"Whether Guidelines Can Be Extended To UTPs Facing Trial For Offences Not Included In Exclusion Clause?": Delhi HC Asks High Powered Committee To Clarify

The Delhi High Court has asked it's High Powered Committee to clarify as to whether the guidelines issued this year can be applied to under trial prisoners who are facing trial for offences not included in the exclusion clause, particularly sec. 364A (Kidnapping for ransom), 394 (Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery), 397 (Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or...

1993 Train Blasts Case: Supreme Court Asks TADA Court To Explain Reason For Delay In Framing Of Charges

The State of Rajasthan had submitted in its counter-affidavit that CBI had submitted a charge sheet against the accused in 1994 itself and that he was absconding for a period of 15 years until he was arrested.

A UP Town Without Some Courtrooms Since 2012: Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt & HC To Construct & Start Same Within 6 Months

Noting that the question of opening of Courts at Lalganj Town in the Pratapgarh district has been lingering on, the Allahabad High Court recently directed the Uttar Pradesh Government and High Court administration to ensure that the Courts start functioning within 6 months.The Bench of Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh also directed the respondents to ensure...

Is State Funding To Madrasas & Other Religious Educational Institutions Consistent With Constitution's Secular Scheme?: Allahabad HC Seeks Govt Reply

The Allahabad High Court recently decided to consider a bunch of questions framed by it on issues related to religious educational institutions like Madrasa vis-a-vis the role of and interplay between the State Government and such institutions within the framework of the Constitution.The Bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot was hearing the plea of a Madrasa duly recognized by the Madrasa Board and...

"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.