Mental Healthcare Act: Delhi HC Seeks Status Reports On Plea Alleging Lack Of Grievance Redressal Bodies

A single judge bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi High Court has sought status reports on the current functioning of the Mental Health Review Board and the State Mental Health Authority on a plea by a 19-year old man alleging that there was no grievance redressal mechanism in Delhi under the Mental Health Care Act, 2017.The 19-year old has moved Court seeking directions to the resp...

"Don't Want To Replace Physical Hearing, Idea Is To Show Flexibility Of Indian Judicial System": Justice DY Chandrachud

"The idea is to show flexibility of the Indian Judicial system. Not for a moment do we want to replace the physical hearing." said Justice Chandrachud during launch of Supreme Court's new website for Judgments and e-Filing 3.0.He said this, with reference to Bombay High Court's recent decision to switch to virtual hearings again from physical hearings in wake of surge in Covid19...

Arnab Goswami Exempted from Personal Appearance In Anvay Naik Suicide Case In Alibaug Court

The Bombay High Court, on Friday, extended the ad-interim relief granted to Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and exempted him from personal appearance before a the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court, in Alibaug, in the abetment of suicide case against him. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing an amended plea by Goswami, seeking to quash the...

Only After Performing Of Essential Functions As Teacher That State Can Ask A Teacher To Perform Additional Work: Allahabad High Court

Underlining that performing additional duties is not the reason for which a teacher is appointed, the Allahabad High Court recently directed that all teachers substantively appointed as such should function and perform teaching work first and only thereafter, additional work may be given to them in case of need. The Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra observed, "It is only...

"If A Woman Feels She Is Nothing Without The Support Of The Man That Is The Failure Of The System": Kerala High Court-Read Judgment

"It is time for the Government to evolve a scheme to support the single mother"

Surrender Of Accused Under Extradition Proceedings Cannot Be Processed Until Finality Of All Criminal Proceedings Against Him In India: Delhi HC

The Court held that the grant of bail or the permission to travel abroad in pending cases/ FIRs would not be covered by the phrase “discharged, whether by acquittal or on expiration of his sentence or otherwise” under sec. 31(1)(d) of the Extradition Act, 1962.

Mehbooba Mufti's Plea For Issuance Of Passport- "Take Decision Uninfluenced By Single Bench Observations": J&K High Court [DB] To Passport Authority

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday (09th April) disposed of former Chief Minister of J&K & Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti's appeal directed against Single Bench ruling, dismissing her writ petition seeking directions to concerned authorities to issue a passport to her. The bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani and Justice Tashi Rabstan, however,...

SC Dismisses Challenge Against Delhi HC Decision Holding That Widow's Right To Compensation For Husband's Death Will Not Abate After Re-Marriage

The SC dismissed the SLP 'in peculiar circumstances of the case'

Breaking: JJ Act- Child Born In Live-in Relationship To Be Construed As Child Born To Married Couple: Kerala High Court-Read Judgment

Law does not differentiate unwed couple and legally wed couple to recognize biological parents

Orissa High Court Dismisses Plea Proposing Red Ant Chutney As COVID-19 Cure

The Orissa High Court on Friday (09th April) dismissed a plea which claimed that that 'Kaai (Kukuti) Chutney (paste)' which is prepared using red ants, can prevent infection through the COVID-19 virus. Dismissing the plea, the bench of Chief Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice B. P. Routray said that the use of red ant chutney or soup by the tribal communities for medicinal...

Additional District Judge Has Jurisdiction To Entertain A Petition Filed Under Section 34 Arbitration And Conciliation Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court held that an Additional District Judge has jurisdiction to entertain a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.Principal District Judge can only be considered first among equals and the Additional District Judge is in no way considered to be inferior to the Principal District Judge, the bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and K....

Salman Khan Blackbuck Poaching Case: Rajasthan High Court Extends Stay In Hearing Of Appeals Till April 27

The Rajasthan High Court, bench at Jodhpur, on Friday extended till April 27 stay in hearing the appeals in relation to the Blackbuck Poaching case which are under consideration before a District Court in Jodhpur.3 years back, a Jodhpur court on April 8, 2018 had sentenced Salman Khan to five years of imprisonment in the blackbuck poaching case while his co-actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu,...