Money laundering case | Won’t intervene in Nawab Malik’s plea for release: SC The Maharashtra Cabinet Minister and senior NCP leader faces money laundering case The Hindu · Apr 22, 2022
Non-disclosure of marks: Punjab and Haryana HC summons HSSC secretary CHANDIGARH: The role of the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC), which recruits Group-C and Group-D employees for the Haryana government, has once again come under the judicial scanner for “not maintaining transparency” in its functioning. The Times of India · Apr 21, 2022
Madhya Pradesh HC dismisses PIL against bulldozer drive BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh high court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL that sought an order to restrain the administration from bulldozing houses of persons accused of any crime. It doesn’t concern any larger public interest, a division bench of Chief Justice R V Malimath and Justice Purusendra Kaurav observed while… The Times of India · Apr 20, 2022
State's wisdom and discretion to appoint rightful candidate as SPP in Khwaja Yunus case: Bombay HC MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday said three names suggested by counsel for Asiya Begum to the state for appointment as special public prosecutor (SPP) for the trial into the 2003 custodial death of her son Khwaja Yunus, were taken in a "positive way" by the government. The Times of India · Apr 19, 2022
Odisha HC issues directive to remove ambiguity on disbursal of ration benefits Bench takes note of media report that said over 2,000 were deprived of benefits due to Aadhaar card non-linkage The Hindu · Apr 19, 2022
Insurance firm manager acquitted in bribery case NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court has acquitted a branch manager of an insurance firm of graft charges. The Times of India · Apr 19, 2022
Punjab and Haryana HC seeks report on steps taken to protect forest, wildlife in Morni CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has asked the Haryana government to submit a status report containing the steps taken by the state authorities to ensure protection of forest and wildlife of Morni Hills area. The Times of India · Apr 18, 2022
Focus on police probe, complaint of offence, says Punjab and Haryana high court CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has observed that in the event of a complaint case and a police investigation of the same offence, the magistrate concerned shall inquire into or try together the complaint case and the case arising out of a police report. The Times of India · Apr 18, 2022
Expedite compensation payment to families of farmers: HC to govt. Petition posted for hearing after summer vacations The Hindu · Apr 18, 2022
HC finds lacunae in appointment letters to legal heirs of manual scavengers Hyderabad The Hindu · Apr 16, 2022
Telangana CM appeals to HC judges for speedy adjudication of cases CM K. Chandrasekhara Rao also thanked Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana for sanctioning new judges to the Telangana High Court The Hindu · Apr 15, 2022
Consider conditional release of single woman prisoners, Orissa HC They stay amid a large number of male inmates in eight sub–jails The Hindu · Apr 14, 2022
Drive was to reignite gratitude for Naval Ship, was a party initiative not individual: Kirit Somaiya to Bombay HC MUMBAI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Mumbai Member of Parliament (MP) Kirit Somaiya who rushed on Tuesday to Bombay high court after the sessions court denied him pre-arrest bail, denying all allegations says the allegation he collected Rs 57 crore during the INS Vikrant restoration drive is "absurd"… The Times of India · Apr 12, 2022
The Times of India · Apr 12, 2022 'Obstructing police': Bombay HC quashes case against Sobo hotelier MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday quashed a first information report (FIR) registered with Gamdevi police in Mumbai against Jeetendra Navlani for allegedly refusing to shut his south Mumbai restaurant and bar on time in 2019 by claiming he was connected to the former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir…
The Times of India · Apr 12, 2022 Halt Assam Rifles intake rally: Punjab and Haryana HC CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed the Assam Rifles recruitment rally 2021-22 after hearing a plea alleging alteration of criteria by the selection agency midway, depriving those possessing National Cadet Corps (NCC) certificate of additional marks prescribed under the original advertisement.
The Times of India · Apr 11, 2022 Schools reopen in Kolkata, yellow-card entry for kids with no dues KOLKATA: Ashok Hall School, Mahadevi Birla Shishu Vihar and G D Birla Centre for Education reopened their gates on Monday to those students whose parents have cleared their pending fees, following a two-day shutdown. While these students were given special identity cards, the rest stayed away from the schools, ensuring…
The Times of India · Apr 11, 2022 SSC probe report: West Bengal panel, its appointments illegal KOLKATA: A committee appointed by the Calcutta High Court to probe irregularities in school recruitment has found the five-member panel set up by the education department to oversee the appointments “not valid under the law” and has blamed the panel members for the illegal appointments in Group D posts.
The Hindu · Apr 9, 2022 Drug addiction debilitating TS Drug abuse in Telangana leaving police officials ‘high’ and dry
The Times of India · Apr 9, 2022 Dera chief’s furlough: Not for court to correct ambiguity in law, says HC CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that in case of any ambiguity in the words used by the legislature in enactment of a statute, the court would not go to its aide to correct the same.
The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022 Bihar lacks ‘mechanism’ to stop liquor smuggling: Patna HC PATNA: The Patna high court has expressed its displeasure over the absence of any mechanism to identify liquor smugglers in Bihar, leading to “flourishing gangs and economic offences due to rampant illicit liquor trade”.
The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022 HC: Don’t look for proof, but for lack of mala fide in case withdrawal plea CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that while hearing an application filed by a public prosecutor for withdrawal of prosecution in a criminal case, the trial court judge should see if the application for withdrawal is free from any taint of mala fides. The HC…
The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022 No vicarious liability on state for judicial actions: Calcutta high court KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a Rs 100-crore compensation claim against the Bengal government for vicarious liability, holding it responsible in a case of alleged defamation against a high court judge. “There is no master-servant relationship between the State and a High Court Judge, and accordingly, there is…
The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022 Trial courts can give life till death only in rape cases, says Calcutta HC KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court has directed all trial court judges to stop the practice of sentencing murder convicts to life imprisonment till death, unless in heinous rape and gangrape cases in which law provides for such sentences. It said such orders can be misinterpreted that the sentences cannot be…
The Times of India · Apr 7, 2022 Convicted for 2 murders & 2 rapes, Dera chief Ram Rahim 'not hardcore prisoner', says Punjab and Haryana high court CHANDIGARH: In a major respite to Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the controversial chief of Dera Sacha Sauda who is undergoing imprisonment in Rohtak’s Sunaria jail after being convicted for two murders and two rapes, the Punjab and Haryana high court has held that he does not fall in the category of…