Gold Smuggling : M Sivasankar IAS, For Secretary To CMO, Moves Kerala HC For Pre-Arrest Bail In Customs Case

M Sivasankar IAS, former Principal Secretary to the office of Chief Minister of Kerala, on Monday filed a petition seeking anticipatory bail in the case registered by the Customs in relation to the gold smuggling case.He is at present admitted for treatment at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital. The High Court will consider the bail application today at 1.45 PM.Earlier, the High...

Allow VRS Application Of The Doctor And Let Him Contest Election; If He Loses, VRS Will Stand Cancelled: Rajasthan HC To State [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday (16th October) directed the State of Rajasthan and Sawai Man Singh Medical College And Associate Hospital to allow the VRS application of a Doctor and allow him to participate in the Municipal Election and treat him as retired for the said purpose.The Bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma further directed that in case the Petitioner/Doctor does not...

Rajasthan HC Dismisses PIL Filed Against 'Dream 11' Alleging Its Involvement In Offences Of Betting And Gambling [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday (16th October) dismissed a writ petition filed in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation against Dream 11 Fantasy Private Limited, alleging that the game being played on the platform is nothing else but "betting" on the cricket team.Further, it was alleged in the PIL that online fantasy sports games are games of chance, thereby constituting illegal act...

[Online Gambling] Delhi HC Directs UOI & State Govt To Treat PIL Filed Against Online Gambling As A Representation [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday (08th October) directed the Union Of India & Delhi Government to treat a petition filed against online gambling, as a representation and decide the grievances ventilated in the petition, as narrated in detail in the writ petition.The Bench of Chief Justice D. N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan directed the respondents (UOI & Delhi High Court) to decide...

Kerala HC Stays Decision Of ESI Corporation To Cancel 'The Wards of Insured Persons Quota' In Medical/Dental Colleges [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (15th October) stayed further proceedings pursuant to the notice issued by Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) informing that seats filled up in previous years under IP quota in ESIC Medical/Dental colleges would be filled up by DGHS, Government of India as All-India quota seats for 2020-21.The Bench of Justice N. Nagaresh also stayed the decision...

'Genuine Assessment Of State Of Affairs Of Administration Not Defamation': Madras HC Quashes Defamation Case Against 'Rediff' For Article On Jayalalithaa's Health [Read Order]

The press has a duty to keep the public informed about the happenings in the administration of the State. If this freedom is stifled, rumours and gossip will masquerade as truth"

High Courts Weekly Roundup

Week Commencing From October 12, 2020 Till October 18, 2020 Allahabad High Court 1. Hathras Victim Was At Least Entitled To Decent Cremation; State Action Infringed Her Human Rights: Allahabad HC [Suo-Moto Inre: Right To Decent & Dignified Last Rites/Cremation] Dissatisfied with the reasons given by the UP administration for hasty cremation of the body of 19-year old Dalit...

Chief Justice Vikram Nath Paid An Impromptu Visit To The Central Filing Centre (CFC) Of Gujarat HC [Read Report]

On Friday (09th October), the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court paid an impromptu visit at the newly relocated Central Filing Centre (CFC) in the campus of High Court of Gujarat, at the time of the start of the office hours.The main purpose of this surprise visit was to have a first-hand understanding of the processes followed in the Central Filing Centre, more particularly on the matters...

Subordinate Courts In Rajasthan To Resume Regular Functioning From Oct 19 [Read Circular]

The Rajasthan High Court has intimated that all the Subordinate Courts/ Special Courts/ Tribunals in the state shall start/ continue regular functioning with physical presence of Advocates, litigants and other concerned stakeholders, from October 19, 2020. This is not applicable to the courts of Jaipur Metropolitan-I, Jaipur Metropolitan-Il and Bikaner Judgeships situated...

Integration Of 'Google Meet' With Gmail Abuse Of Dominant Position : Law Student's Plea Before CCI

The Competition Commission of India has issued on a complaint filed by a law student alleging that Google has abused its dominant position by integrating it Video Conferencing app 'Google Meet' with Google Mail(Gmail).The CCI has asked Google LLC and Google India Digital Services Ltd to respond within four weeks to the complaint filed by Baglekar Akash Kumar, 5th-year law student of...

Right To Be Forgotten: Kerala HC Admits Plea For Removal Of Personal Details In Reported Court Orders From Search Engines

"The right to publish court judgments, if any, available do not extend to publication of selected parts of court records. However, the right if any, for publication of court records will always be limited to publication of the entire text or any portion thereof which would be relevant for any research at any stretch of the imagination the personal data of the petitioner currently...

"Police Commissioner's Statements In TRP Scam Part Of Political Conspiracy Against Republic TV": Bombay HC To Hear Arnab's Plea Tomorrow

The Bombay High Court will hear ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd and Arnab Goswami's petition seeking directions for quashing of FIR in the TRP Scam case tomorrow, i.e. Monday. Petitioners have alleged that the said FIR has been filed as the Mumbai police, including the Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh harbour malice and ill-will against the petitioners for their reporting in the Palghar...