"Set Up Relief Camps In Flood Affected Districts; Ensure Ration To Poor, Pregnant & Lactating Women, Infants": Patna HC Directs Authority To Dispose Of Plea Expeditiously

The Patna High Court has directed the authority concerned to dispose of expeditiously a plea seeking setting up of relief camps in flood affected districts in the State and adequate ration and food Facilities to the poor and needy including lactating & pregnant women and infants.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sanjay Kumar ordered thus:"The...

3 Persons Booked For Sedition For Allegedly Burning CM Yogi Adityanath's Effigy Granted Bail By Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to 3 persons accused of raised slogans against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and burning his effigy. All the accused have been booked for sedition and thus they contended before the Court that they took part in a political protest and that the ingredients of the offence under Section 124A I.P.C. are not made out. The Bench of Justice...

Name Of Victim In Sexual Offences Shall Not Be Mentioned In Any Proceedings, Subordinate Courts Shall Be Careful: Supreme Court

A three-judge Bench of Supreme Court comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan, Vineet Saran and M.R. Shah took strong objections to a Sessions Court Judgment where the names of rape victim is mentioned. The Bench held that all the subordinate courts should be careful not to reveal the identity of a rape victim in any proceedings. "It is well established that in cases like the present one,...

Sexual Harassment : Advocate's Clerk Barred From Entry In Supreme Court For 3 Months From July

The Supreme Court has barred the entry of one Ashok Saini, who is the clerk of an advocate within the precincts of the Supreme Court of India.The decision has been taken after Supreme Court's Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) found him guilty of Sexual Harassment.He has been barred debarred from entering the precincts of the Supreme Court of India for a period...

"Why Are Medical Professionals At Receiving End For Someone Else's Failure?" CJI NV Ramana

While delivering his speech on the occasion of National Doctors' day, CJI NV Ramana expressed concern towards the brutal attacks happening on doctors while on duty. "It is saddening that our doctors are being brutally attacked while on duty. Why is it that the medical professionals are at the receiving end for someone else's failure?" CJI said.While expressing concern towards other...

"Tribal Areas Facing Inadequate Bandwidth Issue": Himachal Pradesh High Court Directs BSNL To Use Latest Solar Panels

The Himachal Pradesh High Court last week directed BSNL to prepare a road map for installing the solar latest panels initially with regard to 191 towers, which are situated in extremely backward areas of Himachal Pradesh. The Bench of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Chander Bhusan Barowalia noted that one of the major issues of inadequate bandwidth and/or broadband signal is...

[BREAKING] No Power For States To Identify SEBCs : Supreme Court Dismisses Centre's Review Petition Against Interpretation of 102nd Constitution Amendment

The Supreme Court has dismissed the review petition filed by the Central Government against the 5-judge bench judgment of the Supreme Court which held that the 102nd Constitution Amendment abrogated the power of State Governments to identify and notify Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBCs)."The grounds taken in the review petition do not fall within the limited ground on...

Plea Filed In Allahabad HC Seeking Relaxation Of COVID Vaccine Compulsion For Those Who Have Naturally Developed Anti-Bodies

A plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court seeking direction to the Union Of India to decide Petitioner's representations regarding declaration that there is no need to vaccinate those who have Corona antibodies developed in them. The plea has been filed by the Rashtriya Rashtravadi Party and others have submitted in their plea that those who got Corona antibodies developed...

Calcutta High Court Directs State To File Report On Withdrawal Of Security Of BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal State government to submit a comprehensive report on the State government's withdrawal of security of BJP MLA and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. Justice Shivkant Prasad directed the State to submit the aforementioned report before the next date of hearing i.e. on July 1. Suvendu Adhikari had filed a plea before...

Alleged Illegal Detention And Conversion Of Woman And Son: Kerala High Court Orders Investigation Into The Matter After Husband's Plea

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday, while hearing a matter where a woman and her son were allegedly detained and converted to Islam, ordered for their production before the Court within a week. A Division Bench of Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. issued a direction to the police to conduct a thorough investigation and file a report in the matter. The...

UP Local Polls- Allegations Against BJP Creating Pressure On Candidates, Allahabad HC Directs Election Commission To Ensure Fair Polls

The Allahabad High Court today directed the State Election Commission of Uttar Pradesh to ensure free and fair elections to be conducted of Zila Panchayat Chairpersons in the State tomorrow.The Bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Saurabh Lavania was hearing the plea of one Anita, who is a candidate for the Zila Panchayat Chairperson Post from Sitapur District in Uttar Pradesh from...

"Not Attired In Proper Uniform": Patna High Court Refuses To Take Notice Of Public Prosecutor's Appearance

The Patna High Court yesterday refused to take notice of the appearance of the learned APP in a criminal matter as he was not attired in proper uniform. The Bench of Justice Madhuresh Prasad said that the Court "could not take notice" of APP's appearance as he was not in proper uniform.Thus, the matter was adjourned to be listed on Friday (July 2, 2021) when he had been directed to assist...