"Totally Unacceptable": Delhi High Court Imposes 10K Cost On Party For Appearing In Vest During Virtual Hearing

The Delhi High Court has recently imposed Rs. 10,000 cost on a party for appearing in vest during the virtual hearing, observing that such a conduct was totally unacceptable. "During the course of VC petitioner no. 5 has appeared through VC for his identification by the IO in his vest. The conduct of the petitioner no.5 in appearing before the Court in his vest is totally unacceptable....

Additional District & Sessions Judge Physically Assaulted In Court By Policemen: Patna High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognisance

In an unprecedented occurrence, the Patna High Court has taken suo moto cognisance of an act of police violence against an Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ), Jhanjharpur. On its own motion, the Court has taken note of the incident upon receiving a letter from the District and Sessions Judge, Madhubani, about the incident that happened in the Sub Division of Madhubani at...

MTP Act- "Time Is Of Essence; Victim Shouldn't Suffer Due To Lack Of Onerous Obligations Involved In Process": Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court, while refusing to allow a gang-rape survivor to terminate her over 26-week pregnancy, recently noted that time is of the essence in matters involving the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 and no victim should suffer due to lack of onerous obligations involved in the process.The Bench of Justice S.K. Panigrahi was dealing with the plea of...

Delhi Court Seeks ATR On Plea Against Haryana CM ML Khattar For Allegedly Giving Provocative Speeches Against Protesting Farmers

A Delhi Court on Thursday sought action taken report on a plea filed against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for allegedly giving provocative speeches to incite violence against the protesting farmers recently.The complaint case filed by Advocate Amit Sahni seeks summoning of Khattar and also to direct the concerned police officials to conduct an investigation against him by lodging...

"Can't Sit & Watch Lawyers' Unruly Behaviour": Allahabad High Court Orders Enquiry Into Lucknow District Court Violence Incident

Stressing that the court can't sit and watch the unprofessional and unruly behavior of the lawyers as a mute spectator, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the violent behavior of the lawyers outside the Lucknow District Court campus on October 30.The Bench of Justice Shamim Ahmed and Justice Rakesh Srivastava also observed that the Court is duty bound to ensure that...

Heavens Won't Fall If Online Gaming Continues Till Validity Of State's Prohibition Is Decided: Petitioners Argue Before Karnataka High Court

Petitioners challenging the State's ban on online gaming today appealed to the Karnataka High Court to allow their businesses to continue until the validity of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021 is decided by the Court."For a month or two the heavens will not fall if our business is allowed to continue," Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi said.He added that the statement made by the...

Centre Not Competent To Legislate Street Vending Laws: Petitioners Tell Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Thursday continued hearing a bunch of pleas challenging the vires of Street Vendors Act, 2014. Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh heard Senior Advocate Sanjeev Ralli appearing for the petitioners, who have challenged the legislative competence of the Central Government to enact the impugned Act of 2014.During the course of hearing today, Ralli pointed out...

"He May Die At Any Moment, Might Meet Same Fate As Stan Swamy": UAPA Accused Atiq Ur Rehman's Relative Moves Allahabad HC Seeking Bail

UAPA Accused Atiq Ur Rehman's father-in-law, Shakhavat Kha has moved to the Allahabad High Court seeking an urgent hearing, and his admission to AIIMS and enlargement on bail in the alternative, on account of an extreme medical emergency. The application has been moved in a Habeas Corpus plea already filed on account of his unlawful judicial custody through Advocates Shashwat Anand and Syed...

"UCC Is Long Due; Can't Be Made Voluntary": Allahabad HC Calls Upon Central Govt To Implement The Mandate Of Article 44

Dealing with a batch of petitions (17 in number), pertaining to an interfaith marriage contracted by the petitioners and seeking protection from the Court, the Allahabad High Court today called upon the Central Government to implement the mandate of Article 44 of the Constitution of India [Uniform Civil Code]. The Bench of Justice Suneet Kumar observed that the issue of UCC,...

Kerala High Court Directs State To Swiftly Decide On Proposal To Construct Gabion Box Bridge Over Pampa River At Sabarimala

The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the State to take a final call on the proposal to construct a Gabion box bridge across the Njunangar river at Pampa and to commence the construction work immediately. A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil K.Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar issued the directive in a matter pertaining to the urgent need to reconstruct the damaged Njunangar...

Filing Multiple Cases Without Justification Is Aggravated Form Of Abuse Of Process Of Court: Karnataka High Court

Karnataka High Court recently rejected a batch of petitions filed by one Jeetendra Kumar Rajan, observing that filing of case after case absolutely without justification is nothing but an aggravated form of abuse of process of the court. Justice Krishna S Dixit said, "The valuable time spent by this court in deciding these frivolous matters could have been invested in worthy...

Interfaith Marriage Registration Can't Be Refused By Insisting On Conversion Approval: Allahabad HC Affirms Right To Choose Partners

The Allahabad High Court today observed that the Marriage Registrar/Officer lacks the power to withhold the registration of marriage, merely for the reason that the parties have not obtained the necessary approval of conversion from the district authority. This assertion came from the bench of Justice Suneet Kumar who was hearing a batch of petitions (17 in number), pertaining to...