Supreme Court Directs Kerala High Court Registrar To Upload Judgment Delivered In March 2021 Within 2 Weeks

The Supreme Court has issued a direction to the Registrar General of the Kerala High Court to upload a judgment in its official website within two weeks.The Court passed this direction after being informed that the judgment of the division bench, though delivered on March 16, 2021, has not been uploaded yet.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose...

37% Govt Schools Have No Girls' Toilet; No Safe Drinking Water In 40% : Report Before Karnataka HC

"One of the reasons why children don't like schools is because of the environment there, walls are broken, leakages are there, no water supply, no electricity, etc. especially in rural areas", HC said.

Being National Green Tribunal, NGT Must Have Alacrity, Concern For Environment: Supreme Court

"Being the 'National Green Tribunal', the NGT must have some alacrity and concern for the environment!", observed Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Thursday.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah was considering an appeal arising out of the NGT's adjudication of allegations of failure of authorities in preventing the blowout of Baghjan 5 oil well of the Respondent-Oil India Ltd.,...

'Termination Of Service By Merely Giving Notice, Without Holding Him Guilty Of Any Offence Is Wholly Unfit': Calcutta High Court Imposes 20,000 Cost On Employer

Our Constitution is primarily shaped and moulded for the common man.

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Another Petition Seeking SIT Probe Into West Bengal Post-Poll Violence

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea seeking for an inquiry into the post-poll violence that took place in West Bengal.A Bench headed by Justice Vineet Saran issued notice to the Central Government, State of West Bengal, and the Election Commission of India. Filed by Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, the plea submits that thousands of residents of West Bengal...

[BREAKING] Blockades Without Incitement To Violence Not 'Terrorist Act' Under UAPA : NIA Court Discharges Akhil Gogoi

"Protests in a democracy are sometimes seen to take the form of blockades also, even causing inconvenience to citizens. However, it is doubtful whether such blockades for temporary periods, if unaccompanied by any incitement to violence, would constitute a terrorist act within the meaning of Section 15 of the UA (P) Act"

Orissa High Court Extends Life Of Interim Orders Until July 16

The Orissa High Court on Tuesday extended the interim order passed by the Court on April 29, 2021, till 16th July, 2021.The Orissa High Court on April 29 had said that in view of the orders passed by the Supreme Court in In Re: Cognizance for Extension of Limitation on April 27, the limitation period of filing prescribed under the general law or Special Laws stands extended until...

Hindu Joint Family Even If Partitioned Can Revert Back And Reunite To Continue Joint Family Status: Supreme Court

Hindu Joint Family even if partitioned can revert back and reunite to continue the status of joint family, the Supreme Court observed in a judgment delivered on Wednesday.The bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy observed that the acts of the parties may lead to the inference that parties reunited after previous partition.In this case, a partition dated ...

Republic Day Violence: Man Accused Of Hoisting Religious Flag At Red Fort Granted Interim Protection From Arrest

A Delhi Court has granted interim protection from arrest till July 20 to Jugraj Singh, accused in connection with the Republic Day violence case, who had allegedly climbed one of the flagpoles on the Rampart at the Red Fort, a restricted area of the protected site and hoisted Nishan Sahib flag. Delete #BreakingDelhi Court grants interim protection from arrest till July 20 to Jugraj Singh...

Sympathy Shown To Drug Peddlers In Granting Bail May Prove Counter Productive, Resulting In Increased Trafficking: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that showing sympathy towards alleged drug peddlers at the time of granting bail often proves counterproductive as they indulge in further trafficking, one enlarged. Holding thus, a Single Bench of Justice HS Madaan recently denied bail to an accused under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, found in conscious possession...

Calcutta High Court Issues Interim Stay On Teacher Recruitment Process For Upper Primary Schools

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday imposed an interim stay on West Bengal government's ongoing process of recruitment of teachers for primary schools till the next date of hearing which is slated to take place on July 2. In December 2020 Justice MoushumiBhattacharya had set aside the 1st State Level Selection Test, 2016 for recruitment of Assistant Teachers in upper primary schools...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Release Of 13 Agra Prisoners Who Were Juveniles At Time Of Offence

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea seeking the release of 13 prisoners who have been lodged in Agra Jail for periods ranging from 14 to 22 years. The plea states that these prisoners have been denied release despite establishing that they were juveniles at the time of offence. A Bench headed by Justice Indira Banerjee took into consideration the submission of...