Delhi Government Designates One Court in Each District As 'Human Rights Court'

The Department of Law, Justice and Legislative Affairs of the Delhi Government has issued a notification to designate the court of Additional Sessions Judge-02 in each District in the National Capital Territory of Delhi as a Human Rights Court. Issued on 24th November, the notification states that, in pursuance of the powers conferred by Section 30 of the Protection of Human...

UP Police Disregarding Supreme Court's Shreya Singhal Verdict By Registering FIRs Under Section 66A IT Act

The Uttar Pradesh Police seems to be still ignorant of the 2015 Shreya Singhal judgment by the Supreme Court which quashed Section 66A of the Information Technology Act as unconstitutional, despite repeated reminders by the Allahabad High Court.Last week, the Allahabad High Court, quashed yet another such FIR (registered last year) under Section 66A against a person. The bench comprising...

Unless Clearly Stated In The Ad That Qualifications Are Relaxable, Allowing Admission To Student With Inferior Qualifications Amounts To Fraud On The Public: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition filed by a 23-year-old student belonging to the reserved category who was held ineligible for admission in the Masters course in Human Resource Development at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management despite securing admission, as she did not qualify the criteria of securing 55% in 12th standard.Division bench of Chief Justice...

Meet Misbah Reshi And Anupriya Dhonchak- Law Students Who Won 2021 Rhodes Scholarship 

Two Indian law students have secured the 2021 Rhodes Scholarship for the pursuance of a fully-funded postgraduate degree at the University of Oxford. Anupriya Dhonchak, final-year student of National Law University, Delhi, and Misbah Reshi, final-year student of Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, have been selected for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship which...

2018 Amendment To Prevention Of Corruption Act Has No Retrospective Effect: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the 2018 amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act, does not apply to the offences which have already taken place."Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 does not reveal any intention of destroying the earlier provisions and there is no intention to obliterate the earlier law", Justice Brijesh Sethi observed while rejecting the acquitted...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Of Dera Sacha Sauda Members To Transfer Cases Relating to Sacrilege of Holy Book

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the transfer petition filed by members of Dera Sacha Sauda wherein they sought for the transfer of cases pertaining to sacrilege outside of the State of Punjab. A Single-Judge Bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy noted in the Order that "The transfer of trial from one State to another would inevitably reflect on the credibility of the State's...

Midnight Detention Of Over 100 Farmers: Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Notice To Haryana Govt.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday (25th November) issued notice to the Haryana Government in a habeas corpus petition filed by an advocacy group formed by farmers from various parts of Haryana for the welfare of the farmers, seeking the release of over 100 detenues (farmers) who were allegedly detained at midnight ahead of the proposed farmers' agitation in Delhi.The Bench of...

Delhi High Court Rules Advocates Not To Be Asked To Appear Physically Amidst Covid Pandemic

After an aggrieved petitioner moved the Delhi High Court, against the listing of his case for physical hearing in a trial court, the High Court has directed that advocates cannot be asked to appear physically before court amid the pandemic.In light of a circular passed by the court earlier, though, it has said that in case of non-appearance through virtual mode even after being intimated,...

Delhi Riots: Court Allows Safoora Zargar To Visit Maternal Home For 2 Months For Care of Her Child

A Delhi court Wednesday allowed Safoora Zargar, booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a north east Delhi riots case, to visit her maternal home for two months for proper nursing of her child, post partum care and customs.Zargar is out on bail in the case and gave birth to a child on October 12.The Delhi High Court had granted her bail on June 23 on humanitarian grounds as...

Kerala Governor Signs Ordinance To Withdraw Controversial Section '118A' of Kerala Police Act

The Governor of Kerala Arif Mohammed Khan has signed an ordinance to withdraw controversial ordinance which amended the Kerala Police Act introducing Section 118A of the Act.Article 213 (2) (b) of the Constitution of India empowers the Governor to withdraw an Ordinance at any time.Earlier today, the Additional Advocate General of Kerala had submitted before the High Court of Kerala that...

All NCLT Benches To Resume Regular Hearings On Pre-Lockdown Pattern Via Video Conferencing From Dec 1; Benches Notified

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has re-constituted all its Benches to enable regular hearing through Video Conferencing from December 1, 2020. As per an order issued on Wednesday, the Benches shall hear the matters of their respective jurisdiction as they were hearing before lockdown (before 23 March 2020). All matters including pending before lockdown and filed during...

Karnataka High Court Extends Interim Relief To PG Doctors Till Nov 30

The Karnataka High Court has again extended till November 30, the interim relief granted earlier directing state government not to insist the appellants before the court (281 PG Doctors) should join their respective places for purpose of carrying out compulsory Urban service in terms of section 4 of the Karnataka Compulsory Training Service By Candidates Completed Medical...