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Asking Prisoners To Surrender When The COVID Cases Are Still Rising Is A Dangerous Proposition: Delhi's HPC Extends Bails For 45 More Days
Delhi's High Powered Committee has decided to extend the interim bail granted to prisoners to contain the spread of COVID19 pandemic inside the prisons for 45 more days. While noting that the COVID cases in Delhi are still rising, the Committee headed by Delhi High Court's puisne judge Justice Hima Kohli, highlighted that if at this stage the COVID bails are not extended, and...
How Much Time Will You Take To Appoint A Chairperson For SC/ST Commission? Karnataka High Court Asks State Govt.
The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State Government to make a statement before it on December 8, about the outer limit within which it will make appointment of Chairperson to the Karnataka State Schedule Caste/Scheduled Tribe Commission, which has been lying vacant since 2018. A Division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty said: "State must make...
Petitioner Only Shared His Perception Regarding Maharana Pratap's Class; No Intention To Spread Hatred: Allahabad High Court Quashes FIR
The Allahabad High Court recently quashed an FIR filed against a person named Manurojan Yadav (Petitioner) for generating a Facebook Post wherein he shared his perception as to in which class would Maharana Pratap fall, i.e. as a Kshatriya or a Marwadi.The Bench of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal was hearing a writ petition filed by the Petitioner (Manurojan Yadav) with a prayer...
Telangana High Court Extends Operation Of All Interim Orders One Final Time
The Telangana High Court on Wednesday (25th November) extended the operation of interim orders passed by this Court, as well as by the District and other Subordinate Courts till Wednesday (11th December 2020). Taking suo-moto cognizance of the prevailing extraordinary circumstances, the Full bench of the Telangana High Court issued the said order dated 25th November to extend...
Right To Marry A Person Of Choice Irrespective Of Caste Or Religion A Fundamental Right : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that the right of any major individual to marry the person of his/her choice is a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution of India. A division bench of Justices S Sujata and Sachin Shankar Magadum, while disposing of a habeas corpus petition filed by one Wajeed Khan seeking the release of his lover Ramya from confinement, said : "It is...
Delhi Riots- Not Able To Understand As To Why Constable Waited Till Applicant's Arrest To Name Him, Court Grants Bail To Accused
The Karkardooma Court (Delhi) on Wednesday (25th November) granted bail to a man named Salim Malik @ Munna, who was arrested in a case, for allegedly damaging, vandalizing and thereafter setting on fire a car showroom on 25.02.2020. While disposing of the application of Salim Malik, the Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav noted, "The identification of applicant by Constable...
'High Time That Candidates Be Made To Own Up For Their Mistakes': Madras High Court Rejects NEET Candidates' Plea For Change Of Community Status
Taking a strict view against NEET aspirants who wrongly mentioned their communal status as 'General' instead of 'OBC' in the applications, the Madras High Court remarked that Courts cannot keep on condoning the mistakes year after year, and such candidates must be made to own up for their mistakes. While dismissing a batch of writ petitions filed for change in their community status...
Many Keralites Don't Display Surnames Because They Are Indicative Of Caste Status: Kerala HC Directs CBSE To Consider Representation Regarding Application Forms
While noting that in the state of Kerala, members of some of the communities traditionally have no surnames, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday (17th November) directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider a representation against its new application format regarding registration of Class IX/XI students for session 2020-'21. The Bench of Justice N. Nagaresh...
Justice UU Lalit & Sr Adv Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi Call For Substantive Reforms In Legal Education At Jindal Global Virtual Conference
he global academic Conference organized by the Jindal Global Law School on the topic 'Reimagining & Transforming the Future of Law Schools and Legal Education: Confluence of Ideas During & Beyond COVID-19' from November 25, 2020 concluded on Friday. At the Valedictory Session of the conference, Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India &...
Avoidance Application Cannot Be Adjudicated By NCLT After Approval Of Resolution Plan: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that an application for avoidance of a preferential transaction, though filed prior to the Resolution Plan being approved, cannot be heard and adjudicated by the NCLT, at the instance of the Resolution Professional, after the approval of the Resolution Plan.The continuation of a RP or filing of an application for the purpose of prosecuting an avoidance application...
COVID-19: 'State Has Taken Effective Steps, But The Same Aren't Sufficient', Himachal Pradesh High Court Directs State To File Its Response On 4 Issues
The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (24th November) directed the State Government to file an affidavit specifying the steps taken with regard to the availability of oxygen cylinder in all the COVID dedicated hospitals; secondly, with regard to the reduction of the duration of COVID tests; and thirdly, with regard to the creation of additional beds and other facilities. It may...