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...

Court Convicts Former Delhi High Court Bar Association President Rajiv Khosla For Assaulting Woman Lawyer In 1994

After a span of over 27 years, a Delhi Court has convicted former Delhi High Court Bar Association President Rajiv Khosla for assaulting a woman lawyer in the year 1994. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gajender Singh Nagar was of the opinion that the testimony of the woman qua her allegation of being pulled by hair and arm by Khosla and the threat that she will not be allowed to practice from...

Kerala High Court Directs Motor Vehicle Department To Furnish Action Taken On Its Directions On Road Safety

The Kerala High Court recently made an attempt to reinforce the Rules and directions in place for road safety by directing the concerned officers to take necessary steps and ensure that no motor vehicle ply in any public place violating the statutory provisions.Justice Anil K. Narendran accordingly directed the Transport Commissioner, the Deputy Transport Commissioner and the Regional...

'Sachin Waze, Param Bir Singh Have No Honour, Knee Deep In Extortion': Anil Deshmukh's Son Hrishikesh To Mumbai Court

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshumkh's son, Hrishikesh, has sought anticipatory bail in the money laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate, alleging "shocking abuse of power" by the agency.A special court heard Hrishikesh's counsel Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhri and Aniket Nikam, and ASG Anil Singh for ED, on Saturday, but refused interim relief....