"Arguments Have Substance": Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest Of Journalist Booked For Extortion, Forgery

The Allahabad High Court last week stayed the arrest of a journalist, Sharad Kumar Dwivedi, booked on the charge of Extortion and Forgery on a complaint made by the Vice President of Bhartiya Janta Party in District Hardoi.The Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Saroj Yadav, prima facie observed that the arguments advanced by the Counsel for the Applicants have some substance and...

Nothing Like 'Criminal Kidney': Kerala High Court Says Criminal Antecedents Of Donor Irrelevant For Organ Donation

The Kerala High Court recently reiterated that the criminal antecedents of a donor are not criteria to be considered by the authorization committee for transplantation of human organs.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan observed,"There is no organ in the human body like a criminal kidney or criminal liver or criminal heart! There is no difference between the organ of a person without...

Karnataka High Court Allows Maternity Leave To Senior Resident Doctor Employed On Contract Basis

The Karnataka High Court recently quashed an order passed by the Joint Director, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Kalaburagi, denying maternity leave to a doctor employed with it on contract basis. Dr Swetha was employed as a Senior Resident in the Department of Medicine, ESIC College & Hospital, Kalaburgi on a contract basis. After 125 days of service, she submitted a...

Permitting Public Entity To Not Dispose Of RTI Application In Timely Manner Would Defeat The Purpose Of Right To Information Act: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that permitting a public entity, Bureau of Pharma Public Sector Undertakings of India (BPPI) in the present case, to not dispose of an RTI application in a time bound manner would defeat the purpose of the Right to Information Act, 2005.The oral observation came from Justice Rekha Palli who was dealing with a petition filed by a company namely Cradle...

[Online Classes] Students Should Not Be Sidelined By Digital Divide: Kerala High Court Directs State To Assist Students Without Smartphones

The Kerala High Court recently directed the State and concerned authorities to take steps to ensure that economically weak students are not sidelined by the digital divide and that they are also able to pursue education like other children who have access to such gadgets. Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V added that they should look into the grievances projected by the students and then inform...

"Nothing Convincing Argued On Behalf Of State": Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Booked Under UP 'Love Jihad' Law

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to a man booked under UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, popularly known as the 'Love Jihad' law of Uttar Pradesh, noting that nothing convincing had been argued on behalf of the complainant & State to deny him bail.The Bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra-I was hearing the bail plea of Appellant/Accused Motiram who...

Karnataka High Court Directs KSLSA To Conduct Survey On Condition Of Public Toilets In Bengaluru City

The petitioner relies on the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, UDHR and Article 47 of the Constitution to seek executive accountability.

'Every Woman Has The Right To Have A Child Naturally Or Through Surrogacy' :Couple Approaches Bombay High Court To Import Their Cryo-Preserved Embryos From USA

The couple has questioned a 2015 notification by which the Director-General of Foreign Trade moved the import of human embryos from the 'restricted' category to the 'prohibited' category except for scientific research.

Interference Not Warranted With State's Decision To Hold Plus One Exams: Kerala High Court

"The Pandemic is here to stay and life must go on," the Court remarked.

Seizure Of Alleged Commercial Quantity Of Cannabis: Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Accused Over Doubts In Chemical Analysis Report

The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to the accused in a case involving the alleged seizure of a commercial quantity of 51.460 kg of ganja or cannabis, after noting that the plant's flowering tops were not separately weighed, creating doubts over the actual drug quantity.Justice Anuja Prabhudessai granted bail to the accused Hari Valse who was booked for offences punishable...

Presiding Officer Of Debts Recovery Tribunals Should Be Vigilant That Matters Are Taken Up Chronologically: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently observed that the Presiding Officer of Debts Recovery Tribunals should be vigilant that matters are taken up chronologically. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu was hearing a plea filed by the State Bank of India complaining of the inordinate delay on the part of the DRT, Coimbatore, and seeking direction for the...

Bills Submitted By Govt Counsels Prior To Six Months Should Be Cleared: High Court Tells Centre, Delhi Govt

The Delhi High Court today orally told the Centre and Delhi Government that such bills of the counsels engaged with them, that have been filed prior to six months, should be cleared expeditiously. "Suppose a bill was filed 7 months ago. That has to be cleared," said a Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh.The development comes in a plea moved by Advocate Piyush...