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...

State Has Locus To Challenge CBI Investigation If It Goes Beyond The Scope Of HC Order :Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a state government is well within its rights to raise a grievance if a central agency's investigation goes beyond the scope of the Court's order that authorised investigation in the absence of the state's consent. The division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar on Thursday dismissed Maharashtra Government's plea and allowed the CBI...

Explain The Purpose Of Forming Separate Panel of Lawyers When CSC Available: Allahabad High Court Summons DG, Basic Education

Calling it "strange", the Allahabad High Court last week sought the response of the Director-General, Basic Education, U.P., Lucknow on his decision to form a separate panel of lawyers, even when the department is being represented by the Chief Standing Counsel.The Bench of Justice Saral Srivastava was hearing a Writ Petition filed by one Sanjay Singh, challenging his suspension from the post...

"No Clarity On Uniform Color, Specifications": Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Issuance Of Challans To Drivers In Non Compliance Of Uniform Regulations

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging Rule 7 of the Delhi Motor Vehicle Rules, 1993 on the ground that drivers of auto rikshas and taxis are issued Challans heavily to the extent of Rs. 20,000 due to non compliance of uniform regulations.The plea, moved by Trade Union of Drivers and individual autoriksha and taxi drivers, states that there is no clarity on uniform color...

Redetermine Minority Status Of Muslims And Christians In Kerala: PIL Before High Court

The Kerala High Court on Thursday heard a public interest litigation that urged the Centre to reasses the minority status of Muslims and Christians in the State. A Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly, after hearing the arguments of the petitioner, reserved orders in the matter. The petitioner Citizens Association for Democracy, Equality, Tranquility,...

Vigilant Tweet On COVID Protocol Breach Can't Constitute Violation Of Prohibitory Orders U/S 144 CrPC: Allahabad HC Quashes FIR

Noting that a vigilant tweet by the resident of a society about breach of the COVID-19 protocol can't constitute a violation of prohibitory orders passed under Section 144 of CrPC, the Allahabad High Court recently quashed criminal proceedings against Man who had tweeted that maids were entering his society without sanitizing their hands etc. The Bench of Justice J. J Munir...