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VC Hearing: 'Discourteous & Shocking': Allahabad High Court Reprimands Lawyer Who Appeared With A Person Without Shirt
In yet another incident of Lawyer appearing before the Court in a 'discourteous manner', the Allahabad High Court yesterday reprimanded a Lawyer who appeared through VC mode accompanied by another person who was visible on screen, "bare body and without a shirt"The Bench of Justice Jaspreet Singh observed that it is the responsibility of a Lawyer to ensure that there is no such incident...
Non-Availability Of A Judge At Headquarters Seriously Invades Citizen's Liberty: Allahabad High Court
Expressing its displeasure over the non-availability of Judgeship at the Aligarh District Court to hear the matters, the Allahabad High Court last week entertained a bail plea filed by an applicant who approached the High Court in the first instance.Noting that the Bail plea could not be filed before the lower court in Aligarh District as it was closed due to COVID, the Bench of...
Stopping Police Access To CCTV Cameras Interferes With Public Duty: Bombay High Court Asks State Govt, L&T To Resolve Contractual Dispute
The Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, has observed that the act of a maintenance agency, stopping Police access to CCTV cameras that are installed in public places for monitoring criminal activities, interferes in performance of public duty and is prima facie questionable in law.It has therefore asked the State of Maharashtra and Larsen and Tourbo (maintenance agency in this case) to settle...
West Bengal State Assembly Passes Resolution For The Creation Of Legislative Council
In a significant development, the West Bengal Legislative Assembly today passed a resolution to create a Legislative Council in the state under Article 169 of the Constitution of India.A total of 265 members were present in the assembly today when the resolution was moved by state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee. While a total of 196 MLAs voted in favour of the resolution,...
'Students' Lives At Risk' : Plea In High Court To Cancel Karnataka SSLC Examinations
A Public interest litigation has been filed in the Karnataka High Court to quash the notification issued by the State government by which it has decided to conduct SSLC examination for the academic year 2020-21. The examination is scheduled to be held on July 19 and 20. The petition filed by S V Singre Gowda states that the whole world is fighting the pandemic which has changed the...
FMGE 2020 : Delhi High Court Awards One Extra Mark To Candidates For Incorrect Question
A single judge bench of Justice Prateek Jalan of the Delhi High Court has ordered for 1 extra mark to be granted to candidates of the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE), December 2020, in light of an incorrect question in the paper.The bench has directed that all candidates who answered the question incorrectly, should be awarded one extra mark, and also held that all those...
VC Hearing: Lawyer Tries To Dress Up As Order Being Dictated, Allahabad High Court Calls The Act 'Unacceptable'
The Allahabad High Court yesterday termed the act of the lawyer as 'unacceptable' who was trying to dress himself up while the Court was dictating the Order in a bail application.Listing the matter as fresh on July 26, the Bench of Justice Samit Gopal said:"Learned counsel appearing for the applicant is not in proper uniform as per the modalities of functioning of the Court. He is trying to...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Seeks State's Response On Plea Seeking Food Security For Transgender Persons In Indore
The Madhya Pradesh High Court last week sought response of the State government on a plea seeking welfare measures, including providing food to the Transgender community in Indore, in wake of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.A Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla directed the State government to file a response detailing the measures undertaken within a span...
'Bound By Supreme Court Observations About Prima Facie Case' : Delhi High Court On Zahoor Ahmed Shah Watali's Bail Plea
The Delhi High Court yesterday renotified Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali's appeal for bail on account of lapse of time, in connection with a terror funding case. The bench of Justices Sidharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani has renotified the case for hearing in August after the lower court would have passed order on framing of charges.The bench said that as the Supreme Court...
'Father Stan Swamy Was A Long Standing Activist' : UN Body Mourns His Death In Custody; Urges India To Release Persons Detained Without Legal Basis
Today, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) urged India to release every person detained without a sufficient legal basis, including those arrested simply for expressing critical or dissenting views. Furthermore, it stressed the call on the Government of India to ensure that no one is detained for exercising their fundamental rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly,...
UP Court Refuses Bail To Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan In UAPA Case
A local court in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh has rejected the bail plea of Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan who has been booked under various offences under the stringent UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act).Taking note of the allegations against Kappan, Additional Sessions Judge Anil Kumar Pandey rejected the bail plea. The Court primarily took into account the alleged material...