[Qutub Minar Row] "Was Sitting Idle For Last 150 Yrs": ASI Opposes Intervention Claiming All Land Between Ganga & Yamuna From Agra To Gurugram

In connection with the appeals seeking restoration of alleged temples in Delhi's Qutub Minar complex, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has opposed an intervention application filed by one Kunwar Mahendra Dhwaj Prasad Singh seeking right over the territories running between the river Yamuna and Ganga from Agra to Meerut, Aligarh, Bullandshahr and Gurgaon.In the response filed by ASI,...

Kerala High Court Directs Regularization Of Its Court Managers As One-Time Measure

The Kerala High Court on Monday held that there can be no discrimination between the appointment of Court Managers in the High Court and the District Court, particularly when the same selection procedure is being followed for both.A Division Bench comprising Justices SV Bhatti and Basant Balaji, while holding so, observed that merely because notifications were different for the two and...

Madras High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Plea To Constitute 9th National Commission For Backward Classes

The President of Advocates' Forum for Social Justice, K Balu has moved the Madras High Court seeking to constitute 9th National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) and to appoint Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and members in the Commission. The petition also seeks to set up State/ Regional units of the NCBC. When the matter was taken up on Wednesday, the bench of Chief Justice Munishwar...

NDPS Act | MP High Court Denies Default Bail Despite FSL Report Not Being Submitted With Chargesheet, Differs From Punjab & Haryana HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently differed from the viewpoint taken by the Punjab and Haryana High Court by observing that an accused in NDPS case is not liable for grant of default bail despite the prosecution failing to submit the FSL report along with the Challan (Chargesheet). The bench comprising of Justice Sujoy Paul accordingly observed- In the considered opinion of...

High Court Deprecates Practice Of Deputing "Outsiders" In J&K State Road Transport Corporation Instead Of Promoting Existing Eligible Employees

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has sternly deprecated the practice of importing officers from Govt departments to Corporations for such being in contravention of the Rules and hence illegal in nature. The bench comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal was hearing an appeal filed by J&K State Road Transport Corporation...

LGBTQIA+ Community Sidelined For Far Too Long, High Time Govt Prioritizes Policies For Their Upliftment: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court was on Monday constrained to remark that persons belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community have been sidelined from the main society for a long period and it was high time that the government gives priority to implementing rules and policies for them.The remarks were made by Justice Anand Venkatesh after the State sought 6 more months to come up with the final...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Increase In Retirement Age Of Differently-Abled Employees Of State Govt

The Allahabad High Court earlier this month dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking enhancement of the age of retirement from 60 to 62 years in respect of the employees of the State Government who are differently abled.The petitioner (Ramkali Samajik Utthan Evan Jan Kalyan Samiti) argued that since the differently-abled government employees working in the State of Haryana...

"Sexually Provocative Dress'- Kerala High Court Stays Sessions Court Order Granting Bail To Writer-Activist Civic Chandran In A Sexual Harassment Case

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday, in the plea moved by the State Government challenging the anticipatory bail granted to the author and social activist Civic Chandran in a sexual harassment case, has stayed the order of the Sessions Court granting bail. Justice Kauser Edappagath remarked that the observation of the lower under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code is not prima facie...

'Lower Court Was More Concerned With Societal Impact, Not Purpose Of Custody': Kerala HC Grants Bail To YouTuber Accused Of Insulting ST Woman

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday allowed the Criminal Appeal filed by a YouTuber, who allegedly insulted a woman belonging to a Scheduled Tribe through an interview published on social media, and enlarged him on bail.Earlier this month, a Sessions Court in Kerala had dismissed his bail plea on the ground that he had intentionally telecasted the video to humiliate the woman and enlarging him...

Writ Of Quo Warranto Can't Be Issued Unless Appointment To Public Office Made In Violation Of Constitution/ Statutory Provisions: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a postgraduate law student questioning the appointment of Dr. Shanth Averahally Thimmaiah as the Chairman of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty while dismissing the petition filed by Pushpa B. Gavadi said, "A writ of...

'No Shout For Help': Gujarat High Court Upholds Acquittal Of POCSO Accused, Disbelieves Prosecutrix's Birth Certificate

The Gujarat High Court has upheld the acquittal of an accused under the POCSO Act on the ground that the victim's allegations were unreliable and contained several omissions and contradictions.While dismissing the State's appeal, a bench of Justice SH Vora and Justice Rajendra Sareen noted that at the time of alleged incident, both brothers of the prosecutrix were at home but, she did not...

State Security Can't Be Demanded To Display Authority/ Flaunt Status: P&H High Court On Plea By Ex-Ministers/ MLAs, Orders Fresh Audit

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday directed the government to make fresh assessment in respect of security threats of 45 ex-Ministers, MPs and other persons who had approached the Court challenging orders of withdrawal, downgrading and de-categorization of State security cover.The bench comprising Justice Raj Mohan Singh however made it clear that state security cannot be granted...