Karnataka High Court Issues 'Universal Accessibility' SOP, Mandates Govt & Private Buildings To Become Fully Accessible To Disabled Persons

The SOP shall apply to all government establishments, private buildings, hospitals, banks, as well as digital and virtual platforms

Candidate Deprived Of Public Employment Over Lodging Of FIR Despite Negative Final Report Violates Article 14: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that depriving a candidate of public employment merely due to registration of FIR that resulted in negative report, was not only arbitrary but also punished a candidate for no fault of his. The bench of Justice Arun Monga observed that such a proposition placed a citizen's career at the mercy of someone who chose to file a false complaint. “The mere registration of...

Comment On Ranya Rao | 'Was Using North Kannada Dialect' : BJP MLA Tells Karnataka High Court In Plea To Quash FIR

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (June 8) directed the State to secure the entire investigation and trial court records, including the Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) report and chargesheet in the gold smuggling case against Kannada actress Ranya Rao, to ascertain the veracity of a remark allegedly made by BJP MLA Basangouda R. Patil Yatnal about her.The single judge bench of Justice...

Advocate Anoop V Nair Appointed As Kerala State Attorney

The newly-elected government in Kerala has appointed Advocate Anoop V. Nair as the State Attorney.The government had earlier appointed Senior Advocate Jaju Babu as the Advocate General and Advocate T.A. Asaf Ali as the Director General of Prosecution.Advocates Mohammed Shah and K.C. Vincent are appointed as the Additional Advocate...

UAPA | Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Activist Khurram Parvez In Alleged Terror Funding Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez in an alleged terror funding case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under UAPA. A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja allowed Parvez's appeal challenging a trial court order passed on December 17, 2024, denying him bail.The Court said that...

Khan Sir Moves Patna High Court To Quash FIR Over Coaching Centre Firing Incident, Seeks Reopening Of Institute

Educator and YouTuber Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, has approached the Patna High Court seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him by the Patna Police in connection with the recent violence at his coaching institute.Khan Sir has also sought directions for reopening his coaching institute, which has remained shut following the incident.The matter came up before the High...

2017 Actress Assault Case: Another Kerala High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Survivor's Plea For Fresh Probe Into 'Memory Card Leak'

Kerala High Court's Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath on Wednesday (June 10) recused from hearing a plea filed by the survivor in the 2017 Actress Assault Case seeking a fresh and comprehensive probe by SIT into the alleged illegal access of the memory card that contained visuals of the assault.This development comes after a coordinate bench of Justice Jobin Sebastian had recused from hearing...

'Filing Election Petition Is Statutory Right':Madras High Court Asks ECI To Furnish Udhayanidhi Stalin's Election Papers To Losing Candidate

The Madras High Court recently directed the Election Commission of India to furnish the election-related documents of Udhayanidhi Stalin and other documents sought for by a candidate who contested from the same constituency for filing an election affidavit. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan rejected the ECI's argument that the documents could...

Delhi Riots: High Court Seeks Police Response On Tahir Hussain's Bail Plea

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (June 10) sought response of the Delhi Police on the appeal filed by former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain seeking bail in relation to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.A division bench comprising Justice Neena Bansal Krishna and Justice Madhu Jain also sought reply of the Delhi Police on Hussain's application seeking condonation...

Cashew Corp 'Scam': Kerala High Court Directs Compliance Of Order On Re-Considering Sanction To Prosecute Ex-Officials

The high court said that the earlier order must be complied with by June 19 unless stayed by Division Bench

Major Siblings Can Claim Compensation For 'Loss Of Dependency' If Proved By Evidence: Kerala High Court Upholds Award To Unmarried Sister

The Kerala High Court recently held that a sibling is entitled to compensation under the head of loss of dependency if dependency is established by adducing evidence before the Tribunal in motor accidents claims.Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen upheld the compensation awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal to an unmarried and unemployed sister of the deceased, who had deposed and gave...

Kerala High Court Directs Formulation Of New Scheme For Effective Administration Of Sree Thirumandhankunnu Bhagavathy Temple

The Kerala High Court, in a recent decision, directed the Malabar Devaswom Board to formulate within three months a new scheme for the effective administration of Sree Thirumandhankunnu Bhagavathy Temple in Malappuram district.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar remarked that the present scheme framed in 1966 is ineffective, and ordered that a...