No Law Obliges Stating Of Religion While Seeking Sanction To Transfer Immovable Property: Gujarat HC Grants Pre Arrest Bail To Parsi Man

The Gujarat High Court last week granted Anticipatory Bail to a Parsi man named Feroze Falibhai Contractor, against whom an FIR had been lodged by a Hindu man as he allegedly hid his religion while selling his property under the Disturbed Areas Act. While granting him the bail, the Bench of Justice Umesh A. Trivedi specifically observed, "Prima facie, it appears that no law obliges...

Delhi Riots- Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Two Men After Doubting Eye Witness's Testimony In Murder, Conspiracy Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to two men namely Pradeep Rai and Aman Kashyap facing trial of murder and conspiracy in connection with a Delhi Riots case that broke out in Northeast Delhi last year after doubting the testimony of eye witness who alleged to have seen the incident happening at a place situated away from his house.A single judge bench comprising of Justice Suresh...

"Few Govts Being Run With A Single Person/Few Persons Exercising Real Authority Like In US": Madras High Court

The Madras High Court last week observed that though the form of government both at the Centre and in the States is fashioned after the Westminister style, in fact, some of them work with a single person or a few persons exercising real authority. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing the plea praying that more prominent...

Kerala High Court Directs Family Courts To Mask The Name Of Adoptive Parents When Issuing Certified Copies Of Orders

In a recent judgment, the Kerala High Court directed the Registrar (District Judiciary) to issue necessary directions to all family courts in the state to mask the name of adoptive parents while issuing certified copies of orders.While hearing a case pertaining to the correctness of a procedure for surrender and adoption, a Division Bench of Justices A Muhamed Mustaque and Dr Kauser...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [April 5, 2021 – April 11, 2021]

Allahabad High Court 1. Allahabad High Court Lays Down Procedure & Standard Of Evidence For Enquiry Into Criminal Antecedents Of A Candidate During Selection Process [Sanny Kumar v. State of UP & Ors.] A Single Bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot laid down the procedure to be adopted by the competent authority for inquiring into the criminal antecedents of a candidate for the...

'Citizens Have Right To Freedom Of Speech & Expression, Protest Was Peaceful': Madras HC Quashes FIR Against CAA Protester

While observing that the Petitioner had organized a peaceful protest against the amendments made to the Citizenship Laws, the Madras High Court recently quashed the FIR filed against a person named Jafar Sathick. The Bench of Justice R. Hemalatha was hearing the petition seeking a direction to quash the First Information Report in Crime No.63 of 2020 of Boothapandy Police...

Assam NRC- Citizen Can't Be Declared Foreigner Just Because Linkage Is Not Shown With All Relatives : Gauhati High Court

A person who has proved linkage with parents/grandparents, whose names are in voters lists, can't be declared a foreigner just because he did not show linkage with all relatives.

Mumbai Police Closes Chapter Proceedings Initiated Against Arnab Goswami

The Mumbai Police has terminated the chapter proceedings initiated against Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami as the enquiry against him was not completed within the stipulated six-month window. Assistant Commissioner of Police Sudhir Jambavdekar (Worli Division) passed the order, on Saturday, following Goswami's application under section 116(6) of the Criminal Procedure Code.On October 10,...

COVID Second Wave- "Desist From Exploiting Situation By Overcharging Affected Persons": MP High Court To IMA Members

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (07th April) asked the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and MP Nursing Home Association members to desist from "exploiting" the coronavirus situation by overcharging the affected persons in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic. The Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Sanjay Dwivedi was hearing two Interlocutory...

Open Source Programmer Moves Kerala High Court Against IT Intermediary Rules 2021

On Friday, a free-and-open-source (FOSS) programmer moved the Kerala High Court challenging the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (the Rules). A Bench of Justice PV Asha took up the petition on Friday and asked the Office for the Assistant Solicitor General to take instructions from the Union government in respect of the...

Second Covid Wave: NCDRC To Function Through Video Conferencing From April 12, Suspends Physical, Hybrid Hearings

In view of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, the President of the National Commission Disputes Redressal Commission of India (NCDRC) Justice RK Agrawal, today decided to suspend the physical hearing and hybrid hearing of the cases till further orders.According to the notice released dated 10th April 2021, it has been stated that the cases listed for physical hearings and hybrid hearings...

Arbitration- Tribunals Should Decide Objections On Its Jurisdiction As Preliminary Issue; High Courts Have Limited Power To Interfere In Proceedings :Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court recently made significant observations with regard to the power of an Arbitral Tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction and the manner of deciding the same. A Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh also addressed the issue of jurisdiction of High Courts over arbitral tribunals and the scope of such interference. Law governing applications under Section 16...