Delhi Riots: High Court Reserves Judgment In Bail Pleas Filed By 11 Accused Persons In Head Constable Ratan Lal Murder Case

The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its judgement in the bail pleas filed by 11 accused persons in connection with the murder of Head Constable Ratan Lal during the North-East Delhi riots that erupted in the national capital last year. (FIR 60/2020 PS DayalPur)Justice Subramonium Prasad reserved the order after hearing at length various counsels appearing on behalf of the accused...

Delhi Court Remands Avantha Group Promoter Gautam Thapar To Judicial Custody In Yes Bank Loan Fraud Case

A Delhi Court has remanded Avantha Group Promoter Gautam Thapar to 14 days judicial custody in connection with the Yes Bank loan fraud case. Delete A Delhi Court has sent Avantha Group Promoter Gautam Thapar to 14 days judicial custody in connection with Yes Bank loan fraud case.#DelhiCourt #JudicialCustody #YesBank #GautamThapar pic.twitter.com/9uOTpmAo8v— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) August...

Supreme Court Grants YSRCP MP Krishnam Raju Time Extension To Furnish Personal Bond Of Rs 1 Lakh In Sedition Case

The Apex Court had earlier granted bail to Raju who was arrested by Guntur CID on May 14 for alleged sedition and promotion of communal hatred over his speeches.

Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu, Judge Of Bombay High Court, Resigns

Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu, judge of the Bombay High Court and former judge of Kerala and Andhra Pradesh High Courts, has tendered his resignation.He tendered his resignation on August 13(Friday) for personal reasons, he told LiveLaw.Born in 1962, Justice Naidu's entry into the legal profession was as an advocate practicing in the courts at Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh. He later shifted...

Delhi High Court Extends Life Of Interim Orders Till September 24

The Delhi High Court has extended the life of it's interim orders till September 24.The order was passed while dealing with the suo moto petition registered on the extension of interim orders in all matters pending before it and subordinate Courts, in view of the limited functioning of Courts due to the second Covid wave. (In Re: Extension of Interim Orders)A full bench comprising of...

Police Interrogation Of Children Over Anti-CAA School Drama Prima Facie Violated JJ Act, Child Rights : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Monday made a prima facie observation that the presence of policemen in their uniforms, carrying weapons, while interrogating children with regard to the sedition case on staging of an anti-CAA drama at Shaheen Education Society in Bidar last year, was a serious violation of the provisions under the Juvenile Justice(Care and Protection of Children) Act,...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre's Counsel To Seek Instructions On Plea For CERT-In Led Investigation Into Data Breaches At Domino's, Big Basket, Etc.

A plea has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking directions on Computer Emergency Response Team India (CERT-IN) to initiate investigation into large scale breaches in data maintained by companies namely BigBasket, Domino's, MobiKwik and Air India.Acting on the grievances raised before it, Justice Rekha Palli on Friday, granted time to Central Government Standing Counsel Ajay Digpaul,...

Narada Case: Calcutta High Court Adjourns Hearing To September 13 For Oral Arguments

The Calcutta High Court on Monday took on record the rejoinder filed by Advocate General Kishore Datta in response to the affidavit-in-reply filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) pertaining to the Narada scam case. The affidavits purportedly detail the law and order situation in the State (outside the CBI office) on May 17, the date when the four TMC leaders were arrested....

Drastic Psychological Impacts: Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Ban On Medically Unnecessary Sex-Selective Surgeries On Intersex Infants, Children

A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking a ban on medically unnecessary, sex-selective surgeries on intersex Infants and children except in cases of life threatening situations. Moreover, a direction to the Delhi Government and Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) to frame detailed policy or guidelines specifying the conditions when medical surgery on...

'Covid Care Facility Inside Campus Made Operational': JNU, Delhi Govt Claim In High Court, Petitioners Granted Time To File Response

The Delhi High Court has granted time to Jawaharlal Nehru University Teacher's Association and others till September 17 in order to respond to the claim of the University and the Delhi Government that the Covid care centre has been made operational inside it's campus.The said claim was however refuted by the petitioners who submitted before Justice Rekha Palli that the position on the ground...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [August 9, 2021 To August 15, 2021]

Allahabad High Court Collusion In Bail Hearing Through Forged Vakalatnama : Allahabad High Court Deplores 'Downfall In Moral Values' Of Advocacy [Javed Ansari v. State of Uttar Pradesh] In a bail hearing before the Allahabad High Court, it was revealed that the advocates appearing on behalf of the accused and the complainant were acting in collusion, wherein the counsel for...

Need To Have Unifrom Policy To Invoke PASA In Remdesivir Illegal Procurement, Distribution Cases: Gujarat High Court To Govt

Questioning the State Government over the invocation of the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA) in cases of unauthorized procurement and distribution of Remdesivir injections, the Gujarat High Court last week asked the State Government to come up with a uniform policy to invoke the stringent law in such cases.The Bench of Justice Paresh Upadhyay also raised doubts over...