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Supreme Court Directs the State of UP To File Status Report On Functioning Of Waqf Tribunals
On Monday, the Supreme Court questioned the State of UP as to why only one Wakf Tribunal was functioning in the entire state of Uttar Pradesh. A Bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B.R.Gavai was hearing a Special Leave Petition filed against impugned order and judgment of the Allahabad High Court.Before the Allahabad High Court, the petitioner had challenged the notification issued by the...
"Indian Nationals Contributed To Spread Of COVID 19 By Accommodating Foreign Tablighi Jamaat Attendees In Masjid Premises": Delhi Police To High Court
The Delhi Police has informed the Delhi High Court that the Indian nationals, who had admitted and accommodated foreign attendees of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation last year in the Masjid premises, had not only violated the prohibitory orders issued by the Delhi Government but also contributed to the spread of COVID 19. The development came after a status report was filed by the Delhi Police...
Future-Amazon : Delhi High Court Dismisses Future Group's Plea Against Continuation Of Arbitration Proceedings In Singapore Tribunal
This Tuesday, the Delhi High Court dismissed the two petitions moved by the Future Group challenging the two orders passed by the Singapore Arbitration Tribunal. The orders deferred the hearing in the plea filed by Future Group seeking termination of the arbitration proceedings instituted by Amazon. Justice Amit Bansal pronounced the order which was reserved by the High Court...
Bulli Bai App Case : Mumbai Police Arrest 21 Year Old Engineering Student
The Mumbai Police has arrested a 21-year-old engineering student in the Bulli Bai App case regarding several politically vocal Muslim women being advertised for an online auction. The accused, identified as Vishal Jha was brought from Bangalore, is likely to be produced in court for his remand soon. A cyber police team led by DCP Rashmi Karandikar led the operation. The police...
Parents Of Minor Rape Victim Approved Sharing Of Their Photograph By Rahul Gandhi: Twitter Tells Delhi High Court
Twitter has informed the Delhi High Court that the parents of 9 year old minor victim allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Delhi Cantt area, approved to sharing of their image by Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi on the social media platform. Twitter has filed an affidavit in the plea seeking action against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly disclosing sensitive details and publishing photographs of the...
Braille Textbooks: Karnataka High Court Asks State To Ascertain Number Of Visually Disabled Students In Govt & Private Schools
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to carry out a survey to ascertain the number of blind students who are studying in government and private schools and are in need of braille textbooks. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Suraj Govindaraj said,"You are providing textbooks only to special schools. What about students studying...
Law Student's Suicide: Kerala High Court Denies Bail To Husband, Releases His Parents
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday refused bail to the accused husband of a 2nd year LLB student, Mofiya Parveen, who died by suicide citing domestic abuse and dowry harassment. However, his parents, who are co-accused in the case, were granted bail.During today's proceedings, the de facto complainant (Mofiya's father) also brought to the fore that the accused husband was diagnosed with...
Plea For Effective Implementation Of Street Vendors Act: Uttarakhand High Court Passes Interim Order To Prevent Illegal Evictions
In a public interest litigation seeking directions to ensure strict compliance with statutory provisions pertaining to street vendors, the Uttarakhand High Court has directed the respondent authorities to prevent illegal evictions of hawkers/ street vendors from the markets, etc.The bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra and Justice Narayan Singh Dhanik has asked the Respondents...
'Just Because Delhi HC Is A Stone's Throw Away?' : Supreme Court Disapproves SLP Filed Against Adjournment
The Supreme Court on Tuesday criticised an attempt to approach it against orders of adjournment of the Delhi High Court as taking undue advantage of the proximity of the High Court."Just because the Delhi High Court is a stone's throw away, you can come to the Supreme Court against orders of adjournment?", said Justice D. Y. Chandrachud to the advocate for the SLP petitioner."What should...
Missing CPM Worker: Kerala High Court Demands Status Report On Police Investigation
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday sought a statement from the respondents on the stage of investigation in the habeas corpus plea moved by a CPM worker's wife alleging that her missing husband was abducted for reasons associated with the upcoming CPM branch election.A Division Bench comprising Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran asked the respondents to file a copy of...
CJAR's Request To Treat Rs 25 Lakh Costs Deposited By It As Donation Referred To SC 3-Judge Bench
The NGO Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) has made a request for treating the 25 lakhs cost imposed on it for filing a PIL seeking SIT probe into the medical college bribery scam as a donation.A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the said request can only be considered by a three-judge bench as the original order was passed by a 3-judge...