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'Police Personnel Are On Streets Doing Duty Diligently During COVID' : Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL For Action Against Alleged Police Atrocities During Lockdown
The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a public interest litigation filed by an advocate seeking directions to concerned Station House Officers to register First Information Reports (FIR) against the police officials who allegedly tortured lockdown violators. A division bench of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice M Nagaprasanna held that the petition filed by Advocate...
Plea For Induction of Foreign Medical Graduates In COVID Workforce : Supreme Court Gives NMC 3 Weeks Time To Reply
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted three week's time to the National Medical Commission to file its reply in the plea filed seeking direction mandating the induction of Foreign Medical Graduates in the healthcare workforce of the country to augment the ailing healthcare system. The Bench has also granted one week's time to the petitioners to reply and file their rejoinder to the...
Karnataka II PUC Exam : How Can There Be Different Yardsticks For Repeaters, Freshers & Private Students? High Court Asks
Asking "How can you have different yardstick for repeaters and private students and fresher students?," the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the state government and other respondents on a public interest litigation, questioning the government notification, with regard to passing off all II PUC students (freshers) based on the marks obtained in I PUC class, but...
"Prima Facie Insulting SC/ST Communities":Delhi High Court Upholds Order For Registering FIR For Caste-Based Questions In Recruitment Exam By DSSSB
Holding that caste-based questions put in the primary teachers' recruitment exams conducted by the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) were prima facie intentionally insulting, or intimidating, with a view to insult members of specific castes, the Delhi High Court today upheld a trial court order directing for the registration of an FIR against unknown offenders under the...
COVID 19: Gauhati High Court Further Extends Interim Orders Till June 25
The full bench of the Gauhati High Court on Monday extended further extended by two weeks all interim orders passed by the High Court and all other subordinate Courts and Tribunals till June 25.Full Bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Justices N. Kotiswar Singh and Manash Ranjan Pathak was dealing with the suo moto PIL instituted by the Court owing to the daily surge of...
"Application Is Vague": Bombay high Court While Issuing Notice On Kangana Ranaut's Plea For Passport Renewal
The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that Kangana Ranaut was seeking directions against the Passport Authority of India to renew her passport but failed to make them a party to her plea. Justices PB Varale and SP Tavade were hearing Ranaut's plea seeking directions to the passport authorities to renew/re-issue her passport, alleging they objected the same owing to the sedition...
Justice DY Chandrachud E-Inaugurates 3 Projects At Madhya Pradesh High Court Including Secure Wi-Fi Project
Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Chairperson of e-Committee, Supreme Court of India on Monday E-inaugurated the Secure wi-fi project & Implementation of CIS software with Land Records for the High Court of Madhya Pradesh & National Service and tracking of Electronic processes for District Judiciary.Justice Mohammad Rafiq, Chief Justice High Court of...
Set Up 'Public Land Protection Cells' Across State To Check Encroachments: Madhya Pradesh High Court To State Govt
In order to provide a statewide solution to the problems related to encroachment, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Chief Secretary of the State to devise a permanent body designated as Public Land Protection Cell with District Collector as its Chairman and officer of the Rank of Tehsildar as its Member Secretary.The Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Sujoy Paul...
"Should This Court Wait Till Right To Speedy Trial Fully Negated?": Delhi High Court While Granting Bail To Delhi Riots Accused Asif Iqbal Tanha
Delivering its verdict in the appeal against rejection of bail of Delhi Riots accused Asif Iqbal Tanha, the Delhi High Court division bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani today held that it was of the view that, "no offence under sections 15, 17 or 18 UAPA is made-out against the appellant (Tanha) on a prima facie appreciation of the subject charge-sheet and the...
Kerala High Court To Hear Aisha Sultana's Plea For Anticipatory Bail On Thursday
Kerala High Court has adjourned the hearing on filmmaker Aisha Sultana's plea for anticipatory Bail to Thursday Justice Ashok Menon was hearing the petition filed by Sultana over FIR for sedition taken against her over her remarks against the island administration's new regulations.The Court has asked the response from Kavaratti police. She was seeking pre-arrest bail in the FIR registered...
Kangana Ranaut Moves Bombay High Court After Passport Authorities Raise Objection In Passport Renewal
Actor Kangana Ranaut has filed an application in the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the passport authorities to renew/re-issue her passport after they raised an objection for the same owing to the sedition FIR pending against her. In her application, Kangana has said that she needs to travel abroad for her professional commitments and had applied for re-issuance as her...