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Republic Day Violence: Delhi High Court Dismisses For Default Plea Seeking Action Against Police For Failing To Discharge Duty
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed for default a petition seeking action against the police officers who allegedly failed in discharging their duty during the violence that erupted in the national capital on Republic Day, in wake of farmers protests against the Central Farm Laws. The Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh noted that no counsel appeared on behalf of...
Delhi High Court Directs CIC To Decide Soon RTI Application Seeking Statistics Of State Sponsored Electronic Surveillance
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Central Information Commission (CIC) to decide in a time-bound manner, the appeals filed by Apar Gupta, founder of the Internet Freedom Foundation, against rejection of his RTI applications seeking statistical information on state sponsored electronic surveillance. Justice Yashwant Varma has posted the matter for December 2. Gupta had moved...
Special PMLA Court Extends Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's ED Custody Till November 15
The Special PMLA court on Friday extended former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's Enforcement Directorate custody till November 15 in the money laundering case. Deshmukh was arrested on November 2, following over 12 hours of interrogation. On Sunday, the Bombay High Court had set aside a special court's order demanding Deshmukh in judicial custody and order him back...
CISF Firing In Sitalkuchi, Cooch Bihar: WB-CID Submits Interim Status Report Before Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday took on record the interim status report filed by West Bengal's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on the investigation into the alleged firing by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel on April 10, 2021 at Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar district during the West Bengal assembly polls which claimed the lives of four persons. The sealed report...
Delhi High Court Orders Examination Of 60-Yr Old Peepal Tree On Senior Advocate's Plea; Says Prima Facie No Danger Of It Falling
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Deputy Conservator of Forest to examine a 60 year old Peepal tree in city's Inderpuri area, after prima facie observing that from the photographs, no danger of the tree falling could be seen nor any tilt or sagging was observed.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva was dealing with a petition filed by Senior Advocate N. Hariharan, opposing felling of the...
Incorrect Details On COVID Vaccination Certificate: Kerala High Court Directs Corrections To Be Made On CoWin Portal As Well
The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the government to remove the discrepancy in the date and venue of the petitioner's vaccination details on the CoWin portal within two weeks.Justice P V Kunhikrishnan accordingly closed the writ petition filed by a 73-year-old who was planning to travel abroad to meet his children but was refrained from doing so due to incorrect details on his...
'Must Look At India's Remote Corners': Madras HC Satisfied With Stakeholder Consultation Process For Draft Universal Accessibility Guidelines
The Madras High Court on Wednesday disposed of a PIL seeking wide publicity of the draft 'Harmonized Guidelines and Standards For Universal Accessibility in India, 2021', while simultaneously noting that the respondent authorities have substantially complied with the prescribed procedure. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu, while pronouncing the...
'Shocks Conscience Of Court': Calcutta HC Raps Local Municipality For Inadequate Infrastructure For Supplying Water, Seeks State Gov's Intervention
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday expressed serious reservations to the submission of the Chakdaha Municipality, West Bengal that the municipality does not have adequate infrastructure to supply water for domestic use to the private houses beyond 60 feet from the main water connection of the municipality. Justice Shampa Sarkar observed, "Such submission of the learned advocate for...
Wife Making Serious Unproved Allegations Of Criminal Conduct Against Husband Constitutes 'Cruelty': Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce Decree
The Delhi High Court recently observed that a wife making serious allegations of criminal conduct against her husband and his parents, which she was unable to prove in Trial Court, amounts to an act of "cruelty". The Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh thus upheld the divorce decree granted to the husband by a Family Court and dismissed the wife's appeal under...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea For Registration Of 40 Yrs Old Marriage, Convened When The Couple Was Underage
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea filed by a couple married for over 40 years, now seeking registration of their marriage. The couple was unable to register their marriage, which was held in the year 1981, for the reason of non-acceptance of their application on the software as they were underage at the time of their marriage.Justice Rekha Palli sought response...
'Members Of Bar Have Right To Know Why A Competent & Fearless Judge Is Transferred' : Madras HC Lawyers Write To SC Collegium Over CJ Sanjib Banerjee's Transfer
The proposed transfer of Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee to the Meghalaya High Court pursuant to the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation dated September 16 has resulted in over 200 practising advocates of the Madras High Court writing to the Chief Justice of India, N.V.Ramana and other four members of the Collegium expressing their anguish over this seemingly abrupt...
'Investigating Officer Not Taking Steps To Conduct DNA Test Of Foetus': Pregnant Rape Survivor Alleges Before Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Thursday heard a woman, who became pregnant pursuant to a sexual assault on her, accusing the investigating officer of not taking steps to conduct the DNA test of her foetus. The primary allegation was that under the guise of complying with the Court's previous interim order to provide her police protection from another police station instead of the one where the...