J&K High Court Restrains Police From Filing Final Report Against Three Animal Rights Activists Without Prior Permission

J&K High court has directed the Station House Officer (SHO) of concerned Police Station not to submit the final report in an FIR against three animal rights activists under Sections 333, 115(2), and 191(2) of the BNS without prior permission of the Court.The petitioner had sought quashment of the FIR on the ground that it was a retaliatory measure followed by the FIR registered at...

'Political Motive': PIL In Allahabad HC Against Denial Of Permission For Annual Syed Salar Dargah Mela In Bahraich

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been filed in the Allahabad High Court challenging the recent decision of the District Administration to deny permission for the annual 'Jeth Mela' at Syed Salar Masood Ghazi Dargah in Bahraich, citing law and order concerns. The PIL, moved by UP residents and 'ardent devotees' of 'Hazrat Syed Salaar Masood Ghazi (Rahmatullah Alaih)',...

Ad-Hoc Arbitrator Can Grant Interest U/S 16 Of MSMED Act, Even If Reference Was Not Made To MSME Council: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh held that an ad-hoc arbitrator (appointed under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996) is empowered to grant interest rate contemplated under Section 16 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, even if the reference was not made to the MSME Facilitation Council for resolving...

Pahalgam Terror Attack: Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Pakistani Minors' Plea Seeking No Coercive Action Till May 15

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (May 6) issued notice to the Union of India, State Government on a petition filed by three minor children who are Pakistani Nationals, seeking to restrain the authorities from taking any coercive action against them until May 15, the date by which they are expected to leave India.A vacation bench Justice M G Uma issued notice and has posted the matter...

'Serious Issue': Uttarakhand HC Asks State If ST Certificates Being Issued Solely Based On Residence In Tribal Area

The Uttarakhand High Court last week sought a response from the State Government on whether Scheduled Tribe certificates are being issued merely on the basis of a person's residence in a tribal area, or if such certificates are granted only to those who belong to the notified tribal communities. A bench of Justice Rakesh Thapliyal has also sought to know as to how many persons...

Take Concrete Decision So That No Student Is Excluded From CLAT Due To Language Barrier: Delhi High Court To Consortium Of NLUs

The Delhi High Court has recently directed the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) to take a concrete decision so that no student giving Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) entrance examination is excluded due to language barrier. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing a public interest litigation seeking a direction that CLAT...

School Can't Deny Transfer Certificate To Child On Grounds Of Parents Having Matrimonial Dispute: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a school cannot deny transfer certificate to a child merely because the parents have ongoing matrimonial or guardianship dispute. “…the school cannot deny the issuance of Transfer Certificate (TC) to the child who has sought admission in other school. In the event of delay in issuance of Transfer Certificate, even a disciplinary action can be...

Students Move Allahabad HC Against Civic Body's Takeover Of Land Allegedly Owned By Aligarh Muslim University

A group of students of the Aligarh Muslim University have moved the Allahabad High Court against the recent move of the Aligarh Municipal Corporation (AMC) to take over the possession of 41 bighas of land located near the AMU campus. A total of 23 students have filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea, terming the civic body's action as 'encroachment/trespass'. They allege...

Delhi High Court Seeks AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan's Response On Plea Seeking Cancellation Of Anticipatory Bail

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by the prosecution seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan over an alleged attack on a Delhi Police team at Jamia Nagar.Justice Ravinder Dudeja sought response of Khan and listed the matter for hearing on August 27. Khan was granted anticipatory bail by Rouse Avenue Courts in February. He...

Bail Pleas Arising Out Of Same FIR To Be Listed Before One Judge For Disposal: Gauhati High Court Issues Notification

In supersession of all earlier directions, the Gauhati High Court issued a notification on May 3 concerning listing of bail matters which is to come into effect immediately.The notification issued by the Registrar General states:If Bail applications are assigned to different single Judge(s)/Bench(es), in that event, all the applications arising out of same FIR will be placed before one Judge...

'E-Surveillance, Underground Cables': Karnataka High Court Issues Directions To Minimize Risk Of Elephant Deaths By Electrocution

The Karnataka High Court has directed Central and State forest authorities to commit themselves to conserve and preserve the "animal-asset" elephant, by taking steps to minimize, avoid and obliterate the risk of elephants succumbing to death by electrocution.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun directed thus while disposing a suo-motu petition initiated last...

Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Youtuber Arattannan Booked For Making Derogatory Remarks On Female Actors

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (6th May) granted bail to the Youtuber Santhosh Varkey popularly known as Arattannan. He was arrested based on complaints against his derogatory Facebook post against female actors. He is booked under Sections 75(3), 75(1)(iv) and 79 of BNS, Section 120(o) of Kerala Police Act and Section 67 of Information Technology Act.The counsel appearing for Santhosh...