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'Never Indulged In Hoarding' : Actor Sonu Sood Intervenes In Bombay High Court Case On COVID Drugs Distribution
Actor Sonu Sood has filed an intervention application in a Covid-19 related plea regarding the alleged hoarding and alleged unauthorized distribution of the antiviral drugs Remdesivir and Tocilizumab by politicians and celebrities. Sood has sought to intervene, alleging that the petitioner is trying to "destroy" his philanthropic work, accusing the petitioner of trying to ridicule...
SC Tags Plea Challenging Provisions Prescribing Different Ages For Marriage Tagged With Transfer Plea On Petitions Seeking Uniform Age Of Marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday tagged the petition challenging provisions which prescribe different ages for eligibility of marriage for the intended bride and groom with a pending petition seeking transfer of petitions before Rajasthan High Court and Delhi High Court that seek for a uniform marriage age for both men and women.A Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar heard Senior Advocate...
Tripura High Court Asks State Government To Specify Its Policy On COVID Death Certification
Taking into account the concern regarding certification of Covid death, the Tripura High Court has asked the State Government to specify its policy regarding the indication of Covid death in the death certificates.The Bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice S. Talapatra posed the following 4 questions before the state government:Whether the State policy mandates indication of Covid...
SC Dismisses SLP Against Delhi HC Decision Holding 45-Day Period For Filing Replication As Mandatory In Even Non-Commercial Suits
By dismissing the SLP preferred against it, the Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a Delhi High Court decision holding that the maximum 45-day period for filing of replications is mandatory for even non-commercial, ordinary civil suits and the court cannot permit the replication to be taken on the record thereafter. The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, R. Subhash Reddy and Ravindra Bhat...
Gang Rape Of Minor- Meghalaya HC Denies Bail To BA Student, Directs Jail Authorities To Provide Him Necessary Facilities To Attend Virtual Classes
Rejecting a bail application filed by a BA student accused in a case concerning gang rape of a 16 year old minor girl, the Meghalaya High Court on Monday directed the jail authorities to provide him necessary facilities required for attending virtual classes.A single judge bench comprising of Justice W. Diengdoh was dealing with a bail plea of one Habibul Islam seeking bail in a POCSO...
Rajasthan High Court To Hear Cases Through VC Mode Only, Suspends Earlier Circular After Lawyers Protest
The Rajasthan High Court has suspended its earlier decision to resume the regular hearing of cases from 28th June 2021 in a hybrid manner. Now, the regular hearing of cases in the High Court shall be only through video conferencing till July 2, 2021.In its earlier decision, the High Court had decided to permit entry into the court premises only to those persons who have completed 14 days...
Wife Staying Abroad For Career Not 'Cruelty' To Husband Or 'Desertion Of Spouse' : Bombay High Court
Observing that the wife's decision to remain in Canada, where she settled with the couple son is not "unjustified" or "selfish," the Bombay High Court refused to grant a divorce to a 44-year-old engineer alleging cruelty and desertion following his spouse's refusal to join him in India. The court reproduced the woman's resume, details of her flourishing career with a...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Modify Bail Condition Directing Accused To Stay 10 KMs Away From Prosecutrix's Home In POCSO Case
The Delhi High Court has refused to modify a trial court's bail condition imposed on an accused who was granted bail in a POCSO case directing him to stay 10 KMs away from the residence of prosecutrix till further orders, after the same was modified by the trial court thrice.The petitioner accused had approached the High Court for relaxing the bail condition after the same was modified by...
Whether Rejection Of Application For Amendment of Counter-Statement Constitutes An 'Interim Award': Calcutta High Court Explains
The Calcutta High Court on Friday while hearing an appeal to an impugned order expounded in detail on whether an interim relief granted by an Arbitrator would constitute an 'interim award' thereby allowing it to be set aside under Article 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The concerned petition was filed before the Court for setting aside an alleged "interim award"...
Chardham Yatra: "If Permitted We Would Again Be Inviting A Catastrophe": Uttarakhand High Court Stays Govt Decision To Hold Yatra
In a significant move, the Uttarakhand High Court has stayed the decision of the Uttarakhand State Cabinet to hold Chardham Yatra by taking a prima facie view that the decision is arbitrary and unreasonable and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.The Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan & Justice Alok Kumar Verma directed the Government to ensure that...
Pensioners Not Required To Visit Banks Or Offices To Get Pension During COVID, Karnataka Govt Tells HC
The State Government orally informed the Karnataka High Court that no pensioner who receives pension from the government is required to visit any banks or any offices for the purpose of getting pensions, during the period of Covid-19. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindraj was also informed by the government counsel that the state will be providing...
