[Delhi Riots] Delhi Court Dismisses Plea For Interim Bail By An Accused In Police Constable Murder Case [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has dismissed an application for interim bail filed by Saleem Khan, one of the accused in the Delhi Riot case .He has filed the plea seeking interim bail for a period of one week, filed by the applicant on the ground of death of his sister Smt.Sarvari Begum, aged about 75 years, at Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh.The prosecution case is that the applicant is involved in the cases...

Delhi HC Rejects Plea Challenging Selection Of Vice-Chancellor Of NLU Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a plea challenging the validity of the procedure adopted by the Selection Committee to appoint the Vice-Chancellor for the National Law University, Delhi. The Single Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh dismissed the plea by noting that there's no violation of Article 14 in the procedure adopted by the Selection Committee. Moved by Dr Prasannanshu,...

Allahabad HC Issues Notice To State On PIL For Release Of Aged Prisoners/Inmates With Comorbidities. Expeditious Disposal Of Bail, Parole Pleas [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed before the Allahabad High Court regarding decongestion of the prisons in the state of Uttar Pradesh in the light of growing Coronavirus cases in the prisons.The plea seeks a direction to the Department of Prison Administration, Government of Uttar Pradesh, and the Uttar Pradesh High Powered Committee consider the release of prisoners who are above the age of 65 years old...

[Section 120B IPC] Conspiracy Cannot Be Assumed From A Set Of Unconnected Facts Or Conduct At Different Places & Times Without A Reasonable Link: SC [Read Order]

Conspiracy cannot be assumed from a set of unconnected facts or from a set of conduct at different places and times without a reasonable link, the Supreme Court observed while releasing an accused on bail.In this case, the allegation against the accused was that he was involved in the conspiracy to commit the offence of kidnapping. According to the prosecution case, the accused...

[Monkey Menace] 'Garbage Littering, Feeding Religious Offerings to Monkeys Created The Menace', P&H HC Calls For Action-Taken Report From Authorities [Read Order]

The Punjab & Haryana High Court recently observed that the suggestion, to start killing and/or culling monkeys like vermin (in case of self-defence), on the face of it, is outrageous, cruel and preposterous.The Bench of Justice Arun Monga was hearing the plea of one Divyam Dhakla who had approached the Court seeking issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the...

Delhi HC Refuses To Provide Relief To Retrenched PTI Employees, Says Avail Remedy Under Industrial Disputes Act [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has refused to quash the retrenchment order passed against 297 employees of the Press Trust of India by noting that the employees should rather seek statutory relief under the Industrial Disputes Act. The Single Bench of Justice JR Midha noted that the retrenched PTI Employees failed to show any 'exceptional circumstances' in the petition in order to warrant exercise...

SC Dismisses & Imposes Costs In Plea Seeking Student Wellness Program For IIT's In Light Of Rising Suicides

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking directions to the Centre and Indian Institutes of Technology in the country to implement a "student well program".A bench of Justices RF Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee dismissed the plea, calling it a frivolous Public Interest Litigation.The top court said the government was aware of the situation and dismissed the plea filed...

Petitions Relating To Industrial Disputes Will Not Be Listed If Exceptional Circumstances Are Not Disclosed: Delhi HC Registry [Read Order]

The Registry of the Delhi High Court has issued an office order stating that no petition related to the industrial disputes will be listed if exceptional circumstances under which relief is sought are not disclosed in the petition. The said office order has been issued to give effect to the judicial order passed by the Single Bench of Justice JR Midha onSeptember 20, wherein it...

[IBC] Suspension Of Initiation Of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process Further Extended By Three Months [Read Notification

No application for initiation of corporate insolvency resolution process of a corporate debtor can be filed, for any default arising on or after 25th March, 2020 for a period further period of three months from the 25th September, 2020.Notification to this effect has been published in the official Gazette of India on Thursday.Recently, the Parliament had passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy...

SC Sets Aside Kerala HC Judgment Which Directed Conducting Of Load Test Before Demolishing Palarivattom Flyover [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has set aside a Kerala High Court judgment which directed the Government to conduct a load test before demolishing the Palarivattom Flyover on the National Highway in Ernakulam. It is very difficult then to say that the Government, in accepting Expert Committee Report, could be said to have behaved arbitrarily. Justice RF Nariman led bench noted.The Kerala High Court had,...

Subordinate Courts In Tamil Nadu To Take Up Increased No. Of Cases Via Physical Hearings [Read Notice]

The Administrative Committee of the Madras High Court has decided to expand the scope of physical court hearings in Subordinate Courts by enhancing the number of cases being heard, as well as permitting such of those litigants to come to Court, whose cases are listed for hearing. The decision has been taken in consultation with Principal District Judges; City Civil Court, Chennai;...

JGLS Expands Law School Faculty To 425 Nationally & Internationally Qualified Academics With Appointment Of 103 New Full Time Faculty

The Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) has appointed 103 new Full Time Faculty Members in the 2020-21 Academic Year, including 42 Academic Tutors & TRIP Fellows. This is in addition to and independent of the 12 Senior Advocates of the Supreme Court of India and 11 Corporate Law Firms Partners who are offering 21 specialised elective courses to the students of JGLS under the aegis of...