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'Show Some Respect To The Orders Passed By The Court': Kerala High Court Slams Centre Over Delay To Appoint KAT Chairman
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday heavily condemned the Centret's failure to comply with the Court's orders for the immediate appointment of a chairperson to the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT). A Division Bench of Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Kauser Edappagath remarked orally that the "orders of the Court should be treated with some respect.""How can an ordinary citizen respect...
Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Prohibition On Johnson & Johnson's 'ORSL Drinks' Alleged To Be Deceptively Being Sold As 'ORS' Health Formula
A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain the sale and distribution of Johnson & Johnson's 'ORSL' product, claiming that whereas on the face of it the product is indicative of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS), its composition does not use the requisite ORS formula. "A question of utmost public importance is that if a Drink is purely a fruit juice based drink or...
1984 Anti-Sikh Riots : Supreme Court Asks CBI To Verify Medical Condition Of Ex-Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar In His Bail Plea
The Supreme Court today has asked CBI to verify the medical condition of ex-Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh Riots case who is seeking interim bail on health grounds. The division bench of Justices SK Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy has also asked the investigation agency to file an affidavit by September 6, 2021. Citing that it was no small case, a bench of...
Tablighi Jamaat Congregation: Delhi HC Directs Police To Handover Keys Of Residential Premises In Nizamuddin Markaz To Maulana Saad's Mother
Dealing with a plea moved by Tablighi Jamaat Chief Maulana Saad's mother, the Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Police to handover keys of her family's residential premises in the Nizamuddin Markaz which was locked by the Police since last one year in view of Tablighi Jamaat congregation for the purpose of sanitization and disinfection by the authorities.Justice Yogesh Khanna was...
Covid Deaths At Jaipur Golden Hospital- Delhi HC Grants Further Time To Centre, Delhi Govt For Responding To Plea Seeking SIT Investigation, Compensation
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted further six weeks time to the Centre and Delhi Government in order to file their replies in the plea moved by family of 9 victims seeking a Court monitored CBI SIT Investigation into the deaths that took place in Jaipur Golden Hospital on 23rd and 24th April, seizure of important records and CCTV footage and also compensation to them.Justice Rekha Palli...
Issuance Of Legal Notice And Filing Of A Complaint Case Not Abetment Of Suicide U/S 306 IPC: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday held that issuance of a legal notice and filing of a complaint case against a person is not abetment of suicide within the meaning of sec. 306 of Indian Penal Code.Observing that filing of a criminal complaint is a legal recourse as advised to a person, Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri said:"It cannot be said that by filing a criminal complaint against the deceased,...
Unfair To Expect Children Orphaned Due To Covid To Procure Documents For Availing Benefits Under Welfare Schemes: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday observed that it will be unfair to expect children who lost their parents, one or both, due to Covid-19 to procure documents in order to avail benefits under various welfare schemes launched by the Delhi Government.Taking note of the issues in relation to the verification process of such applications, Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh also...
We Cannot Decide Under PIL Jurisdiction As To When A Hindu Can Execute Will Or Muslim Can Dedicate Property For Waqf: Chhattisgarh HC
The Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that a High Court, while exercising it's Public Interest Litigation jurisdiction, cannot decide the question as to when a Hindu can execute a will or a Muslim can dedicate property for waqf.Acting Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Rajani Dubey reasoned that such questions can only be decided by way of individual petitions and not PILs."In...
Special NIA Court Rejects Interim Bail Pleas Of Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha
The Special NIA Court has rejected temporary bail pleas of professor Anand Teltumbde and journalist Gautam Navlakha, accused in the Bhima Koregaon - Elgar Parishad caste violence Case. In their applications sent directly from prison, the two sought to be released temporarily citing their age and vulnerability to Covid-19. The pleas were filed pursuant to directions from the...
Section 167(2) CrPC - Default Bail Not Available For Not Filing Supplementary Chargesheet : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court recently said that the supplementary charge sheet is only an additional material collected against the accused persons and that the provisions of Section 167(2) of Cr. P.C, (default bail) cannot be made applicable to it."Section 167(2) of Cr.P.C., is applicable only when charge sheet is not laid down and it starts operative when accused is arrested during the course...
Delay In Reporting Judge Uttam Anand's Incident To Police: Jharkhand HC Seeks Details Of Action Taken Against Negligent Authorities
The Jharkhand High Court last week rapped concerned doctor, hospital management for being negligent in dealing with the case pertaining to the death of Late Uttam Anand, District & Additional Sessions Judge, VIII (the then was) for the delay in reporting the incident to the police authorities.The Court was informed that Late Uttam Anand was brought to the Hospital at about 5.30 a.m. while...