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'No One Will Have Their Account Deleted Or Suspended On Feb 8' : WhatsApp Delays New Privacy Policy Update After Backlash
After a public outcry, WhatsApp has informed that it was delaying the introduction of the new privacy policy announced earlier this month."We've heard from so many people how much confusion there is around our recent update. There's been a lot of misinformation causing concern and we want to help everyone understand our principles and the facts", WhatsApp said in a statement released on...
Plea In Bombay High Court Seeks FIR Against Maharashtra Minister Dhananjay Munde For 'False' Info On His Children In Election Affidavit
Trouble seems to be brewing for Maharashtra Cabinet Minister for social justice - Dhananjay Munde who was recently accused of rape by a 38-year-old woman. An activist from Pune has approached the Bombay High Court seeking registration of an FIR against the minister for non-disclosure of details about his second "spouse" and two children in his affidavit filed at the time of...
COVID-19 Tests : Kerala High Court Directs Govt To Consider Private Labs' Objections Against Price Cap
The Kerala High Court has directed the Kerala Government to consider the grievances of private laboratories against the November order which capped the price of COVID-19 tests as Rs 1500(R Cell Diagnostic and Research Centre and others v State of Kerala and others).A single bench of Justice PV Asha directed the Government to take a decision within 3 weeks from the date of receipt of the...
Protest Against Hathras Rape Case: Allahabad HC Grants Man Protection From Arrest Who Allegedly Called CM 'Man Of Thick Skin'
The Allahabad High Court on Monday (11th January) granted protection from arrest to a man (Neeraj Kishor Mishra) who, while protesting against the Hathras gang-rape incident, allegedly said that Chief Minister (of Uttar Pradesh) is "man of thick skin". The Bench of Justice Anjani Kumar Mishra and Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav was hearing Mishra's plea seeking quashing of FIR...
'Issued Mechanically': Karnataka High Court Directs Govt To Reconsider Circular Asking Disabled Employees To Report For Work
The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the state government to reconsider its circular dated January 5, by which it has directed 50 percent of officers/officials who are blind and employees with other disabilities working in the state government/quasi government officers etc to attend the office on alternate days. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin...
Calcutta High Court Constitutes Committee On The Issue Of Maintaining Cleanliness & Hygiene In HC Premises
Having deliberated on the issue of maintaining cleanliness and hygiene in the High Court premises, the Calcutta High Court on Friday (15th January) constituted a Committee to meet and discuss the ways and means of maintaining the cleanliness and hygiene of the High Court premises. The Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee formed this...
Karnataka High Court Closes Suo Moto PIL Taken To Address Court Functioning Amid COVID19
Observing that "We hope that in the future this court will not be required to initiate such suo-motu proceedings," the Karnataka High Court on Friday closed the proceedings in the public interest litigation initiated on its own to address various legal and technical issues that arose before the district and trial courts, from June 1 2020, when they started 'limited functioning', in...
Animals, Like Human Beings Can Understand Physical/Mental Pain; They Do Feel Severity Of Physical Harm Being Inflicted: Gujarat High Court
Noting that animals, like the human beings have the capability of comprehending the physical and mental pain and that they do feel severity of the physical harm inflicted on them, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (12th January) denied bail to a man accused of various offences punishable under The Prevention of Animal Cruelty Act. The Bench of Justice Bela M. Trivedi further...
Remarks Against UP CM: AAP MLA Somnath Bharti Gets Bail In One Case, Hearing On Another Tomorrow
A special court here on Friday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti in one of the two cases lodged against him for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and the state's hospitals.The cases were registered against him in Rae Bareli and Amethi after he made the objectionable remarks on Saturday.Bharti will have to remain in jail as the...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice in A Plea Regarding Non Implementation Of Guidelines For Scrapping Of Motor Vehicles
A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising of Justice Pratibha M. Singh on Wednesday issued notice in a plea filed by the Society for Alternate Fuel and Environment (SAFE) for non implementation of the Guidelines for Scrapping of Motor Vehicles in Delhi, 2018 by the Govt of NCT of Delhi. The plea filed through Advocates Abhinav Agnihotri and Rajshekhar Rao, states that...
