Elections To Remaining Municipal Bodies To Be Completed By May 2022: State Election Commission Informs Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday took on record the affidavit filed by the State Election Commission disclosing the tentative time schedule for conducting the election of all the Municipal Corporations/Municipalities in the State. The Court was adjudicating upon a petition moved by BJP Sate vice-president Pratap Banerjee seeking direction to the West Bengal government and the State...

Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Quashing Of Trial Court Order Summoning Four BJP Leaders In Criminal Defamation Case By Delhi Jal Board

Plea is filed by Leader of Opposition in Delhi Legislative Assembly, Ramvir Singh Biduri, who is also amongst those summoned.

'Fraud By Bank Employees A Global Problem, There Has To Be Zero Tolerance': Karnataka High Court

The Court thus upheld dismissal of service of an employee for misappropriating a customer's money.

Were Indians Prohibited From Accommodating Foreign Tablighi Jamaat Attendees On Valid Visa? Delhi High Court Asks Police

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from the Delhi Police on the question as to whether there was any prohibition on any Indian national from keeping a foreigner at his residence who had come to India on a valid passport and visa at the relevant time last year for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation.Justice Mukta Gupta was hearing a bunch of pleas filed by Indian nationals...

Karnataka High Court Quashes GO Transferring Puttenahalli Bird Reserve To BBMP; Orders Forest Department To Take Charge

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a 2009 government order by which it handed over the Puttenahalli Birds Conservation Reserve, Yelahanka to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magaum said, "We are of the considered view that in view of the admitted position that the Chief WildLife Warden is...

Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Inaugurates E-Sewa Kendra

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has inaugurated the e- Sewa Kendra in contemplation of the initiative of the e-Committee. It was inaugrated by Chief Justice Ravi Malimath in the presence of Justice Rohit Arya, Chairman, e-Committee, High Court of MP, and other companion Judges. The event was also marked with the presence of Mr. M.P.S. Raghuvanshi, President, High Court Bar...

He Can't Dictate How He Should Be Produced From Jail: Court On Delhi Riots Accused Shahrukh Pathan's Insistence For Separate Van

In absence of any specific threat, Pathan cannot ask for a separate van for himself, said the Court.

Private Bill In Parliament Proposes Amendment That Will Give States Choice To Opt Out Of NEET

On Friday DMK Member in Rajya Sabha P.Wilson introduced a Private Member's Bill that would give states the choice to opt out of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions into medical courses. The Medical Education Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 also seeks to amend Section 10-D of the Dentists Act, 1948 to grant exemption to States opting out of Uniform Entrance Examination....

Consider Deputing Member From Subordinate Judiciary As A Stop Gap Arrangement Till Appointments Are Made In DRTs: Delhi HC To Centre

The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to consider the option of deputing a judicial member from subordinate judiciary as a stop gap arrangement till the appointments in Debt Recovery Tribunals in the city are made in pursuance of the selection process. Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh sought a status report to be filed in this regard before December 15, the next date of...

Domestic Violence Act Complaints Can't Be Filed At Places Of Casual Visits, Should Be Instituted In Place Of Temporary Or Permanent Residence: Bombay High Court

A domestic violence complaint cannot be filed at a place a woman is only casually visiting and proceedings must be instituted at her temporary or permanent residence under section 27 of the Domestic Violence Act, the Bombay High Court said. The court interpreted 'temporary residence' to mean the place an aggrieved person has temporarily decided to make their home and not a lodge or...

Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response On PIL For Removal Of Liquor Shop Located Near A School, Temple & Hospital

The Allahabad High Court last week sought the Uttar Pradesh Government's response in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking removal of a licensed liquor shop located in front of a Children school, Hospital, and 50 years old temple, and residential areaThe Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Vivek Varma was hearing a plea filed by Petitioner In-Person Ashok Kumar Shukla, who...

Can't Evaluate Victim's Statement Recorded U/S 164A CrPC While Exercising Inherent Powers U/S 482 CrPC: J&K&L HC

The Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has recently held that it cannot critically evaluate the statement of prosecutrix recorded under Section 164A of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1989 while exercising the court's inherent powers under Section 561-A (now 482) of the Code. Placing reliance on the apex court judgment in Rajeev Kaurav v. Bai Sahab (2020), Justice Rajnesh...