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Gujarat High Court Denies Relief To 'Ineligible' Color Blind Candidate For The Post Of Electrical Assistant In Govt Power Company
The Gujarat High Court recently denied relief to a candidate who was treated as ineligible for the post of Electrical Assistant (in a government power company), on the ground that he is suffering from colour blindness. The division bench of Justice N. V. Anjaria and Justice Mauna M. Bhatt dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate challenging the Single Judge order upholding the...
S.23 Senior Citizens Act: Madras HC Cancels Settlement Deed Executed In Favour Of Son After He Failed To Look After Aged Parents
Moved by the plight of an old couple, the Madras High Court recently upheld the judgement and decree of the trial court and cancelled a settlement deed executed in favour of their son, after the court was convinced that the son failed to look after the aged parents.Even if the deed is considered as a settlement deed by virtue of Section 23 of the Maintenance Act the same has to be declared...
Amount Paid Towards One Time Settlement Is An Asset Of The Corporate Debtor: NCLAT Delhi
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) bench comprising of Justice Anant Bijay Singh and Ms. Shreesha Merla held that the amount deposited towards the One-time settlement (OTS) by the Corporate Debtor will be an asset of the Corporate Debtor and the Resolution Professional is entitled to take custody of the same. Actif Corporation Limited proposed a OTS with Bank of...
PFI Arrests: Copy Of FIR Provided, Remand Application Can't Be Supplied As It Contains Confidential Information: NIA to Delhi High Court
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Monday informed the Delhi High Court that copy of the FIR and the grounds of arrest in the case registered against alleged members of Popular Front of India (PFI), has been provided to Mohammad Yusuff, an accused arrested recently in one of the raids conducted by the agency. Special Public Prosecutor appearing for NIA however objected to the prayer...
DNA Test Report Favouring Accused In Rape Case Not Gospel Truth, Cross-Examination Of Doctor Necessary: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has said that the DNA analysis report, which favours the accused in a rape case, is not a clinching evidence that would result in termination of proceedings against him.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna, while dismissing the accused's petition against the criminal proceedings, said: "If a positive result of the DNA comes about against the accused, it...
Karnataka HC Imposes Cost On Two Dental Colleges Litigating For Non-Admitted Candidates, Deprecates 'Speculative' Litigations
The Karnataka High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh each on two dental colleges for having wasted the court's time by filing "speculative" petitions seeking relief on behalf of few students who did not get admission to BDS courses, for the year 2021-2022. A division bench of Justice B Veerappa and Justice K.S.Hemalekha directed Venkateshwara Dental College and Hospital and KVG...
Man Before MP High Court Seeking ₹10 Lakh Compensation For Excessive Imprisonment Sent Back To Prison Citing Erroneous Release
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed the petition of a person seeking compensation for being imprisoned beyond his sentence on the ground that he was erroneously released early. On discovering the same, the Court directed him to surrender before the jail authorities to serve the remaining part of his sentence. The division bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice...
Mainstream News Channels Ran Programs With Anti-Muslim Prejudice While Reporting CAA Protests: Citizen's Committee Report
A Citizen's Committee report on the North East Delhi Violence 2020 gave its findings on media's role in fueling polarisation between communities and anti-Muslim hate before and after the violence. The Committee conducted an empirical analysis of the messaging of sections of the television media around the CAA and the protests. It focused on episodes aired in December 2019-February 2020...
Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 3 To October 9, 2022
NOMINAL INDEX Rajendra Kumar And 2 Others v. State Of U.P. Thru Prin Secy Home And Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 455 Shahzad v. State of U.P. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 456 Jitendra @ Jitendra Kumar Singh v. State of U.P 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 457 Ajay Agarwal v. State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 458 Anugrah Narayan Singh v. Harsh Vardhan Bajpayee...
"Motherhood Is Innate; Forcing Wife To Terminate Pregnancy Against Her Will Amounts To Cruelty": Punjab And Haryana High Court
Stressing that motherhood is innate, natural, and fulfilling to every woman, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that forcing a wife to terminate her pregnancy against her will constitutes cruelty.With this observation, the Bench of Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Nidhi Gupta decreed the petition for divorce filed by a wife under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act and thus,...
IBC Cases Weekly Round-Up: 3 October To 9 October, 2022
SUPREME COURT Discretion Of NCLT Under Section 7(5)IBC - Observations In 'Vidarbha Industries' Made In Context Of Case: Supreme Court Refuses Review Case Title : Axis Bank Ltd versus Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd Case No.: 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 817, RP (Civil) 1043/2022 The Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari held that there is no...