Maratha Reservation : SC Urged To Tag Matter With Petitions Challenging EWS Reservation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (1 September) heard arguments with respect to reference to an 11-Judge Bench of the issue pertaining to whether the State had the power to exceed the 50% reservation cap, as dictated by a 9-Judge Bench in the case of Indra Sawhney.A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat heard the matter as Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi,...

Karnataka HC To Examine Scheme Framed By Karnataka State Bar Council For Distributing Rs 5 Crores Among Needy Advocates

The Karnataka High Court has said it will examine the scheme formulated by the Karnataka State Bar Council for distributing the amount of Rs 5 crore, received from the State government, to needy advocates.A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi said "We direct Karntaka State Bar Council to place a copy of the scheme framed on August 26, on record of this...

Benefit Under Section 436-A Of CrPC Can Be Extended To Undertrials Only, Not Those Challenging Conviction: Bombay HC (Full Bench) [Read Judgment]

A full bench of the Bombay High Court has held that the benefit under Section 436-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure can be extended to an undertrial prisoner only, not a convict who has challenged his conviction under Section 374 of CrPC. Chief Justice Dipankar Datta, Justice RK Deshpande and Justice SB Shukre at the Nagpur bench answered a question posed to them by a division bench of...

Delhi University Can't Expect Students To Physically Come And Collect Their Degree Certificates: Delhi HC

'What's wrong with the Delhi University… Why are you forcing them to make a physical appearance? This will defeat the whole purpose of issuing a digital degree certificate', the Court said.

When Can Magistrate Order Investigation U/S 156(3): J&K HC Orders Training For All Magistrates In J&K, Ladakh UTs [Read Judgment]

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Monday (31st August) ruled that once a Magistrate takes cognizance of an offence, he is, thereafter, precluded from ordering an investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code.While taking serious note of the abuse of process of law by a Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, the bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey also directed the Director, Judicial Academy...

Karnataka HC Reserves Judgment On Pleas Challenging 25% Domicile Reservation In NLSIU

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a batch of petitions challenging the 25 percent domicile reservation at the National Law School of India University for students of Karnataka. A bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Ravi V Hosmani will be pronouncing the order. Senior Advocate K G Raghavan appearing for a law aspirant had submitted that...

Covid 19: Allahabad HC Prohibits Serving Of Hookahs In Restaurants/Cafes Until Further Orders [Read Order]

"The Pandemic is spreading like wild fire despite harsh lockdowns and is threatening the existence of human life. The situation is very grim. We are standing in a forest of darkness and do not know what tomorrow holds." As a preventive measure against the spread of Corona virus, the Allahabad High Court has prohibited the serving of Hookah/s in restaurants, cafes etc., in the State of...

Rape Is Violation Of Victim's Fundamental Right Under Article 21: Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

Rape tantamount to a serious blow to the supreme honour of a woman and is a crime against the entire society as well.

Delhi HC Directs Railways To Assist PwD Category Students Travelling To Delhi For DU Exams

THe Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Indian Railways to provide necessary assistance to students in PwD and Visually Handicapped (VH) categories who are willing to travel to Delhi from remote areas in order to take the physical exams organised by the Delhi University. The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad has asked the Indian Railways...

Parliament Session To Begin On 14th September 2020 [Read Notifications]

The President of India has issued an order summoning Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on 14th September, 2020.The notification to this effect has been published in the official gazette. Lok Sabha Session will begin at 9am whereas the Rajya Sabha at 3pm.Article 85 empowers the President of India, form time to time summon each House of Parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit. It...

Two Aadhaar Cards Of Same Person Bearing Different Dates Of Birth: Gujarat High Court Directs UIDAI To Verify The Authenticity [Read Order]

A Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court, on Thursday, comprising of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice N. Vanjaria while hearing a habeas corpus petition has directed the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to validate the same person's two Aadhaar cards and to report as to which of the cards is authentic. The Division Bench comprising of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice...

NCDRC Allows Advocates To Appear Physically If All Parties To The Matter Consent [Read Notice]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has started physical hearing of cases from September 1 onwards. The Commission has given an option to the Parties/ Counsel to appear physically in the cases listed for Video Conferencing before Benches Nos.1 and 6, for advancing their submission/arguments. It has been clarified that only if all the Parties/Counsel to a Case...