"Complete Paralysis Of Administration, Policies Made Only In Populist Way": Delhi High Court On Authorities' Failure To Control Dengue Menace

"Administrators are not administering, policies are being made only in a populist way, that's what is happening," remarked the Delhi High Court on Thursday while expressing its displeasure over the failure of authorities to control the menace of dengue in the city. A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh further remarked,"Complete paralysis of administration. Nobody is bothered....

Rape Conviction Can Be Based On Sole Testimony Of Victim If Credible & Trustworthy, Reiterates Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that a rape accused can be convicted on sole testimony of prosecuterix if she is found to be credible and trustworthy.In this case, one of the contentions raised by the rape accused who was concurrently convicted under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code was that the prosecution case rests solely on the deposition of the prosecutrix only and that no other...

UAPA- Period Of Deprivation Of Personal Liberty Pending Trial Cannot Be Unduly Long: Supreme Court Grants Bail To Accused

The Supreme Court observed that period of deprivation of personal liberty pending trial/appeal cannot be unduly long.Once it is obvious that a timely trial would not be possible and the accused has suffered incarceration for a significant period of time, the Courts would ordinarily be obligated to enlarge him on bail, the bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S....

Calcutta High Court Seeks State Gov's Response On Time Period It Would Take To Notify Elections To Remaining Municipal Bodies Apart From Kolkata Municipal Corporation [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday heard extensive arguments while adjudicating upon a petition moved by BJP Sate vice-president Pratap Banerjee seeking direction to the West Bengal government and the State Election Commission (SEC) to hold municipal polls in the State in one phase. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bhardwaj on Wednesday took on...

No Right With Students To Say 'Don't Hold Exams': Karnataka High Court Refuses To Vacate Interim Order Allowing KSLU To Conduct LLB Exam

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday refused to modify its order dated November 24, by which it had permitted Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) to hold the intermediate semester examination for LLB students. However, the results of the examinations shall be subject to further orders of the court. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Against NGT Order Stopping Commercial Activities At Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur

The Supreme Court today issued notice in the appeal filed by the Secretary Department Of Archaeology And Museums. State of Rajasthan challenging NGT's order of closing all the commercial activities from December 1, including restaurants and light and sound show at the Nahargarh Fort, near Jaipur.The bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari while issuing notice remarked, "Issue notice...

High Court Directs Delhi Jal Board To Immediately Repair Broken Water Pipelines Passing Through A Cemetery, Allegedly Damaging Graves

Water has entered into the graves and caused irreparable damage, the plea stated.

Allahabad High Court Orders Registration Of Case Against Officers For Seizing Cough Syrups As 'Psychotropic Substance'

The Allahabad High Court recently ordered registration of a case against the seizing party who searched and seized cough syrups from a man treating them as Psychotropic Substance and thereby granted bail to the man.The Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia persued the FIR registered in the matter as well as the medical report to hold that the search and seizure conducted by the authorities was a...

Karnataka High Court Directs National Board For Wildlife To Assess Effect Of Hubballi-Ankola Rail Project On Wildlife

It is estimated that around 2.2 lakh trees will have to be cut for the project.

'Only English Used In Supreme Court' : MP Raises Issue Of Court Languages In Lok Sabha

During the Zero Hour in Lok Sabha today, Mr. Satyadev Pachauri MP from Kanpur (UP) raised the issue of the language used in higher courts across the country. "I want to draw the House's attention to the lack of usage of National Language Hindi in the Supreme Court of India and High Courts across the country. At the time of Independence, the makers of the Constitution had deliberated...

Bhima Koregaon Case - Time For UAPA Probe Was Extended By A Court Which Lacked Competent Jurisdiction : Bombay High Court

In its detailed order granting default bail to Sudha Bharadwaj the Bombay High Court said that Additional Sessions Judge of Pune KD Vadane was not authorized to extend the time for Pune Police to file the charge sheet under the provisions of the UAPA Act on November 26, 2018 and therefore she was entitled for default bail.The Additional Sessions Court, Pune was not notified as a Special...

Centre May Consider To Create All India Tribunal Services For Allocation Of Persons To Different Tribunals: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally put to the Union of India that, so far as administrative work in tribunals are concerned, it may consider creating an All-India Tribunals Service on the lines of UK's Her Majesty's Tribunals Service, by way of an umbrella service for allocation of persons to different tribunals like the NCDRC, the NCLT, the DRT and those under other central...