Supreme Court Adjourns IUML Plea Challenging MHA Notification On Citizenship For Non-Muslim Refugees By Two Weeks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned by two weeks the hearing on the application filed by political party Indian Union Muslim League(IUML) challenging the May 28 notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs allowing non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to apply for citizenship.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the IUML, requested a vacation...

Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Cases Against Italian Marines In Enrica Lexie Case Accepting Compensation

Accepting the compensation of Rupees 10 crores deposited by the Republic of Italy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the criminal proceedings pending in India against against two Italian Marines -Massimilano Latorre and Salvatore Girone - with respect to the 2012 sea-firing incident near Kerala coast which killed two Indian fishermen. The Court has directed the transfer of the amount of...

Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal And Asif Iqbal Tanha in Delhi Riots case

A division bench of Justices Sidharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani of the Delhi High Court today allowed bail to Asif Iqbal Tanha and Pinjra Tod activists Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case under UAPA.Bail is subject to personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two local sureties. Conditions for bail include the three surrendering their passports and...

Tarpaulins Theft Case: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Stay Probe Against BJP MLA & LOP In WB Assembly Suvendu Adhikari

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to stay police probe in connection with Tarpaulin theft in which leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal State Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari has been named as an accused in the related FIR.The Bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh was hearing the plea of Adhikari who had sought quashing of an FIR registered by Contai police in which he and four...

Kangana Ranaut Moves Bombay High Court After Passport Authorities Raise Objection In Passport Renewal

Actor Kangana Ranaut has filed an application in the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the passport authorities to renew/re-issue her passport after they raised an objection for the same owing to the sedition FIR pending against her. In her application, Kangana has said that she needs to travel abroad for her professional commitments and had applied for re-issuance as her...

No Prohibition Imposed By Centre On States Doing Door-to-Door Vaccination : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that the Central Government has not explicitly prohibited State governments from providing door-to-door vaccination for the elderly and disabled citizens, who would not be able to visit immunization centres. Therefore, the division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni asked the Maharashtra Government to decide if...

"Prima Facie False, Misleading And Defamatory" : Delhi High Court Directs To Block Defamatory Tweet, Social Media Posts Against India Today

The Delhi High Court has directed 'TheCognate' to block the tweet in the form of infographic and other social media posts made against India Today News Channel alleging to show that there has been a contrasting and biased approach in its reporting against Muslim community concerning COVID protocol violations relating to religious gatherings at Kumbh Mela and Mecca Masjid. Observing that...

'Abuse Of Process' : CBI Seeks Dismissal Of Former Maharashtra HM Anil Deshmkuh's Plea To Quash FIR

The Central Bureau of Investigation has sought dismissal of a petition filed by former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in Bombay High Court, saying that any relief to him would hamper the investigation which is at the preliminary stage and that his petition was "an abuse of process of law." The CBI's reply affidavit has been filed against Deshmukh's petition, which challenges...

Consider Extending COVID Cash Relief To Applicants Who Have Applied To State Board To Be Considered As Transgenders: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Monday (June 14) said that the state should consider whether all applicants who have applied to the Transgender Board in the State by May 31, 2021 (and not beyond) may be considered as transgenders for the purpose of obtaining the benefit announced by the State.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a public...

Kerala High Court Starts VC Hearing With 'VConsol', Which Won India Govt's Innovation Challenge

The Kerala High Court on Monday started using 'Vconsol', a homegrown app for video- conferencing which was selected by the Government of India as the winner of innovative challenge for video conferencing platforms.The app was used for conducting the virtual proceedings before the division bench comprising Justices A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Dr Kauser Edappagath and also the single bench...

Labour And Employment Law Updates [May And Early June, 2021]

The following updates are in relation to the central notification, circulars and press release and does not include state wise updates except for the NCT Delhi. 1. Draft Code On Social Security (Employee' s Compensation) (Central) Rules, 2021 (3rd June ,2021) Applicability-: It extends to the whole of India and shall come into force after the date if their final publication in...

Kerala High Court Acquits Accused In A Triple Murder Case For Failure Of Investigation Officer To Ascertain Mental Stability

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court while allowing an appeal, set aside conviction and sentence passed against the accused in a matter of matricide and double filicide, on the ground that the Investigation Officer did not subject her to medical examination immediately to determine the soundness of the mind of the accused. This comes after a plethora of evidence and...