Need Of The Hour To Encourage Institutes With Necessary Infrastructure For Running Ayurvedic Medical Colleges: Delhi High Court

Noting that the country has been staunchly promoting the Ayurvedic system of medicine after the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic, the Delhi High Court has said that it is the need of the hour to encourage institutes which possess the necessary infrastructure for running ayurvedic medical colleges, to contribute to the bigger goal of strengthening the infrastructure of this system of medicine...

NEET PG : Doctor Moves Supreme Court Seeking Permission To Register As NRI Candidate In Counseling

A NEET PG aspirant has approached Supreme Court seeking permission to allow her to register for NEET PG 2021 counseling as NRI candidate. It was stated in the petition that in the fresh round of counseling in the mop-up round of NEET PG 2021 there is no provision to fill the category of candidate as NRI candidate. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Suyra Kant although did...

"Approver Can't Be Kept In Jail Indefinitely": Jharkhand High Court Grants Bail To Man In Jail For 3 Yrs Exercising Powers U/S 482 CrPC

In a significant order, stressing that an approver cannot be allowed to remain in jail custody indefinitely, the Jharkhand High Court today ordered the release of an approver-petitioner, who has been in custody for more than three years, by exercising its power under Section 482 CrPC.The Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi observed that in exceptional and reasonable cases, the High Court...

Mother Has Preferential Right To Custody Of Minor Below 5 Yrs But Utmost Consideration Is Child's Welfare: P&H HC Rejects Habeas Corpus Against Father

Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition filed by the mother of a 3 year old, seeking issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to get the custody of the minor son from alleged illegal confinement of her husband and in-laws."Custody of the father as a natural guardian cannot be said to be illegal or unlawful and therefore, it would not be appropriate to issue a writ of habeas corpus...

S.176 Contract Act | Court Should Not Be Used To Prevent Lender From Exercising His Rightful Legal Claim Against Borrower: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has recently underscored that the Court should not be used to prevent a loan giver from exercising his rightful legal claim against the borrower. Justice Shekhar B. Saraf was adjudicating upon an interlocutory application seeking injunction against the respondent bank from giving any effect to letters dated 23rd February, 2022 vide which the bank had invoked the pledge...

Patna High Court Seeks Action Taken Report Over Expansion Of Airports In Bihar

The Patna High Court has sought details of the action being taken by the Bihar government regarding the expansion, development and land acquisition of various airports, including those at Patna, Bihta, Gaya, Darbhanga and Purnia.While hearing public interest litigations filed by a Gaurav Kumar Singh and others, a division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S Kumar ordered,...

Presiding Judge Should Give Adequate Reasons In Opinion On Sentence Remission U/Sec 433(2) CrPC : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a presiding officer of the sentencing court while giving opinion on a remission application should give adequate reasons. Inadequate reasons in the opinion of the presiding officer of the sentencing court would not satisfy the requirements of Section 432 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Aniruddha...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Demolition Of Jhuggis In Delhi's Sarojini Nagar On April 25

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to urgently list on 25th April the petition filed by jhuggi dwellers from Sarojini Nagar against the demolition/ eviction orders without rehabilitation or relocation of the Slum Dwellers.The petitioners have sought an ad-interim ex-parte order staying the operation of High Court's impugned judgment and demolition/eviction orders by Union of India...

'Must Do Justice By Promoting Honesty': Karnataka HC Directs SBI To Refund Forfeited Amount Over Failure To Disclose Encumbrance On Auction Property

The Karnataka High Court has directed State Bank Of India to refund the amount forfeited by it from a prospective purchaser of a property being sold under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI) as it did not disclose that title of the subject property was not with the original borrower of the loan. A single...

Display School Name In SSLC Certificate Issued To Students: Karnataka High Court To State

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government and other respondents to show the names of the schools, whose recognition was withdrawn in the middle of academic year, in S.S.L.C. marks card of the students.A single judge bench of Justice P Krishna Bhat observed,"Taking into consideration the facts noticed above, namely that for the entire academic year 2021-2022, the classes...

Hate Speech : Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea To Implement Law Commission Recommendations

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response to a petition seekings directions to regulate hate speech. The petition seeks directions to Centre to examine the international laws relating to 'Hate Speech' and 'Rumor Mongering' and take apposite effective stringent steps to control the same particularly amid elections, and to advise the concerned authorities to file...

Court Can Summon Accused U/S 319 CrPC Even On The Basis Of Examination-In-Chief Of Witness: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a court can summon a person under Section 319 of the Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973, only on the basis of examination-in-chief of witness and the Court need not wait for the evidence of such witness to be tested by cross-examination.Here it may be noted that as per Section 319 of CrPC, in the course of any inquiry into, or trial of, an offence, a...