By: PTI 12 Feb 2019 10:49 AM GMT The Supreme Court Tuesday referred to seven-judge bench the issue of determining the correctness of minority status granted to Aligarh Muslim University. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi referred the matter to the larger bench for defining the parameters for grant of minority status to educational institutions. The then UPA-led centre government had filed an appeal against the 2006 verdict of the Allahabad High Court holding that the varsity was not a minority institution. The varsity administration had also filed a separate plea against the high court verdict on the issue. The BJP government at the Centre had in 2016 told the apex court that it will withdraw the appeal filed by the erstwhile UPA government. It said a five-judge Constitution bench in 1968 in the Aziz Basha case had held that AMU was a "central university" and not a minority institution. After the 1968 verdict, the AMU (Amendment) Act, 1981 came … [Read more...] about Minority Status Of Aligarh Muslim University: SC Refers The Matter To Seven Judge Bench
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Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Accused in Bulandshahr Violence Case [Read Order]
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Apoorva Mandhani December 27, 2018 3:43 pm Change Font Size The Allahabad High Court last week refused to quash the FIR filed against one Satish, who is an accused in the Bulandshahr violence case in which police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a local youth was killed on December 3. The violence had erupted over alleged cow slaughter in the area. An FIR in connection with Subodh Singh’s killing was then lodged by Subhash Chandra, a sub-inspector posted at the Syan police station in Bulandshahr on December 4. Challenging the case filed against him, Satish had now contended that he was being “unnecessarily harassed on the basis of false allegations made against him while prima facie no cognizable offence is made out pursuant to the FIR lodged”. The bench comprising Justice Naheed Ara Moonis and Justice Manju Rani Chauhan, however, refused to accept his contentions and observed, “From the … [Read more...] about Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Accused in Bulandshahr Violence Case [Read Order]
A Judicial Officer Is Not An Ordinary Government Servant & Must Be Above Suspicion: Allahabad HC [Read Order]
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Apoorva Mandhani December 15, 2018 11:40 am Change Font Size Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a judicial officer on grounds of misconduct, on the basis of two orders passed by her in land acquisition cases. In doing so, the bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Shabihul Hasnain observed, “A judicial officer is not an ordinary Government Servant and must be above suspicion. The conduct of the judicial officer must be beyond doubt as a Judge must be a person of high integrity, honesty and required to have moral vigour, fairness and should be impervious to corrupt or venial influences.” The court was hearing a petition filed by former Additional District Judge, Ghaziabad, Ms. Sadhna Chaudhary, challenging the order of her dismissal passed by the Appointments Department of the State Government in January 2016. The petitioner had joined the services … [Read more...] about A Judicial Officer Is Not An Ordinary Government Servant & Must Be Above Suspicion: Allahabad HC [Read Order]
Formation Of Monitoring Committees By District Judges, CCTVs, etc.: Allahabad HC Issues Interim Guidelines For UP Shelter Homes [Read Order]
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Apoorva Mandhani September 11, 2018 10:30 am Change Font Size The Allahabad High Court has issued interim guidelines for the management of shelter homes in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Bench comprising Chief Justice DB Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma has directed all District Judges in the State to constitute monitoring committees of 3-4 members, comprising the Secretary of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), and judicial officers. It has further issued the following directives: The Monitoring Committees should contain lady judicial officers. The Committees shall undertake an inspection of all shelter homes falling within the jurisdiction of the concerned District Court and chronicle their observations with regard to the status and character of infrastructure available, the hygiene levels maintained at the shelter homes as also of the areas and aspects which require upgradation. The Committees shall also … [Read more...] about Formation Of Monitoring Committees By District Judges, CCTVs, etc.: Allahabad HC Issues Interim Guidelines For UP Shelter Homes [Read Order]
Allahabad HC Refuses Interim Relief To Power Projects From RBI Circular On Revised Framework For Resolution Of Stressed Assets [Read Judgment]
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Apoorva Mandhani August 28, 2018 3:53 pm Change Font Size The Allahabad High Court on Monday refused to grant interim relief to private power companies from the circular issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which gives borrowers 180 days’ time to clear their dues— a deadline that ended on Monday. The Bench comprising Chief Justice DB Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma ruled, “In the ultimate analysis, I have been unable to persuade myself to find the petitioners entitled to the grant of interim relief bearing in mind factors such as the state of the banking sector, rising status of NPA’s, declining profitability of public sector banks, steady erosion of profits, majority of banks not even meeting the minimum capital requirements, the huge infusion of funds by the Union Government to shore up the banking system as a whole, the experience of RBI of existing schemes not being … [Read more...] about Allahabad HC Refuses Interim Relief To Power Projects From RBI Circular On Revised Framework For Resolution Of Stressed Assets [Read Judgment]