Karnataka HC: Receiving Financial Benefits Due To Employee's Death Not A Bar For Compassionate Appointment
The Karnataka High Court has stated that a person will not be disentitled from receiving compassionate appointment simply because the family receives certain financial benefits, due to the death of the employee. The decision was given by the Division Bench consisting of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice N S Sanjay Gowda. The Bangalore Development Authority was directed to issue an order of appointment to the Appellant.
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Gujarat HC Reserves Judgement On Pleas Challenging Liquor Prohibition
The Division Bench consisted of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Biren Vaishnav. The Gujarat HC reserved its order regarding the petitions challenging the prohibition of manufacture, sale, and consumption of liquor in the state. The said policy was challenged on the grounds of arbitrariness and violation of the Right to Privacy. It was stated by the petitioners that the validity of the prohibition on alcohol was not to be decided by the Supreme Court and the Gujarat High Court was competent to adjudicate on the matter.
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DNPA Moves To Madras High Court Against IT Rules
The Madras High Court has issued a notice regarding the plea filed by the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA). The plea had been filed by journalist Mukund Padmanabhan and the DNPA seeking that the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 be declared ultra vires and violative of Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution. The matter was heard by a Bench consisting of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy.
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Bombay HC Reserves Judgement On Plea Challenging CBI FIR Against Anil Deshmukh
The Maharashtra Government had filed a petition seeking that two paragraphs from the CBI’s FIR against Anil Deshmukh be removed given that it attempts to destabilise the present Government. The FIR was filed on the grounds of corruption against former State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. The CBI had been represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta . Currently, the Bombay High Court has reserved its judgement on the matter.
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Allahabad HC: Petitions Challenging Anti Conversion Ordinance Filed Now Withdrawn; Notice Issued
Petitions that were filed in the Allahabad High Court which challenge the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020 have now been withdrawn since a law has already been passed in the matter. The petitions were dismissed by a Bench consisting of Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Siddharth Varma. Since the Ordinance was now an act, all petitions regarding the same stand dismissed.
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