States, UTs Directed To Strictly Follow National Directives For Covid 19 Management Throughout Country: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that it has directed all the State and Union Territories to continue to strictly follow the 'National Directives for COVID-19 Management' throughout the Country. It has also stated that the Centre has also shared the framework for implementation of prompt and target action to be taken by the States. The development came after the Ministry of...

Permanent Lok Adalat Member Facing Serious Charges Can Be Suspended Even If No Suspension Provision Exists: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that merely because there is no specific provision to suspend a member of the Permanent Lok Adalat, it does not mean that one cannot be suspended even when there are such serious charges against him/her.The Bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Saurabh Lavania was hearing a plea by one Kamlesh Kumar Dixit who challenged his suspension from...

Bombay High Court's First woman Judge, Sujata Manohar, Awarded 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medals Of Honour'

Justice (Retd) Sujata Manohar, former Supreme Court judge and the first female judge and Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court in 1994, has been awarded the 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medals of Honour,' instituted by the World Jurist Association and the World Law Foundation. Justice Manohar and seven other jurists from across the world were felicitated during an international meeting...

Special Bench: Allahabad High Court Sits On Sunday To Hear Habeas Corpus Petition

Pursuant to an order of the Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court, a Special Bench was constituted today to hear a Habeas Corpus petition filed by a boy, through his Mother alleging that he had been abducted from his house and was kept in illegal detention in the torture room of a Police Station.Taking into account the stand of the Government Counsel, the Bench of Justice Pritinker...

Kerala High Court Stays Notice To Demolish Buildings In Lakshadweep For Alleged Encorachment Of Public Land

The Kerala High Court on Saturday stayed the show-cause notices issued to Lakshadweep inhabitants to demolish their buildings within 2 days on the ground that they were constructed on government land. Justice Sunil Thomas during the special sitting issued an interim order staying the operation of the aforementioned notices pending the disposal of the writ petition. The petitioners are...

Suit For Mandatory Injunction Maintainable Against Licensee To Vacate Property After Termination Of License : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that a civil suit for mandatory injunction is maintainable against a licensee to vacate the property on termination of license, despite the availability of other modes of eviction."Merely because other modes of eviction are available to the plaintiff, the remedy by way of mandatory injunction cannot be denied. The owner of immovable property on termination of...

Undertrial Prisoners Charged With Riot Cases, UAPA, PMLA, Etc. Not Entitled To Interim Bail Under HPC Guidelines: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that the undertrial prisoners who are facing trial for offences investigated by specialized agencies, cases involving riots, anti-national activities, UAPA etc., are not entitled for release under the High Powered Committee Guidelines. Relying on the relevant portions of the guidelines, Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas observed thus: "The under...

"Second Wave Has Shown A Downward Trend": Punjab & Haryana High Court Closes Covid-19 Case

Upon noting that the second wave of Covid-19 has substantially declined, the Punjab and Haryana High Court closed a petition by way of which it was monitoring the pandemic situation of the tri-city i.e. Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.A division bench comprising of Justices Rajan Gupta and Karamjit Singh observed,"Admittedly, second wave in this region has now substantially declined and...

"Uncanny Timing Of The FIRs": Calcutta HC Stays Arrest Of TMC Turncoat In 13 FIRs Registered Against Him After State Assembly Poll Results

One also cannot brush aside the argument that the change of political color by the petitioner is the ulterior reason behind the number of complaints being filed against the petitioner albeit by different persons: Calcutta High Court

Allahabad High Court Issues Guidelines For Physical Hearing From July 14; Virtual Hearing To Continue

The Allahabad High Court is set to resume the Physical Hearing, in both the benches (at Lucknow and Allahabad), from Wednesday 14th July. In this regard, the Court has finalized and released the Guidelines. However, virtual mode of hearing too, shall continue to take place.The #AllahabadHighCourt has issued the guidelines for Physical Hearing (to begin from July 14).As of now, it has been...

"Entirely Possible That Lapses Were There": Orissa HC Orders Inquiry Into Complaints Of Medical Negligence At State-Run COVID Facility

The Orissa High Court has formed a committee to conduct an inquiry into the allegations of medical negligence in the treatment of victims during COVID in the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR). The Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice Savitri Ratho took cognizance of a letter sent by one Gyanadutta Chouhanthe, highlighting, inter...

"Act Posed Serious Threat To National Security": Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Operating Illegal International Telecom Setup

The Allahabad High Court on Friday denied bail to a man accused of operating an illegal international call set up and who was terminating foreign calls in India by bypassing the legal international and national gateway.Stressing that the activities cannot be termed anything less than an organized crime, the Bench of Justice Samit Gopal observed that the said act was an act by which there was...