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Delhi High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Fire At Nehru Place Market, Directs Authorities To Ensure No Hawking & Vending Policy
Taking suo moto cognizance of an incident of fire reported in a building at Nehru Place, District Commercial Centre, the Delhi High Court last week directed the Delhi Police and the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to ensure no hawking and vending policy on a daily basis.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh also directed SDMC, Delhi Police and Delhi Development Authority to hold...
'He Fought A Long & Arduous Battle Against The Might Of The State': Supreme Court Rejects Centre's SLP Against A Mason
Justice has been done to a mason who fought a long and arduous battle against the might of the State, the Supreme Court observed while refusing to interfere with an order of the Delhi High Court judgment in the matter of regularization of a mason.Vasudev was engaged as a Mason on hand receipt/muster roll basis in the Central Public Works Department, with effect from 4th February, 1985. As he...
Mathura Court Dismisses UP Police Application To Take Further Statement Of Journalist Siddique Kappan
A local court in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh has rejected Uttar Pradesh Police application seeking nod to conduct further probe against Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan who has been booked for various offences under the stringent UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act).ASJ Anil Kumar Pandey today dismissed the demand of the UP police/STF to conduct further investigation of the case...
"False Claims Of Molestation, Rape Need To Be Dealt With An Iron Hand, Tragic That Practising Advocates Are Trivialising Rape": Delhi High Court
Noting that there is an alarming increase in false claims pertaining to rape and other sexual offences, the Delhi High Court on Monday deprecated filing of false claims and allegations in such cases after observing that frivolous claims must be dealt with an iron hand. Observing that an act of rape has the ability to scar the mental psyche of the victim and the trauma can persist for...
PMLA- No Stay In Trial Or Investigation Where No Coercive Simpliciter Has Been Ordered: Supreme Court
While hearing a batch of pleas where an interim order staying arrest was granted in Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases, the Supreme Court today observed that there would be no stay in trial or investigation in cases where order of no coercive simpliciter has been passed. While directing the petitioners to cooperate with the investigation and granting them liberty to take recourse...
Indian Man Missing From Saudi Arabia Since April 2020: Delhi High Court Issues Notice To MEA On Wife's Plea
The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a plea filed by the wife of a man, allegedly working in Jeddah on a labour visa and missing since April 2020.Justice Rekha Palli has sought response from the Union of India on the woman's plea seeking verified information about her husband's whereabouts and repatriation of his body, in case he is dead. The Embassy of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association Resolves To Boycott Justice Rajiv Kumar Dubey's Court
In its general meeting held today, the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association has passed a unanimous resolution calling for an indefinite boycott of the Court of Justice Rajeev Kumar Dubey.The resolution has been passed unanimously in the presence of the office-bearers of the three Bar Associations, members of the Madhya Pradesh State Bar Council, and Advocates.It may be noted that the...
Right To Privacy Of Single Mothers: Kerala HC Calls For Separate Forms For Registration Of Children Born Through Assisted Reproductive Technologies
The Kerala High Court recently held that requiring single women, who conceived through Assisted Reproductive Technologies, to furnish the father's name for registering the births and deaths of their children necessarily affects the right of dignity of the mother as well as the child. Justice Sathish Ninan while allowing the petition filed by a woman who conceived via IVF, held that...
Kerala High Court Stays Govt Order Sanctioning Land Acquisition By State Exempting Land Value From Compensation
A writ petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the proceedings for land acquisition initiated by a Government Order dated 4th February 2021 by which an administrative sanction has been granted to acquire 102.6 acres of land belonging to the petitioner by merely paying the value of improvements made on the land as compensation. Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V has stayed...
Delhi Cantt Case: Parents Of 9-Yr-Old Victim Move High Court Seeking SIT Probe, Judicial Enquiry Into Alleged Administrative Lapse
A plea has been filed before the Delhi High Court by parents of the 9 year old minor girl, allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Delhi Cantt area, seeking Court monitored SIT investigation. The plea also seeks judicial enquiry into alleged lapses in administrative action, delayed filing of FIR.The plea filed through Advocates Jitendra Kumar Jha, Sarsij Nayanam and Suresh Kumar will be...
High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Nomination Of Adequate Members To New Delhi Municipal Council
The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a petition filed by two residents of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area, seeking nomination of adequate members to the NDMC Council in accordance with the New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994. The plea also stated that the Council is functioning without its Vice-Chairperson.Justice Rekha Palli issued notice on the petition filed against...