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Transgender Advocate Ankani Biswas Made Panel Counsel In WB Legal Services Authority
In a remarkable move, lawyer Ankani Biswas, a transgender person has been empanelled as an Advocate in the Legal Services Authority, West Bengal on July 28. The decision was taken by Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Justice Rajesh Bindal who is also the Patron-in-Chief and Executive Chairman of the West Bengal State Legal Services Authority. Advocate Biswas will be the...
Police Protection To Hold Twenty20 Panchayat Meetings: Kerala High Court Disposes Plea
The Kerala High Court recently disposed petitions filed by Presidents of three Panchayats where the Twenty20 party founded by the Kitex group is in power, seeking police protection to convene meetings.Justice P.V Kunhikrishnan pronounced that whenever any apprehension of law and order issue arises, the petitioners are free to approach the Station House Officer concerned and the Superintendent...
Karnataka High Court Summons Health Commissioner Over Non-Implementation Of SUCHI Scheme For Supply Of Sanitary Napkins To School Girls
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Commissioner of Health and Family wWelfare services to personally remain present before the court on August 5 and place on record the progress that has been made in the implementation of SUCHI scheme. A division bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice P Krishna Bhat issued the direction while observing "The matter is going on...
Woman Seeks Cancellation Of Daughter-In-Law's Govt. Job For Mentioning Herself As Unmarried: Gujarat High Court Imposes 10K Cost
The Gujarat High Court recently rejected the plea of a mother-in-law seeking cancellation of the Daughter-in-law's appointment as Deputy Mamlatdar on the ground that she mentioned herself as unmarried in her Job Application form. The Court imposed a 10K cost on her as well.Noting that there is some matrimonial dispute opening before the parties, the Bench of Justice A. S. Supehia...
Allahabad High Court Bats For Installation Of CCTV Cameras In All Sections Of HC For Transparency In Court's Working
In an attempt to "control and monitor" the activities of various sections of the High Court with a view to having better court management as well as transparency in its working, the Allahabad High Court last week directed the Registrar General of the Court to propose the idea of installing CCTV in all the sections of the Courtroom to the Acting Chief Justice.The Bench of Justice Vivek...
Collector, Add'l Commissioner Not Expected To Blindly Follow Action Of Junior Staff Who Harass Common & Poor People: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that it is not expected from the officers like Collector and Additional Commissioner to blindly follow the action of junior staff who are there to harass the common and poor people of the State. The Bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwalobserved that the right which had accrued to the petitioner way back in the year 2007 (in connection with a...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging New Policy To Not Grant Retail Liquor License To State Undertakings
The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response from the Delhi Government on a petition challenging Clause 2.4 of the Tender conditions of its New Excise Policy 2021. The provision states that retail licenses shall not be granted to any company or society, owned by any State Government or its undertaking.The petition has been filed by the Delhi Consumer Cooperative Wholesale Store...
Bombay High Court To Partially Re-Start Physical Hearings From August 2; Hybrid System To Be Implemented
The Bombay High Court will re-start physical hearings from August 2, 2021, and implement a hybrid system for functioning, as decided in an administrative committee meeting chaired by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta on Thursday.The committee decided that the High Court shall work physically on three days and virtually on one day, the Bombay Bar Association's standing committee said in...
CLAT- Demand For Rs.50,000 Deposit For Counselling Registration Illegal, Unreasonable And Arbitrary: Plea Before Kerala High Court
A writ petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging CLAT's condition requiring a deposit of Rs.50,000/- for participation in the allotment process.The matter will be heard tomorrow before the Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman. The petitioners are candidates seeking admission to National Law Universities for Post Graduate. According to the plea, they belong to the socially...
Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Facebook On Plea For Action Against Impersonation And Other Privacy Concerns In The Platform
The Delhi High Court has sought a response from Facebook in a plea of breach of privacy and impersonation, which takes on the social media platforms. While admitting the petition, Justice Yogesh Khanna issued notices to Facebook Inc and its Indian subsidiary within a week on rules/procedure/mechanism for redressal of the complaints, including cyber-crimes on their platform and...