'CARA Extremely Callous In Complying With Court's Directions, Unnecessarily Harassing Adoptive Parents': Delhi HC Summons CEO, Member Secretary

The Delhi High Court has observed that the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has been extremely callous in its approach towards compliance of a judicial order, requiring the authority to frame guidelines for inter-country adoptions under Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act (HAMA).It further noted that the authority had been unnecessarily harassing the Petitioners, who are...

Cancelling GST Registration On 'Hyper-Technical' Grounds Causes Revenue Loss, Aggravates Unemployment: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently observed that cancellation of GST registration of businesses on hyper technical grounds causes revenue loss for the State and aggravates unemployment. Accordingly, the Court directed that a 'reasoned order' must be passed while cancelling GST registration and that opportunity of hearing must be given to the concerned parties. Justice MD Nizamuddin...

'Welfare State Has To Ensure No One Dies Of Hunger' : Supreme Court Gives Centre Last Chance To Frame Community Kitchen Policy

Emphasizing that a welfare state has a constitutional duty to ensure that no one dies of hunger, the Supreme Court on Tuesday granted 3 weeks time to the Central Government, as a last opportunity, to frame a pan-India policy on community kitchens, after taking the view of different state governments.A bench led by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana recorded unhappiness over the affidavit...

Karnataka High Court Requests State Govt To Provide Two Buildings For Housing HC Offices; Resolve 'Space Crunch'

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday requested the State government to consider handing over the Old Election Building and the Karnataka Government Insurance Department Building, which are in close proximity to the High Court, for housing the offices of the court. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum in their order noted, "We request...

Gauhati High Court Declares Assam Woman 'Indian' By Setting Aside Foreigners' Tribunal Order

The Gauhati High Court last week declared an Assam woman, Puspa Rani Dhar as an Indian by setting aside an order of a foreigners' tribunal in Assam's Bongaigaon declaring her as a foreigner.A division bench comprising Justice N. Kotiswar Singh and Justice Malasri Nandi also ruled that the question of registration of the petitioner who is otherwise Indian does not arise as she had been an...

"All 16 Jails In City Have Assistance Of Law Officers": Delhi Govt Informs High Court

The Delhi Government has informed the Delhi High Court that all the 16 jails in the national capital have assistance of law officers. Justice Najmi Waziri was dealing with a contempt plea filed by Advocate Amit Sahni, concerning the wilful disobedience of a division bench order, requiring the Delhi Government to appoint Law Officers in each Jail, within 12 weeks.There are 16 jails in the state...

'No Question Of Misconduct, Give Her A Clean Chit': Delhi High Court Tells Table Tennis Federation On Manika Batra's Plea

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Table Tennis Federation of India to give a clean chit to player Manika Batra, who had made a complaint against the national sports body following her non-selection for the 25th ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships, 2021.Batra had alleged that Soumyadeep Roy, the national coach, had pressurized Batra to "throw away" a match with a view to help one of...

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: District Court Denies Bail To Union Minister's Son Ashish Mishra, 2 Others

A court in Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) on Monday rejected the bail petitions of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra 'Teni's son, Ashish Misra, Ashish Pandey, and Luvkush Rana in the case registered against them in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence incident.Earlier, Misra's bail had been denied by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhimpur Kheri, Chinta Ram.Sessions...

Temple Rituals Can't Be A Matter Of Court Adjudication Unless Secular Or Civil Rights Of Others Are Affected : Supreme Court

In a petition filed by a devotee alleging irregularities in the rituals at the iconic Tirupati Tirumala temple, the Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that a constitutional court cannot interfere in the daily rituals of a temple."The procedure of conducting rituals is in the exclusive domain of the Devasthanam and cannot be a matter of adjudication by any court unless it affects secular or...

Gujarat Riots: Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi: LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court

Supreme Court will continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar is hearing the matter.During the course of 3 days before today, Mr. Sibal took the bench through the documents...

BREAKING : Supreme Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging Appointment Of Dinkar Gupta As Punjab DGP

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the special leave petitions filed challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's order of upholding the appointment of Dinkar Gupta as the the Director General of Police of PunjabThe bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai dismissed the petitions filed by IPS Officers Siddharth Chattopadhyay and Mohammad Mustafa, who challenged...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-90]

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