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'Doorstep Ration Delivery Scheme Is In Public Interest; LG Taking Obstructive Approach': Delhi Govt Tells High Court
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday continued hearing a plea filed by Delhi Sarkari Ration Dealers Sangh, opposing the State Government's scheme for door step delivery of ration. Senior Advocate Dr. AM Singhvi, appearing for the Delhi Government, made three-fold submissions: (i) the scheme is proposed in public interest, to uphold the citizens' right to food; (ii) the National Food Security Act...
COVID Third Wave: Telangana High Court Suspends Physical Hearings With Immediate Effect Until Further Orders
Amidst the rising number of Covid-19 cases, the Telangana High Court on Tuesday released a notification stipulating that physical hearing of cases by all Division Benches and Single Benches of the High Court shall be suspended with immediate effect until further orders.However, the notification averred that Judges will have the discretion to hear cases either physically or virtually and...
Rising Covid Cases: Karnataka HC Issues Notification On Functioning Of Trial Courts In Bengaluru District
In view of large number of Covid-19 positive cases reported everyday in Bengaluru, the functioning of the all the District and Trial Courts of Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural District Courts (functioning in City Civil Court Complex and Mayo Hall Court Complex) will be restricted from January 5, till further orders. As per the notification issued by the Karnataka High Court,...
Consider Early Re-Testing Of COVID-19 Positive International Travellers: High Court Tells Delhi Govt
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that it expects the Delhi Government to consider expeditiously the issue of early re-testing of international travellers who are testing COVID 19 positive in case there are no guidelines framed by the Central Government in this regard. Justice Rekha Palli was dealing with a petition filed by a mother whose son, an 18 years old student returned from the UK,...
Dishonor Of Cheque Due To Incomplete Signature Would Constitute An Offence U/S 138 Of NI Act: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the dishonor of a cheque for the reason that there were incomplete signatures appearing on the cheque, constitutes an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.This assertion came from the bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar, which was dealing with a plea filed by Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat and another challenging the complaint...
WB Post Poll Violence: ASG Seeks Retraction Of ToI Report Stating That CBI Found No Evidence In 21 Rape Cases
Additional Solicitor General for the Calcutta High Court YJ Dastoor has written a letter to the Editor of the Times of India, seeking retraction of its news report claiming that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had found no evidence in 21 rape cases filed in the aftermath of post-poll violence in West Bengal.He referred to the print and web version of a Times of India report...
Covid Third Wave: Karnataka HC Issues Revised SOP; Principal Bench At Bengaluru To Function In Virtual Mode Till Jan 14
As per a revised standard operating procedure (SOP) issued by the Karnataka High Court, all cases at the Principal Bench at Bengaluru, will be heard through Virtual Mode till January 14. While at the benches in Dharwad and Kalaburagi, all the cases shall be heard by hybrid mode. The SOP is issued in view of the rising number of cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19. It states...
'Prayers Omnibus In Nature': Allahabad High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL On Alleged Corruption In Madarsas
The Allahabad High Court today refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed by a farmer to point out corruption in the appointment of teaching and non-teaching staff in certain Madarsas as the Court noted that the plea contained omnibus prayers. "...it is apparent that the prayers, instead of being specific, are omnibus in nature. The prayer to issue such directions...
WB Municipal Polls: Calcutta High Court Seeks Reasons For Exclusion Of Howrah Municipal Corporation From Election Schedule
The Calcutta High Court has sought response from the West Bengal government as well as the State Election Commission as to why Howrah Municipal Corporation has been excluded from the election schedule notified on December 28, 2021.It was only last month that the State Election Commission, represented by Senior Advocate Jayanta Mitra, had informed a Bench comprising Chief Justice...
Mental Cruelty: Delhi HC Dissolves Marriage On Ground That Husband Treated Wife As 'Overseas Wife' For Temporary Companionship
The Delhi High Court on Monday dissolved marriage between a couple on the ground of cruelty, observing that the husband treated the wife as his 'overseas wife', only to use her as a temporary companion and that their marital bond was beyond repair. Observing that continuation of such a matrimonial bond is sufficient to cause immense mental cruelty to the wife, Justice Vipin Sanghi and...