Why Wait For Centre's Approval For Door-to-Door Vaccination? Bombay High Court Asks Maharashtra Govt

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday criticised Maharashtra's Public Health Department's stand that it would begin home vaccination on an experimental basis only after the State and Central Government approves its proposal. Based on the State Task Force Guidelines on Home Vaccination, the proposal on experimental basis is only for bedridden patients and includes strict compliance...

UP Woman Who Converted To Islam Moves Delhi HC Seeking Protection & Direction To Media To Not Publish Malicious Content Against Her

A Hindu woman who converted to Islam has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection while claiming that she is facing an extreme threat to her life and that of her immediate family members who are allegedly being witch-hunted by the officials of the Uttar Pradesh Police.The woman has also claimed that owing to her conversion of religion she and her family members are being targeted...

CA Exams : Supreme Court Rejects Prayers For Waiver Of Articleship, Vaccine Priority For Candidates

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down the requests of Petitioners pertaining to waiver of submission of articleship and priority vaccination of CA candidates during the hearing of the three petitions related to the CA exams.A Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose was hearing three petitions related to CA exams.The bench asked the counsel of Institute...

Breaking: CA Exam: Opt-Out Option Will Be Extended To All Syllabus COVID Affected Candidates And Those Who Are Unable To Appear Because Of COVID After Effects - ICAI To SC

Opt-Out option will now be extended to both candidates under Old and New syllabus who have recently suffered from COVID-19 or are yet to recover from the after-effects and are consequently unable to appear, the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) has submitted to the Supreme Court in a Brief Note as per the directions rendered in today's hearing. 

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Ghaziabad FIR : Karnataka High Court Allows Mohammed Zubair To Withdraw Transit Anticipatory Bail Application

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday allowed Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking portal 'AltNews', to withdraw his petition seeking transit anticipatory bail in an FIR registered by Uttar Pradesh police over tweets on the Ghaziabad incident related to assault on an elderly Muslim man, after he informed the court that he had attended the police station and his statement...

"You Want To Be Rowdy Rathore, Unruly?": Himachal Pradesh High Court Disposes of Plea Challenging BCI's Latest 'Criticism-Disqualification' Rule

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday disposed of a plea 'as withdrawn', which challenging the recently inserted Sections V and V-A of Chapter II of Part VI of the Bar Council of India Rules as unconstitutional and violative of Articles 14, 19 (1) (a), and 21.The petition had been moved by Neeraj Shashwat, an advocate of Himachal Pradesh High Court, who challenged section-V was added in...

Detenu Has Constitutional Right To Make Representation To Detaining Authority Against Detention Order, Violation Makes It Illegal: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that it is a constitutional right of a detenu, who has been detained under the National Security Act, to make representation to the detaining authority against the detention order, violation of it which vitiate and make the order as illegal.A division bench comprising of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Shailendra Shukla also held that the expression...

"A Strong Message Should Be Sent To Such Persons": Calcutta High Court Admonishes Party For Reconstructing Demolished Constructions

The Calcutta High Court on Friday came down heavily on individuals for carrying out illegal constructions in violation of the Court's earlier orders. In the concerned case, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation had demolished certain illegal constructions in a building pursuant to a Court order. Consequently, without taking leave of the Court, the respondents had reconstructed...

Arbitrary, Illegal And Without Application Of Mind: MPs Move Kerala High Court Challenging Denial Of Entry Permit To Lakshadweep

A writ petition has been filed at the Kerala High Court on Monday by a group of CPI(M) MPs seeking a directive to the Lakshadweep Administration to issue Entry permits to the petitioners such that they can visit the islands. The petitioners were pressed to file the petition after the Administrator and concerned authorities denied their entry to the islands citing the ongoing pandemic...

'Legitimate Legislative Exercise' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws Act 2019

The Supreme Court has held that the Tamil Nadu State legislature had legislative competence to enact Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws (Revival of Operation, Amendment and Validation) Act, 2019 and is not inconsistent with Article 254 of the Constitution of India."We hold the 2019 Act to be a legitimate legislative exercise and find it to be consistent with and within the ...

Fraudulent Withdrawal Of Money from Rtd. Judge's Account- "Police Not Serious To Control Such Fraudulent Activities": Allahabad High Court

Hearing a matter wherein money was fraudulently withdrawal from the bank account of a Judge (retired), High Court, the Allahabad High Court observed that the police authorities are not making serious efforts in controlling these types of fraudulent activities. The Bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav expressed its displeasure "with the efforts being made by the police authorities with regard...

Ghaziabad Video : Karnataka High Court To Hear Twitter MD's Challenge Against UP Police Notice On July 5

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday adjourned to July 5 the hearing of the writ petition filed by Twitter India's Managing Director Manish Maheshwari challenging the notice issued by Uttar Pradesh Police under Section 41A CrPC asking him to appear for investigation in the FIR related to Ghaziabad video.A single bench of Justice G Narender adjourned the hearing at the request made by...