'Worst Time To Strike' : Karnataka High Court On Transport Employees Strike

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday observed that "perhaps this is possibly the worst time to take recourse to the strike," while issuing notice to Karnataka State Road Transport Employees League, which has called for an indefinite strike of all bus services run by the four road transport corporations in the state, from April 7. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and...

"People Need Oxygen Now, Why Should Wait For April 22nd To Ban Use Of Oxygen For Industries": Delhi High Court Asks Centre

"The need for oxygen is now. Any delay would lead to loss of precious lives."

'If Vacancies Are More Than 20% Sanctioned Strength' : Supreme Court Lays Down 5 Trigger Points To Appoint Ad-Hoc Judges In High Courts

Ad-hoc appointments are intended to hear old pending cases; such appointments cannot be a substitute for regular appointment.

Removal Of Offending Content From Internet: Delhi High Court Lays Down Procedure, Guidelines For Intermediaries, Govt.Agencies

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that photographs taken from Facebook and Instagram accounts uploaded on pornographic website without the consent of such person amounts to an offence under sec. 67 of the IT Act and that such an act, even if the photographs are not in itself obscene of offensive, without the consent of the party would amount to breach of person's privacy. While making...

Disclose All Assets Of Late Music Composer Wajid Khan – Bombay High Court To Mother, Brother Sajid Khan, On Widow's Testamentary Petition

The Bombay High Court has sought a complete disclosure from the mother and brother of late Music composer Wajid Khan about all the assets owned by him, after his widow, Kamalrukh approached the HC in a testamentary petition against Sajid Khan and his mother Razia. Wajid Sharafat Khan was a well-known music director in the Hindi film industry along with his elder brother Sajid...

BREAKING : 'High Courts Are In A Crisis Situation': Supreme Court Lays Down Time Line For Appointment Of High Court Judges

Expressing grave concerns at the mounting vacancies of High Court judges, the Supreme Court on Tuesday emphasized that the Central Government should proceed to make appointments immediately after the Supreme Court collegium has cleared the names.If the Government has any reservation over the Collegium recommendations, it should send back the names with specific reasons for reservations.Once...

BREAKING : Delhi High Court Automatically Extends Interim Orders Passed By It & Subordinate Courts Till July 16

Taking note of the limited functioning of Courts on account of the COVID19 surge, the Delhi High Court has suo moto extended the interim orders passed by it and the courts subordinate to it, which were subsisting as on April 19 or expiring after that, till July 16."Taking suo moto cognizance of the aforesaid extraordinary circumstances, under Article 226 & 227 of the...

GST - Provisional Attachment Power 'Draconian'; Not Intended To Authorize Commissioners To Make Preemptive Strikes On Assessee's Property: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the power of provisional attachment under GST laws must be strictly construed, being a draconian power, and that the same should be exercised only on the basis of tangible material.The power to order a provisional attachment of the property of the taxable person including a bank account is draconian in nature and the conditions which are prescribed by the...

Consent Of Parties Cannot Obviate Duty Of Court To Indicate Its Reasons For Granting Or Refusing Bail: Supreme Court

Consent of parties cannot obviate the duty of the High Court to indicate its reasons why it has either granted or refuse bail, the Supreme Court observed.The bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah observed that a Court granting bail cannot obviate its duty to apply a judicial mind and to record reasons, brief as they may be, for the purpose of deciding whether or not to...

Man In Jail For 29 Yrs- Calcutta High Court Directs Authorities To Decide Application Of Remission Within 45 Days

The Calcutta High Court recently ruled that different authorities including the Government, the Convicting Court, and the Confirming Court should decide Remission Application in the most expeditious manner having regard to the larger framework of Article 21 of the Constitution. The Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee was hearing the plea of...

RT-PCR Tests Not Being Done At Desired Rate; Illicit Trade Of Remdesivir Injection: Patna High Court Expresses Serious Concern Over Covid Management In Bihar

The Patna High Court has expressed concern over the manner in which the State has been handling the recent surge in Covid-19 cases. Apart from acute shortage of Covid hospital beds, oxygen cylinders, etc., a Division Bench comprising of Justices CS Singh and Mohit Kumar Shah noted that the State is not even keeping vigil on people travelling from outside the State, who may be...

BREAKING: Kerala High Court Dismisses Ex-Minister KT Jaleel's Challenge Against Lok Ayukta Report

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed the writ petition filed by former Minister for Higher Education and Minority Welfare KT Jaleel, challenging a report of the Kerala Lok Ayukta which had found him guilty of nepotism and favouritism.A division bench comprising Justices PB Suresh Kumar and K Babu affirmed the Lok Ayukta report, stating that Jaleel had not made out any ground...