Calcutta High Court Extends All Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till March 31

A Full Bench of the Calcutta High Court has extended the subsistence of all the interim orders passed by it and the courts subordinate to it till March 31, 2021. The direction has come in a suo moto case registered by the Court in March 2020, in view of the pandemic. The first such extension was made until April 30, 2020, vide order dated March 24, 2020. Subsequently, the...

Not Possible To Relax Mandatory 30 Days Notice Period Or To Permit 'Digital' Marriage Unless Special Marriage Act Is Amended: Kerala High Court

Unless the provisions contained in the Special Marriage Act are amended, it would not be possible either to relax the mandatory period of notice or to permit marriage in digital form, the Kerala High Court observed.Justice PV Asha observed thus while dismissing a woman's plea to permit solemnisation and registration of her marriage on digital platform. She stated that she got married...

Delhi High Court Extends Interim Bails Granted To 3499 Undertrial Prisoners For Further 15 Days

The Delhi High Court further extended for 15 days the interim bails granted to 3499 undertrial prisoners expiring with effect from 20th February 2021. A division bench comprising of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh delivered the order after the High Powered Committee vide its meeting dated 17th February 2021 decided not to recommend further extension of interim...

No Extra Chance For UPSC Exams; Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Of Last Attempt Civil Service Candidates

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition seeking extra chance in UPSC civil service exams for the candidates who had exhausted their last attempt in October 2020.The petitioners, who had given their last attempt in Civil Service Examination 2020, had sought for an extra chance citing difficulties created by COVID-19 pandemic and the national lockdown. The petitioners argued that...

Calcutta High Court Directs Administrative Wing To Examine Issues Relating To Quality & Size Of Filing Papers In All Courts

The Administrative side of the Calcutta High Court will soon examine issues relating to the quality and size of papers that are used for filing of pleadings, vakalatnamas, etc., in the Courts of West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee has directed...

Controversy Around UP Education Service Tribunal Bifurcation: Allahabad High Court And District Bar Associations To Abstain From Work Today

The High Court Bar Association, Allahabad & Awadh Bar Association (High Court, Lucknow) have resolved to abstain from Judicial Work today i.e., on 24th February 2021 to express their displeasure over the passing of Uttar Pradesh Educational Services Tribunal Bill, 2021 which proposes to constitute two benches of the Tribunal in Lucknow and Allahabad (now known...

Appellate Court Cannot Permit Production Of Additional Evidence Unless & Until Procedure Under Order XLI Rules 27-29 CPC Is Followed: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that unless and until the procedure under Order XLI Rules 27, 28 and 29 are followed, the parties to the appeal cannot be permitted to lead additional evidence and/or the appellate court is not justified to direct the court from whose decree the appeal is preferred or any other subordinate court, to take such evidence and to send it when taken to the Appellate...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest: January 2021

Judgments/ Order: 1. Supreme Court Upholds Centre's Plan For The Central Vista Project by 2:1 Majority, Justice Khanna Dissents [Case: Rajeev Suri v. DDA & Ors.; Citation: LL 2021 SC 1] Order dated January 5, 2021 The Supreme Court upheld the Central Government's plan for construction of the Central Vista project and the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament...

Accused Has No Right To Seek Chemical Analysis Of 'B Sample' Of Toddy In Abkari Cases : Kerala High Court

Settling divergent views expressed by different single bench decisions, a division bench of the Kerala High Court has held that in cases related to adulteration of toddy, the accused has no legal right to seek the chemical analysis of 'B Sample'.As per Rule 8 of the Kerala Abkari Shops Disposal Rules, two samples of toddy should be taken in cases of suspected adulteration. The sample labelled...

Bengaluru Peripheral Ring Road Project : Fresh Public Hearing For EIA Will Be Held, Karnataka High Court Told

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Tuesday assured the Karnataka High Court that a fresh Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) public hearing in physical form, will be conducted by it on development of proposed 8-lane peripheral ring road connecting, Tumakuru road to Hosur road (crossing Ballari road and old Madras road) by the Bengaluru Development Authority....

"Officer Favouring The Accused, Using His Vehicles For Travelling Purpose": Uttarakhand High Court Suspends A Judicial Officer

The Uttarakhand High Court has suspended Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, Civil Judge (Senior Division)/Judicial Magistrate, Almora and has attached him with the District Judgeship's headquarter Dehradun. The primary allegation is that he and his family members have been using private vehicles belonging to accused Chandra Mohan Sethi, for travelling to the homes of his relatives in...

Karnataka HC Asks Govt About Steps For Survey Of All Quarries In State

The Karnataka High Court has asked the state government to inform whether it will be carrying out a survey of all quarries in the State in a phased manner and whether any action of determination of lease/licenses is taken by the State Government during the year 2020. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said "We, therefore, direct...