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Significant Kerala High Court Judgments Of 2020
The Kerala High Court pronounced several significant verdicts in 2020. Here is an annual round-up.Transfer Deed Can Be Declared Void U/s 23 Senior Citizens Act Only If It Expressly Contains Condition To Provide Basic Amenities/Physical Needs To Senior Citizen[Subhashini vs. District Collector]A bench comprising Justices K.Vinod Chandran, VG Arun and TR Ravi held that the condition as...
Challenges To Our Democracy And The Need To Preserve Human Rights
In his book "The Age Rights" (1990), Prof. Louis Henkin, a celebrated scholar of International law had claimed that "Human rights is the idea of our time, the only political – moral idea that has received universal acceptance". Viewed in the light of several International Treaties and democratic Constitutions which recognize the inviolability of human rights, the claim is...
RTI Application Not To Be Rejected Merely For Not Annexing Proof Of Citizenship: CIC
The Central Information Commission has observed that an RTI application cannot be rejected merely for not annexing proof of identity of the applicant.The authority can demand such proof only in rarest of rare case in which there is doubt about the citizenship status of the applicant, the Commission observed.R K Malik, had filed an RTI application before Central Public Information...
District Magistrate Who Was Allegedly Responsible For Post-Midnight Cremation Of Hathras Victim, Transferred By UP Govt
The Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday (31st December) transferred, along with 16 other IAS officers, Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar (who was allegedly responsible for past-midnight cremation of Hathras Rape Voctim) to Mirzapur in the same capacity. Ramesh Ranjan, the Joint managing director of UP Jal Nigam, has been made the new District Magistrate...
The Façade Of Facial Neutrality: Do We Respect Our Women, Their Choice?
Much has been said about the Anti-conversion ordinance (Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020), recently promulgated by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh amidst rising intolerance of inter-faith marriages in the state. Primarily, arguments have been raised and criticism has been shaped around the fundamental right to practice and preach religion of choice as the...
Supreme Court 2020 : Events and Controversies
Even in the COVID-19 affected year of 2020, which threw physical functioning out of gear, the Supreme Court did not cease to be eventful.From an ex-CJI becoming a Rajya Sabha MP within months after retirement to a viral photo of the present CJI on a luxury bike opening the floodgates of contempt cases to a Chief Minister making public allegations against a possible next CJI, the top...
Justice AK Goswami Appointed As New Chief Justice Of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice JK Maheshwari New Sikkim CJ
Centre has notified the appointment of Andhra Pradesh Chief Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari as the Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court.By another notification Sikkim High Court Chief Justice Arup Kumar Goswami has been appointed as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court .The Centre also notified the transfer of following High Court JudgesJustice Satish Chandra Sharma of Madhya Pradesh...
'Repeal Farm Laws' : Kerala Assembly Passes Unanimous Resolution In Special Session
The Kerala legislative assembly passed a unanimous resolution on Thursday urging the Central Government to take urgent steps to repeal the three contentious farm laws, against which several groups of farmers are holding protests.Though the lone BJP MLA in the 140-member house, O Rajagopal, orally opposed certain remarks in the resolution brought by the left front government during the...
Breaking- Andhra Pradesh High Court Judge Calls For Collegium Transparency In The Wake Of Transfer Proposals Of Chief Justices Of AP, Telangana HCs
In a curious development, a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has passed an order with critical observations against the proposals made by the Supreme Court collegium to transfer the Chief Justices of High Courts of AP and Telangana.In an order passed on Wednesday, Justice Rakesh Kumar sought to draw a connection between the transfer proposals of the SC collegium and the bombastic...
Andhra Pradesh High Court Under Attack From Persons In Power : HC Judge Makes Scathing Remarks Against CM Jagan
Justice Rakesh Kumar of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has made certain scathing observations against the Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy and the State Government led by him.While rejecting an application moved by the State Government seeking his recusal from hearing a case, Justice Kumar went to the extent of saying that the High Court of Andhra Pradesh was under attack from persons in...
Borrower Must Be Heard Before Account Is Classified As Fraud: Telangana High Court Reads Principles Of Natural Justice Into RBI Master Circular On Fraud Accounts
The Telangana High Court has held that the principles of natural justice have to be read into the Master Circular issued by the Reserve Bank of India on the classification of bank accounts as fraud accounts.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chouhan and B Vijaysen Reddy held that the account holder must be heard before declaring her as a "fraudulent borrower" or as...
