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...

Why 21 Years Delay To Act In Dowry Death Case? SC Seeks Explanation From Bihar DGP, Patna HC Registrar General [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed the Director General of Police, Bihar and Registrar General of the Patna High Court to explain why it took 21 years to arrest a man accused in a dowry death case.FIR was lodged on 02.02.1999 by the brother of a deceased woman alleging that her husband and family had harassed her for dowry. He stated that funeral ceremonies were completed by the husband of the...

SC Upholds Patna HC Order Directing Husband To Pay Rs.20K Per Month To Wife As Condition For Anticipatory Bail [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has dismissed a husband plea against the Patna High Court direction to pay Rs. 20,000 to his wife monthly, as a condition for granting anticipatory bail.In this case, the husband had approached the High Court seeking anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in a Domestic Violence Complaint filed by his wife. While disposing his pre-arrest bail plea, the court noted that a...

[POCSO] Conviction Can Be Based On Sole Testimony Of Victim If Reliable And Trustworthy, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

There can be a conviction based on the sole testimony of the sexual assault victim if she is found to be reliable and trustworthy, the Supreme Court has reiterated while upholding conviction in a POCSO case.Ganesan was convicted for Sexual assaulting a girl aged 13 years, and was sentenced to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment. Before the Apex Court, he contended that the Trial...

Law Students Move Delhi HC Seeking Transparency In NLU-D's Moot Court Competition; Seek Disclosure Of Competition Records & Marks Secured

A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking a direction upon the Moot Court Organizing Committee of NLU-D, to release the marks obtained by the Petitioners in the memorial round of the 70th Constitution Day Moot Court Competition. The Petitioners are students of University Law College (ULC), Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar namely, Debashish Kumar Panda, Deep Kumar...

Calcutta HC Upholds Govt. Durga Puja Grant: Puja Committees In State Directed To Utilise It For Buying COVID Protection Gear [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court on Friday (16th October) refused to invalidate the State Government's notification which provided for disbursements of Rs. 50,000 each for Committees/Organisers of Durga Puja festivities across the State.The Bench of Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Arijit Banerjee was hearing a plea challenging the state government's decision and the propriety of such grant on...

[Assault On Constable] Maharashtra's Women & Child Development Minister Yashomati Thakur Gets 3-Month Jail Term By Maharashtra Court [Read Order]

The Amravati District & Sessions Court (Maharashtra) on Thursday (15th October) sentenced Maharashtra's Women & Child Development Minister Yashomati Thakur to 3 months rigorous imprisonment in an eight-year-old case of assault on a policeman and also imposed a fine of ₹15,500.The Sessions Judge, Amravati Urmila S. Joshi Phalke held Thakur, her driver (Sagar Suresh Khandekar) and...

[Tablighi Jamaat] Patna HC Consolidates Cases From All Over Bihar; Transfers To Patna District

The Patna High Court on Wednesday (14th October) directed the transfer of all the Tablighi Jamaat related cases pending in different district courts in the State of Bihar to one particular trial court at Patna.The Bench of Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, however, left it to the discretion of the Chief Justice, Patna HC to allot the cases to a particular Trial Court at Patna.BackgroundThe...