'No Overhwhelming Circumstance': Gurugram Court Denies Bail To Breastfeeding Mother Of A 28 Day Old Infant Alleged To Have Been Born Premature

A Gurugram Court on Wednesday denied bail to a breastfeeding mother of a 28 day old infant on the ground that the allegations against her are grave and serious in nature. It was contended that the grant of bail to the accused is of crucial importance since she had given birth to a prematurely born infant who was in need of critical medical care. The Judicial Magistrate First Class observed...

Haridwar Dharam Sansad: Local Court Denies Bail To Jitendra Tyagi Aka Wasim Rizvi For Remarks On Prophet Muhammad

The Haridwar Local Court on Thursday denied bail to hate speech accused Jitendra Tyagi Aka Wasim Rizvi booked for his alleged insulting remarks on Prophet Mohammad which were made during the 'Dharam Sansad' which was held in Haridwar last month. Tyagi has been booked under Sections 153A [Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of...

Deposit ₹5 Lacs Toward 'Army Battle Casualty Welfare Fund': Allahabad High Court Imposes Bail Condition In NDPS Case

While granting bail to an accused booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the Allahabad High Court recently imposed directed him to deposit a bank draft of ₹5 Lacs in the account of 'Army Battle Casualty Welfare Fund'.The Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh has asked the accused, Rajneesh Kumar Gupta to deposit the said amount and submit a receipt thereof...

Kerala High Court Comes Down On Relaxations Allowed Ahead Of CPI(M) District Meet Amid COVID Surge; Bans Gathering Above 50 Persons In Kasargod

The Kerala High Court on Friday barred all public gatherings exceeding 50 individuals in the Kasargod district for a week citing the increasing number of Covid-19 cases, posing a major setback to the ongoing District Meet of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist)The Court passed the order in a writ petition which alleged that the District Collector had revoked an earlier order that...

Woman Marries Against Wishes Of Parents: High Court Directs Delhi Police To Provide Safe Travel Passage For Uniting Her With Husband

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to provide a safe travel passage to a woman who had married a man against the wishes of her family. The husband was employed in Chennai. Uniting the woman with her husband, Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anup J. Bhambhani took note of the fact that both were major individuals and that the woman had married with her own free will...

COVID Surge: Punjab & Haryana High Court Extends Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till February 28

Restoring a suo moto case registered in the year 2021, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday extended the life of all interim orders passed by the High Court and courts subordinate to it, including the Tribunals till February 28, 2022.This has been done as the court has noted that owing to a sudden and alarming surge in the number of people, who have been tested Covid positive,...

Muslim Girl's Religion Allegedly Converted By Arya Samaj Trust: MP High Court Issues Notice As State Calls It 'Serious' Issue

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) recently issued a notice to the Arya Samaj Vivah Mandir Trust in a matter wherein a Muslim girl's religion was allegedly converted to Hinduism in an Arya Samaj temple.The Bench of Justice Rohit Arya and Justice Rajeev Kumar Shrivastava has sought the presence of the Priest/Manager of the Trust before the Court as the state argued that the matter...

Supreme Court Permits Noida Toll Bridge Co. Ltd. To Put Up Advertisements On Noida Side Of DND Flyway

The Supreme Court of India Wednesday allowed the Noida Toll Bridge Co. Ltd. it to put up advertisements on the NOIDA side of the DND Flyway.A bench comprising Justice Nageswara Rao and Justice B.R. Gavai today allowed an Application by the Noida Toll Bridge Co. Ltd seeking direction to maintain status quo with respect to display of outdoor advertisements along the DND Flyway and to direct...

Bulli Bai App Case Vishal Jha, First Arrestee Approaches Sessions Court for Bail, Hearing on Monday

Engineering student Vishal Jha, the first accused to be arrested in the Bulli Bai App Case from Bangalore, approached the Sessions Court seeking bail after a Metropolitan Magistrate's court rejected his bail application yesterday. The plea will be heard on Monday. Jha, was arrested on January 4 in the case. He and two others are booked under sections 154(A), 153(B), 295(A), 509, 500...

Booster Vaccine Shots For All: Bombay High Court Seeks Response From Centre & State

The Bombay High Court on Friday sought responses to a PIL seeking directions to frame and implement a policy for administering the booster vaccine shot against the Covid-19 virus. A division bench led by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta directed the Union of India, Chief Secretary of Maharashtra, Principal Secretary of the Health Department and the BMC (civic body), to file...

IT Portal Glitches: CBDT Assures Gujarat High Court To Resolve Issues Of Assessees, Specifies Its Grievance Mechanism

The Central Board Of Direct Taxes (CBDT) today assured the Gujarat High Court that it shall attend to the grievances of the assessee (intending to file ITR and Tax Audit Reports) regarding the technical glitches existing on the Income Tax Portal.The Bench of Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Nisha M. Thakore was also told about the grievance mechanism that has been employed by the Board to...

'Cause Fulfilled': Karnataka High Court Closes Suo Moto Case For Ensuring Elections To Municipal Bodies

The Karnataka High Court on Friday closed its suo moto case, registered for ensuring that elections are conducted to the Corporations/Municipalities in the State in order to comply with the mandate of Article 243-U(3) of the Constitution.The development ensued after the State Election Commission informed the Court that all the elections to the Local Bodies and the Municipalities in the...