State Needs To Be More Tolerant While Invoking Laws Pertaining To Sedition & Religious Disaffection: Punjab & Haryana High Court [Read Order]

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Friday (30th October) made the observation that "in a democracy, every citizen has a right to voice his/her opinion freely and criticize the functioning of the Government."The Bench of Justice Sudhir Mittal further remarked that,"The state needs to be more tolerant and circumspect while invoking laws pertaining to sedition and religious disaffection....

[Breaking] Sandalwood Drug Case : Karnataka High Court Denies Bail To Sanjjana Galrani, Ragini Dwivedi

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail applications filed by Kannada actors Ragini Dwivedi, and Sanjjanaa Galrani and other co-accused who were arrested by the police allegedly for consuming and supplying drugs at parties and events, they organized. A single bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar dismissed the petitions. A detailed order will be made available during the...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Moved By Law Students From GGSIPU Challenging University's Decision To Conduct Exams Through Physical Mode

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by law students of various colleges affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) challenging the University's decision to conduct examinations through physical mode. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has issued notices to Union of India, Delhi Government, GGSIPU, University...

Plea Moved In Delhi HC Seeking Usage of A4 Size Paper And Both Side Printing For All Courts In Delhi

A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking usage of A4 size paper and both side printing for all purposes in the High Court as well as all the subordinate courts in Delhi. Filed by Akriti Agarwal and Lakshya Purohit, the petition highlights that both the Supreme Court and the Kerala High Court have passed the similar directions for the usage of A4 size paper for...

SC Chamber Committee Approves Construction Of New Chamber Block To Provide 300-400 Chambers To SCBA Members

The Supreme Court Bar Association has released a Circular stating that Members of the SCBA are likely to get approximately 475-500 chambers as against the currently allocated 243 constructed chambers.The circular states that in view of the Chamber Committee meeting presided over by Justices RF Nariman, UU Lalit & LN Rao, the judges have agreed that in the vacant land behind...

Details Of COVID Patients Are Not Shared With Neighbours, RWAs Or On WhatsApp Groups: Delhi Govt Informs Delhi High Court

Delhi Government has informed the Delhi High Court that the personal details of the persons who have tested positive for COVID19 are not shared with their neighbours, Residents Welfare Associations, or on any WhatsApp group. While addressing the Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad, the Delhi Government further informed the court that there's no policy...

NGT To Examine Whether Use Of Firecrackers Be Prohibited In Delhi-NCR From Nov 7-30 [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has decided to examine whether the use of firecrackers may be prohibited in the National Capital Region (NCR) from November 7 till November 30, 2020, in the interest of public health and environment. The Bench of Chairperson AK Goel, Judicial Member SK Singh and Expert Members SS Garbyal and Nagin Nanda has issued notices on an application filed by...

Jindal Global Law Review Becomes India's First & Only Law School's Law Journal to Get Indexed In SCOPUS

The Jindal Global Law Review (JGLR) has become India's First and Only Law School's Law Journal to get indexed in SCOPUS, the abstract and citation database of Elsevier, which is widely used all over the world for research, citations, rankings and benchmarking. JGLR is the only law school run journal in India, from among 1650 law schools and over 200 law journals in the country, to...

Benefit Of Gratuity Act Cannot Be Denied To An Employee By Designating Him As A Trainee : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

An employee cannot deny the benefit of Gratuity Act to an employee by designating him/her as trainee while extracting regular work from him, the Kerala High Court has observed.Justice AM Badar observed that a trainee is not excluded from the definition of the term 'employee' under the Gratuity Act, but only an 'apprentice' is excluded.The court observed thus while dismissing a writ petition...

'Need To Get Up From Slumber Now': Jammu & Kashmir High Court Pulls Up Govt For Failure To Promote Tourism [Read Order]

"It cannot be denied that tourism in Jammu & Kashmir is one of the major employment/revenue generator but our closed mind has failed us in exploiting this source to the optimum." The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday pulled up the Tourism Department of the Union Territory for its failure to attract tourists due to non-application of its mind. The Bench of Justice Rajesh...

Supreme Court Imposes Rs.50K Costs On A Litigant For Approaching It In An Arbitration Matter [Read Order]

The Supreme Court imposed costs of Rs. 50,000 on a litigant for approaching it in an arbitration matter."We may only reiterate what we have stated in Deep Industries Limited v. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited and Another (2019) SCC OnLine SC 1602 and several other cases that we have frowned upon persons knocking at the doors of the Writ Court in arbitration matters. This is one more...

[Prenatal Sex Determination] Termination Of Female Foeticide Is Destruction Of Woman Of Future: Punjab & Haryana High Court [Read Order]

Expressing its concern over the practice of prenatal sex determination, the Punjab & Haryana High Court on Friday (30th October) observed that,"Considering the disdainful attitude of the society to a female child and use of diagnostic equipment for female foeticide Act was enacted to curb the pre-natal sex determination. Despite the specific legislation the menace of sex-based destruction...