Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Hold Stakeholder Consultation For Making Films Friendly For Visually And Hearing Impaired Persons

The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to hold a stakeholder consultation for making films disabled-friendly for visually and hearing impaired individuals and to ensure implementation of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.Justice Prathiba M Singh directed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting along with other relevant Ministries to hold the consultation with...

JEE Mains | Why 75% Marks In XII Boards Mandatory When There Is A Qualifying Exam? Bombay High Court Asks NTA

The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought to know the purpose of eligibility criteria of 75 percent marks in boards despite there being a qualifying exam for admission to IITs, NITs, IIITs etc. The court asked the NTA, "What is the purpose for giving 75 percent for twelfth standard? There is a qualifying examination."A division bench of Acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep...

PIL Seeking Mechanism To Inform Legal Heirs About Unclaimed Deposits In Dormant Accounts : Supreme Court Seeks Finance Ministry's Response

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted time to the Ministry of Finance to file its counter affidavit in a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a mechanism to inform legal heirs about the unclaimed deposits lying in dormant accounts. The petition filed by financial journalist and Managing Editor of Money Life Sucheta Dalal was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice...

'Officer Without Authority Took Action' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Conviction For 'Black' Sale Of LPG Cylinder In 1995

The Supreme Court recently set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had upheld a Trial Court order convicting persons who had involved in the sale of ‘black’ gas cylinders in a 1995 case.A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Rajesh Bindal was hearing the appellants’ plea against their conviction under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. On February 2,...

Local Body Polls: Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt To Submit OBC Commission Report

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to present before it the report prepared by the dedicated Uttar Pradesh Backward Classes Commission to study the representation of Other Backward Class (OBCs) in urban local bodies.It may be noted that the commission had the primary responsibility to collect empirical data on the political backwardness of the community and to...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Sunil Mittal In Airtel User's Complaint Over Denial Of Discount, Alleged Forgery

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday quashed criminal proceedings in a private complaint alleging offences under Sections 465 and 468 of IPC against Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal and another senior company official on the ground that allegations made in the complaint do not disclose any prosecutable case against them. Justice Rai Chattopadhyay said the complainant has not...

Madras High Court Notifies Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules 2022

By way of a gazette notification issued on April 5th, the Madras High Court has notified the Madras High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022. The Rules shall come into force on such date as notified by the High Court.The rules have been framed by the High Court by way of the powers vested in it under Section 129 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 and Clauses 37 and 38 of...

Chargesheet Filed In Hate Speech Case Over Hindu Yuva Vahini Event, Delhi Police Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of the contempt petition filed by activist Tushar Gandhi against the Delhi Police for its alleged inaction in the hate speech case over the Hindu Yuva Vahini event organised under the leadership of Sudarshan News TV editor Suresh Chavhanke in Delhi in December 2021. The contempt petition had argued that the Delhi Police had violated the guidelines set...

Whether Any Action Taken? Gujarat High Court Calls For Complete Records Related To Patdi Encounter

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed the State to produce before it all records and documents including post mortem report, ballistics report etc., in a PIL related to killing of a person and his 14 year old son in a police encounter in Patdi taluka of Surendranagar district in the year 2021.The PIL filed by the daughter and sister of the deceased persons respectively, states that...

‘He Should Be More Responsible’: Supreme Court Asks BJP Leader Prashant Umrao To Apologize For Tweet On Bihari Migrants In TN, Grants Interim Relief

The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed displeasure at Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Prashant Umrao for sharing wrong information on Twitter regarding alleged attacks against Bihari workers in Tamil Nadu. Observing that Patel should be more responsible, especially as a lawyer, the Court asked him to tender an apology for spreading misinformation.A bench comprising Justices...

[BAIL] Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar-Default Bail-PART-V

Q.21 Final report not filed within 90 days. Bail application was filed on the 91st day. Thereafter on the 91st day itself the final report was filed. The Court dismissed the bail application. The accused approached the higher forum seeking default bail. Is the accused entitled to default bail ? Ans. Yes. The indefeasible right of the accused to be released on default bail does...

Allahabad HC's 7 Judges Bench Takes Serious View Of Kanpur Bar Association's Continued Strike, Directs Its Office Bearers To Appear Before It Tomorrow

Taking serious note of the continued strike of the Kanpur Bar Association and the Lawyers Association, the Allahabad High Court's 7 Judges bench today directed the office bearers of the Associations to appear before the Court tomorrow.A full bench of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker, Justice Sunita Agarwal, Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani, Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta, Justice Anjani Kumar...