Kerala HC Dismisses Pleas Challenging Successive Reserving Of Same Constituencies For Third Time For Local Body Elections 2020 [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions challenging allocation of reserved seats to different wards/divisions of some of the local bodies in the State for the ensuing election.The petitioners contention was that the wards/divisions were successively reserved for one or other categories in the elections held during 2010 and 2015 and that the said wards/divisions are...

Lack Of Jurisdiction Of A Court May Be A Ground To Seek Dismissal/Return Of Proceedings, Rather Than Seeking Transfer: Supreme Court [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has dismissed Indian Olympic Association's plea seeking transfer of a writ petition pending before Kerala High Court to Delhi High Court.The Kerala Olympic Association had filed a writ petition before the Kerala High Court challenging the proceedings initiated by the Ethics Commission of the IOA regarding the election held last year. Before the Apex court, the IOA...

"No Household Has Been Left Untouched": Delhi High Court Expresses Concern Over Rise In Covid-19 Cases; Seeks ATR

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed concern over a sharp spike in Covid-19 cases in the capital city and remarked that the Delhi Government has remained "oblivious" to the ground reality and has thrown all caution to the winds. A Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad rapped the Government for continuously relaxing norms for movement of people even when...

Meghalaya HC Refuses To Quash Criminal Case Against Journalist For Her Facebook Post About Continued Attacks Against Non-Tribals [Read Order]

The Meghalaya High Court, on Tuesday, refused to quash a criminal case lodged against the journalist, Patricia Mukhim, for her facebook post about continued attacks on non-tribals in the state.Referring to a skirmish between tribal and non-tribal youths at Lawsohtun at the Basketball Court, Patricia, in her Facebook Post, had stated that this continued attack on non-tribals in Meghalaya,...

"If Poverty Is Not A Sin, Being Poor In Intelligence Too Cannot Be": Karnataka HC Directs NLSIU To Conduct Special Repeat Exam For Student

The Karnataka High Court has quashed and set aside a communication issued by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) to one of its students by virtue of which the student was detained in the third year of the Course on the ground that he has arrears of papers and that he cannot be given the benefit of "Special Repeat Examination" Justice Krishna S Dixit while allowing...

"Varavara Rao's Health Deteriorating Again"; Bombay HC To Hear Today Plea Filed By His Wife Seeking His Immediate Release

The Bombay High Court will be hearing today a plea filed by Pendyala Hemalatha Rao, wife of telugu poet Varavara Rao, seeking his immediate release from Taloja jail so that the 81-year-old can be under his family's care at Hyderabad.Vacation bench of Justice AK Menon and Justice SP Tavade will hear the writ petition at 3 pm today and Senior Advocate Indira Jaising will appear on behalf...

'Can't Say 'XXX' Episode Isn't Obscene' : Madhya Pradesh High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Ekta Kapoor

"There is always a thin line between what are acceptable limits of display of physical intimacy and obscenity", High Court said.

'Kunal Kamra's Tweets Scandalise Supreme Court': Lawyer Seeks Initiation Of Contempt Of Court Against Comedian

A lawyer has written to Mr. KK Venugopal, Attorney General of India seeking consent for initiation of contempt proceedings against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra.Kamra had made a series of tweets regarding the Supreme Court and initiation of contempt against him has been sought for 4 of his tweets posted in the wake of the Supreme Court granting interim bail to Arnab Goswami.Advocate...

Delhi High Court Stays Trial In 'Larger Conspiracy Case' Till Further Orders

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (10th November) stayed the trial in the "larger conspiracy" case in the Northeast Delhi violence which took place in February 2020.The Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait also issued notices to the Accused in this Case and adjourned the Case to 15th December 2020.This Order by the Single Bench was passed in a plea filed by Delhi Police against a a trial court...

Karnataka HC Extends Interim Relief To PG Doctors Till Nov 23

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday extended till November 23, the interim relief granted earlier directing state government not to insist the appellants before the court (281 PG Doctors) should join their respective places for purpose of carrying out compulsory Urban service in terms of section 4 of the Karnataka Compulsory Training Service By Candidates Completed Medical Courses...

Breaking- Arnab Goswami Released From Taloja Jail After Supreme Court's Order

Republic TV Chief Arnab Goswami has been released from the Taloja Jail in Navi Mumbai after a vacation Bench of the Supreme Court ordered for his forthwith release. Goswami, who was arrested from his Mumbai residence on the morning of November 4, 2020, in connection to an abetment to suicide case, was granted interim bail by a Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud...

Character Assassination By A Few Greedy Men & Women Common In Male-Dominated Society; It Affects Individuals: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Monday (09th November) observed that "assassination of character in a male-dominated community is common. The assassination of character even among the same gender is also prevailing in our country."The Bench of Justice S. M. Subramaniam was hearing the bail plea of the petitioner/sole accused, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody for the offence...