'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...

[Gold Smuggling] 'No Evidence Of Terror Financing; Provisions Of UAPA Not Attracted': Swapna Suresh Tells Kerala High Court; Judgment Reserved

The Kerala High Court on Monday reserved its judgment in the appeals filed by some of the accused, in the infamous gold smuggling case in the State.A Division Bench of Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice C Jayachandran extensively heard the submissions of all parties involved before reserving its judgment today. The Court notified that the judgment will be released within a week's time. ...

Centre Appoints Ten Additional Judges Of Punjab & Haryana High Court As Permanent Judges

The Centre has notified the appointment of 10 additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court as permanent judges. The Judges who have been made permanent vide a notification issued by the Law Ministry are as follows, 1. Justice Suvir Sehgal2. Justice Alka Sarin3. Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri4. Justice Ashok Kumar Verma5. Justice Sant Parkash6. Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta7....

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Uma Shanker Vyas As Rajasthan High Court Judge

The Central government has notified the appointment of a judicial officer Uma Shanker Vyas as a Judge of the Rajasthan High Court. The appointment has been made pursuant to the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium last month.Apart from Vyas, seven others were also recommended for appointment as judges of the Rajasthan High Court at the time."In exercise of the powers conferred by...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Vikram Chauhan As Additional Judge Of Allahabad High Court

The Central government has notified the appointment of Vikram Chauhan as an additional judge of the Allahabad High Court. The appointment has been made pursuant to a Supreme Court Collegium recommendation after a meeting held on August 24 this year.The Collegium had recommended the names of 12 other lawyers along with Chauhan for elevation as High Court judges, out of which 9 are now cleared....

Wild Karnataka Documentary: High Court Further Extends Interim Order Restraining Makers From Dealing With The Film Till Nov 17

The Karnataka High Court on Monday continued its interim order passed earlier, restraining the makers of the documentary 'Wild Karnataka' from dealing with the film in any manner. The film is a 52-minute natural history documentary based on the state's rich biodiversity, which first premiered on March 3, 2019. Today, at the 67th National Film awards ceremony held in Delhi, the...

"We Talk About Making Delhi Like London But How Will We Achieve That?": Delhi HC To Hear Plea Challenging 'Street Vendors Act'

The Delhi High Court today decided to hear the plea challenging the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 on October 30 while wondering as to how are we going to make Delhi like London, without focusing on the planning aspect of the city.The Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh observed thus while hearing a bunch of pleas filed...

Centre Notifies Transfer Of Justice Joymalya Bagchi From Andhra Pradesh High Court to Calcutta High Court

The Central government has notified the transfer of Justice Joymalya Bagchi back to his parent High Court, the Calcutta High Court from Andhra Pradesh High Court where he is currently serving."In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (1) of Article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Shri Justice...

Court Security: Delhi High Court Grants Last Opportunity To All Stakeholders To File Suggestions By Oct 29

The Delhi High Court has asked all the stakeholders concerned to file their suggestions for enhancing security measures at court complexes in the national capital by October 29. While posting the matter for orders on November 8, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh made it clear that no further time will be given for filing of suggestions. The case...

'Vague Answers': Delhi High Court Directs Personal Appearance Of Medical Superintendent In Minor's Plea For Donating Liver To Ailing Father

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed personal appearance of Medical Superintendent of Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS) through video conferencing tomorrow in the plea filed by 17 year old minor, seeking directions to permit him to donate part of his liver to his ailing father, who is suffering from advance stage of Liver Failure.Justice Rekha Palli passed the order...

Extortion Allegations Attempt To Scuttle Aryan Khan Case Probe : NCB, Sameer Wankhede Approach Special NDPS Court

The Narcotics Control Bureau has approached the Special NDPS Court against the notarised affidavit of one of its own witnesses alleging extortion and against the "lurking threat of arrest" to its zonal director Sameer Wankhede. NCB's application seeks directions that no action or cognizance be taken on witness Prabhakar Sail's affidavit without the Special NDPS court or any other...

Calcutta HC Adjourns Hearing Of Anticipatory Bail Applications Of BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, 2 Others In Sexual Assault Case

The Calcutta High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of anticipatory bail applications of BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, RSS member Jisnu Basu, and Pradeep Joshi in a sexual assault case in view of the fact that a Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been filed before the Supreme Court against an order of the High Court setting aside the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Alipore...