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Potential Cabinet Papers Yet To Be Brought Before Council Of Ministers Exempted From Disclosure Under RTI Act: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has ruled that potential cabinet papers which have not yet been brought before the Council of Ministers are exempted from disclosure under the Right to Information Act.Section 8(1)(i) of the RTI Act exempts disclosure of cabinet papers including records of deliberations of the Council of Ministers, Secretaries and other officers.Justice Murali Purushothaman held that...
Kerala High Court Asks Censor Board To Decide Objection Filed Against Prithviraj-Starrer 'Kaduva'
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the Central Board of Film Certification to take a decision on the objection filed before it challenging the proposed theatre release of Prithviraj-starrer Malayalam movie 'Kaduva'.Justice V.G Arun also asked the authority to take an independent decision on the same after personally hearing the parties, dehors the findings of the civil court on the release...
Former Judges, Lawyers, And Other Eminent Citizens Write To CJI To Suo Moto Clarify That Zakia Jafri Judgment Was Not Intended To Have Any Adverse Consequences
A letter has been written to the Chief Justice of India to suo motu clarify that its judgment in the Zakia Jafri case was not intended to have any adverse consequences whatsoever.The development came after the Apex Court recently dismissed a petition filed by Zakia Ehsan Jafri challenging the closure report filed by SIT discarding the allegations of larger conspiracy by high state...
Calcutta High Court Stays FIR Registered By WB Police Against CBI Officers Probing Coal Scam
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday imposed an interim stay for 6 weeks on the FIR registered by State police authorities against CBI officers for allegedly harassing common people during the ongoing probe into the coal smuggling scam in the State. Pursuant to the order, the State police authorities will not be able to take any further steps in the FIR which names CBI officers including...
'Palpable Inaction': Calcutta High Court Orders Dissolution Of West Bengal Medical Council For Not Holding Any Elections Since 1988
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered that the present West Bengal Medical Council will stand dissolved from July 31 on the ground that no elections for the constitution of a new Council has been held since 1988 and further directed that a newly duly-elected Medical Council should be constituted latest by October 31, 2022.Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya observed, "Thus, this...
J&K&L High Court Grants ₹5 Lakh Compensation To Reserved Category Candidate Denied Seat In NEET MDS 2021, Asks BOPEE To Keep One Seat In Next Session
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ordered the Board of Professional Entrance Examination to grant Rs. 5 lakh compensation to a medical aspirant, who was denied a seat in NEET-MDS 2021, despite being eligible under the CDP/JKPM (Children of Defence Personal/ Military Forces) category.Justice Sanjeev Kumar further directed BOPEE to keep one seat of MDS in the next session (2022)...
"Politically Induced" : Bombay High Court On PIL Seeking Direction To Eknath Shinde To Return To Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking an FIR against Uddhav Thackeray and directed another PIL petitioner to deposit Rs. 1 lakh as a pre-condition to hear his plea against MLA Eknath Shinde and others.The bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik was of the view that the PIL against Shinde was politically motivated and without enough...
Compassionate Appointment Intended To Provide "Urgent Relief" To Bereaved Family: Gujarat High Court Refuses To Grant Benefit After 5 Yrs Of Death
"Compassionate appointment is always an immediate consideration and has to be a matter of urgent relief when the family of the deceased employee would have needed it. Element of immediacy has to be a sine qua non for such kind of appointment," the Gujarat High Court has observed. The Bench comprising Justice NV Anjaria and Justice Mauna Bhatt made the above remarks while hearing an...
Karnataka High Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Plea Moved By Transgender Person After Alleged Partner Denies Relationship
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a transgender person, seeking directions to the police to produce an 18-year old girl, alleged to be his partner. A division bench of Justice B Veerappa and Justice K.S.Hemalekha dismissed the petition filed by the 23-year-old after the girl, who was produced in court, made a statement that petitioner is only...
Girls Attaining Pinnacle Of Education Makes Country Proud: P&H High Court Orders Release Of Man's Passport To Travel Abroad For Daughter's Convocation
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently came to the rescue of a father precluded from attending his daughter's convocation at a foreign University, on account of impounding of his passport due to pendency of a criminal case against him.Simply because a case is pending, would not mean that a person (petitioner) would not return back to India or cannot be brought back to India, said...
Money Laundering: Madras High Court Stays ED Proceedings Against TN Fisheries Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan
The Madras High Court on Wednesday stayed, till the next date of hearing, the money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate against Minister of Fisheries, Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry for the State of Tamil Nadu, Anitha Radhakrishnan. The interim relief was granted in a plea by the Minister seeking to quash the enforcement proceedings. The court also granted time...
Calcutta High Court Orders Police Authorities To Keep Vigil, Curb Kidnapping Incidents
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday personally interacted with a minor victim girl who had allegedly been kidnapped and thereafter ordered for the girl to be handed over to her parents pursuant to her request. Justice Shampa Sarkar had earlier directed the Superintendent of Police, Purba Medinipur to file a report before the Court indicating the reasons as to why the minor girl who was...