"Haven't People Lost Lives At Homes Too?": Allahabad HC In Plea Seeking Postponement Of UP Assembly Polls Amid COVID Surge

The Allahabad High Court today heard another Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking postponement of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls 2022 amid the rising threat of COVID. The High Court had recently refused to entertain a similar plea seeking postponement of elections for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (scheduled to be held in Feb-March 2022) in view of the COVID surge.Read more...

Gauhati HC Issues Contempt Notice To Assam Gov Officials For Non-Compliance With Order Directing Release Of Funds For Transgenders' Shelter Homes

The Gauhati High Court on Friday issued contempt notices to the Secretary and the Director of the Social Welfare Department of the Assam government for non-compliance of the Court's earlier order dated September 22, 2021, wherein the government had been instructed to make arrangements for funds for three shelter homes catering to members of the transgender community. A Bench comprising Justice...

'How Will Indefinite Detention Help?': Supreme Court Grants Bail To Accused In Cross Border Cattle Smuggling Case

The Supreme Court on Monday remarked that an open-ended investigation into an alleged larger conspiracy which supposedly may have ramifications on national security cannot alone be a ground to refuse bail and indefinitely incarcerate a person.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and Dinesh Maheshwari was hearing an SLP against a November, 2021 order of the Calcutta High Court refusing bail...

POSCO| Notice To Victim Necessary When Hearing Accused For Suspension of Sentence: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently observed that while hearing the application for suspension of sentence and grant of bail under Section 389(1) of the CrPC for offences punishable under the POCSO Act, a notice to the victim/complainant / her parents is necessary. A Division Bench of Justices Sanjay K. Aggarwal and Arvind Singh insisted that while serving notice, "the principles relating...

A Kazi Can Act As Mediator To Settle Disputes But Can't Adjudicate Them & Pass Orders Like A Decree: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) recently observed that a Kazi can entertain a dispute and acts as a mediator to settle the dispute between the members of the Muslim community but he cannot adjudicate the dispute like a court and pass an order like a decree.With this, the Bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Rajendra Kumar Verma noted that an order of the Kazi granting...

Ensure Quality Entry Into Legal Profession; Improve Bar Exam Standards: Supreme Court To BCI

While hearing the Bar Council of India's ("BCI") challenge to the judgment of the Gujarat High Court, which allowed persons with other employment, whether full time or part-time, to enrol as Advocates without resigning from their jobs, the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, observed that it is high time the BCI introspects on the mechanism it has set out to conduct the bar examination as well as...

'What Harm In Teaching Hindi As A Third Language?' Madras High Court Asks Tamil Nadu Government In Plea For NEP Implementation

In a plea filed for implementation of National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 in the State of Tamil Nadu, Madras High Court has orally observed that it wouldn't be harmful if Hindi is taught in educational institutions as a third language, along with Tamil and English. The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice PD Audikesavalu has ordered notice in...

Madras High Court Expunges 'Scathing' Remarks Against Actor Vijay In Entry Tax Case

In an appeal filed by Actor Vijay to remove the scathing remarks made by the single judge bench while dismissing his petition for tax exemption on a Rolls Royce Ghost Motor Car, Madras High Court has expunged the observations made by single judge bench in paras 3,4,7,8, 11 and 12 of the original order.Today, a Division Bench of Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana and Mohammed Shaffiq allowed the...

Supreme Court Turns Down Plea To Extend Lapsed FCRA Licenses Of NGOs

Taking note of the submission of the Solicitor General of India that the FCRA registrations of 11,594 NGOs which applied within the cut-off date have been extended, the Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a plea for interim relief to allow the continuation of FCRA licenses of organizations, which were valid as on 30.09.2021, till further orders.The PIL was filed challenging the expiry of...

Delhi High Court Proposes To Reduce Cost Imposed On Juhi Chawla In Suit Against 5G Rollout To ₹2 Lakh

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday proposed to reduce the cost of Rs. 20 Lakhs imposed on Bollywood actress and environmentalist Juhi Chawla and others while dismissing the civil suit against 5G Roll, to Rs. 2 lakhs.A bench comprising of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh was hearing a plea filed by Chawla and others challenging the single judge decision which had dismissed the...

Trial Court Closes Proceedings Against Karnataka BJP Chief Naleen Kumar Kateel For Allegedly Intimidating Police Officer

The Karnataka High Court was informed by BJP Member of Parliament, Naleen Kumar Kateel, that the trial court has accepted the B-report and closed the proceedings initiated against him for allegedly intimidating a police inspector Maruthi Nayak, in the year 2017. Advocate H Pavana Chandra Shetty appearing for the petitioner who had sought quashing of the FIR registered against...

West Bengal Post Poll Violence: Calcutta High Court Takes On Record Latest Status Reports Filed By CBI, SIT; Next Hearing On Feb 28

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday took on record the latest status report filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) pertaining to the progress of the investigation with regards to cases of violence that had allegedly taken place post the declaration of the West Bengal assembly elections in May 2021. The Court vide order dated August 19, 2021...