'Policy Decision': Madras High Court Dismisses Plea For Distributing Pongal Gift Hampers To Sri Lankan Refugees Outside Camps

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by Retd. Professor Ramu Manivannan seeking directions to the government of Tamil Nadu to extend the Pongal gift hampers to the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees residing outside the rehabilitation camps.The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice PD Audikesavalu noted that those staying outside the camps without ration...

Karnataka High Court Reduces Sentence Of KSRTC Employee Convicted For Rash Driving, Endangering Life Of Others

Grating relief to a bus driver employed with the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and convicted for the offence of rash driving, the Karnataka High Court recently reduced his sentence of two months simple imprisonment and confined it to fine only. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar while granting relief to petitioner Devendrappa H also said,"The sentence of conviction...

Justice UU Lalit Recuses From Tarun Tejpal's Plea Seeking In-Camera Hearing Of Rape Case Appeal In HC

Supreme Court judge Justice UU Lalit on Monday recused from hearing the special leave petition filed by journalist Tarun Tejpal challenging the order passed by Bombay High Court(Goa Bench) rejecting his application moved under Section 327 CrPC for conducting hearings in-camera in the appeal proceedings against his acquittal in a 2013 rape case.On the last occasion, Justice L Nageswara Rao...

Plea In Delhi High Court Challenges Appointment Of Dr. Nazim Hussain As History Professor At Jamia Millia Islamia

A writ petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court challenging the entire process which led to the appointment of Dr. Nazim Hussain Al-Jafri as a Professor in the Department of History & Culture, at Jamia Millia Islamia. The matter was listed before Justice Yogesh Khanna who has fixed it for hearing after 2 weeks. Meanwhile both the parties have been asked to file their...

Calcutta High Court Directs State To Disclose Number Of Pending Cases Under SC/ST Act In WB

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the State government as well as the High Court administration to file an affidavit disclosing the existing number of pending cases under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) in the State as on January 31, 2022. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj...

Kerala High Court To Continue Hearing Dileep's Pre-Arrest Bail Plea Tomorrow

Dileep also hinted that he may file a petition for a CBI probe into the case.

'Investigation Not On Right Lines, Conversion Attempt Not Improbable' : Madras High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Thanjavur Girl's Suicide [Read Judgment]

Harshly criticising the investigation by the Tamil Nadu police into the suicide of Thanjavur girl student for ruling out the angle of alleged attempts of religious conversion to Christianity from her school, the Madras High Court on Monday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the matter."...there is nothing inherently improbable in the allegation that there was an...

Punjab & Haryana High Court To Operate Via Virtual Mode With Full Strength From February 1

In view of the decline in COVID cases, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has decided to hear cases via virtual mode with full strength from February 1. A notification in this regard was issued by the High Court on January 30 which states that all the Benches will hold the court through Video Conferencing mode w.e.f. February 1, 2022. It also states that the mentioning for the listing of all...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Ban "Why I killed Gandhi" Movie Streaming

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a writ petition seeking a stay on the streaming of the movie "Why I killed Gandhi" which was set to release on the OTT platform 'Limelight' on 30th January, Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary. The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari while granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the High Court in their order said,"Writ...

S.45 PMLA: Twin Conditions For Bail That Were Declared Unconstitutional By SC Stand Revived By 2018 Amendment Act: Bombay High Court

In a recent case, a two-judge bench of the Bombay High Court noted that the twin conditions for bail in section 45(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 which were declared unconstitutional by the judgment of the Apex Court in Nikesh T.Shah Vs. Union of India (2018) 11 SCC 1, stand revived in view of the Legislative intervention vide Amendment Act 13 of 2018. In doing so,...

'Sudden Criminal Cases Before Elections Seem Motivated': Supreme Court Protects SAD Leader Bikram Singh Majithia From Arrest Till Feb 23

The Supreme Court on Monday protected Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia from arrest in a drug case till February 23, taking note of the fact that the Punjab assembly elections are going to take place on February 20. The Court granted this relief to allow Majithia to do election campaigning. A Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli...

Order Challenged Before Court Can't Be Justified By Producing Extra Material That Was Not Placed Before Adjudicating Authority: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that when an order passed by the adjudicating authority is challenged before the Court, the same cannot be defended by the Govt counsel by relying on such material that was never placed before the authority, despite it being in existence at the time of adjudication.Thus, quashing an order by the Assistant Commissioner, Commerical Tax, the Division Bench of...