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Kerala High Court Sets Aside Bail Granted To Thwaha Fasal In UAPA Case Over Alleged Maoist Links; Allan's Bail Not Cancelled
The Kerala High Court on Monday set aside the order passed by by Special NIA Court Kochi granting bail to Thwaha Fasal in a UAPA case for alleged Maoist links.The High Court however has not cancelled the bail granted to Allan Shuhaib, who was also arrested along with Thwaha in November 2019.A division bench comprising Justices A Hariprasad and K Haripal allowed the appeal filed by the...
Supreme Court Adjourns To Next Week PIL Seeking Directions To Control Uttarakhand Forest Fires In The State
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to next week a PIL seeking for directions to State of Uttarakhand to take steps to prevent forest fires in the State as well as declare that the entire wildlife in the region to be declared as a living entity with corresponding rights. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde was informed by the Petitioner-in-Person Rituparn Uniyal that...
'Animals Are Sources Of Livelihood, You Can't Take Them Away, Either You Change It Or We Will Stay' : CJI On 2017 Cattle Protection Rules
"Either you change it or we will stay it", noted CJI Bobde while considering a plea challenging the validity of 2017 Rules under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, which allow authorities to seize vehicles used in cattle transportation and send the animals to gaushalas or cow shelters.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde heard the matter and directed the Centre to...
80+ Important Delhi High Court Judgments of 2020
Orders Relating to Fundamental Rights 1. Delhi High Court Holds "To Have A Name And Express The Same" Is Protected Under Articles 19 & 21, Allows DU Student's Plea In a landmark judgment, the single judge bench of Justice Jayant Nath while hearing a DU student's plea, held that "to have a name and express the same" is protected under Articles 19(1)(a) and 21 of the...
Supreme Court Adjourns Plea Seeking Expeditious Decision On Disqualification Petition Against 10 BJP MLAs In Goa Assembly
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to February a plea filed by Goa Congress Chief Girish Chodankar seeking for a direction to the Goa Assembly Speaker to dispose of the disqualifaction which has been filed against 10 MLAs who moved from Congress to Bharatiya Janta Party expeditiously.Chodankar has approached the Court submitting that despite express orders from the Supreme Court on...
Uttarakhand State Legal Services Authority Bids Farewell To Justice Ravi Malimath
The Uttarakhand State Legal Services Authority on Sunday conducted a farewell ceremony for Justice Ravi Malimath, Acting Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, on his transfer to the Himachal Pradesh High Court. During the programme, Justice Malimath who is also the Executive Chairman of the authority, emphasized on the need to devise a system which can provide necessary legal...
Notaries/Oath Commissioners Not Authorised To Execute Marriage/Divorce Documents: MP High Court Calls For Strict Guidelines
Coming down heavily on Notaries/Oath Commissioners who are involving themselves in executing the document in respect of the marriage, divorce, etc, the Madhya Pradesh High Court last week called for strict guidelines, "to be issued to the Notaries and oath commissioners for not executing such type of deed, failing which their license would be terminated." The Bench of Justice Vivek...
Supreme Court To Consider Sanjiv Bhatt's Plea For Sentence Suspension In 3rd Week Of January
The Supreme Court on Monday listed to the third week of January the petition filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to suspend his sentence in a custodial death case of 1990.A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, MR Shah and R Subhash Reddy adjourned the case at the request of Bhatt's counsel Advocate Farrukh Rasheed.Bhatt was directed to undergo life-imprisonment by a Sessions Court...
Bombay HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Illegal Sale Of Nylon Threads In Festive Season Causing Severe Injuries To Humans And Birds
A division bench of the Bombay High Court, Auranagabad Bench consisting of Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge and Justice Vibha Kankanwadi (vacation bench) on Wednesday (30th December 2020) took suo moto Public interest litigation cognizance on the illegal sale of nylon manjas on the festive seasons causing severe debilitating injuries to innumerable birds. BACKGROUND OF THE SUO...
Failure Of Assessing Officer To Comply With Section 144C Of Income Tax Act Invalidates Assessment Order : Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the failure of the assessing officer to adhere to the "mandatory requirement" of Section 144C(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, will invalidate the final assessment order.Section 144C(1), inserted in the Act by 2009 amendment, states that Assessing Officer should forward the draft of the proposed assessment order to the eligible assessee if any variation of...
SC-ST Act- Not Necessary That Accused Has To Be Straightaway Arrested On Mere Registration Of Crime: Telangana High Court
It cannot be said that merely because crime is reported under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, straightaway accused has to be arrested, the Telanagana High Court observed while refusing to direct the police to arrest an MLA who allegedly threatened a journalist.Guguloth Santosh Naik, a journalist in Vaartha Telugu vernacular daily, had reported that...