India A Secular Country, A Religious Group In Majority Can't Resist Other Community's Fundamental Right To Hold Religious Processions, Festivals: Madras High Court

"If religious intolerance is going to be allowed, it is not good for a secular country. Intolerance in any form by any religious group has to be curtailed and prohibited," observed the Madras High Court recently. The Bench of Justice N. Kirubakaran and Justice P. Velumurugan was dealing with a dispute involving a long-standing dispute between the Hindu and Muslim residents (in a...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [May 3, 2021 To May 9, 2021]

Allahabad High Court 1. Non-Supply Of Oxygen Criminal Act, Not Less Than Genocide : Allahabad High Court Orders Enquiry Into COVID Deaths [In-Re Inhuman Condition At Quarantine Centres…] In a strongly worded order concerning death of Covid-19 patients due to shortage of Oxygen supply, a Division bench comprising of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar stated...

Prashant Kishor's Appointment As Advisor To Punjab CM: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Punjab Govt. In Plea Against HC Judgment

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday (May 6) issued notice to the Punjab Government in an appeal arising out of final judgment and order dated passed by the Punjab & Haryana High Court dismissing the petition challenging the appointment of Prashant Kishor as Principal Advisor to the Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh.The Punjab & Haryana High Court had, while dismissing...

Specify Procedure To Repatriate/Deport Foreigners Who Don't Have Evidence Regarding Nationality: Delhi High Court Asks Centre

While dealing with the case of three people who claimed to be Bangladeshi citizens though they could not produce any documentary proof of the same, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 5) asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to place on record the procedure for repatriation, adopted in respect of such foreign nationals, who do not have any documents. The Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh...

'Cannot Find Favour When Free Speech Is Celebrated' - Kerala High Court Quashes 'Censure' against KSEB Cashier For WhatsApp Text Against CM

In a judgment from March 26, the Kerala High Court quashed an order of censure against a cashier working with the Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd. (KSEB), who had allegedly disseminated 'defamatory' content against the Government of Kerala and its Chief Minister in a private WhatsApp group. Setting-aside the order of censure, a Single Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up May 3 to May 9, 2021

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Justice DK Basu, Former Calcutta High Court Judge And The Petitioner In The Landmark DK Basu Case, Passes Away

Former Calcutta High Court Judge Justice DK Basu passed away at 3.20 am at Peerless Hospital today.He was one of the Petitioners in the landmark Judgment in DK Basu v. State of West Bengal (AIR 1997 SC 610) where the Supreme Court laid down specific guidelines required to be followed while making arrests.Justice Basu started his legal profession as an Advocate in the Calcutta High Court...

Senior Advocate R. Shanmugasundaram Appointed As The Next Advocate General For Tamil Nadu

The Governor of Tamil Nadu, Banwarilal Purohit has appointed Senior counsel R. Shunmugasundaram as the new Advocate General for the state of Tamil Nadu. This comes days after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party led by M. K. Stalin formed a new government in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu state assembly elections.The Governor of #TamilNadu appoints Senior counsel R. Shunmugasundaram...

PIL In Delhi HC Seeks Direction To Safeguard Interest, Provide Interim Custody Of Children Orphaned Due To COVID

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been moved before the Delhi High Court seeking direction to Union of India, Government of NCT Delhi to safeguard the interest of the children who have lost their parents to Covic-19 and who do not have anyone else to take care of them and face the risk of being trafficked. The petition, moved by Jitender Gupta, practicing lawyer...

Will Arbitral Award-Holder's Claim Be Extinguished On Approval Of Award-Debtor's Resolution Plan Under IBC? Yes, Rules Calcutta High Court

On Friday, the Calcutta High Court settled an important question of arbitration law, viz., whether an arbitral award-holder's claim would stand extinguished upon the approval of a Resolution Plan for the award-debtor's revival, when it was not pressed during the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP). Relying on Supreme Court rulings from 2020, Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya...

India Pioneer In Vaccine Production, Why Only Private Companies Manufacturing it?: Madras High Court Bats For Revival Of Govt. Owned Vaccine Institutes

Our anguish is that when the Government itself is having the vaccines manufacturing institutes, such institutes [dying public sector undertakings] may be revived and they may be put into effective use, so that the Government may be in a position to cover all the citizens, besides will not be in a position to bargain with the private institutes at this difficult time: Madras High Court

No Proper Response To The Queries By Court: Patna High Court Warns Contempt Action Against Union Home Ministry Officials

" It is also made clear that the Court may initiate a contempt proceeding against those who would be found in not cooperating the court proceeding."