Delhi High Court Hears Matters Till Late Night For The Second Time During Ongoing Summer Vacations

Setting a precedent in the efficient discharge of judicial duties, a new benchmark has been set by the Delhi High Court vacation benches. For the second time during the ongoing summer vacations, benches have been hearing matters till late in the night.A single-judge bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh of the Delhi High Court today has been hearing cases before the court's Summer Vacation Bench...

KAT Advocates' Association Approaches High Court Seeking Appointment Of Chairman And Extension Of Judicial Members By Another Term

The Kerala Administrative Tribunal Advocates' Association recently moved High Court aggrieved by the inaction by the Union and state government to extend the term of the present judicial members completing their first term by 19 July 2021, and to appoint a new chairman in the place of the former chairman. The Public Interest Litigation elaborated on how the Kerala Administrative...

West Bengal Post-Poll Violence: NHRC Constitutes Committee To Look Into Complaints As Per Calcutta High Court's Order

The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Justice Arun Mishra has constituted a Committee to enquire into the complaints of post-poll violence in the state of West Bengal and has asked the committee to start its inquiry process immediately.This comes after the Calcutta High Court today refused to recall its June 18 order directing the National Human Rights Commission...

Jaipal Bhullar Encounter: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Second Postmortem In View Of Supreme Court's Direction

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today ordered a second post-mortem to examination to be conducted on the dead body of alleged gangster Jaipal Singh Bhullar. This order comes after the Supreme Court last week set aside an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court itself dismissing the petition filed by the father of Bhullar, who was allegedly killed in an alleged fake...

Personal Law Will Not Override POCSO Act, Child Marriage Restraint Act : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that "though second marriage is permissible under the Mohammedan Law, but the personal law cannot override the Special Law of POCSO, Child Marriage Restraints Act and General Penal Code of this Country." A single bench of Justice K Natarajan, while dismissing the bail application filed by accused RAHUL @ NAYAZ PASHA, said "Merely because the parties...

Saradha Chit Fund Scam: "CBI Couldn't Justify Her Further Custodial Detention" Debjani Mukherjee Granted Bail By Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court last week granted bail to Debjani Mukherjee, who is an accused in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijit Banerjee granted her bail noting that it does not appear that the trial will conclude within a measurable distance of time. The Court also observed that it would be a...

COVID- "Show More Sympathy While Dealing With Students": Madras High Court To Education Authorities

The Madras High Court last week observed that the education authorities need to show more sympathy and understanding while dealing with the students, particularly during this pandemic period. The Bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh further remarked that : "There is already a surge in the number of cases before the Psychiatrists to whom children are taken for counselling...

Woman IPS Officer's Sexual Harassment Complaint: Madras High Court Extends CB-CID Probe By 6 Weeks

The Madras High Court on Friday extended by six weeks, the time granted to CB-CID for completing the probe into alleged sexual harassment of a woman IPS officer by a senior police official (now suspended). A Bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh ordered thus after perusing the status report filed by the Investigating Officer explaining the progress made in the investigation so...

Though E-Filing Portal Is Available, Very Few Lawyers Doing E-Filing : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Monday orally said that even though the E-filing facility is made available hardly any lawyers are e-filing cases on the portal. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj said "Regular portal for e-filing is available for more than 1 year". The bench directed the Registrar (Computer) to file a report before the court on...

NIA Court Discharges UAPA Accused In IISc Attack Case After 4 Years Jail

A Special NIA court in Bengaluru has discharged an accused Mohammed Habeeb arrested for his alleged role in connection with the December 2005 shooting case at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) which led to the death of one person and injuries to some others. Special Judge Dr. Kasanappa Naik discharged the accused saying "The prosecution has not made out prima facie case...

Justice Anup Bhambhani Of Delhi High Court Recuses From Hearing Pleas Against IT Rules

Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani of the Delhi High Court today recused himself from hearing pleas by digital media houses The Wire, The Quint and others challenging the constitutional validity of the Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The petitions were listed before a vacation bench comprising Justice Bhambhani and Jasmeet Singh.As...

Wary Of Those Who Seek Fire-Arm License To Flaunt/Parade In Public As Fashion Trend: Madhya Pradesh High Court To Authorities

Stressing that an individual's own feeling of insecurity is an important factor while granting the fire-arm license, the Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that the Authority, however, must be wary of those needs which are fanciful or simply pretentious or purely fired by a desire to flaunt or parade in public the fire-arm as a fashion trend.The Bench of Justice S.A.Dharmadhikari remarked:"It is...