Kerala High Court Orders Discharge Of Patient Allegedly Held Hostage By Hospital Over Non-Payment Of Bills [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court on Friday (23rd October) ordered the Hospital, accused of not discharging the patient due to non-payment of medical bills, to immediately discharge the patient and let her mother (Petitioner) take her son home.The Bench of Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice T. R. Ravi was hearing the plea of an aggrieved mother who was before the Court seeking discharge of her son...

High Courts Weekly Roundup

Week Commencing From October 19, 2020 Till October 25, 2020 Allahabad High Court 1. The Technology Is Being Misused To Commit The Offence, Particularly Against Women: Allahabad HC [Afroz Khan v. State of UP & Anr.] The Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh expressed concern that technology is being misused to commit the offence, particularly against women. The Court was...

Law Student's Plea Against BCI Guidelines On Intermediate Yr Exams; Bombay HC Seeks Reply From Bar Council Of Maharashtra & Goa

The Bombay High Court on Thursday while hearing a law student's plea challenging Bar Council of India's guidelines dated May 27 and June 9 to conduct exams for its intermediate year students after the academic year starts and asked the petitioner to implead the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa as party in the matter.Division bench of Justice AA Sayed and Justice SP Tavade on Thursday heard...

[Breaking] BJP Leader Seeks AG's Consent To Initiate Contempt Against Andhra CM Jagan For Public Allegations Against Justice Ramana

An application has been filed before the Attorney General for India seeking his consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and his advisor, Ajeya Kallam IAS for making public allegations against Justice NV Ramana, judge of the Supreme Court.The application filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyaya before AG K...

Lawyer Seeks AG's Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Prashant Bhushan For Recent Tweet Over CJI 's MP Visit[Read Letter]

Supreme Court Advocate Sunil Kumar Singh has written a letter to the Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal, seeking his consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Advocate Prashant Bhushan for his recent tweet over CJI Bobde. Delete A Lawyer seeks AG's consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against @pbhushan1 over his tweet "CJI avails a special...

Mehbooba Mufti's 'Dacoits Snatched Our Flag' Remark: Lawyer Files Police Complaint With Delhi Police [Read Complaint]

A Delhi based Supreme Court Lawyer, Vineet Jindal has filed a police complaint (sent to Shri S.N Shrivastava Commissioner, Delhi Police) against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for her alleged "dacoits snatched our flag" remark terming the remark as inflammatory, derogatory and inciting.As mentioned, the complaint filed with the Delhi Police (Shri S.N...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-37]

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West Bengal Court Restrains 'Zee5' From Streaming A 2012 Film Produced By 'Hoichoi' Parent Company 'SVF'

A media and entertainment company headquartered in Kolkata, SVF (Shree Venkatesh Films) Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., which owns the famous streaming platform HoiChoi, has obtained an order from West Bengal Court against Zee5, retraining them to publish, broadcast or distribute the 2012 film "Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish" in any form and in any media whatsoever till 25.11.2020.The film...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Week Commencing October 18 to October 25, 2020

Issue Directions Regarding Payment Of Interim School Fees By Oct 28: Rajasthan High Court Directs State [Read Order]

Considering the hardship being faced by private schools amid rampant demands to slash school fees, the Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court has directed the State Government to issue instructions regarding payment of interim fees, latest by October 28, 2020. The order has been passed by a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Satish Kumar Sharma in...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Minority Status For Hindus In 9 States & Transfer Of Similar Pleas Pending In High Courts

A petition seeking transfer of all pending petitions challenging the validity of Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 has been preferred in the Supreme Court.Filed on behalf of Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay, the petition states that the petitioner is compelled to approach the top court in order to avoid multiplicity of proceedings and conflicting views to interpretation...

[Criminal Cases Against MPs/MLAs] Madhya Pradesh High Court Seeks List Of Pending Cases [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (23rd October) directed the registry to furnish the list of pending criminal cases against former and sitting MPs and MLAs in the state within 2 weeks.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Sujoy Paul specifically ordered,"Give list of all pending criminal cases involving sitting/former legislators (MPs and MLAs)...