Calcutta High Court Directs Police To Ensure Presence Of Lawyer Who Allegedly Misled Court To Secure Client's Bail, Fled Upon Confrontation

In an unprecedented development, the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the concerned police authorities to ensure the presence of a lawyer who had allegedly tried to mislead the Court while seeking bail for an accused.Such an order was issued after the lawyer had left the Court premises during recess and had failed to appear before the Court post recess to continue with his...

Hijab Ban | Prescription Of Uniform Dress Code For All Students Serves 'Constitutional Secularism': Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, while upholding the ban on wearing hijab in government colleges, observed that prescription of a uniform for all students will promote a sense of "constitutional secularism" within the institution."The school regulations prescribing dress code for all the students as one homogenous class, serve constitutional secularism", the Court observed.A Full Bench...

[NDPS Act] Accused Claims Standing Order Not Followed In Seizure Of Over 1 Quintal Of Ganja, Allahabad High Court Grants Bail

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to a man booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) from whose possession allegedly over 1 Quintal of Ganja was recovered.The Bench of Justice Krishan Pahal granted bail to one Om Prakash Verma who claimed before the Court that the procedure laid down in the Standing Order to be followed while conducting...

Order 22 Rule 8 CPC| Delay By Liquidator To Implead Himself In Proceedings A Mere Technical Requirement, Not A Ground For Abatement Of Suit: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court recently had the opportunity to expound on the principles pertaining to abatement of a suit under Order 22 Rule 8 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) involving a corporate entity that had been declared as insolvent by the National Company Law Tribunal.Justice Shekhar B. Saraf was adjudicating upon an application seeking dismissal of the instant suit on the...

Supreme Court Suspends HC's Contempt Sentence On Persons Who Filed Frivolous Cases Against Azim Premji

The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended for three years the sentence imposed by the Karnataka High Court for contempt of court on Advocate R Subramanian and P Sadanand for filing multiple petitions on the same cause of action through the private company "India Awake For Transparency" against the against former Wipro Chairman Azim Premji and his associates.Advocate R Subramanian through...

Lakhimpur Kheri: 'Prime Witness Attacked, Told Now BJP Has Won Election He'll Be Taken Care Of' : Prashant Bhushan Tells Supreme Court In Case Challenging Ashish Mishra's Bail

In relation to the plea challenging bail granted to Ashish Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri case, Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that one of the prime witnesses in the Lakhimpur Kheri case was brutally attacked and was told that, he will be taken care of now that BJP has won the State elections.'After bail was granted to him (Mishra), one of the prime protected...

Breaking | Nawab Malik Arrest: Bombay High Court Denies Interim Relief, Judicial Custody To Continue

The Bombay High Court refused to direct the release of Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case over his "involvement in terror funding" based on a 1999- 2005 land deal concerning Dawood Ibrahim's sister. A division bench of Justices PB Varale and SM Modak passed the order on Malik's habeas corpus petition seeking interim reliefs of "immediate...

'Hijab Not Essential Religious Practice In Islam': Karnataka High Court Dismisses Muslim Girls' Petitions Against Hijab Ban In Classrooms

Wearing of hijab is not a part of Essential Religious Practice in Islamic faith and thus, is not protected under Article 25 of the Constitution, the Karnataka High Court has held today.A Full Bench of the High Court further held that prescription of school uniform by the State is a reasonable restriction the students' rights under Article 25 and thus, the Government Order issued by the...

He Had Labour Pain?: Madhya Pradesh HC Orders Action Against Man Who Produced Fake Medical Documents Seeking Reinstatement In Service

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently requested its Registrar General to file a complaint case against the Petitioner for making false statements and producing fake medical documents before the Court. Justice Atul Sreedharan was dealing with a writ petition, wherein the Petitioner was challenging the order passed by his employers, whereby his representation to condone his absence for...

NEET-SS : Supreme Court Reserves Interim Order On Plea Challenging 50% Reservation In Super Speciality Courses In Tamil Nadu

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard the submissions in the plea challenging constitutional validity of G.O. dated 07.11.2020 issued by the State of Tamil Nadu for reserving 50% of the seat at the Super Speciality level in Government Medical Colleges to in-service-doctors. The matter was heard for the limited aspect of interim relief. After hearing submissions made by the Counsels for...

BREAKING: KARNATAKA HIGH COURTS UPHOLDS HIJAB BAN

Karnataka High Court Full Bench will pronounce a batch of petitions challenging the hijab ban imposed by the Karnataka Government in educational institutions.The matter was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi.An important question before the Court, in this case, is whether the wearing of hijab is part of the essential...

[Dharam Sansad] Jitendra Tyagi's 'Hate' Speech Intended To Wage War, Abused Prophet Muhammad: UK HC Denies Bail

While denying bail to Jitendra Tyagi Aka Wasim Rizvi in the Haridwar Dharam Sansad Case, the Uttarakhand High Court recently observed that Tyagi's speech amounted to hate speech that intended to wage war, promoted enmity, and was also derogatory towards Prophet Muhammad. Stressing that Hate Speech has far-reaching consequences, the bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani, refrained...