Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response To Plea Seeking Ban On Demonstrations, Festivals On Public Roads

The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the State to file a statement in response to a plea seeking political parties, religious and social organizations to refrain from conducting demonstrations, meetings, or festivals on public roads obstructing road traffic. Justice N Nagaresh also directed the petitioner to implead all temple and church committees as respondents in the...

Supreme Court Adjourns Plea Seeking Disclosure Of COVID Vaccine Clinical Trial & Efficacy Data

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the writ petition seeking public disclosure of vaccine clinical trial data and post vaccination data as required by International medical norms for November 29, 2021. The bench of Justices LN Rao and AS Oka in the order said, "List on November 29, 2021 after fresh matters. Reply if any be filed in the meantime."Arguing that vaccine mandates were still...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [Nov 1, 2021 To Nov 7, 2021]

Allahabad High Court 1. Re-evaluate Cases For Remission After 14 Yrs Of Incarceration Even If Appeals Are Pending In HC: Allahabad HC To UP Govt [Raggu Baniya @ Raghwendra v. State of U.P] The High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to instruct the District Magistrates of all the districts to re-evaluate the cases for remission after 14 years of incarceration even...

'An Important Issue Of Consumer Protection': Supreme Court Emphasise On The Need To Frame Model Builder-Buyer Agreement Under RERA, Asks ASG To Assist The Court

Noting that it is a "very important issue of public interest", the Supreme Court on Monday asked ASG K. M. Nataraj to assist the Court on the issue of the need for the framing of a model agreement for builder-buyers under the RERA.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and A. S. Bopanna was hearing a string of petitions under Article 32 raising the grievances of flat-purchasers that in...

Anti-CAA Protests In UP-"These Notices Will Basically Go In View Of The New Act": Supreme Court On Notices To Recover Public Loss From Protestors

In connection with a plea seeking quashing of notices sent to alleged protestors by district administration in UP for recovering losses caused by damage to public properties during anti-CAA agitations in the state, the Supreme Court on Monday orally observed that in view of the new legislative regime in UP on the subject, these notices can no longer be acted upon.The Uttar Pradesh assembly...

"Let No One Repeat Tragic Last Words 'I Can't Breathe' Like George Floyd": Delhi High Court On Police Assault

The Delhi High Court recently made significant observations on incidents of police brutality, saying that the same is violative of citizens' rights and may often lead to untoward incidents.Justice Najmi Waziri, hearing the case of two men assaulted by the officers of Delhi Police, also made a reference to the unfortunate case of African American man, George Floyd, who was killed last...

Conviction Based On Disclosure Statement Can Be Sustained Only When Resultant Recovery Is Unimpeachable: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that to convict an accused exclusively on the basis of his disclosure statement and the resultant recovery of inculpatory material, the recovery should be unimpeachable and not be shrouded with elements of doubt.In this case, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana had upheld the Trial Court judgment which convicted an accused ­Bijender @ Mandar under Sections 392 and...

'Not A Desirable Position' : Supreme Court On Consent Requests Of CBI Pending Before States [Full Courtroom Exchange]

The Supreme Court on Monday (8th November) observed that it was "not a desirable position" that several CBI cases have hit a roadblock due to the pendency of requests for specific sanctions before State Governments which have withdrawn their general consent for the investigation by the central agency.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh made this observation after...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice Regarding Urgent Listing Of Pending/ Fresh Matters

The Karnataka High Court has issued a notice informing the procedure for urgent listing of matters, whether fresh or pending.It is informed that if in a pending matter the advocates/ party in person intend to get the matter listed in view of urgency, an application accompanied by an affidavit narrating the urgency shall be filed in the counter. The notice issued on Monday states, "The...

Why Petrol & Diesel Excluded From GST? Kerala High Court Seeks GST Council's Response

The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the GST council to explain why petrol and diesel were not included within the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST). A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly asked the GST council to file a statement in this regard within ten days. The Court was adjudicating upon a petition filed by Kerala...

'No Question Of Threatening UP Woman Who Converted To Islam': UP Police Tells Delhi High Court In Protection Plea

The Uttar Pradesh Police has refuted before the Delhi High Court, the allegations of harassment levelled against it by a Hindu woman from Shahjahanpur, who had converted to Islam.It has submitted before Justice Rekha Palli that neither the agency has registered any case against the woman or her family under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2020, nor the woman herself...

Investigation Is Progressing: NTA Informs Kerala High Court In Alleged NEET- OMR Scam

The National Testing Agency (NTA), on Monday informed the Kerala High Court that it has initiated a probe into the alleged incident of manipulation in the NEET-UG OMR sheet. Justice N Nagaresh after recording the same directed NTA to file its report soon. The matter will be taken up again on November 16. When the petition came up for hearing, Advocate S Nirmal appearing for...