Siddique Kappan's Arrest : Kerala Union Of Working Journalists Seeks Independent Enquiry By Retired SC Judge

The Kerala Union of Working Journalists has sought an independent enquiry by a retired Supreme Court Judge, to determine the facts connected with the alleged illegal arrest and detention of journalist Siddique Kappan by Uttar Pradesh police while he was proceeding to report the Hathras crime. The prayer has been made in a rejoinder affidavit filed by the organization...

Asking Prisoners To Surrender When The COVID Cases Are Still Rising Is A Dangerous Proposition: Delhi's HPC Extends Bails For 45 More Days

Delhi's High Powered Committee has decided to extend the interim bail granted to prisoners to contain the spread of COVID19 pandemic inside the prisons for 45 more days. While noting that the COVID cases in Delhi are still rising, the Committee headed by Delhi High Court's puisne judge Justice Hima Kohli, highlighted that if at this stage the COVID bails are not extended, and...

How Much Time Will You Take To Appoint A Chairperson For SC/ST Commission? Karnataka High Court Asks State Govt.

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State Government to make a statement before it on December 8, about the outer limit within which it will make appointment of Chairperson to the Karnataka State Schedule Caste/Scheduled Tribe Commission, which has been lying vacant since 2018. A Division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty said: "State must make...

Application Of Limitation Act To Resolution Process Under Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code

The liquidity in the Indian banking sector has seen a drastic plunge due to the threat of increasing non-performing assets ('NPAs'). The enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ('IBC'/ 'Code') put a fresh lease of life for resolution of stressed assets. However, there has been some conflicting views in the manner in which the Limitation Act, 1963 ('LA') could be...

Petitioner Only Shared His Perception Regarding Maharana Pratap's Class; No Intention To Spread Hatred: Allahabad High Court Quashes FIR

The Allahabad High Court recently quashed an FIR filed against a person named Manurojan Yadav (Petitioner) for generating a Facebook Post wherein he shared his perception as to in which class would Maharana Pratap fall, i.e. as a Kshatriya or a Marwadi.The Bench of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal was hearing a writ petition filed by the Petitioner (Manurojan Yadav) with a prayer...

Telangana High Court Extends Operation Of All Interim Orders One Final Time

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday (25th November) extended the operation of interim orders passed by this Court, as well as by the District and other Subordinate Courts till Wednesday (11th December 2020). Taking suo-moto cognizance of the prevailing extraordinary circumstances, the Full bench of the Telangana High Court issued the said order dated 25th November to extend...

Right To Marry A Person Of Choice Irrespective Of Caste Or Religion A Fundamental Right : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the right of any major individual to marry the person of his/her choice is a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution of India. A division bench of Justices S Sujata and Sachin Shankar Magadum, while disposing of a habeas corpus petition filed by one Wajeed Khan seeking the release of his lover Ramya from confinement, said : "It is...

Delhi Riots- Not Able To Understand As To Why Constable Waited Till Applicant's Arrest To Name Him, Court Grants Bail To Accused

The Karkardooma Court (Delhi) on Wednesday (25th November) granted bail to a man named Salim Malik @ Munna, who was arrested in a case, for allegedly damaging, vandalizing and thereafter setting on fire a car showroom on 25.02.2020. While disposing of the application of Salim Malik, the Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav noted, "The identification of applicant by Constable...

'High Time That Candidates Be Made To Own Up For Their Mistakes': Madras High Court Rejects NEET Candidates' Plea For Change Of Community Status

Taking a strict view against NEET aspirants who wrongly mentioned their communal status as 'General' instead of 'OBC' in the applications, the Madras High Court remarked that Courts cannot keep on condoning the mistakes year after year, and such candidates must be made to own up for their mistakes. While dismissing a batch of writ petitions filed for change in their community status...

Many Keralites Don't Display Surnames Because They Are Indicative Of Caste Status: Kerala HC Directs CBSE To Consider Representation Regarding Application Forms

While noting that in the state of Kerala, members of some of the communities traditionally have no surnames, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday (17th November) directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider a representation against its new application format regarding registration of Class IX/XI students for session 2020-'21. The Bench of Justice N. Nagaresh...

Arbitration : Court Reckoner October 2020

By way of the present column, an attempt is made to briefly review the salutary judgments pronounced by the Courts in the month of October 2020 under the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act'). That while as many judgments as possible are sought to be reviewed, owing to the limited column space, some judgments would invariably be left out. That...

Justice UU Lalit & Sr Adv Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi Call For Substantive Reforms In Legal Education At Jindal Global Virtual Conference

he global academic Conference organized by the Jindal Global Law School on the topic 'Reimagining & Transforming the Future of Law Schools and Legal Education: Confluence of Ideas During & Beyond COVID-19' from November 25, 2020 concluded on Friday. At the Valedictory Session of the conference, Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India &...