"Preventive Detention Shall Not Be Decided In Slipshod Manner":Gujarat HC Issues Guidelines For State, Detaining Authority [Read Order]

Cautioning that the matters relating to the preventive detention should not be decided in a slipshod manner, the Gujarat High Court has asserted that it is very essential to look into the order of detention including the grounds of detention and the other materials on record threadbare and with all seriousness to ensure that the personal liberty of the detenue has been curtailed...

Ban On Export Of Onions: Filing & Generation Of Shipping Bill Not An Empty Formality; Bombay HC Allows Export Of Pending Consignment Of Onions With Valid Shipping Bills [Read Order]

In an order that will bring some relief to onion exporters, the Bombay High Court has allowed export of onions for which shipping bills were presented and generated prior to 10:28 pm on September 14, 2020, the same day the Director General of Foreign Trade, under the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued notification prohibiting the export of all varieties of onions with...

'Any Obstruction In The Discharge of Constitutional Functions Of Courts Must Be Viewed Seriously', HC Directs Delhi Govt To Release Funds For Requirements Of District Courts [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to to start with releasing funds for purchasing 20% of the pool cars required by the District Courts within three months from today. While directing the Delhi Government to clear pending proposals to finance the District Courts, the Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad highlighted...

TRP Scam : Mumbai Court Refuses Interim Injunction To Restrain Republic TV From Referring To Hansa's BARC Report

The City Civil & Sessions Court in Mumbai on Wednesday refused to grant ad-interim relief against Republic TV and its Chief Arnab Goswami in a civil suit filed by Hansa Research Group Pvt Ltd seeking permanent injunction restraining the Defendants from referring to the internal report prepared by the plaintiff along with the Vigilance Team of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) or...

Govt. Cannot Effect Merger Of Feeding Cadre To Higher Cadre In Violation Of Service Rules: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday held that the government cannot effect the merger of the feeding cadre to the higher cadre if not envisaged under the Service Rules, and that an amendment, even if having retrospective effect, would not adversely affect the rights accrued to the employees under the Rules as existed.Justice Manish Kumar was hearing the petitioners feeling aggrieved by the...

[Karauli Priest Burnt Alive] Rajasthan HC Issues Notice On Letter Petition Seeking Judicial Probe [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court has taken cognizance of a letter petition urging it to constitute a court-monitored SIT for investigating the barbaric incident of setting ablaze a temple priest at Rajasthan's Karauli District. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Sabina and Chandra Kumar Songara has issued notice to Advocate General, Rajasthan for Friday, October 23, 2020. The...

[COVID-19] Consider Issuing Directions To Treat Quarantine Period As Leave: Karnataka HC To State Govt

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to consider issuing appropriate directions under the Disaster Management Act, for protecting workmen who are forced to undergo quarantine either by reason of infection of COVID-19 or by reason of being primary contacts to ensure that their absence from work is not be treated as leave, by the employers. A division bench...

Act Of Advocate Intending To Represent A Party In A Case Before The Court Without Any Authority Amounts To Soliciting Briefs: Patna HC [Read SoP]

The Patna High Court has cautioned the Advocates that the act of urging the Court to enter their appearance in a case, with the intention to represent a party, that too without any authority, amounts to "soliciting briefs" and may invite strict action against the erring Advocate. The observation was made by Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh after he had to "abruptly terminate"...

[Delhi Riots] Plea Claims Riots Probe Flawed, Demands Court Monitored Probe: Delhi HC Seeks Police Response [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (20th October) directed the Delhi Police to file its reply (within 2 weeks) in connection with a plea filed by the riots accused alleging that riots probe is flawed.The plea filed before the HC seeks "re-investigation/de novo investigation in the case registered at PS Dayalpur and for such investigation to be monitored by this High Court".Notably, the Bench...

'Sex Offender' ID Card Requirement Unconstitutional, Holds Louisiana Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Louisiana Supreme Court has struck down the statutory requirement of making persons convicted of sex offenses carry an identification card branded with the words "SEX OFFENDER'.While upholding the Trial Court ruling, the Court (2:1 majority) held that this requirement constitutes compelled speech and does not survive a First Amendment strict scrutiny analysis and therefore...

Durga Puja : Calcutta HC Relaxes Entry Restrictions In Pandals; Allows Maximum Of 45 Persons At A Time [Read Order]

On Wednesday (21st October), the Calcutta High Court partially modified its earlier order which declared that all pandals where Durga Puja is being celebrated this year in the State, shall be made no-entry zones for members of the public.The Division Bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Sanjib Banerjee was hearing 8 applications filed primarily by the organisers of Durga Puja in...

[Breaking] Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Journalist Prashant Kanojia [Read Order]

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court today granted bail to freelance journalist Prashant Kanojia."The submission as regards the quantum of punishment or entitlement of the accused applicant to be released on bail could not be disputed on any tangible ground," the Bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi held.The Court was also assured by the journalist that he shall not indulge in the...