Category: LEGAL NEWS

Deprecating the practice of a teacher or professor pursuing a full time course while simultaneously working as a faculty member, the Madras High Court has made it clear that it cannot be permitted without prior permission from the university or college concerned”The university/institution and the recognition authorities must ensure that no teacher/professor is permitted to do the full time course without obtaining prior permission from the University/College.”Otherwise, that will give a wrong signal and that for the sake of convenience, the student may be asked to be a Professor for…

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New Delhi, Aug 17 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today asked the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) and a sub-committee set up by Kerala to deal with the flood situation in the state to coordinate and explore the possibility of reducing the water level at the Mullaperiyar Dam by three feet. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice D Y Chandrachud asked Kerala and Tamil Nadu to abide by the directions given by NCMC on the rehabilitation of displaced people and the reduction of water level from the…

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New Delhi, Aug 16 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today directed the Disaster Management sub-committee of Mullaperiyar Dam to consider reducing water level up to 139 feet from the present 142 feet, considering the “grave” flood situation in all the 14 districts of Kerala. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Indu Malhotra took a serious note of the grim flood situation in Kerala and asked the sub-committee to hold an urgent meeting tomorrow morning with the Centre’s National Crisis Management Committee (NCMS) and the Chief Secretaries of…

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New Delhi, Aug 15 (DIN NEWS) Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said today that to criticise, attack and destroy a system was easy but it was difficult and challenging to transform it into a performing one. The Chief Justice, while delivering his speech after unfurling the national flag at the 72nd Independence Day celebrations organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), said one has to transcend his personal ambitions and take constructive steps with positive mindset so that the institution can go to greater heights. “To criticise, attack…

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New Delhi, Aug 14 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court today sought response of the Centre on a plea by Congress leader Jagdish Tytler challenging an order of the passport authority impounding his passport for allegedly furnishing false details to them. Justice Vibhu Bakhru took on record the submission of Additional Solicitor General Maninder Acharya that Tytler is at liberty to apply afresh for passport and his application will be considered uninfluenced from previous proceedings. The law officer said the fresh passport application will be considered in accordance with the…

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Taking a serious view against a man for lying on oath, the Delhi High Court has sentenced him to jail for a month for contempt of court and said it will be a great public disaster if the fountain of justice is allowed to be poisoned by anyone giving false statements in a court of law.Justice Manmohan said as the man had admittedly made false statements under oath, the court was of the view that it struck a blow at the rule of law and no court could ignore such…

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New Delhi, Aug 12 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court has said that Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) appear to enjoy the fundamental rights of equality before law and freedom of speech and expression in the same way as any other Indian citizen does. The court’s observation came while asking the Centre to place before it the material based on which an intelligence report had recommended cancellation of the OCI registration of a US-based Indian-origin doctor. Dr Christo Thomas Philip had challenged the cancellation of his OCI registration for alleged…

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DIN NEWS ,10 TH AUG :The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) today stated in the High Court that noise levels due to metro construction work at Cuffe Parade in south Mumbai exceeded prescribed limits.The board submitted its report on ambient noise levels in the court.The MPCB had last month appointed the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to carry out a noise monitoring study at the sites where the Metro work is on.A division bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla was hearing an application filed by the…

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New Delhi, Aug 9 (DIN NEWS) In a setback to the Jaypee Group, the Supreme Court today ordered re-commencement of resolution process against Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL) and barred the firm, its holding company and their promoters from participating in the fresh bidding process. The apex court also allowed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to direct the banks to initiate corporate insolvency resolution proceedings (CIRP) against Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL), the holding company of JIL, under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak…

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 The Supreme Court today sought response from the Jammu and Kashmir government on a plea by Talib Hussain, a key witness in the sensational Kathua gang rape-and-murder case, alleging custodial torture by the state police in an alleged fake rape case.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission of senior advocate Indira Jaising that Hussain had been brutally tortured in police custody and judicial intervention was needed.The bench also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked the senior lawyer to explain as to how…

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