"We Are Given Step-Motherly Treatment"; 234 Contract Workers From Consumer Fora Move Supreme Court Seeking Parity With Their High Courts, District Courts Counterparts

234 contract workers of ConsumerForums/Commissions across India, who are working as Technical Support Staff under a third-party contract, have filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking parity with their counterparts working at various High Courts and District Courts.The plea states that the basic grievance of the Petitioners is that "the technical support staff,...

People Receiving First Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine Can't Wait Indefinitely For Second Dose After Interval Period Is Over: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has observed that people who have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, including both Covishield or Covaxin, cannot be made to wait indefinitely for receiving their second dose after the mandatory interval is over. It therefore asked the State administration to raise the number of vaccination doses.The observation came from a division bench comprising of...

"Sorry State Of Affairs That Authorities Not Taking Due Care To Prepare Gang-Chart, It Infringes Article 21": Allahabad High Court

Noting that in some cases, the gang-chart had been wrongly prepared by the Authorities indicating the incorrect crime cases against the accused persons, the Allahabad High Court last month took strong exception of the careless and lethargic attitude of the authorities in preparing the Gang Charts. This observation came by the Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan, which was hearing...

"Complete Police Raj In Bihar, Loss Of Liberty Of Person Of Humble Means At Par With That Of Affluent Person": Supreme Court

"Loss of liberty of a person of humble means is not at a lower pedestal compared to that of an affluent person with more resources", observed Supreme Court on Friday.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and Justice M. R. Shah was hearing an SLP against the December 22, 2020 decision of the Patna High Court awarding Rs. 5,00,000/- as compensation to a truck driver who was illegally detained and...

'Section 124A Being Applied In A Politicised Fashion' : Journalist Sashi Kumar Moves Supreme Court Against Sedition Offence

Senior journalist Sashi Kumar, founder of Asianet and the current Chairman of Asian School of Journalism, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code.He has filed an intervention application in the writ petition Kishorechandra Wangkhemcha and another versus Union of India filed by two Manipur...

Delhi Court Allows Recording Of Evidence Through VC Mode In Compliance With Delhi High Court Video Conferencing Rules

A Delhi Court has recently allowed recording of evidence through videoconferencing mode on a mutual application moved on behalf of the parties.Stating that the aforesaid exercise will be done in accordance with the videoconferencing Rules framed by the Delhi High Court, Metropolitan Magistrate Devanshu Sajlan ordered thus:"The present matter is a '5-year-old'matter. Both the parties have...

Discrimination Based On Vaccination Status Is Violative of Fundamental Rights: Plea in Rajasthan High Court

The petition states that orders restricting access to public places and activities based on vaccination status is violative of fundamental rights.

BREAKING : New Zealand YouTuber Karl Rock's Wife Moves Delhi High Court Against Centre Blacklisting Him From India Entry

YouTube vlogger Manisha Malik, wife of New Zealand YouTuber Karl Edward Rice (popularly known as Karl Rock), has moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a blacklisting order issued against which has prevented him from returning to India. Filed through Advocate Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, the plea challenges the "arbitrary and unreasonable blacklisting of Mr. Karl Edward Rice,...

Mediation Setting Should Balance Social Power; Should Not Promote A Culture Of Impunity : Justice Chandrachud

Mediation has the potential to be one of the avenues through which social justice can be achieved, observed Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud recently.But he added a caveat that the mediation setting should balance the social power, so that the weaker party is not forced into a settlement. Also, it should not promote a culture of impunity."Mediation has the potential to be one of...

Grant Of Benefits Of Higher Pay Scale To Central/State Govt Employees Stand On Different Footing Than That By An Instrumentality Of The State: Supreme Court

The grant of benefits of higher pay scale to the Central/State Government employees stand on different footing than grant of pay scale by an instrumentality of the State, the Supreme Court observed.The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta allowed the appeal filed by Punjab State Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Ltd.against the judgment of the High Court of...

[FULL VIDEO] LiveLaw Practitioners Series: "How To Contradict A Witness?" Part-II - By Justice Abraham Mathew

LiveLaw in association with AILU-Kollam is organizing a webinar under its "LiveLaw Practitioner Series" .Justice Abraham Mathew (Former Judge, High Court of Kerala) will speak on"How To Contradict A Witness? PART-II.Mr BG Harindranath (Former Professor, National Judicial Academy) will moderate the session.The details of the webinar are as follows:Date & Time: July 10, 2021 (Saturday),...

"Not Standing Up For National Anthem Or Standing Quiet May Amount To Disrespect & Failure To Adhere To Fundamental Duties; Not An Offence Per Se": J&K HC

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that not standing up for National Anthem or singing it may amount to disrespect and failure to adhere to the fundamental duties as enshrined in the Constitution, however, the same is not an offence under the Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act, 1971. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Sanjeev Kumar quashed an FIR against a...