"MEA Has Taken Proactive Steps": Delhi High Court Disposes Of Widowed Mother's Plea Seeking Directions To Get Visa, Medical Assistance For Critical Son Abroad

Recording the submissions of Ministry of External Affairs that it has taken proactive steps in the matter, the Delhi High Court on Friday disposed of the plea filed by a widowed mother and another relative seeking directions on the Ministry of External Affairs for facilitating them in getting visa from the Australian High Commission for her critical son abroad and also to supervise and...

Social Activist Medha Patkar Moves SC Seeking Uniform Policy For Release Of Prisoners Aged 70 And Above For Decongestion Of Prisons

Social activist Medha Patkar has approached the Supreme Court for directions to States/Union Territories/High-Powered Committees (HPC) to formulate a uniform mechanism in order to decongest prisons across India, with respect to the release of prisoners aged above 70.The plea filed through Advocate Vipin Nair submits that the World Health Organisation has declared that COVID-19 causes...

Advocates Not Above Law; Bar Council Must Act Suo Moto Against Lawyers' Unruly Conduct : Madras High Court

"Advocates should not take law into their own hands on the premise that they are the custodian of law; on the contrary, the advocates being the custodian of law, are bound to act within the legal framework", HC said.

Section 164(2) Companies Act Not Retrospective; Default Before 2014-15 FY Can't Be Considered : Kerala High Court

The High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Sections 164(2) and 167(1) of the Companies Act, 2013

Advocate's Clerks Cannot File Affidavits On Behalf Of Parties On Original Side : Orissa High Court

Reiterating the significance of personal affidavits of parties and their ensuing probative value in smooth administration of justice, the Orissa High Court has held that the practice of Advocate's clerks filing affidavits on behalf of parties is unacceptable.Such a practice is in gross violation of Rule 26 of the Orissa High Court Rules. It has therefore directed its Registry to ensure...

Convict Awarded Sentence Lesser Than His Period Of Detention As Undertrial: Chhattisgarh High Court Orders Compensation

Holding that denial of right to speedy trial to an accused is a "grave miscarriage of justice", the Chhattisgarh High Court has ordered the State Law Ministry and the Director General of Police to compensate a criminal offender who was awarded lesser sentence than the period already spent by him in the prison as an undertrial. "It is quite vivid that the petitioner remained in...

Red Fort Violence Case: Delhi Court Takes Cognizance Of Delhi Police's Chargesheet Against Deep Sidhu And 15 Others

A Delhi Court has taken cognizance of the Delhi Police's chargesheet filed in relation to the Red Fort violence case against Deep Sidhu and 15 others. However, the Court has clarified that the cognizance is taken under all the sections except for the offences wherein sanctions have not been recived yet under the Arms Act, Epidemics Act and Disaster Management Act.Chief Metropolitan...

[Augusta Westland] Delhi Court Rejects Bail Plea Filed By Christian Michel

A Delhi Court on Friday dismissed the bail plea filed by filed by Christian Michel in relation with the Augusta Westland deal.Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar rejected the bail plea after it had sought response of CBI and Enforcement Directorate in the month of April this year.Moved through Advocates K Jospeh,MS Vishnu Shankar and Sriram Parakkat, the plea stated that Christian Michel...

Delhi High Court Appoints Former Justice GS Sistani As Observer To Carry Out Election Process For Vice President Of Dental Council Of India

The Delhi High Court on Friday appointed Former Justice GS Sistani as an Observer to carry out modalities of the election process for appointing Vice President of the Dental Council of India. A vacation bench comprising of Justice Amit Bansal ordered thus: "To carry out the process of holding of election in a smooth manner, I appoint Justice G.S. Sistani, retired judge of this Court, as...

Take Steps To Protect Food Grains Lying In Open From Rains : Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed that the State Government to take immediate steps for protection of food grains, allegedly lying out in open areas across various parts of the state, from forthcoming monsoon rains. On a petition alleging that this is a perennial problem in the State and that a substantial quantity of wheat got damaged after it was submerged with water...

'Incomplete & Defective Gang Charts In UP Resulting In Easy Bail For Accused, Giving Ample Room For Miscarriage Of Justice': Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has taken serious note of "half backed" gang-charts being filed under the UP Gangster Act 1986, that ultimately helps alleged gangsters in "easily obtaining bail", thereby threatening the order of the civil society. A Single Bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi observed that in the age of internet, where information of entire world is on one's finger tips,...

States Obligated To Provide Accurate Info On Deaths Occured During COVID But Bihar Govt. Reluctant To Do So: Patna High Court Issues Directions

The Patna High Court on Friday observed that the Government of Bihar is most reluctant to put in the public domain the number of deaths that occurred in Bihar during the last one year, i.e. during the time of Pandemic Covid-19. "In our considered view, the resistance is uncalled for, for such action is neither protected by any law nor in consonance with good governance's...