'Fee Hike Not Oppressive Or Arbitrary': Delhi High Court Dismisses NIFT Students Plea Against Fee Hike

The single judge bench of Justice Jayant Nath of the Delhi High Court on October 21, 2020 passed an order dismissing the writ petition filed by the NIFT students against the 10% fee-hike for NRI quota students and 5% for non-NRI quota students. It was dismissed on the ground that the plea was vague and the fee hike cannot be termed as oppressive or arbitrary. Given the absence...

Lawyer Writes To Advocate General Of Maharashtra Seeking Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Kangana Ranaut

A Mumbai based lawyer has written to the Advocate General of Maharashtra AA Kumbhakoni seeking his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against actor Kangana Ranaut in Bombay High Court for her tweet allegedly undermining the judiciary (Magistrate Court).According to Advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh, the following tweet by the actor referring to a Bandra court ordering registration of...

Gujarat High Court Quashes Complaint Against Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja For Alleged Poll Code Violation [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (26th October) quashed and set aside a criminal complaint filed against State Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja for the alleged violation of the model code of conduct during the 2007 Gujarat Assembly polls when he fought elections from Asarwa seat in Ahmedabad as a BJP candidate.The Bench of Justice Ilesh J. Vora gave this order in a petition filed by...

Bombay HC Rejects Anticipatory Bail To Man Who Assaulted Cop & Violated Lockdown Orders [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court last Wednesday rejected an anticipatory bail application filed by a father and son duo who were accused of beating up a policeman who asked them to close down their shop in June at around 11 pm at night. Court observed that assault on a public servant on duty cannot be tolerated.Justice SV Kotwal was hearing the anticipatory bail application filed by Khwaja Qureshi...

Public Gatherings For Protests And Other Reasons Contributing To COVID-19 Spread In Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has said that public gatherings either for marking protests or for other reasons in the city of Bengaluru are contributing to the spread of Covid-19, the State government and all the authorities must come down on such breaches with heavy hands. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi noted that in August and September 2020, there...

HPC Extends Interim Bail Of Those UTPs Who Were Released As Per Its Criteria, Others To Surrender As Per Delhi High Court Order

The High Powered Committee has extended till December the interim bail of those undertrial prisoners (UTPs) who were released as per the criteria set out by the committee. Other UTPs, who were released on bail by the order of court, will have to surrender as per the timeline set by the Special Bench of the Delhi High Court in a suo moto matter. The said Committee has further noted...

People In India Live In Harmony But Some Mischievous Persons Try To Create Tension By Hurting Religious Sentiments: Punjab & Haryana High Court [Read Order]

"India is a country, which is inhabited by various people belonging to various religions, races, castes and creeds. All people live in harmony. Mostly, people show respect for each others' religious feelings but on some occasions, some mischievous persons try to create tension by hurting religious sentiments of others", observed the Punjab & Haryana High Court on Friday (16th...

On Attaining Majority Women Are Entitled To Make Own Choices; Court Can't Assume Role Of Super Guardian: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Wednesday (14th October), observed in a Habeas Corpus Petition that Women, who have attained the age of majority, are entitled to make their own choices and they can live wherever they want.The Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi further opined that the Courts cannot assume the role of a super guardian to impose any restrictions on them.Matter before...

Relief To Mahesh Bhatt As Luviena Lodh's Lawyer Assures Bombay HC That She Will Not Make Defamatory Statements On Social Media

The Bombay High Court on Monday heard the civil defamation suit filed by filmmakers Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt seeking injunction against actor Luveina Lodh for making "false, defamatory, distasteful" allegations against them on social media and sought Rs.1 Cr each in damages for the same.Justice AK Menon restrained the defendant from making any defamatory statement against the Bhatts...

Delhi HC Directs Adoption Of Effective Measures Against Child Porn Content To Social Media Platforms [Read Order]

The single judge bench of Jus. Vibhu Bakhru passed an order directing intermediaries i.e social media platforms to take all effective measures available with them to ensure that the child porn content is not hosted on their platforms. This order was passed in a petition seeking removal of child porn content from social media. The petitioner, a young woman, who had become acquainted...

Delhi High Court Seeks EC's Reply On Plurals Party's Plea Seeking Common Symbol To Contest Bihar Polls [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Monday (20th October) sought the response of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea filed by the newly formed political outfit, Plurals Party, seeking to use 'Chess Board' as an election symbol during the Bihar Assembly polls.The Bench of Justice Jayant Nath has directed the ECI to file its reply within four weeks regarding the allotment of a common symbol to...

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Issues Instructions For Proper Sequencing Of Paragraphs In Replies/ Objections/ Rejoinders [Read Order]

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday appealed to all the Advocates/ Litigants to properly number the paragraphs in all the filings, for convenience of both the Bench as well as members of the Bar. "It has been observed that in majority of the petitions Reply/Objections as well as the Rejoinder so filed, are not prepared in sequence with the serial numbers of the paragraphs...