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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...
Kerala High Court Reserves Order On Plea Seeking Early Administration Of Vaccines
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday continued hearing a plea seeking early administration of the second jab of Covid-19 vaccine to people who are willing, and reserved its order in the matter.Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar while hearing the matter sought clarification from the Centre as to why the interval between the two doses was relaxed for certain classes of people, while the others were forced...
Appointment Of Rakesh Asthana As Delhi Police Commissioner: CPIL Seeks Intervention In Plea Before Delhi High Court
The Centre for Public Interest Litigation has filed an application before the Delhi High Court, seeking to intervene in a plea challenging the appointment of IPS Officer Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner. The NGO had initially moved the Supreme Court challenging Asthana's appointment.Delhi Police Commissioner, Rakesh Asthana is a 1984-batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer who took...
Phone Tapping: Delhi High Court Asks Centre To File Detailed Reply Explaining Procedure For "Monitoring & Interception"
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government to explain in detail the law and procedure followed by it for monitoring and interception of phones of the citizens of India.The order has been passed by a Division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh on a PIL filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation, alleging that though its 'general surveillance...
President Appoints Justice CK Abdul Rahim As Chairman Of Kerala Administrative Tribunal
The President has appointed Justice CK Abdul Rahim, a retired judge of the Kerala High Court as the Chairman in the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT) for a period of four years or till he attains the age of 70 years. The Order issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions also stated that the conditions of service of the position shall be governed by the provisions of...
Gold Smuggling Attempt: Kerala High Court Grants Bail to Second Accused Arjun Ayanki
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to the second accused in the gold smuggling attempt, Arjun Ayanki, with stringent conditions, one of them being to surrender his original passport.Justice Shircy V allowed the bail plea in a matter where an attempt was made to smuggle gold through a carrier at the Karipur airport by a group of individuals. The applicant was the second accused in...
Covid Third Wave Knocking: Bombay High Court Extends Interim Orders Till September 30
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday further extended the life of all interim orders passed by courts and tribunals in the State till September 30 to protect people against dispossessions, demolitions and evictions due to the restricted functioning of courts. (Suo Motu PIL NO. 1 of 2021) Earlier, the bench led by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta had refused to continue its unconditional...
"Disproportionate, Arbitrary": Plea In Delhi High Court Challenges Retrospective Fee Hike During The Pandemic By Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging a notification issued by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University regarding the retrospective fee hike during the pandemic period amid covid-19.Filed by Advocate and a social activist Varun Katiyar, the plea challenges the notification dated September 7, 2020 whereby the University increased the fees of 21 unaided...
'Would Have Chilling Effect On Free Speech': IMA Chief & Others Respond To Suit Alleging Promotion Of Christianity Over Hinduism
Responding to a civil suit filed against them for allegedly promoting Christianity over Hinduism and showing superiority of allopathy over ayurveda, the Indian Medical Association, it's President JA Jayalal and Secretary General has told a Delhi Court that the suit would have a chilling effect on their fundamental right to free speech and expression.The development comes by way of a common...