Plea Alleging Illegal Detention & Torture Of Juveniles: Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response On Implementation Of JJ Act

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a PIL concerning illegal detention and torture of juveniles during the anti-CAA protests in the State of Uttar Pradesh. A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Govind Mathur has asked the UP Government to file a counter affidavit, with specific averments regarding statutory compliance with the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 in all...

'Premature': Kerala HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Probe Into Air Crash Occurred At Calicut International Airport

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a PIL filed by a lawyer seeking a probe into air crash that occurred at the Calicut International Airport on 7th August 2020.Advocate Yeshwant Shenoy had approached the High Court seeking an open enquiry about the air crash by appointing retired Judges. He contended that the investigation can never be independent or impartial, unless it is open to the...

[Income Tax] Providing Information Regarding Ongoing Investigation To Its Informer Is Inappropriate, Injurious: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has cautioned that providing information regarding an ongoing investigation in an income tax case to its informer is not only inappropriate, but also injurious to the investigation. The observation was made by a Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait while hearing a case against Magistrate's order directing the Income Tax Department to file an action taken status...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Waiver Of Exam Fee Of Class X & XII Students In The Capital Amid Covid19

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking waiver of payment of exam fees for students of Class X & XII in wake of the pandemic situation.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy & MR Shah stated that the appropriate authority should be approached.The plea arose out of grievances of seeking students of classes 10 and 12 in the current academic year in...

'Varavara Rao Not Seen By Experts; His Medical Report Complete Eyewash' : Indira Jaising Tells Bombay High Court

The medical report prepared by the doctors of Nanavati hospital after examining 81-year old undertrial Varavara Rao through video call is a 'complete eyewash', said his lawyer Senior Advocate Indira Jaising in the Bombay High Court on Tuesday.Jaising raised serious objections against the medical report. She submitted before a bench comprising Justices S S Shinde and Madhav Jamdar that a copy...

Live Updates From Bombay High Court- Hearing Of Plea For Release Of Varavara Rao

Bombay HC to hear at 3 PM the petitions seeking bail for VaravaraRao on medical grounds. Rao, who was in custody since Aug 2018 in Bhima Koregaon case, is suffering from multiple illnesses, his lawyer Indira Jaising had told the bench...

Strictly Adhere To Provision Of Juvenile Justice Act, Approach Juvenile's Case With Care & Sensitivity: Meghalaya HC To JJ Boards

"The Court deems it fit and proper to call upon all the Juvenile Justice Boards in the State to strictly adhere to the statutory provision of Section 12 of the JJ Act, 2015 while considering the issue of grant or refusal of bail for a CCL and to approach any case where a juvenile is involved with care and sensitivity", observed the Meghalaya High Court on Thursday (12th November).The Bench...

'Disappointed With Union's Affidavit' : Supreme Court Slams Centre Again Over Unsatisfactory Response In 'Communalization Of Tablighi Jamaat' Matter

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed strong displeasure over the counter-affidavit filed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in response to a batch of petitions seeking action against the media outlets which indulged in communal propaganda in the light of Tablighi Jamaat members contracting COVID-19. "We are not satisfied with your affidavit. We had asked you to tell us...

Karnataka High Court Directs Govt. To Compensate Students Who Were Denied Benefits Of Mid-Day Meal Scheme

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to inform in how much time and in what manner it would compensate each and every student who is entitled to the benefit of Mid-day meal scheme but it was denied to them from May 31, due to Covid-19 pandemic. The direction followed after the state government admitted that after 31st May, 2020, there is no implementation of...

An Employee Who Retired On 31st Of A Month Not Entitled To Increment Which Would Have Fallen Due On 1st Of Next Month: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that an employee, who has retired on the 31st of a month, cannot claim the benefit of an increment which became due on the 1st of the next month, as on that day, his status is not that of an employee but of a pensioner. In a writ petition filed by a Senior Hydrogeologist in the Department of Industries (Geological wing) who had retired on March...

"High Courts Have Power To Strike Down Central Acts": Supreme Court Asks Petitioner Challenging Epidemic Act To Move HC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday required the withdrawal of a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Epidemics Act, suggesting that the concerned High Court be approached."What kind of a writ petition have you filed? Don't you have something called the High Court of Judicature of Bombay?', asked Justice D. Y. Chandrachud at the outset from petitioner-in-person Harshal...

Seriousness Of Crime Not A Ground To Deny Premature Release To A Life Convict; Reformative Element To Be Considered: Bombay High Court

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court recently observed that merely stating that the crime committed by convict was a serious one, without anything else, cannot be a good ground to refuse premature release. A Bench of Justices MS Sonak and MS Jawalkar therefore allowed the petition of a life convict under Section 302 of IPC (Murder) and directed that he be granted premature release, as...