Chief Justice Gita Mittal Of J&K HC Constitutes Arbitration Committee For Court Annexed International Arbitration Centre

Chief Justice Gita Mittal of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has constituted an "Arbitration Committee" for recently approved J&K International Arbitration Centre (JKIAC), annexed to the High Court premises. The Arbitration Committee, constituted under Rule 3 of the JKIAC (Internal Management) Rules, 2020, comprises of: Justice Sindhu SharmaJustice Rajnesh OswalJustice Javed...

Gujarat High Court To Start Uploading Orders/Judgments In The Gujarati Language [Read Press Release]

The Gujarat High Court has decided to start the publication of select High Court Orders/Judgements in the Gujarati Language on the Gujarat High Court's website. On Friday (2nd October) the Gujarat High Court issued a Press Release to this effect.The Press Release reads,"As desired by Honourable the Chief Justice of High Court of Gujarat, Mr. Justice Vikram Nath and as further recommended...

[Tablighi Jamaat] Cases From All Over UP To Be Transferred To 3 Districts; To Be Decided Within 8 Weeks: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday (30th September) directed that the cases pending against the members of Tablighi Jamaat in Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi and Lucknow Zones be transferred to Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow.Likewise cases pending in Agra and Meerut Zones be transferred to Chief Judicial Magistrate, Meerut. Lastly, the cases pending in Bareilly Zone...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Frames E-Filing Rules [Read Notification]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has framed Electronic Filing In The High Court of Madhya Pradesh Rules, 2020, to regulate practice and procedure pertaining to use of e-filing in the High Court. E-filing can be done by visiting the High Court Web Portal. The Rule 5 details the steps for registration of Advocates and litigants in the E-filing portal.The documents are supposed to be digitally...

NCB Trying To Frame Ranbir, Rampal, Morea: Kshitij Ravi Prasad Tells Court

Kshitij Ravi Prasad, the former Dharmatic Entertainment executive producer arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a Bollywood-drugs case, has told a special court here that he has been "coerced into falsely implicating" actors Ranbir Kapoor, Dino Morea and Arjun Rampal by the agency officials.The NCB has dismissed these allegations as "false and baseless".Interestingly, Prasad's...

[Criminal Cases Against MPs/MLAs] Madhya Pradesh HC Registers Suo Moto Petition; Issues Notices [Read Order]

In compliance of the order of the Supreme Court dated 16.09.2020 passed in W.P. (Civil) No.600/2016 (Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay & others vs. Union of India & others), the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Jabalpur Bench) registered a suo motu petition on 21.09.2020 for monitoring the progress of the trials of the pending criminal cases against sitting/former Legislators (MPs & MLAs).Further,...

Department of Atomic Energy Can't Prohibit Grant Of Exploration License Of Atomic Minerals Permissible Under The Provisions Of OAMDR Act: Andhra Pradesh HC [Read Order]

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently observed that Department of Atomic Energy can't prohibit grant of exploration license of Atomic Minerals to any private person permissible under the provisions of the OAMDR act.The Bench of the Chief Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari and Justice K. Suresh Reddy made it clear that in the matter of grant of the operating right, it may be given to any person...

[Police Harassment Of Anti-CAA Protester] NHRC Takes Serious Note Of Telangana DGP's Non Responsive Attitude; Issues Conditional Summons [Read Order]

Taking serious note of the "non responsive attitude" of the Director General of Police, Telangana, the National Human Rights Commission has asked him to remain personally present before it in connection with alleged harassment of an anti-CAA protestor, by senior police officials in the state. The Commission has issued conditional summons u/s 13 of the Protection of Human Rights Act,...

[Orissa HC] Normal Functioning Of The High Court To Remain Suspended Till November 20 [Read Notification]

The Orissa High Court on Friday (02nd October) issued a notice/order stating that the normal functioning of the High Court shall continue to remain suspended till 20.11.2020 (Friday).Notably, this decision to continue with its present mode of limited functioning was taken pursuant to the resolution of the Full Court to this effect.Till 20.11.2020, the procedure and arrangement made in the...

Willing To Provide Reservation To Transgender Persons Under OBC : Karnataka Govt Tells HC [Read Affidavit]

The Karnataka Government has said that it is willing to consider the transgender persons under one of the categories of Other Backward classes for recruitment, after obtaining the opinion of the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes. In an affidavit submitted before the Karnataka High Court by Dr Rajneesh Goel, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, it is stated...

[Nun Rape Case] 'Its In The Interest Of All That Case Attains Finality At The Earliest', Kerala HC Dismisses Franco Mulakkal's Plea To Adjourn The Trial Due To COVID [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (01st October) dismissed a petition filed by Former Bishop Franco Mulakkal seeking to adjourn the trial in the nun rape case citing a big spurt in COVID cases in Kerala.The Bench of Justice V. G. Arun, while dismissing Former Bishops' Petition, observed,"It is high time for us to accept this reality and move on with our affairs. In any case, the wheels of...

Mere Presence Of A CPI (M) Party Member Along With The Members Of BJP Cannot Be Viewed To Hold That He Has Joined BJP: Kerala HC [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (30th September) observed that mere presence of a CPI(M) party member along with the members of BJP cannot be viewed to hold that the member of CPI(M) has joined BJP.The Bench of Justice Muhamed Mustaque further stated that the aforesaid observation has to be taken into account in the background that CPI(M) has not chosen to expel the second respondent...