Prolonged Pre-Trial Detention and Right to Liberty Cannot Be Ignored” - Punjab & Haryana High Court Emphasizes Bail as the Rule Taxation Law | Andhra Pradesh High Court Rules Hotel’s Expenditures on Carpets, Mattresses, and Lampshades are Deductible as Current Expenditures Orissa High Court Upholds Disengagement of Teacher for Unauthorized Absence and Suppression of Facts In Disciplined Forces, Transfers are an Administrative Necessity; Judicial Interference is Limited to Cases of Proven Mala Fide: Patna High Court Act Of Judge, When Free From Oblique Motive, Cannot Be Questioned: Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes Disciplinary Proceedings Against Additional Collector Registration Act | False Statements in Conveyance Documents Qualify for Prosecution Under Registration Act: Kerala High Court When Junior is Promoted, Senior’s Case Cannot be Deferred Unjustly: Karnataka High Court in Sealed Cover Promotion Dispute Medical Training Standards Cannot Be Lowered, Even for Disability’ in MBBS Admission Case: Delhi HC Suspicion, However Strong It May Be, Cannot Take Place Of Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Himachal Pradesh High Court Upholds Acquittal No Detention Order Can Rely on Grounds Already Quashed: High Court Sets Precedent on Preventive Detention Limits Tenant's Claims of Hardship and Landlord's Alternate Accommodations Insufficient to Prevent Eviction: Allahabad HC Further Custodial Detention May Not Be Necessary: Calcutta High Court Grants Bail in Murder Case Citing Lack of Specific Evidence High Court, As A Constitutional Court Of Record, Possesses The Inherent Power To Correct Its Own Record: Bombay High Court

"Writ Law" Digest

Land Acquisition – Release of Acquired Lands – Petitioners seeking mandamus for release of their acquired lands under clause 7 of the policy dated 14.09.2018 – State of Haryana decided to release lands not utilized by respondents – Petitioners’ lands part of public purpose projects, hence non-releasable. [Paras 1, 10]   Land Acquisition Act, 1894 & RFCT...

Judicial Review – Mandamus – Reinstatement and Back Wages – Petitioner seeking mandamus for enforcement of earlier High Court order for reinstatement and back wages – Earlier judgment partly allowed reinstatement with modified punishment, not back wages – Petitioner's claim for back wages unsustainable due to limited scope of the petition. [Para 1, 6-7, 16-17] ...

Service Law - Promotion Eligibility Dispute – Unauthorized Absence Impact - Appeal against a Single Bench judgment concerning the promotion of an employee in Cochin Port Trust - Issue centered around the interpretation of unauthorized absence and its effect on seniority and promotion eligibility - Appellant argued that a brief unauthorized absence should not affect his promotion prospects - ...

Coercive Recovery Proceedings by Bank - Kerala Bank initiated coercive proceedings for recovery of financial advance from the petitioner invoking the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 - Petitioner challenged the proceedings due to inability to repay due to COVID-19 pandemic. [Para 1] Financial Transactions and Default - Petition...

relief must come with clean hands – Petitioners had no title or right to the land they Discretionary relief – Clean hands doctrine – A person seeking discretionary occupied – Court cannot protect or advance an illegality – Petitioners were rank trespassers over government land. [Para 4]   Adverse possession – Applicability – Adverse poss...

Constitutional Law – Right to Life – Compensation for Violation – Meerut Fire Tragedy – Liability of Organizers and State – Petitioners sought compensation for victims of fire tragedy – Supreme Court held that the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 includes the right to compensation for loss of life and personal liberty due to negligence – No statut...

Permission for Medical Courses – Requirements Under Central Council Act – Regulatory Compliance – CCIM denied permission to respondent medical colleges for postgraduate admissions for 2018-19 due to lack of Central Research Laboratory and Animal House – Karnataka High Court allowed admissions relying on subsequent permission for 2019-20 – Supreme Court held that each ...

Writ - Seizure of Driving Licenses and Legal Arguments – Petitioners, drivers in the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, had their licenses seized following accidents and subsequent registration of criminal cases under Section 304 (A) IPC – Petitioners argued that they were not convicted and no offence under the Motor Vehicles Act was committed – Respondent Police argued that...

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka – B.Sc. Nursing course – Technical glitches in uploading student details – Writ petition filed seeking direction to consider representation and enable web portal for uploading details and issuing registration numbers – Admission Register found to have fabricated entries and additions made after the last date for uploadin...

Criminal Law - Conviction and Sentence Review – Appellant convicted under Section 302 IPC for the murder of an eight-year-old by setting him on fire – Sentenced to life imprisonment by the II Additional District Sessions Judge, Thoothukudi – Conviction based on circumstantial evidence, including the presence of the appellant at the crime scene and her actions post-incident [Paras...