Kerala High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Interim Order Staying GO Fixing Bottled Water Prices At ₹13

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal challenging a Single Judge decision that stayed the government order fixing the price of bottled water in the State at Rs. 13 citing the State's lack of jurisdiction.During the previous hearing of the case, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly had refused to stay the single bench decision...

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging NEET For Admissions To Ayurveda Courses

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition challenging Centre's decision to make the common National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) mandatory for admission to Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy medicine courses.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notices to the Union of India, the National Testing Agency and other respondents on...

IIT Fees : Supreme Court Issues Notice On OCI Candidate's Plea Seeking Parity With Indian Students

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice in an interlocutory application filed by an Overseas Citizen of India(OCI) candidate seeking parity with Indian Citizens with regards to the fees charged by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).The matter was listed before the bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari. When the matter was called for hearing, Senior Advocate Anita...

"Benefit Of CAA Available": Gauhati HC Asks East-Pakistan Immigrant To Apply For Citizenship, Sets Aside Order Declaring Him 'Foreigner'

Setting aside an order of a Foreigner's Tribunal which had declared a Hindu Man, who had migrated from erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) as a Foreigner, the Gauhati High Court recently directed him to apply for citizenship by taking benefit of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.This order came from the Bench of Justice N. Kotiswar Singh and Justice Malasri Nandi which was hearing...

Magistrate Must Be Conscious Of Consequences While Passing Order U/Sec 156(3) CrPC; Must Examine Relevant Materials: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a Judicial Magistrate is required to be conscious of the consequences while passing an Order under Section 156 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code. It being a judicial order, relevant materials are expected to be taken note of, the bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh said while quashing an FIR registered pursuant to an order passed by...

Delhi High Court Sets Up Confidentiality Club To Look At Third-Party Agreements

To maintain necessity of industry confidentiality, a single judge bench of Delhi High Court has allowed for the constitution of a confidentiality club comprising of eight lawyers and two experts to inspect third-party agreements and documents to look into alleged infringement of patents in a case pertaining to patented technology relating to radio communication. Among the series of...

Family Court With Territorial Jurisdiction Is The Competent Authority To Give A Child In Adoption : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently laid down that the Family Court with the respective territorial jurisdiction is empowered to give a child in adoption.After perusing the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015, the 2014 Rules framed thereunder and the Adoption Regulations 2017, Justice M.R. Anitha observed:"In the said circumstance, the finding of the learned District Judge that the...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Journalist Aarti Tikoo's Plea Challenging Twitter's Decision To Lock Her Account

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on the petition filed by Aarti Tikoo, journalist and Founder of 'The New Indian', challenging Twitter Inc's decision to lock her account. It is Tikoo's case that she had posted a tweet for calling out the actions of 'Kashmiri Islamists' on Twitter for threatening her cousin.Justice Rekha Palli sought response of the Centre and Twitter Inc...

Rajasthan High Court Orders NEET Authority To Allot College To A Pakistani Citizen, Despite Not Having Long Term Visa

The Rajasthan High Court has ordered the competent authority of NEET to allot an appropriate college to a citizen of Pakistan, in accordance with his merit, while ignoring the fact that he does not possess a Long Term Visa. Justice Dinesh Mehta, in his order, observed,"Petitioner appeared in the NEET (UG) Examination and has secured 80% marks, it is hereby ordered that the...

Christmas Advertisements By Delhi Govt: High Court Disposes Plea Seeking Action For Allegedly Wasting Public Money

The Delhi High Court has disposed of a PIL challenging public advertisements issued by the Delhi Government wishing Christmas to the citizens, allegedly to promote the political interests of the Aam Aadmi Party. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh noted that a representation in this regard is already pending consideration before the Committee on...

Sec 498A IPC Conviction Should Not Be Maintained When There Is A Genuine Settlement Of Matrimonial Disputes : Supreme Court

Emphasizing the duty of the Court to encourage genuine settlement of matrimonial disputes, the Supreme Court set aside conviction of a man under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ('IPC').In this case, the husband was convicted under Section 498-A IPC and was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment of three years. Sessions Judge dismissed the appeal filed by him. Partly allowing...

Supreme Court Expands Definition Of 'Vulnerable Witnesses'; Directs HCs To Frame Vulnerable Witness Deposition Scheme

Noting that "the need for and importance for setting up special facilities which cater to the creation of a safe and barrier-free environment for recording the evidence of vulnerable witnesses has been engaging the attention of this court over the last two decades", the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued comprehensive directions in this regard.By way of the first direction, the bench of Justices...