Supreme Court Refuses to Entertain SP Leader Azam Khan's Plea Seeking Interim Bail To Participate In Election Campaign

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking ad-interim ex-parte bail filed by Mohammad Azam Khan, Samajwadi Party's candidate from Rampur in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections, to participate in the election campaign. Refusing to grant relief in a writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, a Bench...

Hijab Ban - Students Should Not Wear Religious Symbols In Educational Institutions : Karnataka Govt Tells High Court

The State government has told the Karnataka High Court that it is not interested in interfering with the religious beliefs but is only concerned to maintain uniformity, cohesiveness, discipline and public order which is indispensable to an educational institution. In the statement of objection filed in response to the batch of petitions filed challenging the action of colleges...

Natural Justice Principles Have Limited Role In Matters Of National Security : Kerala High Court In MediaOne Case

The Kerala High Court on Monday while upholding the order of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting revoking the broadcast license granted to Malayalam news channel MediaOne observed that the principles of natural justice have to give way when national security is at threat. In the judgment that runs into 42 pages, Justice N. Nagaresh has contemplated this issue in several...

Allahabad HC Orders Action Against Police Officers Who Failed To Serve Bail Plea Of POCSO Accused Upon Victim, CWC

The Allahabad High Court last week directed the Senior Superintendent of Police, Bulandshahr to take appropriate action against the responsible officers who failed to serve the POCSO Accused bail application upon the victim/legal guardian as well as upon the CWC as per the directions issued by this Court in Junaid case.It may be noted that in Junaid's case, the High Court had, inter alia,...

High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Respond On Plea For Protection Of Children Orphaned Due To COVID-19

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response from the Delhi Government regarding the steps taken by it in order to safeguard the interests of children, who were orphaned due to Covid-19, against trafficking. A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was dealing with a plea filed by Advocate Jeetender Gupta seeking directions to Centre and Delhi Government to...

Better To Scrap Law, Abolish Tribunals If Govt Can't Appoint POs In DRTs, DRATs: Allahabad HC Seeks Centre's Reply

In a strongly worded order, the Allahabad High Court today lashed out at Central Government for its failure to make appointments to the vacant posts of Presiding Officer/Chairman of Debt Recovery Tribunals and Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals.The Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh even remarked that if the Government is unable to appoint competent persons as Presiding Officers/Chairmen...

Writ Court Can't Sit In Appeal Over Departmental Proceedings, Particularly When There Are Concurrent Findings On Charge: Jharkhand HC

The Jharkhand High Court has recently reiterated that the writ court does not sit in appeal against the orders passed in departmental proceedings, particularly when there are concurrent findings concerning the proved charges. Referring to the precedent in Pravin Kumar v. Union of India, Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary noted,"This Court finds that in the instant case the petitioner has not...

[Matrimonial Disputes] Court Has To Be Careful In Summoning Distant Relatives Sans Any Specific Material: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that in criminal cases arising out of matrimonial disputes, the Court has to be careful in summoning distant relatives without there being specific material against them.The Bench of Justice Manju Rani Chauhan also remarked that Mere naming of distant relations in the First Information Report (FIR) is not enough to summon them in absence of any...

Redevelopment Of Kalkaji Temple: Delhi High Court Directs DJB To Inspect Premises, Status Report Sought

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Jal Board to inspect the Kalkaji temple premises as a part of it's maintenance and redevelopment project to ensure that the same is kept clean. Justice Pratibha M Singh sought a status report to be filed by the Delhi Jal Board after perusing a report which had recorded some grievances regarding choking of sewer lines and overflow of water supply in...

Writ Against Show Cause/ Demand Notice Can Be Entertained Only On Limited Grounds Like Lack Of Jurisdiction, Allegation Of Malafides: Madras HC

In a dispute regarding payment of rent to Kapaleeswar temple by Mylapore Club, the Madras High Court has observed that the writ jurisdiction cannot be invoked in a routine manner against a show-cause notice or demand notice issued by competent authorities.The court also held that the Mylapore club will be bound to pay fair rent fixed under Section 34 (A) (1) of the Hindu Religious...

Hijab Ban : Karnataka High Court Appeals To Students & Public To Maintain Peace; Urges To Have Faith In Constitution

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday appealed to the students' community and the public at large to maintain peace and tranquillity, while the hearing in the hijab case was going on. A single-judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit made the appeal while hearing a batch of petitions filed by Muslim girl students challenging the hijab ban imposed in their colleges. They seek a declaration...

Equitable Relief Of Interim Injunction At A Belated Stage Is Not Proper: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that when a party approaches the Court with delay, grant of remedy of interim injunction may not be proper.Justice AP Thaker remarked, "The Plaintiff had also kept silence for almost 8 years in instituting the suit after the execution of the agreement to sell, the equitable relief of interim injunction at a belated stage is not proper one to be granted...