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MP High Court Refuses To Interfere In Plea By General Category Candidate Who Lost Seat To Meritorious SC Candidate Despite One Unfilled SC Category Seat
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench recently dismissed a petition wherein the Petitioner was aggrieved with the selection process of a University whereby she lost a seat to a meritorious SC candidate despite an unfilled SC category seat.The Bench comprising of Justice G.S. Ahluwalia did not go into the merits of whether the non-filling of post of reserved category was proper or...
Allahabad High Court Grants 4 Weeks' Time To UP Govt To Decide On Representations Seeking Inclusion Of Rajbhar Community In ST List
The Allahabad High Court has granted 4 weeks' time to the UP Government to comply with the court's order (dated March 11, 2022) wherein it was directed to take a decision over the representations forwarded to it by the Centre seeking inclusion of the State's Rajbhar community in the list of Scheduled Tribes.The bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal has issued this direction on a contempt...
De-Clogging & Digitisation Of Physical Records Provides More Space To Think: Odisha CJ Muralidhar
The Orissa High Court observed the 'First Anniversary' of the Record Room Digitization Centre ('RRDC') on Friday at the Odisha Judicial Academy, Cuttack. The event witnessed the virtual presence of Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India and the Chairperson of the Apex Court's E-Committee as the 'Chief Guest'. Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court...
Refusal Of Bail Restricts Personal Liberty Guaranteed Under Article 21: Uttarakhand HC Grants Relief To Man Accused Of Distributing Toxic Liquor
The Uttarakhand High Court recently observed that refusal of bail is a restriction on the personal liberty of an individual guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India and thus, must not be refused during course of trial, unless necessary to secure the attendance of accused.The bench of Justice Alok Kumar Verma made the observation while granting bail to a person accused...
Court Can't Travel Beyond Pleadings In A Suit To Frame Issues: Sikkim High Court
The Sikkim High Court has held that trial courts can frame issues with regard to only those pleadings which are asserted by one party and denied by other. Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan observed that the suit proceedings cannot travel beyond the pleadings placed on record by the parties.The observation comes in a case where the trail court had framed an issue in a property dispute, to...
Made Her Existence 'Worthless': Uttarakhand High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Abetting Suicide By Blackmailing Woman Through Obscene Videos
The Uttarakhand High Court recently denied bail to a man booked for offence of abetment of suicide punishable under Section 306 IPC, for allegedly blackmailing a married woman via WhatsApp, by sharing her obscene videos.The bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani observed that the victim kept begging from the applicant-accused to leave her, to end the relationship, to delete the obscene video,...
State Does Not Have Unlimited Resources, Institutions That Waive Arrears To Seek Grant-In-Aid Can't Be Permitted To Take U-Turn: Uttarakhand HC
The Uttarakhand High Court recently, while dealing with a plea seeking release of pension and family pension of employees in the Dehradun Rishikul Vidhyapeeth Brahmcharya Sanskrit Mahavidhalaya as per the Old Pension Scheme, observed: "The State is not having unlimited resources. The State took a conscious decision to sanction the grant-in-aid to the Institution in question on...
Justice Chandrachud Bats For Digitisation Of Court Records, Lauds Orissa High Court Model
The Orissa High Court observed the 'First Anniversary' of the Record Room Digitisation Centre ('RRDC') on Friday at the Odisha Judicial Academy, Cuttack. The event witnessed the virtual presence of Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India and the Chairperson of the Apex Court's E-Committee as the 'Chief Guest'. Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court Dr. Justice...
Matrimonial Offences Including S.498A IPC May Be Quashed In Exercise Of Powers U/S 482 CrPC When Parties Arrive At Settlement: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that offences arising out of matrimony, where the wrong is basically private or personal in nature and the parties have resolved their entire dispute, the High Court will be within its jurisdiction to quash the criminal proceedings. The bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar was hearing a plea whereby the petitioner had sought quashing of an FIR...
[Section 110A Customs Act] Owner Does Not Include Importer Of Goods: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Thursday held that seized goods can only be provisionally released under Section 110A of the Customs Act, 1962 (the Act) in favour of the owner of the goods and no one else. "The said section does not include or envisage release of goods provisionally in favour of an importer of goods much less does it envisage, a release in favour of 'any person', in addition...
Calcutta High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Prohibition On CM Mamata Banerjee's Entry Into Islamic Religious Congregations
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a prohibition on the entry of State's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee into the Islamic religious congregation.The bench of Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj observed that BJP leader and lawyer, Nazia Elahi Khan (petitioner) had not placed any authentic material before...