Calcutta High Court Directs State To File Report On Withdrawal Of Security Of BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal State government to submit a comprehensive report on the State government's withdrawal of security of BJP MLA and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. Justice Shivkant Prasad directed the State to submit the aforementioned report before the next date of hearing i.e. on July 1. Suvendu Adhikari had filed a plea before...

Alleged Illegal Detention And Conversion Of Woman And Son: Kerala High Court Orders Investigation Into The Matter After Husband's Plea

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday, while hearing a matter where a woman and her son were allegedly detained and converted to Islam, ordered for their production before the Court within a week. A Division Bench of Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. issued a direction to the police to conduct a thorough investigation and file a report in the matter. The...

UP Local Polls- Allegations Against BJP Creating Pressure On Candidates, Allahabad HC Directs Election Commission To Ensure Fair Polls

The Allahabad High Court today directed the State Election Commission of Uttar Pradesh to ensure free and fair elections to be conducted of Zila Panchayat Chairpersons in the State tomorrow.The Bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Saurabh Lavania was hearing the plea of one Anita, who is a candidate for the Zila Panchayat Chairperson Post from Sitapur District in Uttar Pradesh from...

"Not Attired In Proper Uniform": Patna High Court Refuses To Take Notice Of Public Prosecutor's Appearance

The Patna High Court yesterday refused to take notice of the appearance of the learned APP in a criminal matter as he was not attired in proper uniform. The Bench of Justice Madhuresh Prasad said that the Court "could not take notice" of APP's appearance as he was not in proper uniform.Thus, the matter was adjourned to be listed on Friday (July 2, 2021) when he had been directed to assist...

'Prima Facie Good Case On Merit' : Kerala High Court Stays Lakshadweep Notification Increasing Stamp Duty

A Single Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday stayed all the proceedings pursuant to the Notification issued by the Lakshadweep Administration revising the existing stamp duty on the islands pending disposal of the Writ Petition. Observing that the the petitioner has made out "prima facie a good case on merits", a single bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V has stayed...

No Doubt Children Are Addicted To Online Games But Court Cannot Impose Personal Sense Of Morality: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Thursday declined to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on all online and offline video games that children and young adults are currently addicted to. The petitioner had submitted that since all educational institutions are currently closed, many children and young adults are severely addicted to such online games which could have...

Allahabad High Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Construction Of Mosques, Mazars In Chandrasekhar Azad Park

The Allahabad High Court has issued a notice, inter alia, to Uttar Pradesh Government and Waqf Board seeking removal of all the encroachments (allegedly) raised in the shape of religious constructions as Graves, Mazaars or Mosque constructed or created within the area of Alfred Park popularly known as Amar Shaheed Chandrasekhar Aazad Park. The notice was issued by the Bench of...

Unfettered Powers To Executive' : Journalist Nikhil Wagle Challenges IT Rules in Bombay High Court

Senior Journalist Nikhil Wagle has filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court challenging the recently notified Information Technology (Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 issued under the Information Technology (IT) Act. Wagle has alleged that the Rules provide "unfettered powers to the executive to direct the intermediaries to delete or modify...

Counsel Requests Adjournment When Judge Is About To Dismiss Matter, Allahabad HC Imposes 50K Cost, Later Stays It

In an interesting turn of events, the Allahabad High Court yesterday imposed 50K cost in a matter wherein the Counsel requested for adjournment when the Judge was about to dismiss the matter.However, the Bench of Justice Dr. Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, later on, stayed the order as to cost 'for the time being' when the Counsel promised that he would argue on the next date of...

Virtual Hearings To Continue At Bombay High Court Till End Of July

The Bombay High Court will continue virtual hearings till the end of July 2021, it was decided in a meeting chaired by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta on Thursday. All benches will preside for 5 hours, and the first and third Saturday will be court working Saturdays. Regarding local train commute for advocates, the State and Centre said it would try and work out the modalities for...

Based On Judge's Letter, Kerala High Court Takes Suo Moto PIL To Control Animal Cruelty

The Kerala High Court has registered a suo moto PIL to monitor state action in reported instances of cruelty to animals as also, generally, in the matter of prevention of cruelty to animals. The development comes after Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar of the Kerala High Court wrote to a letter to the Chief Justice, urging him to take cognizance of news reports of cruel and inhuman...

Supreme Court Cautions High Courts Against Unnecessary Summoning Of Officers, Quashes Jharkhand HC Order

The Supreme Court has recently quashed an order of the Jharkhand High Court in an anticipatory bail case, seeking the personal presence of State officials for the "betterment of the criminal justice system." A division bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Krishna Murari took objection to the impugned judgment and cautioned High Courts against "unnecessary summoning...