Telangana High Court Extends The Life Of Interim Orders Passed By It And Subordinate Courts Till July 16

The Telangana High Court has decided to extend the life of interim orders passed by it and courts subordinates to it till July 16. A notification in this regard was issued recently.It may be noted that on April 30th, the Telangana High had extended the life of interim orders till June 30 noting that the country is reeling under the second wave of the COVID-19 infection and that several...

Lawyers May Have To Wait Till August For Local Train Travel : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Saturday said that lawyers may have to wait till August for a decision on local train travel noting that the State covid task force is apprehending a third covid wave.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni were hearing Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa's petition seeking inclusion of lawyers for traveling in local trains...

Confining Prisoners In Separate Cells For 22 Hours A Day Constitutes Quasi-Solitary Confinement, Violates Article 21: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that confining an inmate in a cell for 22 hours a day amounts to quasi-solitary confinement and is violative of his fundamental right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. "Except for one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening, the inmate is all by himself with his solitude and there is no limit on the period for...

Permit Anand Teltumbde & Vernon Gonsalves To Receive & Send Letters : Spouses Move Bombay High Court

A plea has been filed by wives of Anand Teltumbde and Vernon Gonsalves in the Bombay High Court seeking action against the Superintendent of Taloja Prison for withholding communication from Teltumbde and other co-accused to their family members. The matter was posted before a division bench of Justice S.S Shinde and N.J Jamadar, where counsel on behalf of the National Investigation...

Gareeb Nawaz Masjid Demolition : Mosque Committee Moves Allahabad High Court To Quash FIR Over 'The Wire' Report

The Secretary of the Gareeb Nawaz Masjid Committee, Mohammad Anees and a Barabanki (UP) resident named Mohd. Naeem have approached the Allahabad High Court seeking quashing of the First Information Report (FIR) registered against them by the Uttar Pradesh Police. The FIR in question was registered against them & news portal, The Wire and its two journalists, who are...

Portuguese National Moves Kerala High Court Questioning Engagement Of Foreign Pilots On Contract Labour

The Kerala High Court recently sought response from the Centre, Indigo Airlines, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, and other concerned authorities on a petition filed by a former Indigo Airlines Captain, a Portuguese national, questioning practices related to engaging foreign pilots on contract. Justice PB Suresh Kumar issued notice to all the respondents, including the Bureau...

Urgently Fill Up Vacancies In District & State Consumer Forums: Madras High Court Tells State

The Madras High Court on Friday sought a report from the Tamil Nadu Government regarding steps taken for expeditious filling up of vacancies in District Consumer Forums across the state. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy has granted three weeks' time to the State in this regard. The Court noted that though it is justified that because of...

Question On Jurisdiction of Civil Courts In Respect Of Assessment Orders Under Electricity Act: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Attorney General

The Supreme Court has issued notice to Attorney General K. K. Venugopal on a plea raising the question whether civil courts have jurisdiction to entertain declaration suits in respect of assessment orders under the Electricity Act, 2003 in cases of theft under its section 135.The bench comprising Chief Justice N. V. Ramana, Justice A. S. Bopanna & Justice Hrishikesh Roy issued notice to...

'Insurmountable Condition For Bail' : Stan Swamy Challenges Constitutionality Of Section 43D(5) In Bombay High Court

Octogenarian Stan Swamy, a tribal rights activist, from Ranchi and accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon – Elgaar Parishad case, has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the Section 43-D (5) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, which imposes strict conditions for grant of bail, for being violative of Articles 14,19 and 21 of the Constitution.The plea filed through Advocate Mihir Joshi...

Karnataka High Court Allows Service Of Notice By Email To BBMP, BESCOM, KIADB

The Karnataka High Court has directed that in all the appeals/petitions/applications filed in the High Court, where the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company Limited, Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board and BBMP are parties or where their officers are made parties in their official capacity, it will be open for the members of the Bar and parties in person to serve copies of the...

"No Arbitrary Fixing Of Cut-Off Date Within Homogeneous Classes Of Pensioners": HP HC Sets Aside Notifications Denying NPA Benefits To Superannuating Doctors

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday set aside notifications denying benefits of Non Practicing Allowance (NPA) as a part of basic pay for calculating retiral benefits to superannuated doctors who retired prior to 1st September 1997 and 1st January 2006. Quashing the notifications, a single judge bench comprising of Justice Sureshwar Thakur ordered thus: "A reading of the afore...

Term 'Unemployment' Sounds Like A Death Knell For Youth, Duping Them On Pretext Of Securing Job Is 'Cheating Of Highest Order': Orissa HC

Economic offences are considered grave offences as it affects the economy of the country as a whole and such offences having deep-rooted conspiracy and involving huge loss of public fund are to be viewed seriously. The economic offence is committed with cool calculation and deliberate design solely with an eye on personal profit regardless of the consequence to the community: Orissa High Court