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'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,...
'A Woman Is Free To Move As Per Her Wishes. We Cannot Curtail Her Freedom, Neither Can Her Parents': Bombay High In A Habeas Corpus Petition
The Bombay High Court on Monday said that a woman is free to move as per her wishes and her freedom could neither be curtailed by the court nor by her parents. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale made the oral observations while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by a final year MBA student against his 23- year-old partner's parents. The couple had...
Programme Code - Centre Duty Bound To Immediately Deal With Complaints Regarding Broadcast Content : Bombay High Court
With its judgement on "media trials" in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, the Bombay High Court has changed the course of how complaints regarding news content will be dealt with hereon. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni has directed all complaints regarding a programme's contents to be dealt with immediacy by an authorized officer of the...
Karnataka HC Seeks Better Explanation From NHAI For Affidavit Saying 'Environment Protection Act Was Framed At Foreign Powers' Instance'
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain an application filed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), tendering unconditional apology and seeking to unconditionally withdraw the statement of objections, filed on January 4, wherein the authority made a bizarre statement that the Environment Protection Act, 1986, has been passed by the Parliament at the instance...
Not Necessary To Issue Summons U/S 91 CrPC In All Circumstances Before issuing A Search Warrant: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that it is not required in all circumstances to issue a summons prior to issuance of a search warrant. A search warrant could be issued in terms of Section 93(1)(c) without issuing a summon under Section 91of the Cr.P.C. Justice Suraj Govindaraj passed the order while dismissing a petition filed by Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) challenging...
"He Tried To Avoid A Particular Bench By Clever Drafting": Allahabad High Court Imposes 50K Cost On 6000-Crore Amrapali Scam Accused
Noting that Amprapali Group's Director Ajay Kumar tried to avoid a particular Bench and get his matter listed before another Bench, the Allahabad High Court last week imposed a cost of Rs.50,000/- to be deposited by him with Oudh Bar Association within a period of two weeks. [NOTE: Ajay Kumar is involved in six thousand crores infamous Amrapali mega scam and, a case, under Section...
Trial Judges Do Not Have Absolute Discretion To Prune Or Reject List Of Witnesses Submitted By Accused: Kerala High Court
The trial Judges do not have absolute discretion to prune or reject the list of witnesses submitted by the accused, the Kerala High Court observed in a judgment delivered on Monday.Justice VG Arun observed that the trial court is empowered to interfere with only when the court is convinced that the application seeking issuance of summons is submitted for the purpose of vexation or delay or...