COVID Third Wave: Calcutta HC To Function Through Virtual Mode From January 3, Hybrid Mode Allowed For Bail Matters

In view of the threat of the imminent third wave of the Covid pandemic and also the alarming rise in the number of Covid affected cases, the Calcutta High Court shall function through virtual mode only with effect from January 3.A notice has been released to this effect under an order of the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice Prakash Shrivastava.However, the Court will allow a...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Decides To Increase Court Working Hours By 30 Minutes

In an attempt to deal with the vast number of pending cases before it, the Full Court of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has decided to increase its working hours by 30 minutes and has made amendments to this effect in the Madhya Pradesh High Court Rules, 2008.Earlier, the working hours of the High Court were from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm, with a recess from 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm. Post the amendments,...

CCI Directs Investigation Into Apple's App Store Policies On Allegations Of Unfair Trade Practices

On Friday, the Competition Commission of India directed investigation into the Apple's App Store policies with respect to allegations of unfair trade practices in India raised by a non-government organisation, Together We Fight Society. Allegations raised by Informant The informant, alleged that - "Apple uses barrage of anti-competitive retrains and abuse dominate practices...

Karnataka High Court Notifies Rules On Live Streaming And Recording Of Court Proceedings

The Karnataka High Court has notified the Karnataka Rules on Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings, 2021, which will come into force from January 1, 2022 and apply to the High Court and to courts and tribunals over which it has supervisory jurisdiction. The rules are notified to imbue greater transparency, inclusivity and foster access to Justice. As per the rules...

Madras High Court: Yearly Digest 2021

LiveLaw brings you a list of important cases, orders and judgments from the Madras High Court that caught our eyes in 2021. The Yearly Digest is segregated into different topics for the reader's ease.Bail Matters & Quashing FIRs 1. 'Right To Be Funny Can Be Mined In Article 19(1)(a)': Madras High Court Quashes FIR Over Humorous Facebook Post [Mathivanan v. Inspector of Police...

Central Govt Notifies 'Consumer Protection Rules 2021' Revising Pecuniary Jurisdiction Of District, State & National Commissions

The Central Government has notified the Consumer Protection (Jurisdiction of the District Commission, the State Commission, and the National Commission) Rules, 2021 that aims to revise the pecuniary jurisdiction of all the three commissions, i.e., District, State, and National Commissions.Significantly, the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 promulgates a three-tier quasi-judicial mechanism...

Accused Goes Missing From Correctional Home: Calcutta HC Dissatisfied With Report Of Jail Authorities, Directs Them To Trace Man

Dissatisfied with the initial report filed by Superintendent, Presidency Correctional Home, West Bengal in the case of a missing undertrial, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the authorities to trace the man and present a further report in the matter.Essentially, the Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Bibhas Ranjan De was hearing a Habeas Corpus Plea filed by one...

Gujarat High Court Restores Senior Counsel Designation Of Advocate Yatin Oza For 2 Years

The Gujarat High Court, in its full-court meeting has resolved to restore the designation of Yatin Oza, as a senior advocate for a period of two years with effect from January 1, 2022.This decision comes against the backdrop of the Judgment of the Supreme Court in Yatin Narendra Oza v. High Court of Gujarat LL 2021 SC 603, wherein it had opined that the ends of justice would be served...

"No Law Which Bars Parties From Entering In Gestational Agreements": Delhi Court Declares Couple As Biological Parents Of Child Born Out Of Surrogacy

While declaring a couple as legal and biological parents of a child born out of a surrogacy arrangement, a Delhi Court has observed that there is no law in the Country which bars par­ties from entering into gestational agreements. Civil Judge Chitranshi Arora of the Saket Courts analyzed the law regarding surrogacy in India and observed that while there is no statute which governs surrogacy...

COVID 19: Delhi High Court, District Courts To Function Through Virtual Mode From January 3 To January 15, 2022

The Delhi High Court and district courts are going to function through virtual mode only with effect from January 3 to January 15, 2022. The office order issued dated December 30, 2021 reads thus:"In view of the sudden spurt and spike in Covid-19 cases in the NCT of Delhi and issuance of 'yellow alert' in Delhi by GNCTD, as directed by Hon'ble the Chief Justice, it is hereby informed to...

Muslim Husband Has No Fundamental Right To Compel Wife To Share His Consortium With Another Woman: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has recently observed that as per the Muslim law, as enforced in India, a Husband has not been given any fundamental right to compel his wife to share his consortium with another woman (husband's other wives or otherwise) in all circumstances.The bench of Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Niral Mehta observed thus while holding that in a suit filed by the husband...

Restitution Of Conjugal Rights- "Can't Force Wife To Cohabit With Husband Even By A Court's Decree": Gujarat High Court

In an important ruling, the Gujarat High Court has observed that in a suit filed by the husband for restitution of conjugal rights, a woman cannot be forced to cohabit with her husband even by way of a court's decree.This assertion came from the Bench of Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Niral Mehta while overturning a family court's order under which a Muslim woman was directed to go back...