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Petition U/s 482 CrPC Challenging Domestic Violence Act Proceedings Maintainable: Meghalaya High Court
The Meghalaya High Court has held that petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure before it challenging Domestic Violence Act proceedings is maintainable.In this case, it was contended that the proceedings under the DV Act, 2005 are purely civil in nature and the relief contemplated under Sections 18 to 22 are civil reliefs with no criminal liabilities and as such, the...
CAA Protests: "His Movement Could Be Controlled Through Suitable Conditions": Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Student Activist
The Allahabad High Court on Monday (08th March) granted bail to a student activist in connection with a case linked to the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act last year. The Bench of Justice Mohd. Faiz Alam Khan granted bail to Activist Nitin Raj, U.P. vice-president of the All-India Students Association (AISA) while noting that his presence and the movement...
SC Seeks Centre's Response In Plea Challenging Notification That States No Environmental Appraisal Required For Road Expansion Projects Of Less Than 100 Km
Supreme Court has on Tuesday issued notice in Advocate Prashant Bhushan's plea challenging government notification that states that road expansion projects less than 100 km in length would not require any environmental appraisal. A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued the direction while hearing a case against the felling...
Delhi High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of "Stubborn Reluctance To Wear Masks Properly" On Flight; Issues Guidelines
Justice C Hari Shankar of the Delhi High Court,taking suo-motu cognizance of what he described as an "alarming situation" on an Air India flight bound towards Delhi from Kolkata on Mar 5, has issued a slew of directions to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and commercial airlines in the country with respect to in-flight Covid-19 protocol. In an order passed on Monday, he...
Delhi High Court Extends Parole To Former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala In Teachers' Recruitment Scam Case
Indian National Lok Dal supremo and former Chief Minister of Haryana, Om Prakash Chautala's parole has been extended till Apr 12 by the Delhi High Court in the JBT teachers' recruitment scam case. Chautala has been serving a 10-year sentence in the case in Delhi's Tihar Jail since 2013. The order extending parole has been passed by a Division Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and...
Promotion Of Candidate Will Take Effect From Date Of Eligibility And Not Date On Interview: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday held that the promotion of a candidate would take effect from date of eligibility and not from the date of interview as per the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) governed by the UGC Regulations.The prayer in the three petitions, filed on behalf of Dr. Kiran Gupta, Prof. PB Pankaja and Manju Arora Relan, sought for the promotion to the post of Professor from...
"Absolutely Illegal And Unjustified": Advocate Mehmood Pracha Moves Delhi Court Against Delhi Police's Second Raid
Advocate Mehmood Pracha has moved a Delhi Court against the second raid conducted by the Delhi Police's Special Cell on 9th March 2021, calling the whole exercise as "completely illegal and unjustified". Pracha has been representing many accused persons in the Delhi Riots conspiracy cases that broke out in February last year. The Delhi Police has raided Mehmood Pracha's office in December...
Karnataka HC Directs BBMP Commissioner To Explain Steps Taken To Fill Potholes, Improve Road Conditions
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to file an affidavit within three weeks, enumerating the steps taken by BBMP on the basis of report submitted by Karnataka State Legal Services Authority which records issues raised by city residents regarding potholes, bad road and footpath conditions. As per the previous order...
Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Kerala High Court's Order Holding That Aided School Teachers Are Not Entitled To Contest In Elections
A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the KeralaHigh Court's order declaring that aided school teachers in Kerala are not entitled to contest in elections. The High Court has held that teacher of an aided school in Kerala is a person holding an 'office of profit', under the Government of the State of Kerala The plea has also challenged the High Court's declaration...
Plea To Postpone 'Delhi Higher Judicial Service' Exam Transferred To Delhi High Court's Chief Justice Led Bench
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (09th March) transferred to the Division Bench of Chief Justice D. N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh, a plea seeking postponement of Delhi Higher Judicial Services Examination (Main), 2021 until the completion of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for lawyers. Today, the matter was heard by the division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Asha Menon and...
"Prisons In India Continue To Be Rather Medieval In Their Functioning": Uttarakhand High Court Seeks Report On Jail Conditions In The State
Stressing that the prisons in India continue to be rather medieval in their functioning, the Uttarakhand High Court last week observed that it is high time that Jails are transported from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. The Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma was hearing a plea, wherein the petitioners submitted that the State of Uttarakhand...