Kerala High Court Grants KSRTC Further Time To Install Tracking System, Emergency Buttons In Public Vehicles

The Kerala High Court on Thursday acceded to the request put forth by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation's (KSRTC) seeking further extension in time to comply with the Court's directive to install tracking systems in public vehicles.A Division Bench of Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran granted more time to the Corporation to equip all public transport vehicles...

NEET-AIQ : Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of EWS-OBC Issue To Nov 16; Centre Assures Not To Start Counselling Till Final Decision

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned till November 16 the hearing of a batch of petitions filed by NEET aspirants challenging the decision of the Central Government to introduce 27% OBC and 10% EWS reservation in the NEET-AIQ. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna adjourned the hearing based on a request made by the Solicitor General of India...

[BREAKING] NEET-UG : Supreme Paves Way For Results Declaration By Staying HC Order For Re-Test To 2 Students

The Supreme Court on Thursday paved the way for the declaration of the results of the NEET-UG 2021 exam by staying a recent Bombay High Court order which had directed the National Testing Agency to hold fresh exam for two NEET UG aspirants. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai issued notice on the special leave petition filed by the National Testing...

Damocles Sword Can't Be Hanged Over Accused's Head Merely On Assumption That Proceeds Of Crime May Be Higher: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that while considering bail, damocles sword cannot be allowed to hang over the accused's head merely on the assumption that the proceeds of crime may be higher.Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar made the observation while granting anticipatory bail to a man in connection with a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate, related to the...

UAPA Case : Supreme Court Grants Bail To Thwaha Fasal, Dismisses NIA's Appeal Against Allan Shuhaib's Bail

The Supreme Court on Thursday restored the Special NIA Court, Kochi's order granting bail to Kerala youth Thwaha Fasal and Allan Shuhaib in a UAPA case over alleged Moist links.The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay Sreeniwas Oka delivered the judgment in the following appeals : The appeal filed by Thwaha Fasal, a journalism student, challenging the judgment of the Kerala High Court...

'Arrest & Detention Not To Be Taken As Luxury By Prosecution': Kerala High Court While Granting Pre-Arrest Bail To Four

The Kerala High Court, while granting pre-arrest bail to four men accused of assault, ruled that once the purpose of arrest and interrogation are fulfilled, applicants should not be denied anticipatory bail. Justice K. Haripal while warning against the misuse of custodial interrogation observed:"Arresting an accused and interrogating him in custody should have a purpose. If the purpose is...

High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response On Allocation Of Funds To Juvenile Justice Fund, Setting Up JJBs In All Districts

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Delhi Government on the allocation of funds to the juvenile justice fund in the couple of years including the amount which has been disburded till now. A bench comprising Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anup J Bhambhani also sought response on the time frame for setting up of juvenile justice boards in all 11 districts in the...

NLU-Delhi Professor Summoned In Criminal Defamation Case Filed By Former Registrar Prof. GS Bajpai

A Delhi Court has summoned Jeet Singh Mann, a professor working at the National Law University Delhi, in the criminal defamation suit filed against him by the University's former Registrar- Professor GS Bajpai. Bajpai is presently working as Vice Chancellor at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Punjab.Metropolitan Magistrate Pranat Kumar Joshi observed that there were sufficient...

Gujarat Riots- Two Ministers Of State Cabinet Positioned In City Control Rooms to Directly Interfere With Police Functioning: Kapil Sibal To SC In Zakia Jafri's Plea

The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued hearing Zakia Ahsan Jafri's plea challenging the SIT report giving clean chit to the then-Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other high functionaries in the Gujarat riots of 2002.At the outset, the bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C. T. Ravikumar told Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for the petitioner, "Mr Sibal, the...

Include Hospital Security Personnel Within Scope Of Kerala Healthcare Service Persons Act: High Court Proposes To State

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday suggested the inclusion of security guards and managerial staff of hospitals within the ambit of the Kerala Healthcare Service Persons and Healthcare Services Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act 2012. A Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Kauser Edappagath was considering a matter where several attacks...

State Govt Opposes Petitions Challenging Ban On Online Gambling In Karnataka, Says 'No Harm In Preventing Public From Squandering Their Hard Earned Money'

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday began hearing on a batch of petitions filed challenging the Constitutional validity of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act 2021, by which the state government has banned all online gambling and betting, and provide maximum imprisonment of three years and penalty upto Rs 1 lakh for violation of the provisions. Senior Advocate Arvind...

Motor Accident Claims - Loss Of Earning Capacity To Be Fixed As 100% When Claimant Is Incapacitated For Life: Supreme Court

The Court said the the percentage of loss of earning capacity cannot be always equated with the percentage of permanent disability.