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Centre Notifies Appointment Of 4 Additional Judges To Kerala High Court
The Central government has on Wednesday notified the appointment of four additional judges to the Kerala High Court of Kerala.They are as listed below:1) Chandrasekharan Kartha Jayachandran, Judicial Officer2) Sophy Thomas, Judicial Officer3) Puthen Veedu Gopala Pillai Ajithkumar, Judicial Officer4) Chandrasekharan Sudha, Judicial OfficerThe Kerala High Court collegium had recommended...
Marriage Involving 20 Yr Old Boy- "Examine Matter, Priest's Role & Check Prohibition of Child Marriage Act's Violation": P&H HC Directs CP
The Punjab and Haryana High Court last week directed the Commissioner of Police, Panchkula to examine the matter which involved a marriage of a 20-year-old boy, who had, along with her alleged wife (19-year-old), filed a protection plea.The Bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill noted that though the girl is of marriageable age being 19 years, the boy, who is aged 20 years, cannot be said to be...
Renovate & Construct Govt Care Camp For Wandering Mentally Ill Persons; Give Details Of Their Vaccination Status: Madras HC To Govt
The Madras High Court last week sought details on the vaccination drive being undertaken among the homeless mentally ill person and also asked the State Government to renovate, restore and construct the govt care camp/home so that the wandering mentally ill persons can be put up at such site.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P. D. Audikesavalu was hearing a Public...
Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Change In Nomenclature Of Nursing Personnel Working In Private Hospitals At Par With Govt Hospitals
A petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking change in the nomenclature of Nursing Personnel working in private hospitals at par with the Government Hospitals in the national capital.Moved by Indian Professional Nurses Association, an NGO, through Advocate Jose Abraham, the plea states that the change in nomenclature is an honorthat is being bestowed on the nurses in recognition...
CBI Court Orders Further Investigation Into 2017 Death Of Manipur Student; Slams UP Police For Lapses
The Special CBI Court at Ghaziabad on Wednesday ordered further investigation into the death of Manipur student Pravish Chanam, who was found dead in Noida in suspicious circumstances in September 2017.Allowing the protest petition filed by the family of Chanam against the closure report filed by the CBI, which had taken over the investigation from UP Police in 2019, the Court noted that...
Corruption FIR Against Anil Deshmukh: Maharashtra Govt. Moves Bombay High Court Challenging CBI Summons To Chief Secretary And DGP
The Maharashtra government has approached the Bombay High Court challenging summons issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to state Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte and Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey in connection with the corruption FIR against former State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.The CBI recently summoned Kunte and Pandey for the third time after the Mumbai...
Mob 'Brutally Lynched' 18-Yr-Old Only On Cattle-Lifting Suspicion Even Though He Carried No Cattle: Tripura HC Denies Anticipatory Bail
The Tripura High Court last week denied pre-arrest bail to a man who was allegedly a part of a mob that brutally murdered/lynched an 18-year-old boy, Saiful Islam on the suspicion that he was in the team of cattle lifters.Stressing that a young boy of 18 years was brutally lynched by a mob only on the suspicion that he was a cattle lifter, even though no cattle were found in his possession,...
SC Directions In Prakash Singh Case For DGP Appointment Not Applicable To Union Territories: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held the directions issued by the Supreme Court in the case of Prakash Singh & Others v. Union of India for appointment of Police Chiefs by the Union Public Service Commission are applicable only to the States. "The judgement and the directions therein, have no application for appointment of Commissioners/Police Heads of Union Territories falling under...
"Police Officials Themselves Confused, Not A Proper Way Of Conducting The Case": Court Pulls Up Delhi Police, Calls For Effective Prosecution In Riots Cases
A Delhi Court on Tuesday pulled up the Delhi Police officials including an SHO over lack of coordination and their confused conduct in connection with a North East Delhi riots case.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat directed that the copy of the order be sent to Special Commissioner of Police, Division- I (Law and Order) for ensuring better coordination between the police officials...
Uthra Murder : Husband Who Murdered Wife By Inducing Snake Bite Sentenced To Consecutive Double Life Imprisonment By Kerala Court
In the Uthra murder case, a Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced Sooraj S Kumar to double life imprisonment and a five lakh fine for murdering his wife by inducing a homicidal snakebite. He was also awarded 10 years and 7 years of imprisonment in two other cases for causing hurt by means of poison and destroying evidence. The sentencing will have to run consecutively.The Kollam Additional...
Indian Professional Nurses Association Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Voting Rights To All Nurses Registered With Delhi Nursing Council
A Public Interest Litigation has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking voting rights to all nurses registered with Delhi Nursing Council for the purpose of electing it's office bearers and executive committee.Moved by Indian Professional Nurses Association, an NGO, through Advocates Robin Raju and Joel Joseph, the plea also seeks a further direction on Delhi Nursing Council to publish...
Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad Case: Will Provide Clone Copies Once Received From FSL, But Trial Shouldn't Be Stayed - NIA
Four years after arrests in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case, the National Investigation Agency has said that it will provide remaining copies of electronic evidence seized, but the trial in the case should go on. Responding to pleas by lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj and journalist Gautam Navlakha to stay the proceedings or defer framing of charges until the clones copies are...