Right To Progeny And Termination Thereof Is A Fundamental Right Under Article 21: Orissa High Court

While permitting a rape victim to terminate her pregnancy after 20 weeks of gestation, the Orissa High Court on Tuesday held that right to progeny and termination thereof is a fundamental right enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Reliance was placed on Meera Santosh Pal v. Union of India, (2017) 3 SCC 462, where the Supreme Court held that women's right to...

No Penalty For Individual Users Of Blocked Mobile Apps : IT Ministry

There is no penalty prescribed for individual users of mobile apps such as TikTok, PUBG, CamScanner, UC Browser etc which were blocked by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology citing security concerns.However, there is penalty prescribed for intermediaries under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act who fail to comply with blocking order.This was told by the Ministry...

Why Not Invoke Goonda Act Against Food Adulterers?: Madras High Court Orders Interim Ban On Sale Of Edible Oil As Loose Oil

While observing that the edible oils (sold in loose packets) are mostly adulterated and that it would have "serious consequences on the health of the consumers", the Madras High Court on Friday (18th December) passed an interim order banning the sale of edible oil as loose oil.The Bench of Justice N. Kirubakaran and Justice B. Pugalendhi was hearing a PIL filed by a practising...

Delhi Court Takes Cognizance Against Sharjeel Imam For Sedition, Hurting Religious Sentiments And Criminal Intimidation

A Delhi Court on Saturday took cognizance against JNU student Sharjeel Imam for offences under Sections 124A (sedition), 153A, (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, etc) 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) and 505 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.Taking cognizance of the offences, the court of Additional...

"Harmful To Environment": Uttarakhand High Court Urges Lawyers To Avoid Enclosing Documents Otherwise Available Electronically

"The practice of enclosing the copies of Act, Rules, notifications, Government Gazettes and Judgments with the petitions, which are otherwise available electronically, are prevailing in the Court which not only imposes financial burden upon the litigants but also causes great loss to environment," observed the Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday. A Single Bench of Justice Lok Pal...

Prisoners Forced To Do Jobs Like Cleaning Toilets Etc. Based On Caste: Rajasthan High Court Calls For Overhauling Of Prison Manual

Inquiring about the proposed steps for complete overhauling of the Prison Manual, the Rajasthan High Court on Thursday (17th December) asked the State Government to ensure that the prisoners are not forced to indulge in menial jobs like cleaning toilets etc. merely on the basis of their caste and also that no under trial prisoner is forced to perform such jobs in the prison. The Bench...

Vagrancy Laws are Reflection Of An Outdated And Largely Colonial Perception: African Rights Court

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in an advisory opinion dated 4th December 2020 declared the national vagrancy laws criminalizing the homeless, poor, unemployed person having no means of subsistence to be incompatible with the provisions of African Children's Rights Charter and the Women's Rights Protocol. The Court comprising of 12 Members (9 judges, President, Vice...

Karnataka High Court Directs Paralegal Volunteers To Verify Condition Of Bengaluru Roads

Para-Legal volunteers and advocates will soon be inspecting roads within the jurisdiction of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to verify the claim of the corporation that the roads and footpaths are in reasonable conditions and pothole free. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty directed the "Karnataka State Legal Services Authority...

Supreme Court Deprecates Practice Of Pronouncing Final Orders Without Reasoned Judgments

The Supreme Court has again deprecated the practice of pronouncing the final orders without reasoned judgments.If a judgment cannot be delivered on the same date or immediately thereafter, logically the judgment ought to have been at least reserved to facilitate the Judge to pen down the order, the bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said while setting aside an unreasoned order passed...

UP Anti Conversion Law- No Evidence Of Forceful Conversion, Moradabad (UP) Court Releases 2 Brothers

A Moradabad Court (Uttar Pradesh) has ordered the release of two brothers named Rashid & Salim (or Saleem) who were arrested earlier this month, under the newly promulgated Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020 (Love-jihad law) The Muslim man (Rashid) and his brother (Salim or Saleem) were arrested (on 5th December) soon after they visited...

Fearing Harassment By Vigilante Groups & Authorities, Interfaith Couple From UP Moves Delhi High Court, Gets Protection

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (16th December) came to the rescue of an Interfaith Couple from Uttar Pradesh, who had moved the court (seeking protection) fearing threats, intimidation and acute harassment at the hands of vigilante groups, vested interests and even the authorities, seeking protection. The Bench of Justice Anu Malhotra was hearing the petition moved by...

Delhi Court Closes Defamation Case After Jairam Ramesh Apologizes To Vivek Doval

Criminal defamation proceedings instituted against Indian National Congress leader, Jairam Ramesh, by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's son, Vivek Doval, were closed today by a Delhi Court pursuant to an apology by Ramesh.Ramesh in his apology said that he wanted to clarify that the alleged defamatory statements were made by him drawing conclusions from an article published by The...