'Rummy & Poker Are Games Of Skills' : Madras High Court While Striking Down Online Gaming Ban

The Madras High Court on Tuesday struck down the Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 which imposes a ban on playing of games such as rummy and poker on cyberspace with stakes. Section 11 of the impugned legislation also banned games of 'mere skill' if such games are played for wager, bet, money or other stake.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and...

Access To Education: Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To BBMP For Door To Door Survey Of School Going Children

An ongoing door to door survey conducted by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department of all the children in the age group of 0 to 18 years, has found that 1,26,245 children in the age group of 03 to 06 years in rural areas are not going to school. It is recorded that 33,344 children in the age group of 6 to 18 years are not going to school and 9,716 children are not enrolled in...

"Lawyers Charge Professional Fee & Then Abstain From Work": Allahabad HC Refuses To Direct Time Bound Disposal Of A Case

"Lawyers cannot take the working of the Court for granted as on one hand, obviously, the lawyers must have charged their professional fee and thereafter, they are abstaining from work and on the other hand, they are seeking a direction to the Court concerned to decide the case within a specific period," observed Allahabad High Court today while dismissing a plea seeking time-bound...

'This Is Like Insurance': Delhi High Court On Creation Of Oxygen Buffer Stock To Combat Covid-19 Third Wave

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday observed that there is no clarity as to whether Centre and Delhi Government have created a buffer stock of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in the national capital to deal with the anticipated third wave of Covid-19."We have been flagging this issue ever since Supreme Court passed an order. What have you done," a Division Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and...

Madras High Court Stays NGT Office Order Mandating Suo Moto 'Pan India' Matters To Be Heard Only By NGT Principal Bench

The Madras High Court on Tuesday imposed a stay on an office order issued by the Registrar General of the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which had directed that suo matters having pan-India or inter-state implications will be henceforth listed before the Principal Bench of at least three members. Pursuant to Section 4(4)(c) of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010...

"No Real Threat; Seeking Security To Flaunt His VIP Status": Allahabad HC Dismisses Lawyer's Plea Seeking Personal Security

Observing that the Lawyer (petitioner before the Court) was seeking security as an authority of symbol to flaunt his status a VIP with no real threat in existence, the Allahabad High Court recently dismissed his plea challenging State Government's order refusing to provide him personal security. The Bench of Justice D. K Singh was hearing the plea of a practicing lawyer of District...

Parliament Passes Bill To Amend Act Regulating Major Airports In India

The Government has decided to pair profitable airports with non-profitable airports that may be offered in public-private partnership mode as a package to the prospective bidders. This, the Government said will encourage development of smaller airports. To this effect, the Parliament on Wednesday passed the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill,...

"No Power To Go Beyond 'Kedarnath' Ruling": Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging 'Sedition Law'

Stressing that the Supreme Court's ruling in Kedarnath Singh v. State of Bihar 1962 AIR 955 is binding on it, Punjab And Haryana High Court last week dismissed a plea challenging the Constitutional Validity Of Sedition Law (Section 124A IPC).The Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shankar Jha and Justice Arun Palli further observed that it has no power to go beyond the Kedarnath judgment and examine...

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh Moves Bombay HC Against Justice Chandiwal Inquiry Committee

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh has moved the Bombay High Court against the orders issued by the one member High Level Inquiry Committee headed by Justice KU Chandiwal, constituted by the State of Maharashtra. The Maharashtra Government had on March 30th appointed former Bombay High Court Judge, KU Chandiwal to conduct a high-level judicial inquiry into...

Online Crowd Funding Platform For Treatment Of Rare Diseases Made Operational: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

The Central Government on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that it has set up and made operational an online crowdfunding platform for collecting funds for treatment of children suffering from rare diseases. The development comes pursuant to a direction made to the Government by Justice Rekha Palli last month, for immediately launching a dedicated online platform for the purpose. "Why...

ISRO Espionage Case: Kerala High Court Extends Interim Protection To Former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar & Other Accused

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday extended the interim protection from arrest given to former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar, two former Kerala Police officers, and a retired IB official in the ISRO conspiracy case once again till August 11th. The matter will be heard again tomorrow.Justice Ashok Menon extended the relief for another day after the ASG P. Vijayakumar representing CBI informed the...

Judge Uttam Anand Death- 'Feeding Particular Questions To Get Particular Answers Isn't Appreciated': Jharkhand HC Pulls Up IO, SIT Head

The Jharkhand High Court, while accepting the recommendations of the State Government and transferring the investigation of the Dhanbad Judge death case to the Central Bureau of Investigation, raised several pertinent questions to the Investigating Agency. A bench of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad perused the affidavit filed by the DGP and head of the...