S.197 CrPC | Sanction Must Be Obtained To Prosecute Public Servant If Impugned Act Has 'Reasonable Nexus' With Official Duty: Orissa HC Reiterates

The Orissa High Court has reiterated that sanction must be obtained under Section 197 of CrPC if the impugned act of a public servant has a 'reasonable nexus' with his official duty. In other words, the Court was of the view that a public servant cannot be prosecuted, without the aforesaid sanction, for any act done by him/her which has nexus/relation with his/her official...

Kerala High Court Extends Time For VCs To File Objections To Chancellor's Show Cause Notices

The Kerala High Court on Thursday extended the time till November 7 for the Vice Chancellors of various state Universities to respond to the show cause notices issued to them by the Governor for their removal. Justice Devan Ramachandran was informed by advocates appearing on behalf of the Vice Chancellors that they were inclined to file objections before the Chancellor against the impugned...

Police Vehicle Scam: Meghalaya High Court Drops Contempt Proceedings Against Home Secretary, Asks State To Book Culprits

The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday dropped the contempt proceedings initiated against the Home Secretary for 'deliberately disregarding' its orders, trying to 'obfuscate the issue' and standing as an 'impediment to the fact-finding exercise' in relation to the Police Vehicles Corruption Scam. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W. Diengdoh was hearing a...

Single Application For Injunction Against Alienating, Mortgaging Or Changing Nature Of Suit Land Not Barred By Civil Practice Rules: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said that prayers seeking for injunction, restraining the defendant from transferring, alienating, mortgaging, creating gift or any right in changing nature of the suit land, would not amount to distinct prayers and are related to each other and filing of a single application seeking for such reliefs would not be in violation or come within a mischief under...

'Employer Can't Act Arbitrarily On Grant Of Leave To Employee': Kerala High Court, Allows Postal Assistant To Take 1 Year Leave For PhD

Observing that the State cannot act arbitrarily and unfairly when it comes to grant of leave to employees, the Kerala High Court Tuesday directed the department of posts to permit a Postal Assistant to take an extraordinary unpaid leave of one year to enable her to pursue a PhD Course in Malayalam.The division bench of Justice A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nambiar C....

Madras High Court Premises To Be Made Plastic Free From November 10

The Madras High Court premises will soon become a plastic free zone. Additional Advocate General J Ravindran informed the bench of Justice N Sathish Kumar and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy that five "manjappai" (yellow cotton bag) vending machines would be installed in the campus. Apart from the Madras campus, the Madurai campus will also be made plastic free.The bench was dealing with...

Blaming School Authorities For Student's Suicide Without Evidence Not Right, Parents Also Responsible To Monitor Child's Mental Health: Madras HC

The Madras High Court criticized the recent trend of parents implicating school authorities and teachers whenever a school student commits suicide. Justice SM Subramaniam noted that teachers and headmasters could be made liable only if there was sufficient evidence regarding their misconduct.The court also noted that while it is easier to engage in blame-game, it is much difficult to...

Dengue Outbreak In Prayagraj | Being Dissatisfied With Govt Claims, Allahabad High Court Directs CMO, DM To Appear In Person

Being dissatisfied with the claims made by the State government to deal with the spread of Dengue fever in the city of Prayagraj, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday sought the personal presence of the District Magistrate, the Municipal Commissioner, and the Chief Medical Officer, Prayagraj on November 4.The bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice J. J. Munir ordered thus while...

Delhi High Court Closes PIL On Vandalism Outside CM Kejriwal's Residence, Directs Police To Ensure Implementation Of Security Measures

The Delhi High Court on Thursday disposed of a public interest litigation filed by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj seeking an SIT investigation into the incident of attack and vandalism outside the official residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on March 30.Bhardwaj had alleged that the violence was done by "goons of the Bharatiya Janata Party" under the garb of protest.A division...

Orissa High Court Issues Contempt Notice To Tangi Bar Association President For Threatening Woman Judicial Officer

The Orissa High Court on Tuesday issued a contempt notice to Nakul Kumar Nayak, president of Lawyers Bar Association in Tangi town, for threatening and using "filthy language" against a judicial magistrate after the judge rejected his client's bail application.A division bench of Justices S. Talapatra and Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi took a strong note of the allegations and said they were...

Bad Boy Billionaires Series: Telangana HC Directs Civil Court To Decide On Streaming Netflix's Episode On Ramalinga Raju

The Telangana High Court recently passed orders directing the City Civil Court, Hyderabad to decide on the issue of airing Netflix's episode on Satyam Computers' B Ramalinga Raju in its documentary series 'Bad Boy Billionaires – India.' The Court was dealing with Netflix's appeal against the order passed by the Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad...

Allahabad High Court Closes Contempt Proceedings Against Lawyer After He Tendered Apology For Dispurting Court's Work

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday closed contempt proceedings against an advocate who disrupted the working of the High Court on October 21 after the bench asked him to make changes to the cause title and hide the name of the juvenile/child in conflict with the law (the revisionist in the case).The proceedings were dropped by a division bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice...