Forward List Of Female Jail Inmates Staying With Children To High Powered Committee For Consideration Of Their Release: Gauhati HC Directs State

The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to place before the High Powered Committee the list of female inmates lodged in Assam Jails who are staying with their children for due consideration by the committee about their release.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Anchintya Malla Bujor Barua directed thus:"It would be in the...

Hacking, Data Theft Attract Offences Under IPC Also, Not Just Information Technology Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked that in a case of hacking and data theft, in addition to penal provisions of the IT Act, offences under the IPC would also be attracted and that the IT Act would not exclude the applicability of the IPC.The vacation bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose was considering an SLP against the March order of the High Court of Punjab and...

Wrestler Sushil Kumar Arrested In Chhatrasal Stadium Murder Case By Delhi Police

Two-time Olympic medallist Wrestler Sushil Kumar has been arrested from Delhi today morning in connection with the murder of 23-year-old former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankhar, reports The Indian Express.Speaking to ANI, Neeraj Thakur, Special CP-Special Cell, Delhi confirmed that Kumar has been arrested by a team of Delhi Police Special Cell today...

E-Courts Mobile App Crosses 57Lakh Downloads, Supreme Court E- Committee Releases App Manual In 14 Languages

The Supreme Court e-Committee has released a manual for its free e-Courts services mobile application. The application has crossed 57 lakh downloads and the manual has been released in 14 languages— i.e. English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Khasi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, for better reach. The mobile app and its manuals in...

[Discharge Of Untreated Sewage In River Yamuna From Vrindavan And Kosi] NGT Directs UP's Chief Secretary To Review Remedial Action,

The National Green Tribunal has directed Uttar Pradesh's Chief Secretary, to look into the issue discharge of untreated sewage and waste water/effluents from Vrindavan and Kosi towns in river Yamuna and Kosi drain near Sunrakh, and review the remedial action.A five-member Bench of the National Green Tribunal, headed by the Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel issued the direction on...

Corpses Floating In Ganga- PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Directions For Framing Policy To Protect Rights Of The Dead, Control On Overcharging Of Cremations & Ambulance Services

In the wake of tragic news of bodies floating in the river Ganga, a PIL has been filed before Supreme Court seeking directions for framing of a policy to protect the rights of the dead and controlling the overcharging for cremations, burials of those who died of Covid-19 and ambulance services.The plea by Distress Management Collective, NGO Trust based in Delhi-NCR, has stressed on the dire...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking GST, Royalty Exemptions For COVID Vaccines

The Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the Union of India and others in a petition filed by Professor S. Chandrashekar, a former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) employee, seeking directions to the government to ensure that adequate steps and facilities are in place to upscale the production, distribution and supply of vaccines and that no royalty, Goods and Services Tax...

Due To Delhi Health Infrastructure's Unpreparedness, Many Citizens Compelled To Seek Medical Attention In Neighboring States: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 21) observed that due to the unpreparedness of the health infrastructure in Delhi, many desperate citizens of the NCT of Delhi, had to seek admission/medical attention at hospitals in the neighbouring states. The Bench of Justice Rekha Palli was dealing with a plea by the petitioner, whose father is suffering from COVID-19 and he sought a direction...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks 'SC Digital Venues' To Enable Technologically Deprived Advocates/ Litigants To Appear Before Top Court

A PIL has been moved before the Supreme Court seeking establishment of 'Supreme Court Digital Venues' across the country to enable such Advocates and litigants to appear before the Top Court, who do not have access to technological infrastructure. The development assumes significance in view of prevalent debate surrounding establishment of Regional Benches of the Supreme Court...

CM Advocate Welfare Policy: HC Grants Last Opportunity To Delhi Bar Council To Submit List Of Verified Lawyers Eligible For Benefits

The Delhi High Court on Friday gave one last and final opportunity to Bar Council of Delhi to place on record the complete list of verified lawyers who, according to it, are entitled to be issued the policies. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Pratibha M Singh also asked New India Assurance Company Limited (NIACL) to submit a status report giving the number of lawyers to whom...

Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Suspension Of Covid Positive Employee; Says Suspension Order Can't Be Passed During Pendency Of Preliminary Inquiry

The Allahabad High Court has quashed an order passed by the concerned authorities of UP Government, suspending the services of one Gaurav Bansal who failed to resume office after completion of his casual leave period, on account of contracting Covid-19. The suspension order has been set aside on the ground that the preliminary inquiry into the Petitioner's conduct is still...

Calculated Acts Of One Parent To Alienate Child From Other Parent Amount To "Mental Cruelty" : Kerala High Court

"A child has the right to the love and affection of both parents. Similarly, the parents have the right to receive the love and affection of the child. Any act on the part of the one parent calculated to deny the love and affection of the child to the other parent by alienating the child from him/her amounts to mental cruelty."