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Long Pendency Of Appeals Before Allahabad High Court: Supreme Court To Consider Laying Down Parameters For Disposal On August 25
Supreme Court had earlier suggested considering the period undergone, the heinousness of the crime, the age of the accused, the period taken in the trial, and whether the appellants are diligently prosecuting the appeals for the formulation of parameters.
Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Challenging Dwarka Flyover Construction
The petitioner contended that the High Court gave NHAI carte blanche to continue its activities despite lack of approval under the Air Act of 1981, the Water Act of 1974 and environmental clearance under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006.
'Promote Entrepreneurs, Self-Employment Schemes To Tackle Fake Job Rackets': Madras HC Disposes Of PIL Registered After Sitting Judge Received Fake Job Offers
The Madras High Court on Thursday disposed of a 2017 suo moto public interest litigation (PIL) that it had initiated after a sitting judge of the High Court, Justice S. Vaidyanathan had been contacted by fake placement agencies with dubious job offers. A Bench comprising Justices N Kirubakaran and S. Vaidyanathan on Thursday also emphasised on the need to create more job opportunities...
"Delay In Deciding Representation": Allahabad HC Quashes NSA Detention Of Accused In 'Journalist Shubham Tripathi Murder Case'
The Allahabad High Court recently quashed the National Security Act (NSA) detention of one Kanhaiya Awasthi, who is an accused in the Unnao-based journalist Shubham Mani Tripathi murder case. Tripathi, who was a journalist by profession and the district correspondent of a news daily 'Kampumali' published from Unnao and who used to cover stories related to land mafias, was...
Delhi High Court Orders Immediate Release Of NRI Couple Allegedly Detained At IGI Airport Without Food, Water
The Delhi High Court today ordered forthwith release of a NRI couple, said to be senior-citizens and allegedly detained at the Indra Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi in pursuance of a Look Out Circular [LOC] issued in an FIR registered five years ago. Directing the Respondents to take no coercive steps against the petitioners, Justice Rekha Palli imposed a condition on the couple to...
'No Urgency, You Can Do Without Twitter': Delhi High Court In Sanjay Hegde's Plea For Early Hearing In Twitter Account Suspension Case
While dealing with an application for early-hearing filed by Advocate Sanjay Hegde in the case pertaining to suspension of his Twitter account, the Delhi High Court observed that the matter does not involve any 'urgency' and posted it on September 29.Observing that several other matters of importance are pending, Justice Rekha Palli remarked,"Suspension of Twitter account is no urgency....
Farmers Protest- "Investigation Going On As Per Convenience, None Of The Leaders Asked To Join Investigation Till Date": Delhi Court Pulls Up Police
A Delhi Court on Monday pulled up the Delhi Police on its investigation into the case concerning farmers protest and observed that the investigation was done by the investigating authority as per it's convenience rather than following the mandate of law.Additional Sessions Judge Gagandeep Singh was hearing the anticipatory bail plea filed by Gangster turned activist Lakha Sidhana, wanted by...
COVID- Uttarakhand HC Seeks State Govt's Response On Steps Taken By ICMR For Providing Bar Code On RTPCR Reports
The Uttarakhand High Court has recently sought response of the State Government on the steps taken by Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR) in issuing directions to all laboratories approved by it to mandatorily provide RTPCR reports with bar codes or QR codes.The State Government apprised a bench comprising of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma that a...
Re-Opening of Schools Should Not Become A Super-Spreader Of Covid-19: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) to make random inspections of government and aided schools, which have begun with physical classes from today for Standards 9th and 10th in order to verify if the Standard Operation Procedure is being followed. A division bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice P Krishna Bhat orally...
"We Are Not A Taliban State, Rule Of Law Sacrosanct In Multi-Cultural Society": Delhi Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Pinky Chaudhary In Jantar Mantar Sloganeering Case
A Delhi Court last week dismissed the anticipatory bail plea moved on behalf of Bhupender Tomar alias Pinky Chaudhary, prime accused in the alleged inflammatory and anti-Muslim sloganeering at Jantar Mantar."We are not a Taliban State. Rule of law is sacrosanct governing principle in our plural and multi cultural society," Additional Sessions Judge Anil Antil observed while denying the grant...