[Bollywood Vs Republic And Times Now] Live Updates From Delhi High Court

Delhi HC is hearing on plea moved by film production houses against allegedly derogatory reporting by Republic TV and Times...

Gujarat High Court Quashes Sedition Case Against Journalist Who Reported On Possible Change In State Leadership [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (06th November) quashed a sedition case registered against a Journalist Dhaval Rajnikant Patel (editor of online Gujarati news portal Face of Nation) for allegedly publishing a report on a possible change in state leadership due to criticism over the rising number of COVD-19 cases in the State.The Bench of Justice R. P. Dholaria quashed the case, after Patel...

[Tablighi Jamaat] Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To 9 Thailand Nationals [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday (05th November) granted bail to 9 Thailand Nationals who attended Markaz at Nizamuddin, New Delhi in March 2020.The Bench of Justice Siddharth was hearing the bail application filed on behalf of the applicants, Hasae and 8 others with a prayer to release them on bail in Case Crime No. 198 of 2020 under Sections 188, 269, 270, 271 I.P.C., Section 3 of...

When Can Power To Transfer Petitions U/s 21A Hindu Marriage Act Be Invoked? SC Explains [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that a power to transfer the petition under Section 21A of the Hindu Marriage Act can be invoked only when the subsequent petition is either a petition seeking judicial separation (under Section 10) or a petition seeking divorce (under Section 13).Justice V. Ramasubramanian also held that the Section 21­A of the Hindu Marriage Act does not divest the Supreme Court...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [Nov 2 – Nov 8]

Allahabad High Court 1. Hathras case: Allahabad High Court Expresses Concern Over No Action Against District Magistrate Pravin Kumar [Suo-Moto In re: Right To Decent & Dignified Last Rites/Cremation] A bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Rajan Roy reserved its order in the Hathras case, while expressing concern over the Uttar Pradesh government not taking any action...

Orissa High Court Grants Bail To Adivasi Leader Nachika Linga

The Orissa High Court on Wednesday (04th November) granted conditional bail to Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangha (CMAS) head Nachika Linga in connection with Narayanpatna police station attack case of the year 2009.The Bench of Justice A K Mishra allowed Nachika Linga to go on bail while directing,"The petitioner is allowed to be released on bail by the trial court on furnishing bail bond to be fixed...

Aarogya Setu RTI Row: CIC Denies Petitioner Permission to Attend Penalty Hearing Against Officials Who Failed To Furnish Information

The Central Information Commission, which is hearing a complaint filed by RTI Activist and Independent journalist Saurav Das on Aarogya Setu has declined him permission to attend the next hearing on the matter. The CIC on 27 October had passed a scathing remark against the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY) and National Informatics Centre (NIC) for failing to...

GST Officials Cannot Use Physical Violence During Search, Investigation Or Interrogation: Telangana High Court [Read Order]

The Telangana High Court has observed that the officials belonging to the GST Intelligence Department cannot resort to physical violence while against persons they suspect of being guilty of tax evasion.The bench comprising Justices MS Ramachandra Rao and T. Amarnath Goud was considering a writ petition filed by director of a company and his relative alleging that the officials while...

A Child Can't Be Deprived Of, Milk And Protection As It Is His/Her Birthright: Gujarat High Court [Read Order]

While granting the custody of an 8-month old child to his mother, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (03rd November) observed that,"It is a birth right of the child to be embraced in the warmth and protection of motherhood. His foundation of health and key nutritive diet is mother's milk. He cannot be deprived of these valuable requirements."The Bench of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Nirzar...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

November 2, 2020 to November 8, 2020.

"No Women Should Have To Choose Between Motherhood and Profession", Says Sr. Adv. Indira Jaising At Webinar On Feminist Lawyering

"No women should be compelled to choose between motherhood and profession", said Senior Advocate Indira Jaising at a virtual seminar organized by Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum on the topic "Feminist Lawyering: From Invisible to Invincible".Apart from Jaising, the seminar was also attended by Advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan. It was moderated by Advocates Miriam Fozia Rahman and...

Contravention Of Obligations Cast Upon Promoters Under RERA Act: Authority Fully Empowered To Award Interest U/S 38(1), Holds Allahabad HC [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday held that in case of contravention of any obligation cast upon the promoters under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, the Authority while exercising jurisdiction under Section 38(1), is fully empowered to award interest on the amount paid by allottees. A Division Bench of Justices Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Dr. Yogendra...