President Of India Confers Padma Bhushan To Dr. N. R. Madhava Menon (Posthumous) For Public Affairs

President of India Ram Nath Kovind today presented Padma Bhushan to Dr. Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (Posthumous) for Public Affairs. His wife Smt Rama D. Menon received the Award.The Ministry of Home Affairs had announced the names of recipients of the award last year (January 25, 2020), and the Padma Awards ceremony was held today in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union...

'There Is No End To These Demands': Delhi High Court In Plea To Enhance Mulaqaat Days Of Prison Inmates

The Delhi High Court today expressed its unwillingness to increase the time given to inmates in Delhi prisons, to meet and consult their lawyers/ family members. Presently, the Delhi Prison Rules of 2018 restricts mulaqaat to two meetings a week."There is no end of all these demands," remarked Chief Justice DN Patel.The Bench also comprising of Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing a PIL filed...

Digitized ID Cards For Advocates, Special Police Team For Security Audit, Production Of UTPs Via VC: Delhi High Court Suggestions For Court Security

The Delhi High Court today circulated among all the stakeholders, a summary of suggestions prepared by it for enhancing security measures in all court premises situated in the national capital, following the shocking gun firing incident at Rohini District Court on September 24.This includes the suggestion made to the Delhi Government for making budgetary allocation to purchase security...

Allahabad High Court CJ Rajesh Bindal Calls For Expeditious Disposal Of Pending Criminal Appeals

Referring to the comments made by the Supreme Court on the long pendency of criminal appeals before the Allahabad High Court, the High court newly appointed Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal today called for expeditious disposal of pending criminal appeals.Read more about the comments made by the Supreme Court in the last few months over the long pendency of criminal appeals before the Allahabad...

Bombay High Court Directs Nawab Malik To File Reply To Wankhede's Defamation Suit By Tomorrow, Hearing On November 10

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik to respond to a defamation suit filed by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede's father by tomorrow. Dhyandev Wankhede has sought a declaration that Malik's remarks, in press releases or interviews or social media including but not limited to his Twitter account, are "tortious...

Services Rendered By Doctors In Lieu Of Fees Fall Under Consumer Protection Act, 2019: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has recently held that services performed by healthcare service providers in lieu of fees/charges would fall within the purview of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (2019 Act). A Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and G.S Kulkarni observed, "We, therefore, hold that mere repeal of the 1986 Act by the 2019 Act, without anything more, would not result in...

Delhi High Court Allows Early Hearing Of Sanjay Hegde's Plea Concerning Twitter Account Suspension Case

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed early hearing of the filed by Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde in the case pertaining to suspension of his Twitter account. Justice Rekha Palli has now posted the matter for hearing on January 10, 2022. During the course of hearing today, while Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta appeared for Hegde, Advocate Sarang Jain appeared on behalf of Twitter. Jain...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Consider As Representation Plea Against Artificial Insemination In Animals

The Delhi High Court today disposed of a PIL seeking to restrain 'Artificial Insemination' in animals and directed the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries to consider the plea as representation.Veterinary Council of India, Animal Welfare Board of India, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, etc. are other respondents in the matter.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel...

West Bengal Post Poll Violence: Calcutta High Court Directs CBI, SIT To File Additional Status Reports By December 23

The Calcutta High Court on Monday took on record the latest status report filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Court to investigate cases other than murder, rape and crimes against women that had allegedly taken place post the declaration of the West Bengal assembly elections in May 2021. The Court vide order dated August 19 had also directed the Central Bureau...

Allahabad High Court Grants Protection From Arrest To 'The Wire's Siddharth Varadarajan And Ismat Ara In FIR Over Report On Farm Law Protestor's Death

The Allahabad High Court recently granted interim protection from arrest to The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan and reporter Ismat Ara in connection with a case registered against them for tweeting a report on the death of a protester in New Delhi during the Republic Day incidents as it allegedly "mislead people".The Bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice...

Assurance By Chief Minister, Ruling Party Or Even By The Governor Doesn't Become Law Of The Land: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has recently observed that the assurance given by some Ruling Party or by the Chief Minister or even by His Excellency the Governor does not become the law of the land.The assertion came from the bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A.Rajasheker Reddy while dismissing a clutch of petitions seeking retrospective implementation of the State...

Allahabad High Court Asks UP Govt To Take Steps For Expeditious Examination Of Viscera Samples To Avoid Delay In Probes

Observing that there is no proper mechanism in place for expeditious examination of viscera samples, the Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to take up the issue for expeditious examination of viscera samples to help the Investigating Agency. Essentially, the Bench of Justice Samit Gopal was hearing a bail application filed by one Tahir Khan of Jhansi district in...