Calcutta High Court Registers Suo Moto Case To Monitor Mentally Ill Prisoners In Terms Of Sheela Barse Case

The Calcutta High Court has registered a suo moto case to monitor the mental health and other allied matters of various convicts and undertrial prisoners lodged in various correctional homes in West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The case has been registered on the basis of administrative directions issued by Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan,...

Debarment Of A. Raja From Campaigning For 48 Hours: Madras HC Refuses To Urgently Hear DMK's Plea Challenging ECI Order

The Madras High Court on Thursday (01st April) refused to urgently hear DMK's plea challenging the Election Commission's order barring party's deputy general secretary A Raja from campaigning for 48 hours. The Election Commission had also delisted Raja from the DMK star campaigner list. On Thursday, a mention was made before the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and...

Gujarat Assembly Passes Freedom Of Religion Amendment Bill 2021

The Gujarat Assembly on Thursday (01st April) passed the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2021 which seeks to penalize forcible or fraudulent religious conversion by marriage and would amend the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003.The Bill has been passed along the lines of similar Laws passed by the State of Madhya Pradesh and the State of Uttar Pradesh.The Bill proposes to put...

Patna High Court Seeks Implementation Of HIV Patients' Welfare Scheme In The State By April 5

Concerned by non-implementation of Government schemes for welfare of HIV/ AIDS victims, the Patna High Court recently came into action and sought response from the Bihar State AIDS Control Society (BSACS). In an order dated March 23, a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar said that the schemes may be implemented by April 5, the next date...

Madras High Court Disposes DMK's Plea Seeking CCTV Coverage Of Voting; Appreciates ECI For Clearing All Apprehensions

The Election Commission of India recently gave an account of the measures being taken by it to ensure that the upcoming by-elections in Tamilnadu are free and fair The development comes in a petition filed by the Dravida Munnetara Kazhagam party before the Madras High Court apprehending tampering of EVMs and unfair counting. The Election Commission has informed a Division Bench...

"Shall Not Use Social Media For Offensive And Defamatory Statements Against Judiciary And Govt": Kerala High Court Issues Draft Code of Conduct For Officers/Staffs

The Kerala High Court has introduced a Draft Code of Conduct for officers and members of Staff to regulate their involvement and intervention in Social Media and other public platforms. The Draft was approved by the High Court's Administrative Committee in a meeting held on 22nd March, 2021. It states: The High Court will have a Monitoring Cell to ensure proper use of computer...

Rape Of 10 Year Old Girl: UP Court Sentences Accused To Death

Firozabad (UP), Apr 1 (PTI) A special POCSO court here on Thursday sentenced a man to death for raping a 10-year-old girl in December 2020, disposing of the case in a record three and a half months.Additional Sessions Judge Mridul Dubey, heading the special court set up under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, sentenced the accused, Neeraj, a resident of...

Credible Allegations That Only Aadhaar Linked Numbers Received Campaign Messages From BJP, UIDAI Needs To Answer: Madras High Court

Hearing a Public Interest Litigation petition filed alleging that the Puducherry unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has misused Aadhaar details of voters for election campaigning purposes, the Madras High Court on Thursday (01st April) remarked, "There appears to be a serious breach by the sixth respondent political party (BJP) in how it conducted its campaign in Puducherry for...

"Such A Fate Would Be Violation Of Child's Right To Healthy Development As An Individual": Delhi Court Grants Bail To Mother Lodged In Jail With Her 21 Months Old Son

A Delhi Court on Wednesday granted bail to a woman, accused of dowry death and causing abortion of a three month old foetus, on the account of her being lodged in the Tihar Jail with her 21 months old son in view of her judicial custody. Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Gogne granted bail to Suman Kumari after observing that in view of the "greater appreciation and empathy" as a ground of...

No Restrictions On Travel From Kerala; All Border Points To Remain Open, Karnataka Govt Assures High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday accepted the assurance given by the State Government that there will be no restriction on movement of public/goods between Kerala and Karnataka and all the entry-exit points between the two states, will remain open. The assurance was made by the state government while hearing a petition filed by Advocate B Subbaya Rai, who challenged the...

Delhi High Court Seeks Status Report In Plea Seeking Constitution of SIT To Investigate Into Alleged Digital Fraud And Click Fraud Scam By Facebook

The Delhi High Court recently sought Delhi Police Cyber Cell's status report in a plea pertaining to alleged click fraud and other digital criminal frauds hatched by Facebook thereby seeking directions on Union of India, Delhi Police and Cyber Crime Cell to jointly constitute a Special Investigation Unit (SIT) for investigating into the complaint made by the petitioner company. The petition...

Kumbh Mela 2021: Increase Number Of Daily COVID Testing To At Least 50K Persons Per Day: Uttarakhand High Court Directs Govt.

In view of the fact that a large population is about to visit the cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh for Kumbh Mela, the Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday (31st March) directed the State Government to increase the number of daily testing to at least 50,000 persons per day.The Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma has further directed the State Government...