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Failure To Write Orders In Legible Manner By Peshkars/Court Readers Could Be Treated As Misconduct: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Friday observed that it is the bounded duty of the Peshkars/ Court Readers to write the Court order in a legible manner, failing which, it may be treated as misconduct. This assertion came from the Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan while perusing some of the orders in a criminal case and noting that they were written in too bad handwriting to be read...
Tripura High Court Allows MP Abhishek Banerjee's TMC Rally After Police Cancelled The Permission
The Tripura High Court last night gave its nod for the proposed Trinamool Congress proposed 31st October rally to be led by the party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today, after the local police canceled its earlier permission and asked the party to change the venue of its proposed rally.The bench of Justice Subhashish Talapatra was hearing an urgent plea filed by All...
'Illegalities Being Committed In Name Of Religion': Madras HC Directs State To Take Action Against Noise Pollution, Building Violations
The Madras High Court has recently directed the State authorities to take appropriate actions to ensure that noise pollution or violations of building rules on account of religious activities are dealt with strictly. The Court was adjudicating upon a plea by a pentecostal church seeking protection to carry out its religious activities. Justice SM Subramaniam suo moto impleaded the...
'Legally Unsustainable': CAT Order Transfering IFS Officer's Case From U'khand To Delhi Set Aside By Uttarakhand High Court
The Uttarakhand High Court last week set aside an order passed by the principal bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) allowing the Centre's plea to transfer a petition of an IFS officer, Sanjiv Chaturvedi, from the regional bench in (Nainital) to its principal bench (Delhi). The Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma observed that the...
Gauri Lankesh Murder : Bengaluru Court Frames Charges Against 18 Accused
A special court in Bengaluru through video conference on Saturday (October 30) has framed charges against 18 accused arrested in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge Anil Bheemsen Katti in its order said "Charge for the alleged offences framed. The same was read over and explained to the accused persons in the language known to them...
Prisoner Cannot Be Deprived Of Attending Important Family Event, Relatives, Take Care Of Family: Punjab And Haryana HC
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that a prisoner cannot be deprived of attending an important family event owing to the reason that immediate relatives usually take care of the family members of the person under incarceration. Justice Anoop Chitkara made the said observation while dealing with a petition filed by a prisoner undergoing his sentence seeking the grant of parole on...
Telangana High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Debarring Of Advocates Aged Above 35 From Applying To Welfare Fund
The Telangana High Court upheld the Section 15 of the Telangana Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 1987 which debars advocates who have crossed the age of 35 years from the benefit of applying to the Welfare Fund."When an advocate below the age of 35 years applies for membership of the Fund, it would mean that he is an advocate who has joined the profession from the law school without any...
"Limit Based On 2011 Census Exhausted": Delhi Govt Tells HC On Woman's Plea Regarding Non Issuance Of Ration Card Over 8 Yrs
The Delhi Government has informed the Delhi High Court that no ration card was issued to a woman for over 8 years since the limit for issuance of 72 lakh ration cards set by the Centre based on the Census of 2011, was already exhausted.Justice Rekha Palli therefore directed thr Centre as well as the Delhi Government to file their counter affidavits within a period of four weeks.The Court...
Allahabad High Court Issues Contempt Notice To Mathura DM For Violation Of Court's Order On Operation Of Brick Kilns
The Allahabad High Court last week issued a contempt notice to the District Magistrate of the Mathura district, Navneet Singh Chahal for his failure to ensure compliance of the Supreme Court as well as the High Court's order on operation of brick kilns in the district. The Bench of Justice Prakash Padia has issued a notice to the District Magistrate, Chahal returnable within four weeks...
35-Yr-Old Widow Must Know Repercussions Of Premarital Sex: Allahabad HC Grants Bail In Alleged Case Of Sex On Marriage False Promise
Noting that the alleged rape victim, a 35-year-old widow lady must understand the far-reaching repercussions of having premarital sex with an unknown person, the Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a man accused of establishing a physical relationship with her on the false pretext of marriage. The Bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi also underscored that the victim had...
"Respect Public Sentiments": Delhi High Court Tells Twitter To Remove Objectionable Content Regarding Hindu Goddess
The Delhi High Court has told the social media giant, Twitter to remove certain alleged objectional materials regarding a Hindu Goddess.Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was of the view that Twitter should respect sentiments of the public as it was doing business for them. The Court also said that it will hear Twitter's submissions after the removal of the said content...
"Rights Need To Be Regulated": Delhi High Court Commences Hearing On Pleas Challenging Vires Of Street Vendors Act, 2014
Commencing hearing on a bunch of pleas challenging the vires of Street Vendors Act, 2014, the Delhi High Court on Saturday expressed its displeasure over the fact that there are no experts in the Town Vending Committee and that it would like to hear the challenge so as to ascertain the flaws and the fallacies in the implementation process.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh...