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High Court: Engineering Degree holders can’t be appointed as Junior Engineers

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A three-judge bench comprising of Justice B K Narayana, Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Pankaj Bhatia were of the view that the State Government has the power to prescribe the requisite qualification required for an advertised post and it cannot be a matter for judicial review. In the present case, the state government while issuing […]

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Tadvi case: High Court to video record bail plea hearing of accused

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The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed its registry department to make arrangements on July 30 to film hearing of the bail pleas of three senior doctors, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of their junior colleague at a civic-run hospital here. Justice D S Naidu was hearing bail pleas filed by the Hema Ahuja, […]

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Supreme Court stays High Court order on Lokayukta appointments

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The High Court, in its interim order on April 5, stayed the appointment of M. Rajaram, a member of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC), & K. Arumugam, a functionary of the AIADMK’s advocates’ wing & a public prosecutor. “The High Court appears to have erred,” the apex court said while staying the order. […]

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High Court Moots Special Teams to Assess Quality of Teaching in Govt. Schools

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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday observed that there was a need for periodical assessment of the quality of teaching in government schools. Justice S.M. Subramaniam directed the Secretary, School Education department, to constitute special teams in all districts under the chairmanship of Chief Educational Officer to conduct periodical inspection of […]

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High Court asks Centre to examine whether to restrain Google from uploading Indian maps

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The Delhi High Court directed the Centre on Wednesday to examine whether Google should be restrained from uploading maps of India, including defence installations, on its web service. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued the directions while disposing a plea moved by a lawyer, Kisalaya Shukla, who […]

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Tadvi suicide: High Court to hear bail pleas of doctors on Thursday

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The Bombay High Court has posted on Thursday the hearing into the bail pleas of three women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of their junior colleague by tormenting her with casteist slurs at a hospital here. Special public prosecutor Raja Thakare, appearing for the city police’s crime branch, told a single bench of […]

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Plea in High Court for equal status to ‘Vande Mataram’ as that of national anthem

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A plea was Monday filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Centre to frame a policy to equally propagate the national anthem and the national song — ‘Vande Mataram’. The plea, filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, has sought that ‘Vande Mataram’, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, be given […]

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High Court quashes defamation proceedings against Ratan Tata, others

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The Bombay High Court on Monday quashed proceedings initiated by a local court against Tata Sons’ former chairman Ratan Tata, its current chairman N Chandrasekaran and eight directors of the firm in a criminal defamation case filed by Nusli Wadia. In December 2018, a magistrate court in the city issued notices to Ratan Tata and […]

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Govt-empanelled lawyers say will not attend Calcutta High Court judge’s court

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In a rare move, government-empanelled lawyers at the Calcutta High Court Monday told Justice Samapti Chattopadhyay that they will henceforth not attend her court. Additional Government Pleader Bhaskar Baishya told Justice Chattopadhyay, soon after she entered the courtroom for holding hearing of cases, that government-empanelled lawyers have resolved not to attend her court. “The way […]

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High Court Notice to PM on Plea Challenging his Varanasi Victory

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The Allahabad HC on Friday issued a notice to PM Modi on BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav’s plea challenging his election as MP from Varanasi in 2019, & sought a reply before the next hearing on August 21.   Yadav was to be SP’s candidate from Varanasi, but his nomination was rejected on May 1 […]

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High Court dismisses convict Nalini’s plea in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

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The Madras high court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, seeking a directive to the governor to accept a recommendation by the Tamil Nadu government for her premature release. Based on a cabinet resolution, the Tamil Nadu government had […]

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High Court junks plea seeking ban on ‘Alibaug se aaya hai kya?’ phrase

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The Bombay High Court Friday dismissed a petition seeking a ban on the phrase ‘Alibaug se aaya hai kya?’, observing that there was nothing derogatory in it and it should not be taken as a humiliation. As per the plea, the phrase is commonly used in Maharashtra to address someone who is considered foolish or […]

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