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Delhi Riots: Court Allows Safoora Zargar To Visit Home Town In Kashmir, Directs Her To 'Drop a Pin' On Google Maps For Location Verification
A Delhi Court has allowed student activist Safoora Zargar, accused in the Delhi riots case, to visit her home town in Kashmir for a period of one month for performing one of the ceremonies 'Aqiqah' on the occasion of festival of Eid-ul-Milad.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat allowed Zargar's plea subject to the condition that she will drop a pin on Google Maps for the purpose...
Kerala High Court Extends Interim Orders Yet Again Till 26th July Amid Ongoing Pandemic
A full bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday further extended the life of interim orders up to 26th July 2021. Chief Justice S Manikumar, Justice C.T Ravikumar, and Justice Shaji P Chaly considered that it was pertinent to extend these orders amidst the continuing lockdown restrictions in the State. Advocate General Gopalakrishna Kurup produced before the Court government orders dated...
National Lok Adalat Settled Over 32,000 Cases: Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority
On July 10, 2021, the Madhya Pradesh State Legal Service Authorities marked a breakthrough in the disposal of cases at the National Lok Adalat organised state-wide. The Press Note by MPSLSA reads that 32,119 cases were disposed of by constituting 1267 benches resulting in a settlement of Rs. 4,93,72,35,299. Of over 32,000 cases, 5960 pertained to Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and 6037 to...
Justice Shampa Sarkar Of Calcutta High Court To Hear Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition Tomorrow
After Justice Kausik Chanda of the Calcutta High Court decided to recuse from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Election petition, the matter has now been assigned to the bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar.Banerjee's petition had challenged the election of BJP candidate Suvendhu Adhikari from the Nandigram Constituency in the recently held West Bengal assembly polls.Filing...
Bombay High Court Dismisses Sanatan Sanstha's Petition Against Facebook For Blocking Their Page
The Bombay High Court at Goa, on Monday, dismissed Sanatan Sanstha's petition challenging Facebook's decision to block their social media page for violating their community standards. A division bench of Justices MS Sonak and MS Jawalkar observed that the petition is "sketchy" and the pleadings are "unclear". Moreover, if there is a breach of contractual obligation, then the...
Approach Centre For Additional Supply Of Covid-19 Vaccines If Allocated Quota Is Inadequate: Karnataka High Court Tells State
The Karnataka High Court on July 9 directed the state government to place on record the assessment made on Covid-19 vaccine requirement for administering second doses in the State, during the months of July and August. Amicus curiae Vikram Huilgol raised a question whether the doses available in July 2021 to the state government from the Central government will be sufficient to meet...
Arsenal Report Can't Be Relied Upon, Pune Police Opposes Rona Wilson's Plea Alleging Planting Of Materials In Bhima Koregaon Case
The Pune police that was stripped of the investigations into the Bhima-Koregaon Elgar-Parishad case by the Union government in January 2020, has filed an affidavit on the same lines as the National Investigation Agency(NIA) opposing activist Rona Wilson's petition seeking to quash the case before the Bombay High Court. The affidavit filed by Deputy Commissioner of Police...
West Bengal Post Poll Violence: Calcutta High Court Takes On Record NHRC Committee's Final Report; Adjourns Case To July 22 For Arguments
The Calcutta High Court has taken on record the final report submitted by a Committee of the National Human Rights Commission, which examined the allegations of post-poll violence in West Bengal. Based on the Committee's interim report, the High Court had observed on July 2 that the 2021 Assembly elections in the state were prima facie followed by violent episodes, leading to...
'Silicon City Of India Is In Karnataka And You Don't Want VC Facilities For Quasi Judicial Authorities?': High Court To State
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to ensure that the State Revenue Department submits a proposal to the Finance department under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, for providing video conferencing facilities to quasi-judicial authorities in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj said "We direct the state...
Calcutta High Court Permits E-Payment Of Court Fees From July 15
The Calcutta High Court has permitted e-payment of Court Fees from July 15 for the original and appellate side as well as its Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri. A Standing Operating Procedure (SOP) has been notified in this regard consisting of a step-by-step tutorial for making online payment of Court Fees. In order to make online payment of Court Fees, litigants have to access the...
Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of Centre, UIDAI On Plea Seeking Mechanism For Issuing New Aadhar Numbers To Existing Users
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response of the Centre and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in a plea seeking mechanism and procedure for issuance of new Aadhar numbers to existing users as per Section 23 (n) of the Aadhaar (Targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies and service) Act, 2016.Justice Rekha Palli issued notice on a plea filed by a businessman who...