'Incidents Of Violence Even If Isolated, Not Good For Healthy Democracy': Calcutta High Court On West Bengal Post Poll Violence

A 5-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justice IP Mukerji, Justice Harish Tandon, Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Subrata Talukdar on Thursday pronounced the verdict in a batch of petitions alleging State inaction against the alleged acts of violence unleashed by members of ruling Trinamool Congress party on those who supported the BJP during...

High Court Directs Karnataka Govt. To Consider Compensating Parents Of A School Child Who Died Of Electrocution While Erecting Flagpole

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to immediately consider offering compensation to the parents of a 15 years old boy who died of electrocution when an iron pole on which he was preparing to hoist the national flag on Independence Day came in contact with a live electric cable. The boy succumbed to death when he came in contact with overhead wires in the premises of...

Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Uttar Pradesh Govt's Order Designating Gond Sub-Castes Under ST Category

The Allahabad High Court last week set aside the order of the Uttar Pradesh government under which two Gond sub-castes — Nayak and Ojha were designated in the category of Scheduled Tribes (ST).The Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Rajendra Kumar-IV held that it was not permissible for the UP Government to refer to the caste Gond or its synonyms /...

'Report Still Awaited': Delhi High Court To RML Hospital On Joining Of Two Youngsters For Community Service In Order To 'Sober Them Down'

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital seeking a status report on joining of two youngsters who were directed to do a month's community service in the hospital, in order to sober them down. The direction was made while quashing a criminal case against them.Justice Subramonium Prasad had sought status report from the Hospital on July 6. However, since the same...

Deserted Woman Suffering From Grave Illness Seeks Free Medical Treatment: High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response

The Delhi High Court has sought the Delhi Government' response regarding the procedure required to be followed by a woman suffering from serious illness and seeking directions on the State to provided her free medical treatment, after allegedly being deserted by her husband and in laws.Justice Rekha Palli granted one week's time to the Delhi Government for filing an affidavit setting out...

Supreme Court Proceedings For Protection Of Children Orphaned During Covid-19 Not Bar On High Court: Petitioner Tells Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court today continued hearing a PIL seeking direction to Centre and Delhi Government to safeguard the interest of the children who have lost their parents to Covid-19 and who do not have anyone else to take care of them and face the risk of being trafficked.The Petitioner, Advocate Jeetender Gupta appearing in person, told the High Court that merely because the Supreme Court...

"May Inhibit Child From Developing Healthy Interpersonal Relationships In Future": Delhi HC Denies Bail To Basketball Coach Allegedly Sexually Assaulting 13 Yr-Old

The Delhi High Court recently refused to grant bail to a 57-year old basketball coach accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year old girl after observing that the act of betrayal of trust at an early stage of life may inhibit the child from developing healthy interpersonal relationships in future.Justice Subramonium Prasad observed:"Paramount consideration is to be given to the...

Investigation Buried The Truth Fathom Deep: Supreme Court Acquits All Accused In A Murder Case

Investigation in this case was carried out not with the intention of unearthing the truth, but for burying the same fathom deep, the Supreme Court remarked while acquitting all the accused in a murder case of 2008.The case pertains to a murder of Pappu @ Nand Kishore in the year 2008. The prosecution case was that Sahodra had taken the deceased victim (who was her brother in law) to the ...

Delhi Riots: High Court To Hear Former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain's Bail Pleas On October 1

The Delhi High Court will hear on October 1 the bail applications filed by former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain in the multiple FIRs registered against him in connection with northeast Delhi riots cases.Justice Yogesh Khanna adjourned the matter after Advocate Rizwan, appearing for Hussain, apprised the Court that the status report filed by the Prosecution in the matter was received...

Delhi High Court Seeks Status Report From Tihar Jail Authorities, Police On Death Of Inmate Ankit Gujjar

The Delhi High Court has sought status report from Tihar Jail authorities as well as the Delhi Police in a petition concerning the alleged murder of inmate Ankit Gujjar, a 29-year old gangster, inside Tihar Jail earlier this month. The plea sought transfer of probe from Delhi Police to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Justice Mukta Gupta also directed Director General (Prisons) to...

Amazon-FRL Case : Delhi High Court To Proceed With Single Bench Order If No Stay Granted By SC To Future Group

While dealing with a plea seeking compliance of the single judge bench order allowing Amazon's application to enforce the emergency award against Future-Reliance deal, the Delhi High Court has told Future Group that it will proceed with order's compliance if stay is not granted by the Supreme Court within four weeks.The development came atter Justice Suresh Kumar Kait was informed by...

'All Permutations & Combinations In Prayer; General Lumpsum Arguments': Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL For Development Of Gautampuri Area

The Delhi High Court yesterday dismissed a PIL seeking development of the Gautampuri area in the national capital, upon observing that the Petitioner had not made even a single representation before the concerned authorities.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh also remarked that the Petitioner had made all sorts of "permutations and combinations" in the prayer,...