Allahabad High Court Decides To Hear PILs Challenging Love-Jihad Ordinance On January 15

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday observed that pendency of a batch of PILs before the Supreme Court against UP Government's controversial Love-Jihad Ordinance does not preclude the High Court from hearing a challenge against the law. A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Govind Mathur today declined the request made by Additional Advocate General Manish Goyal to adjourn the...

"SC Never Releases Info On In-house Proceedings": Supreme Court Refutes Media Reports On Action In Andhra CM's Allegations

The Supreme Court on Thursday has issued a Press Release to categorically refute media reports which state that action will be taken by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde in matters pertaining to allegations against members of the higher judiciary.The statement goes on to note that any inquiries that are conducted under the "In-House procedure" of the Apex Court are "wholly confidential...

MJ Akbar V. Priya Ramani- Reputation Is A Day By Day, Minute By Minute, Brick By Brick Built Structure, Making Allegations After 30 Years Tenable: Geeta Luthra

The Courtroom battle in the criminal defamation case filed by complainant, Former Union Minister Mr. M.J. Akbar against journalist Ms. Priya Ramani continued today before a Delhi Court judge, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Ravindra Kumar Pandey. Senior Advocate Geeta Luthra continued her rebuttal arguments against the accused, Ms. Ramani in the matter. The case is...

Zee Media Will Not Examine Witnesses In Defamation Case Against Mahua Moitra Until Feb 18, Delhi High Court Takes Statement on Record

Replying to an early hearing application filed by Trinamool Congress' Mahua Moitra before the Delhi High Court today, Zee Media Pvt Ltd has submitted that it will not examine witnesses in the matter until February 18, which is the next date of hearing before the High Court.The single judge bench of Justice Mukta Gupta was hearing an application filed by Moitra in her petition seeking a stay...

SC Issues Notice On BSP's Challenging Rajasthan HC's Refusal To Stay Speaker's Approval Of Merger of 6 BSP MLAs With Congress

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea filed by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) against a judgement of the Rajasthan High Court and an order passed by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, wherein the former held that the Speaker's order was an administrative and not an order adjudicating the claim of merger. A Bench of Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and KM Joseph heard the...

Significant Judgments Of Madras High Court In 2020

Constitutional Rights 1. "Article 21 Includes Right To Have A Decent Burial": Madras HC Takes Cognizance On Mob Attack Against Burial Of Doctor Died Of COVID-19 In the backdrop of disruption during the burial of a doctor who succumbed to a heart attack after acquiring COVID infection, the High Court expressed concern over the incident and emphasized that the Right to burial...

Supreme Court Dismisses New Plea Challenging 2020 UP Qualifying Service For Pension And Validation Ordinance, With Liberty Approach Alternative Forum

Another bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and K. M. Joseph on Wednesday issued notice on a petition filed by the UP Ground Water Department Non Gazetted Employees' Association to examine the challenge to the validity of the Ordinance of 2020

PIL Before Delhi High Court Seeks For Removal Of Amitabh Bachchan's Voiceover In Covid-19 Awareness Caller-Tune

A 'public interest litigation' has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Union of India for removal of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's voiceover from the Covid-19 caller-tune. The plea states that Bachchan neither has a "clean history" nor has "served" the nation through "social work."The petition cites prior cases against Bachchan and claims that by very...

Justice Hima Kohli Sworn In As First Woman Chief Justice Of Telangana High Court

Justice Hima Kohli was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court on Thursday. Telangana Governor Dr Tamilisai Sounderarajan administered the oath at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad.With Justice Kohli's appointment, Telangana High Court has got its first woman Chief Justice. She is the lone woman Chief Justice in the country at present out of 25 High Courts. It was...

CJI Raises Concerns Of Spread Of COVID-19 Amongst Protesting Farmers

The Chief Justice of India on Thursday raised concerns about spreading of COVID-19 as a result of the Farmers Protest while hearing a plea seeking action against authorities for allowing the Tablighi Jamaat congregation to take place last March amid the pandemic.CJI SA Bobde, presiding the bench hearing the matter, asked Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta as to whether precautionary...

Delhi High Court Directs BCI To Issue SOP For Physical Conduct of AIBE 2021

Disposing off a plea by Adv. Purav Middha for the conduct of the All India Bar Examination, 2021 through the online mode, the Delhi High Court today ordered Bar Council of India (BCI) to issue the Standard Operating Procedure for physical conduct of the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) on January 24, 2021, amid COVID-19 pandemic.The BCI has rejected the option of online conduct of the exam...

Malegaon Blasts Case : Mukul Rohatgi Refuses To Appear For Lt Colonel Purohit After Objections By Relatives Of Victims

Following the objection raised by the relatives of victims in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi did not appear for accused Lt Colonel Prasad Purohit before the Bombay High Court on Wednesday.The relatives of the six deceased in the bomb blasts case sent an email to Rohatgi pointing out that he had earlier appeared for the National Investigating Agency in the case...