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Allahabad High Court Seeks Response Of UP Govt & NHAI On Compensation Of Trees Cut For Road Development Activities
The Allahabad High Court has sought the responses of the UP Government and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on a PIL seeking minimum cutting of trees during development activities being carried out in the State's capital and nearby cities. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery was presiding over a PIL filed by...
Reservation To Be Provided To Transgender Community In Appointment To Post Of Constables/Sub-Inspectors: Bihar Govt. Tells Patna High Court
Accounting for the total population of the Transgender Community in the State of Bihar, as per 2011 census, one post for every 500 post of Constable/Sub-Inspector stands reserved.
Strict Proof Of Performance Of Essential Marriage Rites Not Required In Plea For Maintenance U/S 125 CrPC: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that while claiming maintenance under Section 125 of CrPC, a party need not furnish strict proof of performance of essential rites of marriage. A Single Bench of Justice Raj Beer Singh has held that if from the evidence which is led, the Magistrate/ court is prima facie satisfied with regard to the performance of marriage in proceedings under Section...
"We Are Appalled": Supreme Court Grants Bail To An Under Trial In Jail For More Than 12 Years
The Supreme Court, on Monday, granted bail to an under trial who is in jail for more than 12 years in connection with a crime registered in 2009."We are appalled to notice that the appellant is in jail in connection with the crime registered by FIR No. 226 of 2009 for more than 12 years and the trial is still not concluded.", the bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, BR Gavai and...
NCLT Admits ISRO-Arm Antrix's Plea To Wind Up Devas Multimedia; Appoints Provisional Liquidator
The National Company Law Tribunal, Bengaluru, on Tuesday admitted the petition filed by Indian Space Research Organization's commercial arm Antrix Corporation Ltd to wind up Devas Multimedia under Sections 271 and 272 of the Companies Act 2013.Antrix Corporation sought the winding up of Devas Multimedia on the grounds that the Bengaluru-based company's affairs were being have been conducted in...
Do Not Send Varavara Rao Back to Taloja Jail: Anand Grover Urges Bombay High Court
Even as Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital has finally said that the ailing 81- year-old Telugu poet - Varavara Rao – is fit for discharge, Senior Advocate Anand Grover urged the Bombay High Court on Tuesday to grant him bail on medical grounds as the Taloja Jail Hospital does not have the infrastructure to monitor his condition."The hospital (Nanavati) with medical experts has given...
'Judge Acts Like God, He Should Not Make Mistakes': Allahabad High Court Pulls Up Magistrate For Issuing Summoning Order In Pre-Printed Format
"A Judge acts like a God, he/she should not make mistakes due to haste or excess of work. How will a normal man get justice when a judge makes a mistake because of the excess of his/ her work?," observed the Allahabad High Court on Monday. The remarks were made by a Single Bench of Justice Manju Rani Chauhan in an application filed under Section 482 of CrPC for quashing of a...
"Religious Rights Of Muslim Community Infringed":Allahabad High Court Orders To Stop Encroachments On Kabaristan By Ant-social Elements
"Every citizen has an equal and inalienable right as any other citizen for living peacefully, without fear of antisocial elements and for enjoying religious freedom", observed the Allahabad High Court last week while issuing some directions in a plea seeking necessary action against illegal encroachment/damage made to a Kabristan (Muslim graveyard) situated in District Kaushambi of...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Regarding Denial Of Information On Creation Of Aarogya Setu
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Public Information Officers of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), and its National E-Governance Division (NeGD) asking them to explain whether information sought by an RTI applicant on the creation of the Aarogya Setu app is available in the public domain.The court was hearing a plea filed by RTI applicant...
Allahabad High Court Asks UP Government About Criteria For Regulation of School Fees Amid Pandemic
The Allahabad High Court has sought the response of the UP Government on the issue of regulation of fees charged by private schools, until resumption of physical classes. A Bench comprising of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery has asked the Government about the criteria it shall adopt for regulation of fees under the UP Self-financed Independent...
"Hosting Abusive & Defamatory Content Against Govt., Judiciary, Executive": Plea in MP HC Against Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved before the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) against Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Twitter for allegedly displaying/hosting obscene, unregulated, uncertified, sexually explicit, and legally restricted content. The petition has been filed by an NGO named Maatr Foundation, through advocates Amay Bajaj, Ashi Vaidya,...
