DMK Moves Madras High Court Seeking Elimination Of Old EVMs, Live CCTV Coverage Of Voting, Etc.

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Wednesday (24th March) moved the Madras High Court with its plea seeking certain directions on the Election Commission to ensure the free and fair conduct of the coming State Assembly Elections. Hearing the plea, the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy directed the Election Commission to come up with a...

Ensure That 'Kumbh Mela' Doesn't Turn Into COVID Breeding Ground, COVID Test Mandatory: Uttarakhand High Court

Days after Uttarakhand's Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat publicly announced that pilgrims would not need to bring RT-PCR COVID-19 test report while coming for Kumbh Mela, the Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday (24th March), in effect, made the test mandatory. However, media reports have suggested that the State Government has now issued an official order making it mandatory for...

Potentiality Of Acquired Land Has To Be Taken Into Consideration To Determine Market Value: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that potentiality of the acquired land is one of the primary factors to be taken into consideration to determine the market value of the land.The question whether a land has potential value or not primarily depends upon its condition, situation, use to which it is put or its reasonable capability of being put and also its proximity to residential, commercial...

UAPA- "In Absence Of Any Connection Between Alleged Act And Property Recovered, It Cannot Be Assumed That Property Was Acquired By Terrorist Act": Patna HC

The Patna High Court on Monday observed that in absence of any connection between the act alleged and the property recovered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, it cannot be assumed that those properties were acquired by the terrorist act. The observation came by a single judge bench comprising of Justice Birendra Kumar while dealing with a petition filed by the family members of...

Karnataka High Court Directs Penal Action Against Participants Of Public Rally For Not Wearing Facemasks

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to ensure that penal and other actions are initiated in accordance with law against those persons who attended rallies held on March 23 violating COVID-19 norms regarding social distancing and wearing of face masks. Advocate G R Mohan appearing for one of the petitioner today filed a memo before the court drawing...

'Strict' Election Commission Can Ensure Govt. Funds Aren't Brazenly Used For Campaigning Purposes Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Tuesday (23rd March) observed that in an ideal situation, there should be a level playing field where the government functionaries do not use the perks and benefits in the office while they campaign for election purposes. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a plea seeking a prohibition on Ministers...

Setting Out Two Separate Prayers For Injunction, One For Infringement And Other For Passing Off A Singularly Unwise Practice: Bombay High Court

“I would venture to suggest as a matter of law that the operative injunction order should only be as an injunction without a restriction specifying infringement or passing off”.

Collector Of Dadra And Nagar Haveli Sandeep Kumar Singh Seeks Quashing Of "Politically Motivated" FIR In MP Suicide

Sandeep Kumar Singh, the collector of Silvassa has moved the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him in connection with the suicide of Member of Parliament Mohan Delkar. Singh has said that the FIR is politically motivated and Mumbai Police does not have the jurisdiction to investigate the case. The petition was briefly heard by the division bench...

"Ensure Safety And Security Of Umar Khalid And Others"; Delhi Court Directs Tihar Jail Superintendent

A Delhi Court on Wednesday directed the Tihar Jail Suprintendent and police personnel to ensure safety and security of Umar Khalid and other co accused persons while sending and receiving them back to Jail from the Court including the transit for the purpose of his physical production tomorrow in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy hearing.The direction came from Additional Sessions Judge...

Delhi Riots : High Court Vacates Stay On Trial Of 'Larger Conspiracy' Case Under UAPA

In view of the Delhi government's submission that the accused in the case are at liberty to collect a complete hard copy of the filed chargesheet from the trial court on Mar 25, the Delhi High Court today vacated its stay on the trial of the case. The Court had earlier stayed the trial in the case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, upon the prosecution's appeal against a trial...

NIA Invokes UAPA In Ambani Bomb Scare Case :Thane Court Directs ATS To Transfer Papers To NIA

The Chief Judicial Magistrate in Thane has directed the Anti -Terrorism Squad not to proceed with their investigation in the Mansukh Hiren murder case and handover all case-related documents to the National Investigating Agency. CJM PP Ingale observed that the Central Government has given directions to the NIA under Section 6 and 8 of the NIA Act to investigate this crime as it...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Amend Juvenile Justice Act; Empower District Magistrates To Authorise Adoption Orders

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021. The Bill inter alia, seeks to re-define the category of "serious offences" under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and further, empower the District Magistrates to pass adoption orders. It was introduced in the House by the Minister of...