'Is Lockdown Only Solution?' : Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Lockdown In Capital Amid COVID-19 Surge

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking imposition of another lockdown in Delhi in light of rising number of COVID19 cases in the national capital. While dismissing the petition, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan noted that people should do their homework and refrain from filing such unnecessary petitions. Filed by...

Baran Rape Case: Rajasthan High Court Directs Magistrate To Re-Record Statement Of Minor Victim In Compliance With S. 26 POCSO Act

The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday ordered the Judicial Magistrate hearing the Baran rape case to immediately proceed to record the statements of the prosecutrix as per the procedure laid down under Section 26 of the POCSO Act. The said provision, inter alia provides that the Magistrate or the police officer, as the case may be, shall record the statement as spoken by the child in...

Karnataka High Court Asks State Govt To Place On Record Procedure To Appoint Prosecutors In MP/MLA Courts

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to place on record the procedure followed by it for making choice of the public prosecutors who would be appearing before the special court constituted to try criminal cases against Member of Parliament (MP's) and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA's). A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S...

Give Separate Room To Covid Positive Students To Write Semester Exams; Ensure All Health Protocol: Kerala High Court Directs University of Health Sciences

The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) to ensure that all its students, who have tested Covid positive, are enabled to write their semester exams as per the standard health guidelines issued by various authorities. A Single Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran has directed the University to ensure that the Petitioner, or any other...

Kangana Ranaut & Sister Move Bombay HC To Quash Mumbai Police FIR For Alleged Communal Tweets

Actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel have moved Bombay High Court seeking quashing of FIR against them at Bandra police station and the order passed by Bandra Magistrate Court ordering registration of FIR taking cognizance under Section 156(3) of CrPC for allegedly trying to create a communal divide through their social media.In October, Metropolitan Magistrate Jaydeo Ghule...

'CBI Appeal Duly Filed': Delhi High Court Rejects Objection Of Acquitted Accused In 2G Scam Case

A Single Judge Bench of Justice Brijesh Sethi of Delhi High Court today rejected the acquitted accused persons' plea in the 2G scam case alleging that the CBI's appeal in the matter was not duly filed as the requisite sanction was not obtained by the investigating body. The Court also held that the 2018 amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 would not come to the rescue...

Drugs Case : Magistrate Court Grants Bail To Bharti Singh & Husband Harsh Limbachiya

The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Esplanade Court on Monday granted bail to comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Harsh Limbachiya, who were remanded to judicial custody till December 4 after the Narcotics Control Bureau conducted a raid at their house and recovered 86.5 grams of marijuana (ganja).While Bharti Singh was summoned for questioning at NCB's office on Saturday and...

'Are You Saying Housewives Are Uneducated?' Delhi High Court Asks Pradeep Poonia To Take Down Tweets Against WhiteHat Jr; Restrain Him From Commenting

Hearing coding-teaching platform WhiteHat Jr's $2.3 million suit defamation suit against one Pradeep Poonia, the Delhi High Court today came down sharply on the latter for his tweets against WhiteHat Jr's teachers stating that they were 'housewives'. A single judge bench of Justice Mukta Gupta today granted ad-interim injunction to WhiteHat Jr and founder Karan Bajaj against...

Reservation In Higher Education A Serious Issue, Knowledgeable & Deserving Students Not Able To Avail Opportunity In Education: Madras High Court

"Reservation in higher education has become a serious issue now. It has created differences between different sections of society. Knowledgeable and deserving students are not able to avail the opportunity in education. However, students who could not make it to the merit but belong to the reserved category enjoy the opportunities. Due to this many students are unable to chase their dreams...

Kerala Actor Assault Case: Spl Prosecutor A. Sureshan Returns Brief After Dismissal Of Transfer Petition By Kerala High Court

Following dismissal of applications filed by the prosecution and the victim seeking to change the Judge holding trial in the sensational actor sexual assault case of 2017, Special Prosecutor A. Sureshan returned his brief. This means that the counsel shall no longer represent/ appear in the matter. Sureshan had urged the Trial Court to postpone the criminal proceedings and had...

Govt. Can't Close Its Eyes Towards Atrocities Committed By Black Marketeers During COVID: MP HC Upholds NSA Detention

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently refused to quash the detention order passed against a Businessman, an alleged Black Marketeer, accused of siphoning food grain, which was meant to be distributed to poor people under the Public Distribution System and who had allegedly stored the same for the purpose of black-marketing.The Bench of Justice S. C. Sharma and Justice Shailendra Shukla...

Plea Seeking Period Leave For Women Employees: Delhi HC Directs Centre To Consider It As Representation

Delhi High Court has directed the Union of India to consider as a representation, a plea seeking period leave and facilities of periodic rests, separate and clean toilets and provision of sanitary napkins to woman employees during menstruation period. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan asked the concerned authority to deal with the representation...