Delhi High Court Permits Herbal Hookahs In Restaurants, Bars Subject To Covid Protocol

The Delhi High Court has permitted the service and sale of herbal hookahs as an interim measure in the restaurants and bars in the national capital subject to them complying with the covid 19 protocols, use of disposable pipes and serving only in public spaces. Justice Rekha Palli said that the restaurants and pubs shall file individual undertaking that they will serve only herbal hookahs...

People Who Lose Faith In Judiciary Are Required To Be Condemned & Curbed With Strong Hands: HP High Court

"The people, who lose faith in the judiciary, are required to be condemned and curbed with strong hands by one and all, who are interested in the orderly society and have faith in democracy, observed the Himachal Pradesh High Court while refusing to quash a non-consensual transfer order.The Court made these observations in the context of the case of a petitioner, who had met with a...

Isn't Govt Responsible To Redress Citizen's Loss Of Job Due To Non-Recognition Of COVAXIN By Foreign Nations? Kerala High Court Asks Centre

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday questioned the government if it is not duty bound to redress the grievance of a citizen who may lose his livelihood due to a state-sponsored vaccination scheme. The query was posed in light of non-recognition of Covaxin by some countries.Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) had approved Covaxin, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by...

Compelling Small Farmers To Pay Bribes The Most Unfortunate Thing To Happen Even After 75 Yrs Of Independence: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that when small farmers are compelled to pay bribes, it is the most unfortunate thing to happen even after 75 years of independence. The Bench of Justice Manish Kumar and Justice Rajan Roy observed thus while dismissing an appeal filed by a government servant (convicted for demanding bribe) against the order of the appellate court upholding...

'CARA Extremely Callous In Complying With Court's Directions, Unnecessarily Harassing Adoptive Parents': Delhi HC Summons CEO, Member Secretary

The Delhi High Court has observed that the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has been extremely callous in its approach towards compliance of a judicial order, requiring the authority to frame guidelines for inter-country adoptions under Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act (HAMA).It further noted that the authority had been unnecessarily harassing the Petitioners, who are...

Cancelling GST Registration On 'Hyper-Technical' Grounds Causes Revenue Loss, Aggravates Unemployment: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently observed that cancellation of GST registration of businesses on hyper technical grounds causes revenue loss for the State and aggravates unemployment. Accordingly, the Court directed that a 'reasoned order' must be passed while cancelling GST registration and that opportunity of hearing must be given to the concerned parties. Justice MD Nizamuddin...

Karnataka High Court Requests State Govt To Provide Two Buildings For Housing HC Offices; Resolve 'Space Crunch'

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday requested the State government to consider handing over the Old Election Building and the Karnataka Government Insurance Department Building, which are in close proximity to the High Court, for housing the offices of the court. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum in their order noted, "We request...

Gauhati High Court Declares Assam Woman 'Indian' By Setting Aside Foreigners' Tribunal Order

The Gauhati High Court last week declared an Assam woman, Puspa Rani Dhar as an Indian by setting aside an order of a foreigners' tribunal in Assam's Bongaigaon declaring her as a foreigner.A division bench comprising Justice N. Kotiswar Singh and Justice Malasri Nandi also ruled that the question of registration of the petitioner who is otherwise Indian does not arise as she had been an...

"All 16 Jails In City Have Assistance Of Law Officers": Delhi Govt Informs High Court

The Delhi Government has informed the Delhi High Court that all the 16 jails in the national capital have assistance of law officers. Justice Najmi Waziri was dealing with a contempt plea filed by Advocate Amit Sahni, concerning the wilful disobedience of a division bench order, requiring the Delhi Government to appoint Law Officers in each Jail, within 12 weeks.There are 16 jails in the state...

'No Question Of Misconduct, Give Her A Clean Chit': Delhi High Court Tells Table Tennis Federation On Manika Batra's Plea

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Table Tennis Federation of India to give a clean chit to player Manika Batra, who had made a complaint against the national sports body following her non-selection for the 25th ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships, 2021.Batra had alleged that Soumyadeep Roy, the national coach, had pressurized Batra to "throw away" a match with a view to help one of...

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: District Court Denies Bail To Union Minister's Son Ashish Mishra, 2 Others

A court in Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) on Monday rejected the bail petitions of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra 'Teni's son, Ashish Misra, Ashish Pandey, and Luvkush Rana in the case registered against them in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence incident.Earlier, Misra's bail had been denied by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhimpur Kheri, Chinta Ram.Sessions...

ISRO Espionage: Kerala High Court Quashes Sessions Court Order Imposing Time Limit On Siby Mathews' Pre-Arrest Bail

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday set aside the 60 days time limit imposed on the pre-arrest bail granted by the Sessions Court to former DGP Siby Mathews, the fourth accused in the ISRO espionage case.Justice K. Haripal allowed the application filed by the former officer, thereby quashing the order of the Sessions Court. The Court had previously extended the time limit which was set to expire...