'No Likelihood Of Trial Being Completed In Near Future' : Bombay High Court Upholds Bail Granted To Youth Accused Of Joining ISIS

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld bail granted to one of the first Islamic State recruits from India, Areeb Majeed and disposed of an appeal by the National Investigating Agency (NIA). The 27-year-old man from Kalyan, argued his own bail application. He was granted bail by the Special Court on March 17, 2020. The order was subsequently stayed after the NIA approached the HC...

'Irrevocable Loss Would Be Caused To Environment & Elephant Population': Uttarakhand High Court Stays Order De-Notifying Shivalik Elephant Reserve

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that if the proposed area of the Shivalik Elephant Reserve is diverted for expansion of Dehradun's Jolly Grant Airport, irrevocable loss would be caused, both to environment, and to the elephant population. Recording this prima facie finding, a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari stayed...

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Maximum Preventive Detention Period Under Public Safety Act

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued notice to the UT administration on a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of Section 18 of the Public Safety Act, 1978. The provision prescribes that a person, acting in a manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order, may be detained under the Act for a maximum period of twelve months and a person, acting in a...

Rajasthan High Court Asks State To Consider Representation For Inclusion Of Persons With Hearing Impairment Under PwD Act

The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking a direction to the State Government to include persons with locomotive disabilities and/or hearing impairment under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Satish Kumar Sharma has however asked the Government to review...

Karnataka High Court Imposes ₹ 10 Lakh Cost On Petitioner For Multiple Petitions Against Azim Premji

The Karnataka High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on not for profit company-India Awake for Transparency, for filing multiple petitions on the very same cause of action, seeking to register a case against founder Chairman of Wipro Company, Azim Premji and others.The Court noted that petitioner had filed multiple writ petitions in the High Court seeking criminal actions...

Time To Review Mentality Of Considering Plight Of Injured Victims Sympathetically Despite Violation Of Traffic Laws By Them: Madras High Court

It is high time for all stakeholders who are dealing with motor accident cases to review their mentality in considering the plight of injured victims sympathetically and awarding them compensation, despite violation of Traffic Laws by them, observed the Madras High Court recently. While dealing with the case of a bus driver, who was held liable by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal...

Kerala High Court Directs Police Action Against Woman Who Made False Rape Complaint After Consensual Sex

The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the police to take expeditious legal action against a woman for making a false rape complaint against a man after having consensual sex with him.The woman had lodged a complaint that a junior health inspector had forcibly raped her while she was under quarantine for COVID-19. Last November, the High Court had granted him bail, after the woman filed...

If Police Officials Are Unable To Comply With Court's Order Then They Are Unfit To Hold Their Post: Madras High Court

Noting that when the Advocate Commissioner went to inspect the property, dogs were let loose and nobody could enter into the property despite police protection, the Madras High Court on Monday (22nd February) came down heavily on the concerned police officials. The Bench of Justice N. Kirubakaran and Justice P. D. Audikesavalu sternly remarked, "The Court's orders have to...

'If One Is Going To Practice In Delhi, One Can't Be Staying In Bihar' : Delhi HC Says BCD Empowered To Demand Proof Of Residence For Enrolment

The Delhi High Court on Monday observed that it cannot issue directions to the Bar Council of Delhi to make its enrollment process completely online as it is a policy decision.However, the bench asked the Council to take a decision as expeditiously as possible on the pleas by some law graduates for making the enrolment process totally online. After the Council informed the court that...

Inclusion Of Land In CRZ As Per 2019 Notification Can Be Objected Even If Land Is Shown CRZ-III As Per 2011 Notification : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has observed that the inclusion of a land in Coastal Regulation Zone-III in the Coastal Zone Management Plan(CZMP) prepared as per the 2011 CRZ Notification is not a bar against objecting to the inclusion of the said land in a CRZ zone as per the CZMP to be made as per the 2019 CRZ Notification.A single bench of Justice PB Suresh Kumar noted that the CZMP prepared as...

Prof. (Dr.) Ved Kumari Appointed As New VC Of NLU-Odisha

Prof. Ved Kumari has been appointed as the is new Vice Chancellor of the National Law University, Odisha. The search Committee comprising of Prof SK Bhatnagar , Dr.Faizan mustafa and Justice AK Patnaik recommended three names to Chief Justice.There were 41 candidates , Eight were shortlisted. Dr. Ved Kumari was the Dean of Faculty of Law, Delhi. She was also the Chairperson the...

'Tandav' Row : Allahabad High Court Directs Amazon Content Head Aparna Purohit To Appear Before Police Tomorrow

The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Commercial Head of Amazon Prime Video, Aparna Purohit, to cooperate in the ongoing investigation against the web series 'Tandav'. A Single Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh has ordered Purohit to appear before the investigating officer tomorrow, February 23, and fully cooperate in the ongoing investigation. The...