[Chinese App Ban] Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Amazon India On Plea Against Sale Of Shein Products During Prime Day Sale

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to e-commerce giant Amazon India on a petition filed against proposed sale of products belonging to Chinese apparel brand Shein during its prime day sale. Amazon's prime day sale which is scheduled to kick-off on July 25 will also include products from Shein amongst its other 1.2 million sellers. However, Shein was among the 59 Chinese mobile apps...

'We're Also Human Beings' : Bombay HC Judge Withdraws Oral Praise For Late Father Stan Swamy After NIA Objection

Justice SS Shinde, judge of the Bombay High Court on Friday withdrew his oral statements in praise of late tribal rights activist -Father Stan Swamy and his work - after the National Investigation Agency raised objections to the same during hearing of Stan's bail plea, being heard posthumously. Justice SS Shinde, however, said that even judges are human beings and the news of...

[Delhi Riots] No Iota Of Evidence Showing Involvement In Conspiracy: Ishrat Jahan Tells Delhi Court In Bail Hearing

Former Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan has told a Delhi Court on Friday that there is no iota of evidence to show her involvement in the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case and that the prosecution has falsely implicated her in the matter.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat was hearing a bail plea moved by Ishrat Jahan in FIR 59/2020 which alleges a larger conspiracy in the Delhi Riots...

Madras High Court Restrains State Govt From Purchasing Public Transport Buses Without Disabled Friendly Amenities

The Madras High Court on Thursday restrained the State government from purchasing any new buses for the purpose of public transport unless such buses are disabled-friendly as per the statutory requirements under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (2016 Act) and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 (2017 Rules). A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee...

Manipur High Court Orders Release of Journalist Detained Under NSA Over Facebook Post On Cow Dung Cure For COVID

On Friday, the Manipur High Court directed the release of Manipur journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhemcha noting that his detention would be as much a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution as it was in the case of Erendro Leichombam. Kishorchandra was detained under the National Security Act for a post on his Facebook wall on the death of a BJP leader due to COVID-19 commenting that 'cow...

Permit Farmers To Hunt Wild Boars Attacking Agricultural Lands : Kerala High Court Directs Chief Wildlife Warden

In a significant relief to farmers in northern Kerala, the Kerala High Court on Friday passed an interim order directing that the Chief Wild Life Warden shall permit them in terms of Section 11(1)(b) of the Wildlife Protection Act to hunt wild boars approaching their agricultural lands Compliance of the same was to be reported to the Court within one month. Justice PB Suresh Kumar while...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Tahir Hussain's Plea Challenging UAPA Charges Invoked Against Him In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a petition filed by former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain challenging the UAPA charges invoked against him in connection with the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case and also seeking for quashing of sanction granted in this regard. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice after hearing Senior Advocate...

'Infringes Right To Privacy Of Single Mothers': Plea Filed In Kerala High Court Against Rule Requiring Father's Name In Birth Certificates

A plea has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the Kerala Registration of Birth and Deaths Rules insofar as it mandates the mention of father's name to register a child's birth. The case in a nutshell is that such a stipulation is discriminatory to single mothers. The petitioner became pregnant through artificial insemination which involves accepting the sperm from a donor...

Compensation For COVID Deaths: Rajasthan High Court Issues Notice To Center & State

The Rajasthan High Court has issued notices to the Central and the State Government on a plea seeking ex-gratia compensation for the family members/ dependents of those who succumbed to COVID-19 or Black Fungus (Mucormycosis).A division bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Satish Kumar Sharma has kept the matter for hearing on August 31.Interestingly, the Supreme Court had...

'POCSO Court Judges Must Undergo Training By Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy': Madras High Court Finds Erroneous Application Of POCSO Act By Trial Court

The Madras High Court vide its recent judgement dated July 7 observed that judges presiding over special courts dealing with cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) must undergo compulsory training and sensitisation on how to properly adjudicate such sensitive cases. Justice P Velmurugan made this observation after it came to the notice of the...

Common Law Admission Test [CLAT 2021] Today At 147 Centres Across the Country

CLAT-2021 will be conducted tomorrow from 02:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. across the country. 70277 aspirants seeking admission to various National Law Universities are scheduled to appear for the pen and paper test; 59843 for Undergraduate and 10434 for Postgraduate programme. Considering the pandemic situation, the Consortium of National Law Universities has directed its 147 centres across the...

'Twitter USA Doesn't Hold A Single Share In Twitter India; Totally Different Entities' : MD Tells Karnataka High Court

Senior Advocate C V Nagesh told the Karnataka High Court on Thursday that Twitter Inc is an independent organization and it is totally different, while Twitter India is a different entity. Nagesh who is appearing for the Managing Director of Twitter Communications India Private Ltd Manish Maheshwari, who has challenged the section 41A of CrPC notice issued to him by the...