[Online Classes] Students Should Not Be Sidelined By Digital Divide: Kerala High Court Directs State To Assist Students Without Smartphones

The Kerala High Court recently directed the State and concerned authorities to take steps to ensure that economically weak students are not sidelined by the digital divide and that they are also able to pursue education like other children who have access to such gadgets. Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V added that they should look into the grievances projected by the students and then inform...

Section 482 CrPC - High Courts Should Not Pass 'Oral Directions' To Restrain Arrest; Such Directions Irregular : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that the procedure of 'oral direction' not to arrest an accused is irregular.The court observed that the text of a written order is what is binding and enforceable and such oral directions can cause serious misgivings."Absent a written record of what has transpired in the course of a judicial proceeding, it would set a dangerous precedent if the parties and...

"Nothing Convincing Argued On Behalf Of State": Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Booked Under UP 'Love Jihad' Law

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to a man booked under UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, popularly known as the 'Love Jihad' law of Uttar Pradesh, noting that nothing convincing had been argued on behalf of the complainant & State to deny him bail.The Bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra-I was hearing the bail plea of Appellant/Accused Motiram who...

Karnataka High Court Directs KSLSA To Conduct Survey On Condition Of Public Toilets In Bengaluru City

The petitioner relies on the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, UDHR and Article 47 of the Constitution to seek executive accountability.

'Every Woman Has The Right To Have A Child Naturally Or Through Surrogacy' :Couple Approaches Bombay High Court To Import Their Cryo-Preserved Embryos From USA

The couple has questioned a 2015 notification by which the Director-General of Foreign Trade moved the import of human embryos from the 'restricted' category to the 'prohibited' category except for scientific research.

Supreme Court Refuses To Grant Protection From Arrest To Former TMC Leader Vinay Mishra Accused In Cattle & Coal Smuggling Cases

The submission that Mishra was ready to come back to India and participate in the ongoing proceedings provided he was not arrested upon his arrival was discarded by the Bench.

Interference Not Warranted With State's Decision To Hold Plus One Exams: Kerala High Court

"The Pandemic is here to stay and life must go on," the Court remarked.

Seizure Of Alleged Commercial Quantity Of Cannabis: Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Accused Over Doubts In Chemical Analysis Report

The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to the accused in a case involving the alleged seizure of a commercial quantity of 51.460 kg of ganja or cannabis, after noting that the plant's flowering tops were not separately weighed, creating doubts over the actual drug quantity.Justice Anuja Prabhudessai granted bail to the accused Hari Valse who was booked for offences punishable...

Presiding Officer Of Debts Recovery Tribunals Should Be Vigilant That Matters Are Taken Up Chronologically: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently observed that the Presiding Officer of Debts Recovery Tribunals should be vigilant that matters are taken up chronologically. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu was hearing a plea filed by the State Bank of India complaining of the inordinate delay on the part of the DRT, Coimbatore, and seeking direction for the...

Bills Submitted By Govt Counsels Prior To Six Months Should Be Cleared: High Court Tells Centre, Delhi Govt

The Delhi High Court today orally told the Centre and Delhi Government that such bills of the counsels engaged with them, that have been filed prior to six months, should be cleared expeditiously. "Suppose a bill was filed 7 months ago. That has to be cleared," said a Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh.The development comes in a plea moved by Advocate Piyush...

Kerala High Court Reserves Order On Plea Seeking Early Administration Of Vaccines

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday continued hearing a plea seeking early administration of the second jab of Covid-19 vaccine to people who are willing, and reserved its order in the matter.Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar while hearing the matter sought clarification from the Centre as to why the interval between the two doses was relaxed for certain classes of people, while the others were forced...

Appointment Of Rakesh Asthana As Delhi Police Commissioner: CPIL Seeks Intervention In Plea Before Delhi High Court

The Centre for Public Interest Litigation has filed an application before the Delhi High Court, seeking to intervene in a plea challenging the appointment of IPS Officer Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner. The NGO had initially moved the Supreme Court challenging Asthana's appointment.Delhi Police Commissioner, Rakesh Asthana is a 1984-batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer who took...