Uttarayan Festival Amid COVID: Gujarat High Court Agrees To State Govt's Guidelines, Allows Kite Flying With Restrictions

While hearing the plea seeking complete ban/prohibition on kite flying and use of crackers on the festival of Uttarayan, the Gujarat High Court last week agreed to the 13-point guidelines submitted before the Court by the State Government. The Bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice J. B. Pardiwala observed that the instructions as placed before it on behalf of the State...

US Executes 52 Year Old Lisa Montgomery, First Female Death Row Convict In Over 70 Years

Lisa Montgomery, a 52 year old woman, was executed on Wednesday by lethal injection after the US Supreme Court denied the application of stay of execution. Montgomery, the only woman on the death row, was the first woman to be executed by the US government in over 7 decades. It is however pertinent to note that the she was one of the three death row convicts who were scheduled to...

Plea For Maintenance Of Archeological Site Where Lord Buddha Attained Nirvāṇa: Allahabad HC Issues Show Cause Notice To DM, Kushinagar

Taking serious note of non-compliance of its directions issued on 15th December 2020, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday (13th January) directed the District Magistrate, Kushinagar and the respondent no.3 to appear before it with complete report of compliance of Court's order. The Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery also directed the Officers to...

Bengaluru Court Restrains Release Of Film On Veerappan On His Wife's Plea

Observing that 'Right of privacy of the plaintiff is to be protected," a civil court in Bengaluru, restrained M/s AMR Pictures, in any manner from exhibiting, screening or releasing on Youtube, Amazon, Netflix, facebook or any other social media platform or OTT platform a films titled 'Veerappan-Hunger for killing'. The ex-parte temporary injunction order was passed on January 8, by...

Raid On Mr. Mehmood Pracha's Office Illegal, Says Justice Kolse Patil, Prashant Bhushan And Sr Advocate CU Singh

In a press meeting held at Press Club of India today, Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Sr. Adv. Chander Uday Singh and Rtd. Justice Kolse Patil, former judge of the Bombay High Court came in solidarity with the recent raid conducted on the office of lawyer Mehmood Pracha by the Delhi Police. The primary objective of the meeting was to express anguish with the incident which was in...

Whether Service Tax Payable By Parking Facility Operators In Malls- Supreme Court To Examine

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a judgment of the CESTAT, which had confirmed levy of Service Tax under the head "service of management, maintenance or repair of immovable properties" on operation of parking facility provided by entities to Shopping Malls. The appellant Metropolitan Event Management (earlier known as MGF Event Management) challenged the Tribunal's order...

Supreme Court Takes Suo Moto Action On 'Remediation Of Polluted Rivers'; To Start With Yamuna - Read Order

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo moto cognizance on the issue of "remediation of polluted rivers".A bench comprising Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde, Justice A.S. Bopanna and Justice V. Ramasubramanian observed that one of the major causes of water pollution was the discharge of non treated/ partially treated municipal waste and effluents of various States and cities....

Freedom Of Speech & Expression Can't Be Curtailed By State But Balance Needs To Be Struck With Public Order & Security: Calcutta High Court

Underlining that fundamental rights to freedom of speech and expression and to assemble peacefully cannot be curtailed by the State, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (12th January) observed, "A balance has to be struck between the rights of the petitioners and public order as well as security, in view of the stipulations in Article 19 (6) of the Constitution of India itself."...

"Facing Persecution For Speaking Truth":Supreme Court Issues Notice On Shillong Time's Editor Patricia Mukhim's Plea To Quash FIR

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Appeal By Senior Journalist Patricia Mukhim, against Meghalaya High Court Judgement which refused to quash Criminal Proceedings against her for a FaceBook Post Condemning Attack On Non-Tribals In ShillongThe Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition filed by Patricia Mukhim, Editor of Shillong Times, against the judgement...

Noise Pollution : Karnataka High Court Directs Action Against Illegal Use Of Loudspeakers At Religious Places

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to issue directions to the police machinery as well as Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to initiate action against those who are using amplifiers and loudspeakers at the places of religion in violation of Noise Pollution rules. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum issued...

Covid-19: 'Opt For E-Snan', Calcutta High Court Advises Pilgrims Ahead Of Ganga Sagar Mela

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday advised the worshippers visiting to participate in the Ganga Sagar Mela 2021, to opt for 'E-snan', instead of bathing in the river, amid the ongoing pandemic. "The State Administration shall continue to make all endeavours to dissuade the pilgrims for going for a holy dip and opt for E-snan," ordered a Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B....

SC Directs Reopening Of Anganwadi Centres Outside CZ, Directs To Ensure Nutritional Support To Pregnant Women, Lactating Mothers And Children

A three judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice Subhash Reddy and Justice M.R. Shah directed the Union of India, States and Union Territories to reopen the anganwadi centres situated outside the containment zones, which were closed due to pandemic, to provide nutritional support to children, pregnant women and lactating mothers in accordance with...