Kerala High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance On Businessman's Son's Marriage For Heavily Adorning Guruvayoor Temple Without Sanction Amid Pandemic

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday alerted the Administrator of the Guruvayoor Devaswom Board to take necessary steps to prevent any violation of Covid-19 protocol in conducting marriages at the temple. This comes after a news item appeared in the online media portraying the Temple heavily decorated with cutouts and tree branches apart from flowers put together for the marriage of Ganesh...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Intervention To Ensure That NHRC Runs With Full Strength

The Supreme Court today dismissed as infructuous a Public Interest Litigation seeking Top Court's intervention to ensure that the National Human Rights Commission of the country runs with its full strength. Taking note of former apex court judge Justice Arun Mishra's appointment as Chairman of NHRC, the bench of Justices LN Rao and BR Gavai in their order observed that, "In view of...

Marriage Registration Through VC- Can Digital Services Be Demanded As A Fundamental Right? Kerala High Court To Examine

The Kerala High Court will soon examine if citizens have the fundamental right to demand digital services from the government. the question popped up during the hearing of a plea seeking registration of marriages under the Special Marriage Act through video conferencing.A Division Bench of Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Kauser Edappagath also passed an interim order allowing...

Amazon- Future Dispute : Supreme Court Stays Enforcement Proceedings In Delhi High Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the proceedings instituted by global e-commerce giant Amazon for the enforcement of the Emergency Award passed in its favour by a Singapore-based arbitrator which halted the merger deal between Future Retail Limited and Reliance group.The Court also asked all authorities including the NCLAT, CCI and the SEBI to not pass final orders for four weeks in...

[BREAKING] NEET- PG 2021 : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea For Option To Change Exam Centre

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition filed by doctors seeking directions to allow change of exam centre option and to postpone the conduct of NEET PG 2021 till National Board of Examination allows such option.A bench of Justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi dismissed the petition after observing that the COVID situation is improving in the country and...

Bombay High Court Directs Shifting Of Terminally Ill Undertrial Prisoner In Naxal Blast Case To Hospice For Palliative Care

The Bombay High Court on Thursday allowed a terminally ill prison inmate suffering from stage four cancer to take palliative care or pain management at a hospice in Mumbai. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar directed officials to shift Nirmala Kumari Uppunganti (59), accused in the 2019 Gadchiroli IED Blasts, from Byculla Women's prison to the Shanti Avedna...

CA Exams : Will Consider Opt-Out Students' Plea For Back-Up Exam Within 2 Weeks, ICAI Tells Supreme Court

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) assured the Supreme Court on Thursday that it will consider within two weeks the request made by the CA students who opted out of the July cycle exams due to COVID related difficulties for holding a back-up exam this year itself.In view of this assurance made by Senior Advocate Ramji Srinivasan on behalf of the ICAI, a bench...

Delhi Riots Cases To Be Considered With Sensitivity That Doesn't Mean Common Sense Should Be Given Go-By: Delhi Court

A Delhi Court on Tuesday observed that while it is conscious of the fact that communal riots cases have to be considered with utmost sensitivity, however, the same does not mean that common sense should be given a complete go by. It also added that mind has to be applied at the stage of framing of charges with regards to the material available on record.The observation came while...

Supreme Court To Consider Next Week Recalling Of Suo Motu Extension Of Limitation

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will consider next week the recalling of the suo motu order passed by it to extend the limitation period on account of COVID.A bench led by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said this while considering an application made by the Election Commission of India seeking modification of the suo motu extension of limitation as far as election petitions...

Breaking: Bombay High Court Dismisses Kangana Ranaut's Plea To Quash Defamation Case Proceedings Initiated By Javed Akhtar

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to quash the defamation proceedings against actor Kangana Ranaut initiated on lyricist Javed Akhtar's complaint. The court reserved orders on Ranaut plea on September 1. Akhtar has accused Ranaut of damaging his "immaculate reputation" by dragging his name in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death in her interview with Republic TV...

Kerala High Court Interdicts Motor Vehicles Department Officers From Wearing Blue Beret Caps, Badges Embossed With Ashoka Emblem

The Kerala High Court recently interdicted officers of the Motor Vehicles Department from wearing 'blue beret caps' and badges embossed with the Ashoka Emblem or any other uniform deceptively similar to the uniform prescribed for Senior Police OfficersA Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly thereby reinforced Rule 406 of Kerala Motor Vehicles Rules and...

"These Relationships Are Purely Illegal, Anti-Social": Rajasthan HC Denies Protection To Widow Living With A Married Man

Denying police protection to a widow, who was living with a married man, the Rajasthan High Court recently observed that such a relationship between the petitioners don't come under the purview of a legal Live-in relationship and rather, such relationships are 'Purely Illegal' and 'Anti-Social'.The Bench of Justice Satish Kumar Sharma was hearing the protection plea of a widow and her partner...