New Excise Policy 2021: High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response On Plea Against Reduction In Minimum Age For Consumption Of Liquor

The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a petition challenging Delhi Excise Policy 2021 insofar as it reduces the minimum age for consumption of liquor in the national capital.A Division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh has asked the counsel appearing for Delhi Government to seek instructions in the matter and file a counter affidavit by the next date. The matter...

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice SC Agrawal Passes Away

Former judge of the Supreme Court, Justice S.C. Agrawal has passed away at 88.Born on September 5, 1933 in Jaipur, Justice Agrawal completed his schooling from Rajasthan and obtained his degree in Law from Maharaja's College, Rajasthan University, in 1952. He pursued LL.M. from the University College, London in 1957.Justice Agrawal enrolled as a Pleader in the District Court, Jaipur in 1952....

Delhi Riots: High Court Issues Notice On Delhi Police's Plea Challenging Trial Court's Order Imposing Rs. 25k Cost For Callous Investigation'

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on Delhi Police's plea challenging Trial Court's order which had imposed Rs. 25,000 cost on it by calling the investigation as 'farcical' and 'most callous' in connection with a Delhi Riots case. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Subramonium Prasad sought response of Nasir, the complainant in the riots matter, while posting the matter...

Kerala High Court Cancels Physical Examination For 1st and 3rd Semester Engineering Students Amid Pandemic

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday cancelled the offline B-Tech examinations for first and third-semester students conducted by APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University citing the ongoing Covid 19 situation.Justice Amit Rawal further restrained the University from conducting the remaining examinations scheduled to be held in the coming days. The said exams had commenced on 9th July.The order was...

[Delhi Riots] "Grant Of Sanction Pre-Determined": Jamia Alumni President Tells Delhi Court In Bail Hearing

President of Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association, Shifa-Ur-Rehman has told a Delhi Court on Monday that the grant of sanction to prosecute him under UAPA in the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case was 'pre determined' and that the authorities acted under dictation of somebody while doing so.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat was hearing a bail plea moved by Shifa ur Rehman in FIR...

Appointment Of Chief Investigating Officer At State Police Complaints Authority: Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response

The Kerala High Court recently issued notice to the State and sought its response regarding the appointment of a Chief Investigating Officer at the State Police Complaints Authority. A Division Bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly posted the matter on 9th August for further hearing. The PIL was filed by Jaffer Khan who was the Advisory Committee member of the Road...

'Destruction Of Property Not Freedom Of Speech In House' : Supreme Court Rejects Kerala Govt Plea To Withdraw Prosecution In Assembly Ruckus Case

The criminal prosecution against six members of the Left Democratic Front , who are accused in the Kerala assembly ruckus case of 2015, cannot be withdrawn, held the Supreme Court on Wednesday."The action of the members have trodden past the constitutional means", the Supreme Court observed while holding that they cannot claim protection of legislative privileges and immunity under Article 194...

'Prima Facie PhD Degree Not Valuable Security For 467 IPC': Bombay High Court Grants Interim Bail To Woman In Forgery Case

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted interim bail to a 39-year-old woman, accused of using a fake PhD degree for practicing at a Hospital in Mumbai's Bandra area. Earlier, the woman had accused her estranged husband and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut of harassment in three separate petitions. Swapna Patkar practised at Lilavati Hospital in Bandra (West) for at least two years by...

Delhi HC Refuses To Interfere With Naresh Sharma's Non-Selection For Tokyo Games, Asks Sports Ministry To Examine Complaint

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the decision of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), the apex body for promotion and development of Para Sports in India to not shortlist the name of Arjuna Awardee and five-time Paralympian shooter Naresh Kumar Sharma for the Tokyo games 2020. The Bench of Justice Rekha Palli, however, directed the Central government to examine...

Covid-19 Vaccination: Meghalaya High Court Directs State Govt To Deal With Vaccine Hesitancy On Priority Basis

The Meghalaya High Court has directed the State Government to deal with the issue of vaccine hesitancy in the State in an effective manner, on a priority basis.Reiterating it's earlier directions passed on June 23, a division bench comprising of Chief Justice Biswanath Somadder and Justice H.S. Thangkhiew ordered thus:"We reiterate our earlier observation and direct the State Government to...

COVID- "Policy Of 'Testing, Tracking And Treatment' Needs To Be Implemented In Bihar": Patna High Court

Emphasizing that the policy of "Testing, Tracking, and Treatment" needs to be implemented in Bihar with greater vigor, the Patna High Court on Tuesday observed that significant role played by the Media can help to prevent the pain, suffering, and anguish of people during the anticipated 3rd wave of Covid-19.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar perused the affidavit...

Establishment Of Permanent Regional Benches Of Supreme Court: Rajya Sabha Member P Wilson Moves Private Member Bill

Rajya Sabha Member and senior lawyer P Wilson has introduced a Private Member Bill termed as the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2020 that seeks to establish 4 Permanent Regional Benches of the Supreme Court in a bid to decentralise the Supreme Court. In a similar development, recently a delegation of top officials from the Bar Councils of five southern States i.e. Karnataka, Tamil...