'No Vested Right, Will Open Floodgates': Delhi High Court Dismisses Tennis Player's Appeal For Participating In Deaflympics As Substitute Player

The Delhi High Court today dismissed the appeal filed by a specially-abled tennis player, seeking to participate as a substitute player in the upcoming Deaflympics to be held at Brazil in May 2022.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navneet Chawla observed that there is no vested right in the Appellant to claim that she should form part of the contingent that...

Senior Advocate Sukdhev Vyas Collapses In Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur Premises, And Thereafter Passes Away

Advocate Darshan Ram, General Secretary of Rajasthan High Court Advocate's Association, Jodhpur has called for suspension of work in the Rajasthan High Court, District and Sessions Court, Jodhpur and other subordinate courts. Further, the Election Officer Chandra Shekhar Kotwani of the Rajasthan High Court Lawyers' Association has also written a letter to the Registrar General...

Meeran Haider Denied Bail In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case

A Delhi Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Meeran Haider in connection with a case alleging larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under Indian Penal Code and UAPA.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat pronounced the order today. Referring to Section 15 of the UAPA Act which defines a terrorist act, the prosecution had argued that the riots were...

Delhi High Court Seeks Report From Principal District Judges Over Delay In Updating Info About Judicial Officers' Leave On Website

The Delhi High Court today directed all the Principal District Judges in the national capital to file a report, indicating the reasons for delay in updating the information regarding leave of Judicial Officers on their respective websites.The Division Bench of Acting Chef Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla sought the report to be filed within 2 weeks.The report shall indicate, from...

SSC 'Group D' Recruitment Scam| Calcutta High Court Permits CBI To Conduct Custodial Interrogation Of Recruitment Panel Members If Need Arises

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a custodial interrogation of two members of the State appointed recruitment panel if the need arises. The direction was issued while adjudicating upon a batch of petitions pertaining to the alleged irregularities in the appointment of 'Group-D' (non-teaching staff) in sponsored Secondary and...

PIL To Link Properties With Aadhaar: Delhi High Court Grants Further Time To Centre To File Reply

The Delhi High Court today granted further time to the Central Government to file its counter affidavit in the PIL seeking linking of property documents with Aadhaar Card.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla has now fixed the case for hearing on 14th September. Notice in the matter was issued in July 2019. Filed by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay,...

Bombay High Court Stays Summons Issued Against Salman Khan On Journalist's Complaint Till May 5

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted interim relief to actor Salman Khan and stayed the summons issued by the Andheri metropolitan magistrate's court to him on a journalists' 2019 complaint alleging criminal intimidation, till May 5, 2022. Journalist Ashok Pandey had alleged that Khan had snatched his mobile phone while cycling on a Mumbai-street when some media...

Right To Be Forgotten: Karnataka High Court Directs Indian Kanoon To Mask Aggrieved Party's Name From Judgment Record

The Karnataka High Court has directed Indian Kanoon to mask the name of a woman, who has been granted mutual divorce and has subsequently remarried, if the judgment in question has to remain in the company's database. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna while allowing the petition filed by the woman said, "It is not in dispute that the petitioner was the 2nd respondent...

Law Student Belonging To ST Community Found Dead In NLUO Girls Hostel, Suicide Suspected

A second year law student belonging to the Scheduled Tribe community was found dead in the Girls' Hostel of National Law University Odisha (NLUO), in a suspected case of death by suicide.The student hailing from Haryana was reportedly found dead in her hostel room on Monday (April 4) night following which she was rushed to the S.C.B. Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack. However, the...

MP High Court Directs Govt. Medical College To Issue Appointment Letter To Candidate Selected For Post Of Assistant Professor

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently directed a Government Medical College to issue appointment letter to the Petitioner, who was a successful candidate for the post of Assistant Professor in the said Institution. The case of the Petitioner was that she had appeared for the interview round for the post of Assistant Professor in a Government Medical College at District Vidisha....

Framing Of Charges | Investigation Into Offence & Elaborate Appreciation Of Evidence Discouraged, Only Prima Facie Material Significant: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that an investigation into the offence and elaborate appreciation of evidence is not required and is rather discouraged at the stage of framing of charges and that only the material prima facie establishing a case against or in favour of the accused is what is significant.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh added that as per the requirement of Section 227 and 228 of...

Actor Sexual Assault Case: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Co-Accused Vijeesh, Incarcerated For 5 Yrs

The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to the 4th accused in the sensational actor sexual assault case of 2017 where a popular Malayalam actress was abducted, wrongfully confined and sexually assaulted in a moving car. Justice P. Gopinath released the applicant on bail considering that he had served five years in jail and since other accused who had similar roles in the incident as that...