Tablighi Jamaat: Delhi Court Discharges Certain Foreign Nationals Of All Offences Levelled Against Them [Read Order]

A trial court in Delhi has discharged certain foreign nationals related to the Tablighi Jamaat event of all offences levelled against them under the various provisions of the Foreigners Act, Disaster Management Act, and the Indian Penal Code. While discharging these foreign nationals, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gurmohina Kaur noted that no document has been produced that connects...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Strict Implementation Of Statutory Reservation For Recruitment In Central Universities

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking a direction to be issued to the Central Government to ensure that central universities are strictly implementing reservation for Scheduled Castes for direct recruitment as per the notification issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development on July 12, 2019. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice...

SC Grants Bail To Octogenarian After DNA Reports Showed That He Is Not The Father Of Rape Victim's Child [Read Order]

The Supreme Court granted bail to an octogenarian rape accused after noticing that the DNA report showed that he is not the father of the child born to the rape victim.The man was booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, for allegedly raping a minor. The girl delivered a baby on 5th July. The accused was denied bail by the Calcutta High Court and had hence filed...

Rajasthan HC Sets Aside Speaker's Rejection Of Disqualification Petition Against 6 BSP MLAs; Asks Speaker To Decide Merits Within 3 Months [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Monday set aside the order of the Speaker which rejected the petition submitted by BJP MLA Madan Dilawar seeking the disqualification of 6 BSP MLAs who had merged with the Congress in 2019.A single bench of Justice Mahendar Kumar Goyal found fault with the Speaker, Dr CP Joshi, for rejecting the petition on technical grounds.The Speaker had cited Rule 6(7)...

[Missing Minor] 'Taking Advantage Of COVID, Police Didn't Try To Trace Out The Minor; A Clear Case Of Negligence': MP HC Seeks Response From DGP [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) on Thursday (20th August) rapped the Superintendent of Police, Bhind stating that "he has already lost the confidence of this Court." The court also reprimanded the Police team/officers as they failed in their duty to trace out the missing corpus/minor girl and secure her presence.The bench of Justice G.S. Ahluwalia stated,"It appears that all...

First 'Virtual Lok Adalat' Held In Jammu &Kashmir [Read Press Note]

The Jammu and Kashmir State Legal Services Authority on Saturday organized its first "E-Lok Adalat" in the districts of J&K and Ladakh, to achieve the goal of Access to Justice for all and to help the poor litigants tide over their financial problems and untold mental stress. Need To Ensure That E-Lok Adalat Remains The 'People's Lok Adalat': Justice N.V Ramana The Lok Adalat...

Conduct Of Election Amidst Pandemic To Violate Art. 19(1)(a) Right To Vote, To Know About Candidates: Plea In Patna HC Seeks Deferment Of Assembly Polls [Read Petition]

After the Supreme Court, the Patna High Court has also been moved in a PIL to defer the upcoming assembly election to be held in the State of Bihar as the term of the Bihar Legislative Assembly ends in the month of November, 2020. Advocate Jai Vardhan Narayan, petitioner-in-person, has submitted that merely going through the Election Commission of India's guidelines for conduct of...

Pension A 'Property' U/Article 300 & A Fundamental Right To Livelihood U/Article 21; Bombay HC Imposes 50K Cost On Bank For Deducting Pension Retrospectively

The Bombay High Court on Thursday imposed a cost of Rs.50,000 on State Bank Of India for deducting more than Rs.3 lakh from 85-year-old pensioner Naini Gopal's account after the bank concluded that an amount of Rs.872 per month was 'erroneously paid' in excess to the petitioner from the October 2007 due to technical error in the system. Court imposed cost towards mental agony and...

Rajasthan HC Seeks Report On Drafting Of CAA Rules; Seeks Center's Response On Issuance Of Temporary Ration Cards To Refugee Migrants, Extension Of NORI Visa [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday granted a week's time to the Central Government to file a progress report on the drafting of rules for implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. The Division Bench comprising Justice Sangeet Lodha and Justice Rameshwar Vyas also sought the Government's response on the provision for providing temporary ration cards to...

SC Collegium Proposes To Make 28 Allahabad HC Judges & 5 Calcutta HC Judges Permanent [Read Resolutions]

The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for appointment of 28 Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court and 5 Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court as Permanent Judges of the respective High Courts.The following is the list of judges of Allahabad High Court, who are proposed to be made permanent:Justice Prakash Padia, Justice Alok Mathur, Justice...

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Financial Assistance For Lawyers; Interest Free Moratorium On Loans/ EMIs [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking a direction upon the Delhi Government to provide financial assistance to such Advocates who are enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi, without any discrimination on the ground of their residential address. The plea also seeks interest free moratorium on loans/ EMIs for such Advocates who are hit by a financial crisis amid...

[NEET/JEE/University Exams] Over 4000 Students Resort To Hunger Strike, Political Leaders Appeal To Centre To Postpone Exams

Over 4,000 students observed a day long hunger strike on Sunday, to press their demands of postponing UGC-NET, CLAT, NEET and JEE exams and for cancellation of CBSE compartment exams of Classes 10 and 12, reported PTI. Using the hashtag "SATYAGRAHagainstExamInCovid," students took to Twitter to highlight their grievances, including inaccessibility to their allotted test centers, risk...