Only Those Who Are Responsible For Public Order Maintenance Must Judge What National Security, Public Order Or Security Of State Needs: J&K&L HC

While upholding the detention of an alleged worker of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), under the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978, the Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court last week observed that those who are responsible for national security or for maintenance of public order must be the sole judges of what the national security, public order or security of the State requires.Observing that it...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Sign Language Interpreters During Press Briefings By Ministers

A disability rights activist has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to Centre and States to provide sign language interpreters during the press briefings by the Heads of States.A PIL has been filed seeking directions to have in-frame Sign language interpreter in all the official press briefings conducted by the Prime Minister, other Ministers of the Union Government, Chief Ministers...

Ex-Mumbai Cop Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Removal Of Subodh Kumar Jaiswal As CBI Chief

A retired Assistant Mumbai Police Commissioner (ACP) has approached the Bombay High Court seeking the removal of IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation by quashing his appointment on the grounds of eligibility. Jaiswal, a 1985 batch Indian Police Service officer served as the former Director General of Police, Maharashtra and was...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Injunction To Britannia Against Oral Care Seller 'Good Day' In Trademark Infringement Suit

The Delhi High Court has recently granted an ad interim injunction to Britannia Industries against an oral care seller for allegedly using it's identical trademark 'GOOD DAY'. Justice Sanjeev Narula was of the prima facie view that Britannia's trademark 'GOOD DAY' has been acknowledged to be a well-known mark and therefore it will have a right to seek injunction in terms of Section 29(4) (b)...

'Hate Promotes Virality, Virality Increases Revenue' : Delhi Assembly Seeks Facebook Records Of Complaints About Communal Posts Prior To Riots

The Delhi Assembly's Committee on Peace and Harmony constituted to probe into the Delhi riots that took place in February 2020 grilled senior executives of Facebook India on Thursday for its alleged role in failing to curb provocative and inflammatory content that led to the riots. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi in March 2020 had constituted a Committee on Peace...

Govt Job Offer Scam: Madras High Court Orally Directs TN Police To Refrain From Arresting Former Minister Rajenthra Bhalaji Till Wednesday

The Madras High Court has orally asked the Tamil Nadu Police not to arrest till the next date of hearing, former Minister and Senior AIADMK member, K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji, accused in the government job offer scam.Justice M Nirmal Kumar, while adjourning the matter till next Wednesday, orally observed, "Till Wednesday, I will ask the police not to take any action. The police can proceed with...

Madras High Court Bats For Mental Health Screening Of Arrestees/ Accused For Remand

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has recently underlined how police, prison authorities and remanding magistrates must deal with arrestees/ prisoners who are persons with mental illness (PMIs). The expression 'every person' in Article 21 comprises an arrestee/ remand prisoner as well, and Section 20 (1) of the Mental Healthcare Act confers on every PMI the right to live...

Chit Fund Scam: Tripura High Court Directs Appointment Of Special Prosecutors Within 2 Weeks

The Tripura High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to appoint special public prosecutors for conducting the proceedings in the cases related to Tripura Chit Fund scam within 2 weeks.This direction came from the Bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice S. G. Chattopadhyay as it noted that the case was registered in the year 2014 but the people (depositers) are still...

Kerala High Court To Restore Physical Sitting From November 22

The Kerala High Court has decided to restore physical sitting w.e.f 22.11.2021, Monday. A notice issued in this regard has laid down certain conditions to be followed during physical proceedings:No more than 15 persons at a time will be permitted inside each Court Hall. A sufficient number of chairs wi.ll be provided in the corridors and wherever Advocates congregate. Social distancing should...

Randomness In Fixation Of Cut Off Age For Reservation Not Sufficient To Characterize It As Arbitrary: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that randomness in fixation of a cut off age for availing the benefit of reservation for a particular category is not sufficient to characterize it as an arbitrary or unreasonable decision. "The fixation of a cut off age does sometimes occasion hardship upon a particular category of applicants or candidates. Although there is some randomness in the fixation of...

Madras High Court Grants Bail To DMK MP T.R.V.S Ramesh, Murder Accused In Cashew Factory Worker's Death Case

Madras High Court has on Friday granted bail to murder accused T.R.V. S Ramesh, DMK MP from Cuddalore, upon satisfaction that a substantial portion of the police investigation has been already completed. Justice M. Nirmal Kumar, while granting bail, noted that the accused MP had voluntarily surrendered after the demise of his cashew nut factory employee, and that only the...

Injunction Orders Cannot Be Passed Against Third Parties Without Hearing Them: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that injunction orders with respect to a suit property cannot be passed in detriment to the interest of third parties who are directly affected by it, without impleading them or giving them an opportunity of being heard. A bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna set aside the common judgment and order passed by the Karnataka High Court, which...