[Malegaon Blast]This Is The Concept Of An Open Court, If You Want To Rely On Documents You Must Give A Copy To The Other Side – Bombay High Court To Purohit

The Bombay High court on Wednesday once again refused to allow 2008 Malegaon blast accused Lt. Colonel Prasad Purohit to bring certain 'confidential' documents related to his service in the Indian Army, on record, without serving a copy to the intervenor, a victim of the blast. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale said in unequivocal terms that if a petitioner...

Delhi High Court Directs Suspension of HappyEasyGo.com Ad Account On Google, On MakeMyTrip Plea

A single judge bench of Justice Jayant Nath of the Delhi High Court has directed search engine major Google to suspend the advertising account of travel booking website, HappyEasyGo.com on its Ad Words programme, where companies bid for keywords to appear on top of Google's search results.The directive comes on two contempt petitions by Make-MyTrip (MMT) in against HappyEasyGo (HEG) for...

Avoid Addressing Me As 'Your Lordship' Or 'My Lord': Punjab & Haryana High Court Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi Requests Bar Members

In a significant move, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued a note requesting the Members of the Bar to avoid addressing Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi as 'Your Lordship' Or 'My Lord'. The note has been issued as per the request of the Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi, who has urged Bar Members to also avoid saying 'Obliged' and 'Grateful'. The Complete note reads, "It is for...

Maharashtra Govt Ban On School Fee Hike Prospective; Won't Apply To Schools Which Fixed Fee Before May 8, 2020 : Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra state government to deal with complaints regarding fee hike in schools on a case-to-case basis, while disposing off a clutch of petitions by private unaided schools challenging a Government Resolution from May 8, 2020. The GR barred private unaided schools from increasing their fees for the academic year 2020-21, in view of the...

'This Is False' : Karnataka HC On BJP's Affidavit Claiming That No Public Gatherings Were Held During COVID19

The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) on Wednesday withdrew an affidavit filed by it before the Karnataka High Court in which it stated that no public rally or gathering was held by the party during the COVID-19 pandemic times.This happened after the Court warned that there will be action for perjury for making a false statement on affidavit."A very bold statement to make that this party has...

Chief Justice Of Himachal Pradesh High Court Constitutes 'National Law University, Advisory Committee' To Look After HPNLU

Vide Office Order dated 02nd March, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has informed that the Chief Justice of the High Court has constituted 'National Law University, Advisory Committee' to look after the matters pertaining to Himachal Pradesh National Law University. This committee will comprise the following two Judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court: - Justice Tarlok...

EWS Quota : What Is The Difficulty In Publishing Forward Communities List? Kerala HC Asks State On NSS Plea

On Wednesday, the Kerala High Court heard a petition challenging, among other issues, the failure to publish the list of forward communities. The petitioner, the Nair Service Society (NSS), on Wednesday alleged that the state government was lethargic in publishing the list, which was a requisite to apply for non-creamy layer certificates to avail economically weaker section...

Permission Of Court For Further Investigation Not Mandatory, But Seeking It A Well-Accepted Legal Practice: Kerala High Court

While deciding a criminal revision petition on Tuesday, the Kerala High Court was tasked with whether court permissions were mandatory when seeking further investigation and whether material necessarily had to be collected before such investigation was instituted. A Bench of Justice R Narayana Pisharadi ruled that while a permission for further investigation was not mandated by...

Lyricist Javed Akhtar files Caveat in SC in Actor Kangana Ranaut's Transfer Plea

Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar who has accused actor Kangana Ranaut of criminal defamation, on Wednesday filed a Caveat in the Supreme Court in the actor, and her sister, Rangoli Chandel's transfer petition. The duo, facing prosecution in three criminal cases in Mumbai for their critical remarks on social media, moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of these cases to Himachal Pradesh,...

Use Of Slang Like 'Tom, Dick & Harry' Not Permissible In Pleadings : Delhi HC Dismisses Petition

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition raising grievances against the functioning of the National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal, for using slang language in the petition draft. Single judge bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh wrote, "The petitioner appears to have drafted the petition on his own. A perusal.. shows that there is slang language in this petition."The order goes...

Kerala High Court Seeks Details Of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Cops Accused Of Assaulting Lawyer

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the state police chief to produce the details of complaints received against two police officers and also to inform if there are any disciplinary proceedings pending against them.A single bench of Justice N Nagaresh passed this order while hearing a writ petition filed by Advocate C S Hemalal, who alleged that he was assaulted by two police...

Plea To Provide Legal Aid To NRC Excluded People In Assam: Gauhati High Court Issues Notice To UOI, State Government

While hearing a plea filed by the Human rights organization 'Citizens for Justice and Peace' (CJP) [led by Teesta Setalvad] seeking proper legal aid for such people who have been left out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, the Gauhati High Court on Monday (01st March) issued notice to the Union of India, State Government among others. The Petitioner-organization...