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Ensure Timely Assistance And Relief To Senior Citizens In Present Pandemic : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to ensure timely assistance and relief to senior citizens in need, in the present pandemic. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj said "We direct state government to issue circular to all District magistrates, within the meaning of the Karnataka Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and...
Cases Against MPs, MLAs: Punjab and Haryana High Court Seeks Details Of Cases By April 30
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday (20th April) gave a 10-day deadline to the Centre, State of Punjab, and Punjab Police to file their affidavits furnishing details of cases involving sitting and erstwhile parliamentarians and legislators of Punjab. The Bench of Justice Rajan Gupta and Justice Karamjit Singh took into account the submission made by the...
Door-To-Door Vaccination Not Possible: Centre Tells Bombay High Court
The Central Government has cited several reasons for the non-feasibility of door-to-door vaccination for the elderly in an affidavit to the Bombay High Court. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni is hearing a PIL seeking door-to-door vaccination for senior citizens above 75-years, specially-abled persons, and those suffering from serious illnesses...
'Petitioner Wants To Target A Particular Religion' : Karnataka HC Refuses To Entertain PIL Against Alleged Illegal Construction Of Crosses
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by one P Rudesh seeking directions to take action against alleged illegal construction of two crosses on a hillock in Chitradurga area. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj termed the petition to be a motivated one and said, "On plain reading of both paragraphs, it is obvious...
COVID19- Prioritize Vaccination, Ensure That Vaccination Centres Are Accessible To Persons With Disabilities: Madras High Court Directs TN Govt.
The Madras High Court on Monday (19th April) directed the State Government to make every endeavour to enable vaccination as expeditiously as possible to protect the lives of persons with disabilities. The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy directed the state government to give priority to such persons suffering from a disability,...
Consider Extending Compensation Benefits To Farmers Who Borrowed From Private Lenders, Karnataka High Court Directs State
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to take a policy decision on extending benefits of compensation to the families of farmers who committed suicide and who had taken loan from private money lenders. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj said "We direct the Chief Secretary to place the observation made by this court in...
Dowry Death- Society Has Got The Wrong Message That In-Laws Can Easily Escape Liability If They Live Separately From Victim: Madras HC
Mere giving birth to a child and providing shelter and good education, and motivating their child to get a job alone is not enough, and the first and foremost responsibility of the parents is that they should groom their children as responsible citizens: Madras HC
Residential Certificate Not A Proof Of Citizenship: Calcutta High Court
"It is needless to say that residential certificate may be obtained by any resident, he may be an Indian National or Foreign National, if he stays at a particular place. Residential certificate is not a proof of citizenship."- Calcutta High Court
Mere Statement That Complainant's Political Support Encouraged A Person To Get Involved In Immoral Activities Won't Be Defamation: Tripura HC
In a trial for defamation, it is quite essential that the details of imputation containing the words alleged to be defamatory in the character should be precisely set out in the complaint itself… the accused is entitled to know what are the accusations with regard to the imputation made against him then only he will be able to answer the accusations and shape his defence: Tripura HC
"Why Include Political Comments in PIL? We Know What Politicians Do" – Bombay High Court Tells A PIL Petitioner
The Bombay High Court on Monday pulled up a young lawyer for citing politician's tweets in her Public Interest Litigation, to highlight "mismanagement" of the Covid- 19 situation in Maharashtra. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni observed the petitioner is an advocate and therefore shouldn't have cited political commentary, instead, confined the...
Bombay High Court Quashes Sakal Times' FIR Against Newslaundry Journalist Accused Of Falsely Applying Its Trademark
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday quashed a First Information report lodged by Sakal Times against a Newslaundry ijournalist Prateek Chandragupt Goyal for using its trademark in his stories carried on the Newslaundry website. A Division Bench comprising Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale said, "Mere use of the registered trade mark of the Sakal Media Group in articles authored by...