Court : Chennai
ORDER1. The brief facts of the case which are necessary to dispose of the matter are recapitulated below.2.1. The writ petitioner was declared as an institution deemed to be a university as per Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (for brevity, "UGC Act") in August, 2002 and it is stated to have campuses and courses under its ambit situated at Chennai and Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh. As per the decision in a public interest litigation before the Supreme Court in Viplav Sharma v. Union of India (W.P.(Civil) No.142 of 2006), wherein the Supreme Court considered a dispute regarding the functioning of deemed universities all over India, the petitioner/University was categorised under 'B' category, whose recognition was made subject to review.2.2. On 28.8.2007, the petitioner has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Human Resource Development for creating a new campus in Tiruchirapalli to house a medical college and an engineering college under it as off-campus institutions. S...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : AIR2011SC1290
1. Heard Mr. Shekhar Naphade, learned senior counsel for the petitioner, learned Attorney General for India for the Union of India Mr. Vahanvati, Mr. T. R. Andhyarujina, learned Senior Counsel, whom we had appointed as amicus curiae, Mr. Pallav Sisodia, learned senior counsel for the Dean, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, and Mr. Chinmay Khaldkar, learned counsel for the State of Maharashtra. 2. Euthanasia is one of the most perplexing issues which the courts and legislatures all over the world are facing today. This Court, in this case, is facing the same issue, and we feel like a ship in an uncharted sea, seeking some guidance by the light thrown by the legislations and judicial pronouncements of foreign countries, as well as the submissions of learned counsels before us. The case before us is a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution, and has been filed on behalf of the petitioner Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug by one Ms. Pinki Virani of Mumbai, claiming to be a next friend. 3. It is st...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
-:1. :- R IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE29h DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 PRESENT THE HON'BLE Mrs. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V.HOSMANI WRIT PETITION No.8788 OF2020[EDN-RES]. Connected with WRIT PETITION No.8951 OF2020[EDN-RES]. WRIT PETITION No.9145 OF2020[EDN-RES]. IN W.P. No.8788 OF2020 BETWEEN: MASTER BALACHANDAR KRISHNAN AGED ABOUT17YEARS REPRESENTED BY HIS MOTHER MRS. UMA KRISHNAN, AGED45YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.115/1, 7TH CROSS, CIL LAYOUT, CHOLANAYAKANAHALLI, BENGALURU 560 032. ... PETITIONER (BY SRI K.G. RAGHAVAN, SENIOR COUNSEL A/W. SRI KARAN JOSEPH, ADVOCATE) AND:1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND LEGISLATION, M.S. BUILDING, DR. AMBEDKAR ROAD, BENGALURU 560 001 REP. BY ITS SECRETARY.2. THE UNION OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF -:2. :- HIGHER EDUCATION, 127-C, SHASTRI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI 110 001 REP. BY ITS SECRETARY.3. THE BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA21 ROUSE AVE INSTITUT...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
-:1. :- R IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE29h DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 PRESENT THE HON'BLE Mrs. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V.HOSMANI WRIT PETITION No.8788 OF2020[EDN-RES]. Connected with WRIT PETITION No.8951 OF2020[EDN-RES]. WRIT PETITION No.9145 OF2020[EDN-RES]. IN W.P. No.8788 OF2020 BETWEEN: MASTER BALACHANDAR KRISHNAN AGED ABOUT17YEARS REPRESENTED BY HIS MOTHER MRS. UMA KRISHNAN, AGED45YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.115/1, 7TH CROSS, CIL LAYOUT, CHOLANAYAKANAHALLI, BENGALURU 560 032. ... PETITIONER (BY SRI K.G. RAGHAVAN, SENIOR COUNSEL A/W. SRI KARAN JOSEPH, ADVOCATE) AND:1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND LEGISLATION, M.S. BUILDING, DR. AMBEDKAR ROAD, BENGALURU 560 001 REP. BY ITS SECRETARY.2. THE UNION OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF -:2. :- HIGHER EDUCATION, 127-C, SHASTRI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI 110 001 REP. BY ITS SECRETARY.3. THE BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA21 ROUSE AVE INSTITUT...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
-:1. :- R IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE29h DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 PRESENT THE HON'BLE Mrs. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V.HOSMANI WRIT PETITION No.8788 OF2020[EDN-RES]. Connected with WRIT PETITION No.8951 OF2020[EDN-RES]. WRIT PETITION No.9145 OF2020[EDN-RES]. IN W.P. No.8788 OF2020 BETWEEN: MASTER BALACHANDAR KRISHNAN AGED ABOUT17YEARS REPRESENTED BY HIS MOTHER MRS. UMA KRISHNAN, AGED45YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.115/1, 7TH CROSS, CIL LAYOUT, CHOLANAYAKANAHALLI, BENGALURU 560 032. ... PETITIONER (BY SRI K.G. RAGHAVAN, SENIOR COUNSEL A/W. SRI KARAN JOSEPH, ADVOCATE) AND:1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND LEGISLATION, M.S. BUILDING, DR. AMBEDKAR ROAD, BENGALURU 560 001 REP. BY ITS SECRETARY.2. THE UNION OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF -:2. :- HIGHER EDUCATION, 127-C, SHASTRI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI 110 001 REP. BY ITS SECRETARY.3. THE BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA21 ROUSE AVE INSTITUT...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Chennai
