Bombay High Court Refuses To Allow Change In Date Of Birth In School Record After Student Left the School

The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court recently refused to allow petitioner to change his date of birth in the school record stating that only obvious errors can be corrected after the student has left the school.Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge and Justice Arun R. Pednekar refused to entertain a writ petition praying for change in date of birth in the school record after he had left the...

Copy-Paste Judgement? Punjab and Haryana High Court Seeks Explanation From District Court Judge

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Gurdaspur's District & Sessions Judge to randomly check at least 10 judgements of a judicial officer in civil appeals to see whether he has resorted to any sort of plagiarism in them.Justice Arvind Sangwan passed the order after the counsel representing an appellant in a Regular Second Appeal argued that the Lower Appellate Court has...

Amount Paid Under Protest Prior To SCN , Consider As Pre -Deposit Under SVLDR Scheme: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that the amount paid under protest, towards interest, prior to the issuance of show cause shall be considered as pre-deposit while disposing of the application for a waiver under the 'Sabka Vikas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019' (SVLDR Scheme).The single bench of Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra has observed that the statute does not make any...

Violation Of 'Moral Code Of Conduct' No Ground To Declare Election As Void U/S 100 Of Representation Of People Act: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently held that violation of moral code of conduct cannot be made a ground to declare an election as void under Section 100 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Dismissing the election petition, Justice Vishal Dhagat observed- Election petition can be filed on grounds mentioned in Section 100 of Representation of the People Act, 1951....

S.149 MV Act | Vehicle Owner Not Liable If He Was Of Bona Fide Belief Regarding Genuineness Of Driver's License: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Thursday held that when the owner of a vehicle is satisfied that the driver has a license and is driving competently, there would be no breach of Section 149(2)(a)(ii) of the Motor Vehicles Act, and hence the Insurance Company would not be absolved from their liability to compensate the victim.Justice Sophy Thomas, while holding so, observed, "Ultimately, if it is...

Karnataka High Court Asks State Government To Review Employee Transfer Guidelines

Concerned over the increase in number of cases related to transfer orders of government employees, the Karnataka High Court has said it is high time for the State to have relook at the relevant guidelines framed by it in 2013."The State being the largest litigant owes a duty to the justice delivery dispensation," said the court. The court said the state government should look into the concept...

Speedy Trial Is A Right Not Only Of Complainant But Accused Also: Allahabad High Court Quashes A 24-Year-Old Criminal Case

The Allahabad High Court recently quashed a 24-year-old criminal case as it stressed that a speedy trial is an integral part of the fundamental right to life and liberty enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution.The bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery also expressed its anguish that unnecessary and baseless criminal proceedings are pending for the last many years, as it noted that in...

Faulty Pressure Cookers: Delhi High Court Keeps In Abeyance CCPA's Order Asking Amazon To Recall Items, Reimburse Customers

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday kept in abeyance an order passed by Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) asking Amazon to recall the domestic pressure cookers that allegedly did not meet the mandatory standards and reimburse the costumers. Hearing an appeal preferred by Amazon against the CCPA order, Justice Yashwant Varma, however, also asked Amazon to deposit the penalty of Rs. 1...

'IO Contradicted His Own Statement, Accused's Identification An Afterthought': Court Acquits Man In Delhi Riots Case

A Delhi Court has acquitted a man, Noor Mohammad alias Noora in a case connected to the 2020 riots, observing that his identification was "probably the outcome of an after thought development" of the probe agency.Noting that the investigating officer ASI Jeevanand testified that beat constable Sangram told him about Noora's involvement for the first time on April 2, 2020, Additional...

Suspension For Alleged Misconduct Not Punishment But Prolonged Suspension Amounts To Punishment: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of J&K and Ladakh recently held that suspension of an employee over alleged misconduct is not a punishment but, if the suspension is prolonged for more than 4 years, then it amounts to punishment, as it has very strong stigmatic social connotations. The observations were made by a bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal while...

Karnataka HC Quashes Order Prohibiting Sri Rama Sene Founder From Meeting Praveen Netturu's Family

The Karnataka High Court recently set aside an order restraining Sri Ram Sene Founder Pramod H. Mutalik from meeting the family of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader Praveen Netturu, who was killed on July 26 at Bellare in Mangaluru. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Mutalik and said, "The order dated 27.07.2022 passed by...

Bank Cannot Backout From OTS Offer After It Is Accepted By Borrower: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently held that a Bank cannot backout from implementing the One Time Settlement (OTS) offer it had proposed, after it was accepted by the borrower.Calling such an action by the Bank as arbitrary and unreasonable, Justice Sanjay Dwivedi observed-In the case at hand, the petitioner being a guarantor had mortgaged his personal property and after much...