Delhi HC Orders Removal Of Illegally Constructed Temple On Public Land, Placement Of Idols In Nearby Temple To Maintain Their Sanctity

Subject encroachment is not really being used as a religious structure, noted the Court.

Pegasus Case : West Bengal Governor Writes To CM Seeking Records Of Justice Lokur Commission

The Governor of West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday invoked Article 167 of the Constitution to seek all records pertaining to the proceedings of the Inquiry Commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur and former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya constituted by the West Bengal government to investigate into the...

Bombay High Court Refuses Bail To Armaan Kohli In Narcotics Case

The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected the bail application of actor Armaan Kohli in a drug trafficking case.The court, however, granted bail to alleged consumers Kareem Dhanani and Imran Ansari in a case being investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau.Justice Nitin Sambre passed the order soon after hearing arguments by the NCB and the petitioners.The accused approached the High...

Bombay High Court Rejects Petition Filed By Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Chhagan Bhujbal Challenging Show Cause Notice Issued By Income Tax Department

The Bombay High Court has rejected a petition filed by Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Chhagan Bhujbal challenging a show cause notice issued by the Income Tax department.In a judgment passed earlier this month, a division bench of Justices K R Shriram and A B Borkar observed that they did not see any reason to exercise their extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of...

Facts Disputed, Girl Allegedly Harassed By Pink Police Officer Not Entitled To Compensation: State Before Kerala High Court

The State has submitted before the Kerala High Court that the 8-year-old girl child and her father allegedly antagonised by a pink police officer in public are not entitled to a public law remedy since the facts in the case were disputed. The allegation against the officer was that she rushed to the girl and her father, yelling at the duo to return her mobile phone, which according to her,...

20% Reduction In Private School Fees To Continue Only Till March 15, 2022: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Friday observed that the previously stipulated 20 percent reduction in fees charged by private schools would end on March 15, 2022, owing to the abatement of the pandemic and the resumption of substantial normal activities. The Court further ruled that students will be permitted to resume classes after March 15, 2022, only if the fees and charges specified by the...

'Why Only One Particular Lawyer Is Assigned To Conduct Such Cases?': Calcutta HC Seeks Personal Appearance Of Police Commissioner, Legal Remembrancer

The Calcutta High Court on Friday came down heavily on the Commissioner of Police, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate for assigning all matters of the Cyber Crime Police Station of Bidhannagar to only one particular lawyer leading to frequent disruption in Court proceedings owing to repeated adjournments sought on that lawyer's behalf. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh sought the personal appearance...

Karnataka High Court Summons President Of Youth Association For Not Shifting Illegally Installed Statute Of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar

The Karnataka High Court on Monday summoned one Revanna Siddappa, President of Dr B R Ambedkar Youth Association, for disobeying court orders and not shifting the statute of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar which they illegally erected on public land in Harappanahalli Taluk, Davanagere District to an alternative land within four months. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi...

Right To Default Bail Not Extinguished With 'Simultaneous' Filing Of Chargesheet: Madras High Court

In a pertinent ruling, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has delved deep into the statutory provisions and precedents that determine the four corners of default bail under Section 167(2) of CrPC and Section 36(A)(4) of NDPS Act.Thereby, the court has clarified the long-standing confusion about the time constraints applicable to the accused for availing the right to default bail and to...

Senior Advocate Vivek Subba Reddy Elected As President Of Advocates Association Of Bengaluru

Senior Advocate Vivek Subba Reddy has been elected as the President of the Advocates Association of Bengaluru. The results were declared on late Sunday evening. Vivek received a total of 4,804 votes while the incumbent President A P Ranganatha received 2894 votes. Out of the total 16,568 votes, a total of 11,131 votes were cast. Advocate TG Ravi won the election for the post of...

Repatriation Of Dead Bodies: Draft Guidelines Submitted Before Madras High Court In Pudukkottai Fisherman's Case

The draft guidelines for repatriation of dead bodies have been prepared by Advocate Henri Tiphagne, counsel for the petitioner wife in the case pertaining to the demise of Pudukkottai fisherman in a collision with Sri Lankan Navy Vessel. The respondents including the Ministry of External Affairs have also been served with copies of the draft guidelines. A single-judge bench of Justice...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [13 December 2021 To 18 December 2021]

Allahabad High Court1. CBI Files Charge Sheet Against Former Allahabad HC Judge Justice SN Shukla In Medical College Bribery CaseThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its charge sheet against former Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Sri Narayan Shukla in the medical college bribery case wherein he has been accused of favoring a private medical college in his orders.As reported...