1. One of the reminiscences of the colonial past, still standing as an archaeological monument in the heart of Chennai, is the Victoria Public Hall, off Poonamallee High Road near Central Railway Station. History shows that in a public meeting of the inhabitants of Madras, convened by the Sheriff of Madras, at Pachayappa's Hall, it was resolved on 17.3.1882 to erect a town hall for the use and benefit of the public. For the said purpose, the public were invited to subscribe to a fund already opened with M/s.Arbuthnot & Co. (which itself later plunged into litigation). Several citizens of Madras contributed various amounts and an influential Committee of the citizens of Madras was constituted to carry out the project of construction of a Town Hall. The Committee held negotiations with the then Municipal Commissioners for the Town of Madras, as a result of which, the Corporation passed resolutions dated 21.2.1883, 3.9.1884 and 24.9.1885, allotting land of an extent of about 57 grounds on...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Delhi
1. Whether the Reporters of local papers Yes may be allowed to see the judgment?2. To be referred to Reporter or not? Yes3. Whether the judgment should be Yes reported in the Digest?ORDER.1. The present judgment will dispose of three writ petitions filed by the Indian Olympic Association (the petitioner in W.P. 876/2007, hereafter referred to as "the IOA"), the Sanskriti School, petitioner in W.P. 1212/2007, (hereafter referred to as "the school") and the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games, 2010, Delhi (petitioner in W.P. 1161/2008, hereafter referred to as "the Games Committee"). The common question involved is as to the applicability of the Right to Information Act (hereafter referred to as "the Act"), with broad reference to whether the writ petitioners are "Public Authorit(ies)" within the meaning of the term under Section 2(h) of the said Act. Petitioners facts and contentions:2. Briefly the facts of the case in W.P. 876/2007, filed by the IOA are that the IOA is the a...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Kolkata
Reported in : 2008(3)CHN857
Dipankar Datta, J.1. Rizwanur Rahman (hereafter Riz), since deceased, son and brother of the petitioners 1 and 2 respectively, was laid to rest in September last. The suspicious circumstances in which he died, the role of the State Police agencies in investigating the cause of his death, the conduct of certain police officers of Kolkata Police both before and after his death, alleged involvement of his father-in-law Ashok Todi (respondent No. 12) and his uncles-in-iaw Anil Saraogi (respondent No. 13) and Pradeep Todi (not a party to the petition) in connection with his unnatural death, investigation conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (hereafter the CBI) being directed by this Court - all these and much more, have exercised thoughtful consideration of this Court on the face of eloquent arguments advanced by learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner, the State, the accused police officers and the respondent No. 12 and learned Counsel for the CBI and the respondent No. 13, b...
Tag this Judgment!Court : National Green Tribunal Principal Bench New Delhi
Swatanter Kumar, (Chairperson): 1. The State level Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, (for short SEIAA), in its meeting dated 19th December, 2012 agreed with the recommendations of the State Environmental Appraisal Committee, (for short SEAC) and declared that the Nagar Nigam (Municipal Corporation), Bareilly, Respondent No.4, was not required to take Environmental Clearance (for short EC) for Municipal Solid Waste Management (for short MSWM) Project, Bareilly, under the EIA Notification of 2006 (for short the Notification). Vide its letter of the same date, it so informed the Nagar Nigam, Bareilly. Inter alia, the legality, correctness and validity of this letter dated 19th December, 2012 have been challenged in the following applications: (i) In Application No.86 of 2013, the petition filed by Rayons-Enlighting Humanity, a Society registered under the Society Registration Act, 1860, it has prayed that the above letter dated 19th December, 2012 be quashed, and that the Ministr...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Mumbai
A.S. Oka, J. 1. As per the administrative order dated 17th November 2015 passed by the Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice, this group of Petitions has been specifically assigned to this specially constituted Bench. OVERVIEW 2. The challenge in this group of Petitions is to various provisions of the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act, 1976 (for short Animal Preservation Act ) as amended by the Maharashtra Animal Preservation(Amendment)Act,1995 (for short the Amendment Act ). The Amendment Act received the assent of the Hon'ble President of India on 4th March 2015. By the Amendment Act, in addition to existing prohibition on the slaughter of cows, a complete prohibition was imposed on slaughter of bulls and bullocks in the State. A ban was imposed on possessing the flesh of cow, bull or bullock slaughtered within and outside the State. Moreover, by introducing Section 9B, at the trial of certain offences, a negative burden was put on the accused. 3. Before we deal with the facts of each P...
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