Minor Girl's Stay At Remand Home Pursuant To Judicial Order Cant' Be Called Unlawful Confinement/Detention; Habeas Corpus Petition Not Maintainable: Patna HC [Read Order]

The Patna High Court on Friday (16th October) observed that if by judicial order, a girl has been sent to Remand Home treating her to be minor, then her stay in the Remand Home cannot be said to be unlawful confinement/detention and as such, habeas corpus petition is not maintainable against such an order.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar further clarified that in...

NHRC Issues Human Rights Advisory For Protection Of LGBTQI+ Rights Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Deeply concerned about the rights of vulnerable and marginalised sections of the society affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Human Rights Commission has issued the "Human Rights Advisory for Protection of the Rights of LGBTQI+ community in context of COVID-19 pandemic". The advisory is based on the findings and suggestions made by the 'Committee of Experts on Impact of...

Karnataka HC Seeks Govt Response On Plea Seeking Horizontal Reservation For Transgenders Instead Of OBC Reservation

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to respond to an application which sought that horizontal reservation should be provided to Transgender Persons in Public Employment. The government had recently filed anaffidavit in the court stating that it has proposed to consider reservation for the Transgender persons under one of the categories of Other Backward...

Delhi Court Takes Cognizance Of Offences Under Prevention Of Money Laundering Act, Against Delhi Riots Accused Tahir Hussain [Read Order]

On Saturday (17th October) Karkardooma Court (Delhi) took cognizance of the offence under Section 3 read with Section 70, punishable under Section 4 of PMLA, 2002 against Delhi Riots Accused and suspended Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain and one Amit Gupta.Significantly, the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday filed a Complaint against Tahir under Section 44 & 45 of Prevention...

[Order 23 Rule 3] Statements Recorded Before Court Hold Equal Sanctity As A Written Instrument Of Compromise: P&H HC [Read Order]

"Statements recorded before a Judicial Officer in a Court of law cannot be said to have lesser sanctity then an instrument of Compromise drawn outside the Court attested by some Oath Commissioner/Notary Public or any other authority," held the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently. The observation was made by Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill while dismissing a Revision Petition filed by...

Govt Has Requested To Consider Members From SC/ ST/ OBC Communities, Minorities & Women For Appointment as HC Judges: Law Ministry

In response to concerns over inadequate representation of minorities/ vulnerable communities at the Bench in Supreme Court, the Union Law Ministry has reiterated that there is no provision for reservation in the Judiciary. However, he clarified that the Government has been insisting on increasing diversity at the High Court level, from where Judges at the Top Court are...

Delhi HC Reserves Order In Suo Moto Matter Concerning Blanket Order On Extending Interim Bail and Parole Granted In Light of COVID19

Delhi High Court has reserved order in a suo moto matter concerning the blanket order on extending the interim bail, emergency parole, and furlough granted to prisoners in light of COVID19 pandemic. The Special Bench comprising Chief Justice DN Patel, Justice Siddharth Mridul, and Justice Talwant Singh, noted that it's time that the blanket order on extending interim release granted...

Orissa HC Disposes About 25,000 Cases During COVID-19 Pandemic [Read Press Note]

The Orissa High Court has disposed of about 25,000 cases during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is intimated that between the period from March 23, 2020 till October 16, 2020, i.e. last week, the High Court disposed of a total of 24,936 cases including 9,188 Bail Applications, 12,837 Writ Applications and 2,243 Contempt Petitions. Besides, 568 other matters were disposed of...

[Dheeraj Mor Judgment Vs HC Rules] Kerala HC Grants Certificate For Appeal To SC While Quashing Appointment Of A District Judge [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court upheld a single bench judgment setting aside the appointment of a District Judge on the ground that, at the time of issuing the order of appointment, he was not a practising Advocate and was in judicial service, functioning as a Munsiff.Though the Division Bench dismissed the writ appeal filed by Rejanish KV, it granted certificate to file appeal before the Supreme...

[Scoring Zero In NEET Exam] Bombay HC Issues Notice In Plea By NEET Aspirant Seeking Manual Evaluation Of Her OMR Sheet [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) on Monday (19th October) issued notice in a plea moved by a NEET aspirant seeking Court's directions for the manual evaluation of her OMR sheet.The Bench of Justices AS Chandurkar and NB Suryawanshi issued notice to the Centre and the National Testing Agency.The plea has been moved by a student, named Vasundhara (through advocate Ashwin Deshpande) who...

Consider Allowing Lawyers To Board Local Trains For Professional Work Not Related To Court Proceedings: Bombay HC To State [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra Government to consider allowing lawyers to travel on local trains for professional work not related to court proceedings.The Court also asked the state government to consider the case of registered advocate clerks, who have to travel for work other than court filings. The state was asked to take a decision preferably by today."Insofar as...

"They Have Married And Are Living Happily": Allahabad HC Quashes A Rape Case From Hathras Recording Settlement [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court recently quashed a rape case recording 'settlement' between the rape accused and the victim.Before the High Court, the 'victim' submitted that they have married and are living happily as husband and wife. It was also submitted that first information report was lodged by father of the girl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hathras had rejected their plea to close the case on...