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Does Establishment of Caste Based Development Boards/ Corporations Violate Concept Of Secularism? Karnataka High Court To Examine
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday said it would examine if caste-based corporations established by the state government violate the concept of Secularism as envisaged in the Constitution. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum was hearing two petitions challenging the government orders issued in the year 2020, establishing the...
BREAKING : Centre Introduces Bill To Raise Age Of Marriage For Women As 21 Years In Lok Sabha
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani introduced in the Lok Sabha today the "Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021", which seeks to increase the age of marriage for women to 21 years across all religions.The Minister said that the bill will amend the provisions of the Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872, the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936, Muslim...
Does Policy Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination Affect Citizens' Right To Earn Livelihood? Delhi HC Issues Notice On Teachers' Plea
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea raising a question as to whether the action of mandating COVID-19 vaccination can adversely affect citizens' right to earn livelihood? This is the third such petition before the Court.Justice Rekha Palli issued notice on the plea filed by two teachers seeking quashing of the guidelines issued by the Delhi Government directing...
Karnataka High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Public Prosecutor Accused Of Raping Law Intern
The Karnataka High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to Special Public Prosecutor K S N Rajesh accused of sexual assault and attempt to rape by a law student working in his office. A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan while dismissing the petition said, "The petitioner is a practising advocate and said to be having influence in Police, University and Judges, such...
Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Bars Practice Of Two More Lawyers Over Arrest In POCSO Case, Complaint For House Trespass
The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry has barred the practice of two lawyers vide a resolution dated 18th December, one accused in a POCSO Case, and the other accused of house trespass and giving life threats. The prohibitory order comes days after the Bar Council passed similar orders against two lawyers for professional misconduct and suppressing the factum of being a...
'When Will A High & Mighty State Owned Insurance Company Realise Its Social Conscience?': SC Criticizes Challenge Against Compensation For Worker's Death
In a case where "a poor farming family is lost in a long drawn out battle to secure a paltry compensation of Rs 2,64,895 awarded by the Commissioner of Labour for the death of their son for an accident", the Supreme Court has criticised the State-owned New India Assurance Co. Ltd. for raising a challenge to the award./"When will a high and mighty state-owned insurance company realise its...
"JJBs To Review Progress Of Child In Conflict With Law, Ensure Post Release Plans": Delhi High Court Issues Slew Of Directions
Keeping in view the importance of reformation, rehabilitation and social integration of a delinquent child within the scheme of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, the Delhi High Court last week issued slew of directions to the Juvenile Justice Boards as well as the Delhi Government for streamlining the functioning of the juvenile justice delivery system under the Act and Juvenile Justice...
'No Cooperation From Advocates In Deciding Criminal Appeals': Bombay High Court Asks Bar Council To Take Note
The Bombay High Court recently took strong exception to the non-cooperation of advocates by repeatedly taking adjournments in criminal appeals if their clients are out on bail, and directed the Bar Council to take note of the same. A division bench of Justices Sadhana Jadhav and Prithviraj Chavan observed thus after repeated adjournments sought by an advocate handling a...
Motor Vehicles Act: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea For Upgradation Of Technology To Detect Traffic Violations
The Delhi High Court has recently issued notice on a PIL seeking adequate technological infrastructure for monitoring traffic violations under the Motor Vehicles Act.The petition filed by Sonali Karwasara states that there have been several lacunas in efficient implementation of the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2019, which imposes hefty fines for traffic violations, owing to the obsolete...
Section 438 CrPC : Supreme Court Deprecates Practice Of Filing Second Application For Pre-Arrest Bail After Rejection Of First
While considering a special leave petition assailing Jharkhand High Court's order, the Supreme Court recently deprecated the practice of filing a second application u/s 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure after the rejection of the first one. The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and AS Oka noted that the High Court on November 10, 2020 had rejected petitioner's first application u/s 438, CrPC....