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Plea In Supreme Court Challenges MP High Court's Decision To Resume Physical Hearings
An application has been moved before the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court to resume physical hearing of cases at the Principal Seat in Jabalpur and Benches at Indore and Gwalior from October 25, 2021.The application, moved in the pending Writ Petition of All India Jurist Association and another v. High Court of Uttarakhand and Others, seeks the relief...
Hospitals Overcharging Covid Patients: Karnataka High Court Seeks ATR; Status Of Refunds
The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to inform as to what action has been taken against those hospitals who are found guilty of charging exorbitant amounts from Covid-19 patients. It has also sought information, by the next date of hearing, as to whether the said amount has been refunded to the patients,...
"Resignation Once Accepted Cannot Be Taken Back": Delhi High Court Dismisses Professor's Plea For Rejoining Jamia Milia Islamia
Observing that a resignation once accepted cannot be taken back, the Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the plea filed by a former Professor of the Jamia Milia Islamia University, seeking to rejoin the duty after one year of tendering his resignation.Justice V Kameswar Rao dismissed the plea of Moharram Ali Khan, who was appointed as a professor of Mathematics at JMI in 2007.Khan had...
Lawyer Writes To Mumbai Police Seeking FIR Against Sameer Wankhede Over Extortion Bid Allegations In Aryan Khan Case
A Mumbai based lawyer has approached the police for registration of an FIR against Narcotics Control Bureau's Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede and others for extortion, criminal conspiracy and bribery in the cruise ship drug case involving Aryan Shahrukh Khan. Advocate Sudha Dwivedi's complaint states that after Sail's allegations in his notarized affidavit, it is clear that the...
Anticipatory Bail Plea Not Maintainable If Accused Already In Custody In Another Criminal Case For Similar/ Different Offences: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court, bench at Jaipur has held that the anticipatory bail application of a person, already in custody in connection to a criminal case, will not be maintainable with respect to another criminal case registered for commission of similar or different offences. Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma was of the view that it would be appropriate that a footnote is added in all...
Delhi High Court Directs Police To Reconsider Plea Of Lawyer Engaged In Ram Janmbhoomi Case Over Withdrawal Of Security
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Police to reconsider within two weeks the plea filed by a Supreme Court lawyer, who represented Ministry of Home Affairs and Archaeological Survey of India in the Ram Janmbhoomi case before the Allahabad High Court, aggrieved by withdrawal of security provided to him in 2013. Justice Rekha Palli also sought a report to be filed in the matter...
'Making Profit Not A Wrongful Act': Delhi High Court On Doctors' Suit Against Baba Ramdev Over Remarks On Allopathy & Promotion Of Coronil
Hearing a plea against Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev for allegedly spreading misinformation against allopathy and in turn promoting his immunity booster medicine Coronil amid Covid-19 pandemic, the Delhi High Court on Monday remarked that making profit is neither a public nuisance nor a wrongful act.The oral remarks came from Justice C Hari Shankar after Senior Advocate Akhil Sibal appearing for...
Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Evacuation Of Indians, Afghan Nationals Of Indian Origin Stranded Amid Taliban Rule
A public interest litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking directions on the Centre to issue E-Visas to Indians or Afghan Nationals of Hindu and Sikh origins stranded in Afghanistan amid Taliban rule. The petition has been filed by Parminder Pal Singh, former spokesperson and media advisor for Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. Stating that many Indians and...
Protection Plea- P&H High Court Directs Punjab DGP To Decide Advocate's Representation Who Raised Issue Of 'Open Corruption' In RTO Dept
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the Director-General of Police, Punjab to take a decision on the representation submitted by a lawyer seeking police protection alleging a threat to his life due to his action of raising a voice against 'open corruption' in the RTO department of the state of Punjab.The Bench of Justice Manoj Bajaj was hearing the plea of a...
'Junior Lawyers Forced To Run Tea Stalls To Survive': Kerala High Court Lashes Out At Bar Council For Prolonged Inaction In Implementing Stipend
The Kerala High Court on Monday yet again pulled up the State Bar Council for its undue delay in implementing the 2018 Government Order directing to pay a stipend of Rs. 5,000 each to junior lawyers, despite repeated directions from the Court. Justice PV Kunhikrishnan orally remarked during the proceedings:"There are lawyers here who don't even earn ₹1,000 and have to run tea stalls to make...
'Marriage Increasingly Being Used As A Tool To Coerce People Into Religious Conversion': UP Govt Defends 'Anti-Love Jihad' Law
The Uttar Pradesh Government has defended 'The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021' (Anti-Love Jihad Act) before the Allahabad High Court by submitting that since marriage is being used as an instrument to convert an individual's religion against his/her will, therefore, the Act seeks to remedy this malady. This submission has been made by the...