Supreme Court Allows OCI Candidates In Kerala Entrance Exams To Apply Against NRI Seats Without Uploading Documents Establishing NRI Status

The Supreme Court recently passed an interim order to allow OCI Candidates who had applied for counselling under Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical 2022 ("KEAM") in Kerala to apply for State and All India Examinations and counselling against the NRI seat by production of proof of his/her OCI status and domicile in a state/India.The bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari...

Supreme Court Permits Maharashtra Government To Submit Proposal To Centre Under CPS Scheme To Start 20 Open Shelter Homes For Children In Street Situations

The Supreme Court, on Friday, granted permission to the Maharashtra Government to submit a proposal to the Union Government for starting 20 open shelters under the Children Protection Services (CPS) Scheme within a period of one week. It directed the Union Government to decide the application within two months thereafter. The Maharashtra Government was also directed to make an application...

Former UP AAG Jyoti Sikka's Appeal Against Single Judge's Adverse Remarks: Allahabad HC Asks Her To Approach Same Judge

Hearing an appeal filed by Former Additional Advocate General, Uttar Pradesh Jyoti Sikka challenging an order of the Single Judge containing adverse remarks made against her, the Allahabad High Court has asked her to approach "that very judge" who passed the order to seek redressal of her grievance. The Bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi further requested...

Tajinder Bagga Arrest Row: High Court Seeks Delhi Police's Response On Plea By Punjab Police Challenging Abduction FIR

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response of the city police on a plea filed by Punjab Police seeking quashing of an FIR for allegedly abducting BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga from his residence, earlier this month.A single judge bench comprising of Justice Anu Malhotra granted four weeks time to the respondents for filing of the response while posting the matter for further hearing...

State Is Trustee Of All Natural Resources, Must Be Conscious To Maintain It: Rajasthan HC On Illegal Mining, Encroachment In Forests; Appoints Amicus

The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur has recently directed the State to ensure compliance of law and prevent illegal mining, encroachments etc. in the Forests, Wild Life Sanctuaries, Forest Reserves, Tiger Reserves, etc. situated at Ranthambore, Sariska, Nahargarh, Jhalana and other forest reserves. In a batch of writ petitions concerning the issue, the court noted that it is a...

Abscondence Of Accused By Itself Cannot Be Treated As Conclusive Evidence Of Guilt: Calcutta HC Acquits Man Convicted Of Murdering 10 Yr Old Boy

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that the abscondence of an accused by itself does not establish his guilt and accordingly proceeded to set aside an order of conviction for the commission of the offence of murder under Section 302 of the IPC. A Bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay was adjudicating upon an appeal preferred against an order...

Complete Examination Of Private Witnesses, Both Chief & Cross, On Same Day: Allahabad HC Directs Trial Court Judges In UP

In a significant order, the Allahabad High Court has directed the Sessions Courts throughout the state to make an endeavor to complete the examination of the private witnesses, both chief, and cross, on the same day, as far as possible.The Bench of Justice Vikas Kunvar Srivastav and Justice Sunita Agarwal further directed the trial judges in the state to take up the examination of the...

Just One Psychiatrist For All Prisoners With Mental Illnesses; Not Sustainable: Orissa High Court Expresses Concern On Prison Conditions

The Orissa High Court has expressed deep concerns on the issue of the mental health of prisoners. On knowing that there exists only one psychiatrist to attend all prisoners in the state with mental illness, a Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice R.K. Patnaik noted,"This situation is unsustainable considering that it is physically impossible for just one psychiatrist to...

[Delhi Riots] Umar Khalid In Prison Since 2 Yrs Merely On Basis Of A Hearsay Witness Statement Unrelated To Violence: Argument For Bail In High Court

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday continued hearing the appeal filed by student activist Umar Khalid challenging the Trial Court's order refusing him bail in case involving UAPA charges alleging a larger conspiracy in the riots of 2020.Senior Advocate Trideep Pais appearing for Umar Khalid, told a division bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar that...

Rape Of Minor: Patna High Court Rejects Plea Moved By ​​Ex-MLA Rajballabh Yadav For Suspension Of Life Sentence

The Patna High Court has rejected an interlocutory application under Section 389(1) CrPC for suspension of sentence moved by ​​ex- MLA Rajballabh Yadav, who is serving life sentence in the rape case of a minor. The application was moved during the pendency of appeal against the conviction order.A division bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh and Justice Harish Kumar ordered,"Regard...

Arbitration Act - Dispose Sec 11(5) & 11(6) Applications Pending For Over 1 Year Within 6 Months : Supreme Court To High Courts

All endeavour shall be made by High Courts to decide the applications under Sections 11(5) and 11(6) of the Arbitration Act at the earliest, preferably within a period of six months from the date of filing of the applications.

Supreme Court Stays NGT Order Imposing Rs 15 Lakh Fine On Coca Cola Bottling Unit For Ground Water Extraction

The Supreme Court recently stayed NGT's order of imposing a penalty of approximately 15 lakhs on Moon Beverages Limited ("MBL"), bottling unit of Coca Cola, guilty of exploiting groundwater for bottling plants in Uttar Pradesh. The bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and AS Bopanna in their order said, "There shall be stay of operation of the impugned judgment and order dated...