junks JNU Students’ Plea Against UGC Regulations [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging UGC regulations pertaining to admission policy for MPhil and PhD courses.The students had contended that the implementation of the Notification 2016 (Regulations) would imply drastic reduction not only in MPhil /PhD courses, but also make it almost impossible to students from marginalised communities to gain education in JNU.As per...

Bombay HC Does U-Turn On Victoria Horse Carriages, Suggests Policy Changes To Continue Those As Joyrides [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday did a U-turn from its earlier judgment dated June 8, 2015, wherein it had declared the activity of running horse-driven Victoria carriages in the city as “completely illegal”.A bench headed by Justice VM Kanade said the state might consider plying of these horse carriages under “certain conditions and the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty...