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"Habeas Plea Maintainability Not Opposed By State": Allahabad HC Directs Further Tracing Of Elderly COVID Patient Missing From Hospital
Dealing with the Habeas Corpus plea seeking the tracing of an 82-year-old COVID Patient who went missing from TB Sapru Hospital in Prayagraj, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed for the further tracing of the corpus and observed that its primary concern in the instant plea was tracing of the corpus. The Bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Piyush Agrawal...
Delhi High Court Seeks CBI's Response In Bail Plea Filed By Sub Inspector Abhishek Tiwari In Alleged Document Leakage Case
The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought CBI's response in the bail plea filed by Sub Inspector Abhishek Tiwari in connection with the allegations of leaking sensitive documents in the ongoing investigation against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, thereby subverting investigation.Justice Yogesh Khanna issued notice on the bail application filed by Tiwari through Advocates...
"Country Relentlessly Facing Violence Due To Terror Activities, Cause Of Concern For Entire Humanity": Delhi Court Sentences Lashkar Man To 7 Years In Jail
Observing that the Country was relentessly facing violence due to terror activities, a Delhi Court has recently sentenced a 23 year old Lashkar e Taiba trained militant to seven years of rigorous imprisonment convicted for infiltrating into India with a motive to destabilize the country and to cause terrorist activities.Noting that awarding a sentencing is a tough call to make, Principal...
"Bail Application Under Stringent Law Like UAPA Should Not Be Dismissed Due To Technical Mistakes": Riots Accused Tells Delhi Court
Seeking bail in the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case, riots accused Gulfisha Fatima has told a Delhi Court that bail application under stringent law like Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act should not be dismissed merely due to some technical mistakes.Advocate Mehmood Pracha told Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat that sec. 16(3) of National Investigation Agency Act gives a hybrid...
People Who Buy Liquor Should Not Be Treated Like Cattle: Kerala High Court Directs Excise Commissioner To Ensure Proper Infrastructure At Liquor Stores
The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the Excise Commissioner to not default in complying with the instructions passed by the Court regarding appropriate infrastructure being made available at the liquor outlets in the State. Justice Devan Ramachandran also notified the authorities that he had received a letter from a woman dated 7th September concerned about a particular outlet situated...
Justice Manjula Chellur Refuses Rs 10 Lakh Honorarium For Monitoring SIT Probe In WB Post-Poll Violence Cases
Justice (Retired) Manjula Chellur has informed the Calcutta High Court that she does not want to accept the Rs 10 lakh honorarium fixed by the Court for monitoring the SIT probe into West Bengal post-poll violence cases.Taking note of this, the High Court directed that the State Government need not pay the honorarium to Justice Chellur, who was the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court from...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice To IRCTC On Plea To Relax License Fee For Catering Services In East & West Zones Amid Covid-19
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) on an appeal seeking relaxation in license fee granted to newly allotted catering units of the East & West Zones, at par with the North & South Zones, amid Covid-19.A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Amit Bansal denied interim relief and kept the matter for hearing on...
District Courts In West Bengal To Resume Functioning In Hybrid Mode With Immediate Effect
The Calcutta High Court vide a press release informed on Wednesday that all district courts in the State of West Bengal will resume functioning with immediate effect in a hybrid mode i.e. both through physical as well as virtual hearings as per the convenience of the concerned litigants and lawyers. "Physical presence of learned lawyers, their staff and litigants in the court premises shall...
"People Were Traumatized Due To Communal Tension, Took Them Days To Muster Courage": Delhi Court On Delay In Recording Statements In Riots Case
Dealing with a case concerning murder of 21 year old Aaftaf during the North East Delhi riots, a Delhi Court observed that it was difficult for the investigating agency to trace public witnesses promptly for recording of statements as people were shocked and traumatized to the extent that it took them days to muster the courage in reporting the case to the Delhi police.Additional Sessions...