Calcutta High Court Orders CAG Audit Of Amphan Relief Amid Allegations Of Corruption & Irregularities In Relief Distribution Work

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (01st December) directed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India to audit Amphan Cyclone related relief, amid allegations of irregularities and Corruption in distribution work. The Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee was hearing a batch of petitions instituted in the public...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On CPIL's Plea Against Govt's CMS, NATGRID, NETRA Surveillance Systems

The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Ministries of Home Affairs, Law, Information Technology and Communications, on a plea against the Central Government's surveillance systems Central Monitoring System (CMS), Network Traffic Analysis (NETRA), and National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), on a plea by Centre for Public Interest Litigation and and Software Freedom Law CentreThe...

Tying Rakhi As Bail Condition: Petitioners Seek Directions From SC Against Orders Which Affects Dignity Of Women And Trivialise Sexual Offences

In the Petition challenging the MP High Court Order with tying Rakhi as a bail condition, the petitioners have sought directions from Supreme Court against Orders which trivialize/tend to trivialize the occurrence of serious sexual offences against the women and children.The petitioner had challenged a bail condition on an accused charged with outraging the modesty of a woman to have a rakhi...

'In Public Place, You Are Teasing Young Girl?': Supreme Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Sexual Harassment Accused In FIR U/S 354 IPC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the plea for anticipatory bail to an accused in a case of eve-teasing, where FIR under section 354, IPC (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) had come to be registered.The bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao was hearing a SLP against the January 21 decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court refusing anticipatory bail...

Loan Moratorium And Waiver of Interest : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Loan Moratorium : Supreme Court bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan is hearing seeking extension of loan moratorium and waiver of interest owing to the Covid19 pandemic along-with sector-specific...

Homeopathic Medical Practitioners May Prescribe Notified Drugs As Add-On Drug To Conventional Treatment For Covid-19: Centre Tells SC

The Central Government has informed the Supreme Court that specified Homoeopathic medicines can be prescribed as "add-on treatment" for Covid-19 and thus, it is incorrect to say that homeopathic medical practitioners cannot prescribe any treatment to Covid 19 positive patients. The clarification has come in response to an appeal preferred by Dr AKB Sadbhavana Mission School of...

Cases Against MPs/MLAs : Karnataka High Court Directs Implementation Of Witness Protection Scheme

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to within two weeks issue an order constituting a competent authority as prescribed in the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, which has been approved by the Supreme Court. The Supreme court had in the case of Mahender Chawla vsUnion Of India, on December 5, 2018, approved the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, prepared by...

There Has Never Been A Woman CJI; Greater Women Representation In Judiciary Will Help Balanced Approach In Sexual Violence Cases: AG KK Venugopal

Attorney General KK Venugopal, in his written submissions filed in an SLP filed by women lawyers against Madhya Pradesh High Court's 'Rakhi' Bail order, stated that improving the representation of women in the judiciary could also go a long way towards a more balanced and empathetic approach in cases involving sexual violence. "For instance, this Court only has 2 women judges, as against...

Decision On Permission To Staff/Clerks To Travel By Local Trains Will Be Taken This Week: Govt., Railways Inform Bombay High Court

The Maharashtra State Government and Railways on Tuesday (01st December) informed the Bombay High Court that a meeting would be held this week itself, to resolve the issue and to work out the modalities and mechanism, for grant of travel permissions to the staffs and clerks, registered with the Bar Associations to travel by local trains. The Submission was made before the Bench of...

Award Interim Compensation; Periodically Conduct Counselling Of 14 Yr Old Rape Victim: P&H High Court Directs DLSA

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Wednesday (25th November) directed the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Mewat at Nuh as well as the Secretary, DLSA, Faridabad, to award interim compensation to a 14 year old victim. The Bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan also directed the DLSA, Mewat at Nuh to appoint a lady Counsellor, who will periodically...

Kerala Government Moves Supreme Court Seeking Change Of Trial Judge In Actor Sexual Assault Case

The Kerala Government has filed a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court challenging the Kerala High Court order dismissing the applications filed by the prosecution and the victim seeking to change the judge holding trial in the sensational actor sexual assault case of 2017.Prominent Malayalam Actor Dileep is the eighth accused in this case. Earlier both the state and the victim of...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against The Appointment Of N R Santosh As Political Secretary Of CM Yediyurappa

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a public interest challenging the appointment of N R Santosh as political secretary to the Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty while issuing the notice to respondents returnable on January 11, 2021, said "​Is there any provision for appointing a...