Exercise Restraint If Sri Lankan Fishermen Stray Into Indian Waters, Persuade Lankan Authorities To Do Same In Case Of Indian Fishermen: Madras HC To UOI

Indian fishermen should be educated and, if necessary, gadgets installed that sound an alarm ahead of the international maritime boundary line so that accidental overstepping across the Indian waters do not take place: Madras High Court

E-Connectivity Issues At Courts In Jammu & Kashmir: High Court Directs BSNL To Convene Meeting With IT Staff & NIC; Submit ATR

Taking note of connectivity issues faced by many Courts in the Union Territory, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to sit with the IT Officers and resolve all the issues cropping up in the High Court as well as in the Subordinate Courts. While hearing a suo moto PIL registered at the time of outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic, which was...

Bombay High Court Refuses Transit Pre-Arrest Bail To ET Now Anchor In Rape Case

The Bombay High Court recently refused transit anticipatory bail to Mumbai-based ET Now anchor and analyst Varun Hiremath who is accused of raping a 22-year-old woman from Pune in a hotel in Delhi, last month. A single bench of Justice PD Naik heard the transit pre-arrest application on March 1 and rejected it the same day. "There is no dispute about powers to grant transit...

Toolkit Case : Delhi Court Extends Interim Protection For Shantanu Muluk & Nikita Jacob Till March 15

A Delhi Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing in the anticipatory bail applications filed by Shantanu Muluk and Mumbai based lawyer, Nikita Jacob in connection with the Delhi Police FIR over the 'toolkit' made for organizing farmers protests. However, the Court went ahead to extend their interim protections and ordered that no coercive action shall be taken against both Jacob and Muluk till the...

Pendency Of Cases Under Animal/Forest Laws: Calcutta High Court Directs All Subordinate Courts To Proceed With Such Cases On 'War-Footing'

In a significant move, the Calcutta High Court last week directed the Courts subordinate to it to expedite the adjudication of matters pending under different animal laws and forest laws. Significantly, the Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee remarked, "The judiciary should be prompt to ensure that all allegations of intrusion into the...

Karnataka's Restrictions On Travel From Kerala Against Centre's Orders: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday rebuked the Karnataka Government for not modifying the order by which it imposed restrictions on travel from the neighboring state of Kerala.Although a statement was made by the government advocate on the last hearing date (March 5) that the order will be modified, the court was informed today that the State government has not modified the order dated...

'Shameful, Disturbing': Jharkhand High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Murder Of A Family As Part Of 'Witch-Hunt'

The Jharkhand High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the 'disturbing' killings of five members of a family in the State, including a five years old child, allegedly as an outcome of a witch-hunt. At the outset, a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad expressed displeasure at the fact that the evil of witchcraft still persists...

"Approach HC And Make Representation To Govt": SC Declines To Entertain PIL Seeking Enactment Of Uniform Act To Regulate Marine Fishing

Supreme Court has on Monday allowed withdrawal of PIL filed seeking directions for enactment of an uniform act to regulate the marine fishing for protection of rights and interest of traditional fishermen. A three- judge Bench led by CJI Bobde has granted the petitioners liberty to approach the Madras High Court and make representations to the Government in respect of the new policy namely,...

Temporary Employees Cannot Be Regularised In Violation Of Supreme Court Directives In Uma Devi Case : Kerala High Court

A directive by the Kerala High Court at the tail end of an appeal judgment from February this year has now created a furore in the state; the High Court has called upon the Chief Secretary to the Government of Kerala to issue instructions prohibiting regularisation of temporary employees in government organisations, institutions, departments and corporations. The Bench comprising...

Anand Teltumbde Helped Brother To Expand Maoist Movements, NIA Alleges; Haven't Met Brother For 25 Years, Says Anand

The National Investigating Agency has said that former IIT professor and academic, Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgaar Parishad case, inspired his brother, a wanted Maoist leader, to join the movement and shared "banned literature" from his international conferences with him. Even though the two brothers have led entirely separate lives, Teltumbde as a professor...

Zo Rooms Entitled to 7% Shareholding In $9 bln Valued-Oyo, Arbitral Tribunal Holds

An award by an arbitral tribunal in a tussle between Oravel Stays Pvt Ltd (Oyo) and start-up Zostel Hospitality Pvt Ltd (Zostel), holding that Zo Rooms is entitled to allotment of 7% shareholding in Oyo, could open the doors to what Zostel is touting as the "biggest exit in the Indian startup eco-system".The award was passed in a 3-year old arbitration dispute between the two hospitality...

Mehbooba Mufti's Plea For Issuance Of Passport: Jammu & Kashmir HC Seeks External Ministry, Govt's Response Within 2 Weeks

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday (08th March) sought government's response on a plea filed by the former Chief Minister of J&K & Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti over delay in issuance of passport to her allegedly for want for police verification. The Senior Counsel Jahangir Iqbal Ganai (Counsel appearing for Mufti) submitted before the Bench...