Andhra Pradesh High Court Quashes Local Body Elections As SEC Did Not Give 4 Weeks Model Code of Conduct

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside the elections held to Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTC) and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies(ZPTC) on April 8 on the ground that there was no mandatory gap of four weeks of Model Code of Conduct between the election notifications and the date of elections.The High Court dubbed the decision of the State Election Commission...

Delhi High Court Directs SBI To Open FCRA Accounts Of NGOs Within 10 Days Of Receiving Centre's Approval

The Delhi High Court on Thursday (May 20) directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to ensure that applications for opening the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) account by NGOs who seek to receive foreign funds are processed at the earliest and that their bank accounts are made operational within 10 days of receiving approval from Central government.The Bench of Justice Rekha...

Need To Address The Issue Of Black Fungus & To Increase Electric Cremation Capacity In Uttar Pradesh: Plea Moved Before Allahabad High Court

An Intervention Application has been moved before the Allahabad High Court in the COVID Management matter wherein the High Court is taking stock of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the state of Uttar Pradesh.The Application has been moved by one Animesh Bajpai, through Advocates Devesh Saxena & Shaswat Anand & Talha A. Rahman praying for directions to the State Government to...

Plea In SC Seeks Adequate Medical Treatment For All Non-COVID Patients, At Par With COVID Patients, At All Times Including Lockdown

The Supreme Court has been moved in a PIL seeking directions to the Central and state governments to ensure that adequate medical treatment and facilities are provided to all non-Covid patients, alike as Covid patients, in all government and private hospitals and at all times including the lock down period.Urging that the court ensure that even the non-Covid patients' fundamental rights to...

COVID+ Man Dies Allegedly After Jumping From Safdarjung Hospital's Roof: Delhi High Court Seeks 5-Point Report From Hospital

Dealing with a petition related to a case wherein a 23-year-old boy (Tanveer Singh), who arrived from Australia at the Delhi Airport in March, 2020 and passed away shortly after being taken to the Safdarjung Hospital upon arrival, the Delhi High Court on Friday (May 21) sought a five-point report from the Safdarjung Hospital.The Bench of Justice Rekha Palli directed the Medical Superintendent...

'Arguments Of Additional Advocate General Prima Facie Contemptuous' : AP High Court Says In Case Related To Krishnam Raju's Arrest

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has expressed surprise over the "brazenness" and "arrogance" that the Additional Advocate General, representing the Andhra Pradesh Government, displayed while putting forth his arguments in the matter pertaining to YSRCP MP Krishnam Raju's arrest in a Sedition case. "A Lawyer has to be a gentleman first", the Division Bench of Justices Lalitha Kannengati and...

"Admittedly There Was No Test Identification Parade": Patna High Court Acquits All 13 Accused In 1999 Senari Massacre Case

The Patna High Court on Friday acquitted all 13 accused persons in connection with 1999 Senari Massacre case killing 34 persons after observing that the circumstances in which the Test Identification Parade was conducted makes it "weak and without any corroboration".A division bench comprising of Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh and Justice Arvind Srivastava set aside the trial court judgment...

BREAKING : Delhi Court Rejects Police's Plea Seeking Police Custody Of Navneet Kalra In Oxygen Concentrators Hoarding Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday refused to send accused businessman Navneet Kalra to 5 days police custody remand in connection with the recovery and seizure of Oxygen Concentrators by the Delhi Police recently from the 'Khan Chacha' cafe under his ownership recently.Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Vasundhara Azad turned down Delhi Police's application seeking 5 days police custody remand for Kalra...

"Citizens Being Looted, Their Pain Is Our Pain": MP High Court Questions Govt On Amicus' Report Saying Ventilators Were Lying Uninstalled/ Unused

"Place on record a report showing as to how many ventilators were obtained under the PM Cares Fund and how many are procured by the State Government on its own and how many of them are functional": MP HC To State

Woman Embraces Islam, Marries A Muslim- Jammu And Kashmir High Court Allows Couple To Live Life Their Own Way", Grants Protection

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday (May 20) ordered protection to an inter-religious married couple, after the Woman alleged that the couple was receiving death threats from her family members as she embraced Islam and married a Muslim. The Bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey issued directions to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) through Director-General...

Rule 12(9) Of Kerala Wetland Rules Prima Facie Ultra Vires To Extent It Charges Fee Depending On Area Of Proposed Building: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has declared that Rule 12(9) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules (Rules) is prima facie ultra vires its parent Act, the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 (Act) in so far as it charges a fee depending on the area of buildings exceeding 3000 square feet proposed in 'un-notified' lands. Justice PB Suresh Kumar made...

Andhra MP Krishnam Raju's Arrest :AP High Court Initiates Suo Moto Contempt Over Non-Compliance Of Orders On Medical Examination

In a dramatic development in the case relating to the arrest of YSRCP MP K Raghu Rama Krishnam Raju, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has initiated suo moto contempt proceedings against officials for not implementing the orders passed by it for the medical examination of the arrested legislator.A division bench comprising Justices Lalitha Kannengati and C Praveen Kumar has initiated suo...