Applicant-Jurno Has No Right To Build Pressure For Adverts By Filing RTI Pleas: CIC

While disposing of a case where the RTI applicant, the editor of a magazine, was denied a copy of complaints instituted under the Ministry of Minority Affairs against employees of  Dargah committee, Dargah Khwaja Sahib, Ajmer, the CIC has remarked that a journalist does not have the right to demand advertisements for his magazine by building pressure through RTI applications.The CPIO...

CIC Asks NCW To Pay Token Compensation Of Rs. 50K To Ex-Employee Who Complained Of Sexual Harassment [Read Order]

Appalled at the National Commission for Women (NCW) for denying human rights to their ex-contractual research assistant who was allegedly sexually harassed by its Deputy Secretary, the Central Information Commission has directed NCW to pay Rs. 50,000 compensation to the woman in 15 days, while also slapping Rs. 25,000 cost on the accused and the ex-CPIO for denying her the information...

Proceedings Under Section 138 NI Act Have Nothing To Do With Insolvency Application Under The Code: NCLT

The Kolkata Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal recently ruled that disclosure of the fact of initiation of proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act in not necessary while filing an Application for Insolvency under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016."It is to be made clear that the proceedings under section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act is a...

Bombay HC Strikes Down Govt Resolutions Making Quota For SC/STs During Promotion [Read Judgment]

In a significant development, the Bombay High Court has struck down two state Government Resolutions as ultra vires to Article 16 (4A) of the Constitution of India.The said GRs dated May 25, 2004, grant reservation at the promotion stage to government employees belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and De-Notified Tribes, Nomadic Tribes, Special Backward Category and Other...

‘Slap, Say Sorry And Forget’ Practice By Contemnors Unacceptable: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Order]

While sentencing a person accused of contempt to six months’ imprisonment, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh observed that “slap, say sorry and forget” practice by some contemnors cannot be accepted and cannot be allowed to go scot-free by a simple ‘paper apology’.The court was considering a contempt case wherein the contemnor wherein he was accused of filing false and...

Allahabad HC Quashes State’s Order To Conduct AYUSH Admissions 2017-18 On NEET Basis [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court Tuesday quashed the UP Government’s decision to admit students to AYUSH undergraduate courses in different colleges of the state through a merit list prepared on the basis of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). The AYUSH course includes within its ambit Ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha and homeopathy.“In view of the aforesaid discussions, it...

It Is The Duty Of Court To Ensure That Decree Holder Doesn’t Suffer Indefinitely: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

‘It is often said that litigation in this country, particularly on the Civil side, commences only after obtaining a decree while executing,’ it said.Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, while disposing of a second appeal, made a pertinent observation with regard to the avoidable delay occurring in the matter of disposing civil cases. He observed that a person...

Damage To Public Property Is Damage To The Nation: Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court recently reiterated the contours within which a peaceful dharna may be permitted within a democracy and observed, “Nobody is expected to sabotage any public property. Damage to public property is damage to the nation.” Justice U.C. Dhyani was hearing a Petition filed by one Mr. Praveen Aggarwal, challenging an order passed by the District Judge, Dehradun, wherein...

U’khand HC Bans Firearms At Religious/Marriage Procession,Other Public Assemblage [Read Judgment]

With a view to curb tendency of using firearms in marriages and social gatherings leading to unfortunate incidents, the Uttarakhand High Court has ordered that no person shall carry any firearm to a fair, religious procession/ marriage procession or other public assemblage or within the campus or precincts of any educational institution and that arms licence is not to be issued to...

Delhi HC Imposes 50k As Costs For “Forum Hunting” By Filing Writ Petition Against Order Flowing From Arbitral Appeal [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Monday levied costs of Rs. 50,000 on a private company which, it opined, indulged in “forum hunting” by filing a Writ Petition indirectly against an order delivered in an Appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.Justice Vibhu Bakhru reiterated that a Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is not maintainable against any order...

Petition Filed In Hyderabad HC Challenging Law Clerks Recruitment Notification For Leaving Out 3-Year LLB Course Graduates [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed before the Hyderabad High Court challenging a notification issued by the Registrar General of the High Court for recruitment of Law Clerks.The Petition, filed by Hyderabad based Advocate S.M. Saifulla, challenges the notification as being “discriminatory in nature and opposed to principles of natural justice”, as it makes eligible only those candidates who...

Never Told Jethmalani To Use Words Like ‘Crook’ For Jaitley: Kejriwal [Read the Reply]

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said he never asked senior advocate Ram Jethmalani to pose objectionable questions to Arun Jaitley or use objectionable words while recording of evidence in the Rs. 10-crore defamation suit initiated by the Finance Minister.In his reply to Arun Jaitley’s application that he is being asked scandalous questions and attempts were being made to delay...