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Madras High Court Asks TN Govt To File Status Report On Proposal To Designate 13 Wetlands As Ramsar Sites
In a suo motu writ petition for conservation of wetlands in Tamil Nadu, Madras High Court has asked the state government to submit a status report on the proposal to the Union Govt for declaring 13 sites as 'wetlands of international importance' under the RAMSAR Convention. The matter was taken up in 2017 by the High Court pursuant to Supreme Court directions for the protection of...
COVID-19 | Kerala High Court To Continue Virtual Hearings For One Month Or Till TPR Drops To 10%
Through a notice issued by the Registrar General, the Kerala High Court has notified its decision to continue virtual hearing of cases amid the steady hike of Covid-19 cases in the State.The notice further declared that the earlier arrangements of online hearing will continue for a month or until the Test Positivity Rate drops below 10 percent, whichever is earlier. At present, the TPR in...
Centre Clears Appointments Of Chairpersons In All Five 'Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals' (DRATs)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Department of Financial Services for the appointment of Chairpersons in all the Fiver DRATs [Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals].The following persons have been appointed as chairpersons in the salary of Rs.2,50,000/- (fixed) p.m., for a period of 04 years, or till attaining the age of 70 years, or until further...
Delhi HC To Hear Tomorrow Vikram Sampath's Defamation Suit Against Audrey Truschke & Others Over Plagiarism Allegations
The Delhi High Court will tomorrow hear the suit filed by historian Dr. Vikram Sampath against historian Audrey Truschke and other persons over a letter sent to Royal Historical Society raising allegations of plagiarism against him with respect to a journal publication and his two-volume biography of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and some alleged defamatory tweets made pursuant thereto. Justice...
Calcutta HC Raps Police Authorities For Non-Registration Of FIR In Case Of Non-Payment Of Compensation Under Land Acquisition Act
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure at the conduct of the police authorities of Alipurduar Police Station in not registering an FIR despite receipt of complaint with regards to non-payment of compensation under Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha observed, "This Court, therefore, takes exception to the conduct of the Alipurduar Police Station in...
'Remote Chances Of Child Surviving Or Leading A Normal Life': Calcutta HC Allows Medical Termination Of Approx 35 Weeks Old Foetus
In a significant development, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed termination of 34 weeks 6 days old foetus of a woman after taking into consideration that there are remote chances of the child surviving or leading a normal life. The Court also underscored that there are risks to the health of both the mother and the child if medical termination of the pregnancy is not permitted....
Delhi Riots: Court Issues Notice To DGP Prisons On Umar Khalid's Plea Against His Production In Handcuffs Despite Judicial Orders
A Delhi Court on Thursday issued notice to DGP, Prisons on a plea moved by Umar Khalid, accused in connection with Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, seeking a departmental enquiry into his illegal production in handcuffs earlier today despite judicial orders directing the jail authorities to produce him in a routine manner, without any fetters. "It needs no reiteration that an...
Madras High Court Seeks State's Response On Legality Of Liquor Consumption In Club Premises Without FL2 License
Madras High Court has started hearing a writ appeal against the insistence by the single bench on the possession of FL2 License for the consumption of Liquor inside Club Premises registered under Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act.The writ appeal has been preferred by Kancheepuram Reading Club and Tennis Association against the single bench order that rejected their plea for an...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Makes Exception For ST Candidate Who Inadvertently Selected Wrong Category For NEET Counselling
The High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Indore Bench recently took a sympathetic view towards the situation of a NEET aspirant belonging to ST community, who inadvertently registered herself under the UR/ NRI quota. It allowed her to re-register herself in the last round of counselling. Ordinarily, the Courts are reluctant in allowing such pleas. However, in the present case, the division...
Allahabad HC Issues Notice On PIL Against UP Govt's Decision To 'Dis-Identify' Certain Posts For Blind Persons
The Allahabad High Court today issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government and its prompt counter-affidavit on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed challenging the government's decision to make blind persons ineligible to apply for several government posts.The Plea has been moved by All India Confederation of the Blind and National Association of the Visually Handicap...
PMLA | Offence Of Money Laundering Layered, Includes Stages Preceding & Succeeding The Offence But Mere Suspicion Not Prima Facie Proof: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Thursday held that the offence of money laundering under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 is layered and multi-fold which includes the stages preceding and succeeding the offence.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh added that the PMLA is a special enactment to combat the menace of money laundering, keeping in view the illegal practices that have been surfacing...