Class X Students Seek Quashing Of Annual Results Declared By National Institute Of Open Schooling & Re-Assessment In Petition Before Bombay HC [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court on behalf of a total of twenty students in the tenth standard who seek re-assessment of results for March-April public examination 2020 as the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) cancelled the tenth standard examinations and decided to assess theory paper scores on the basis of marks secured in practical exams and tutor...

Ensure Not More Than 20 People Attend Burial/Crematorium Grounds : Karnataka HC Directs State Govt.

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to ensure that direction mandating not more than 20 people can attend burial/crematorium grounds is scrupulously followed. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar said "State must take measure to ensure that said clause is implemented in as much as there is a direction issued...

Plea In Andhra Pradesh HC Against Disbursal Of State Sanctioned Amount For Advocates' Welfare In The Form Of Interest Based Loans [Read Affidavit]

A Circular issued by the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh providing loans to Advocates in need amid the pandemic and consequent lockdown, has been challenged before the High Court as illegal and arbitrary. Advocate Syed Ziauddin, practicing at the Andhra Pradesh High Court, has contended that the Council's decision to release the State sanctioned amount of Rs.25,00,00,000/- in the form...

Plea In SC Seeks Identification of Minorities At 'State Level'; Challenges S. 2(f) Of National Commission for Minority Education Institution Act [Read Petition]

BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction upon the Central Government to lay down guidelines for identification of minorities "at State level", in spirit of its verdict in the TMA Pai case. In the case of TMA Pai, the Top Court had held that the unit for determining status of linguistic and religious minorities would be State. It...

Disclosure Of COVID Patients' Identities Must Pass 'Triple Test' Of Privacy Judgment; Identity Of Deceased COVID Warriors May Be Disclosed To Honor Them: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Orissa has disposed of a PIL filed by Advocate Ananga Kumar Otta against disclosure of personal details/ identities of Covid patients. The bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice S. Pujahari has held that the State has to uphold the right to privacy of the patients by preserving their identities. However, it has also stressed that right to privacy, like...

P&H HC Imposes Cost Of Rs. 1,00,000/- On Plea Filed Without Territorial Jurisdiction Only To 'Gain Benefit' Of Its Interim Order [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently imposed exemplary costs on the Directors of a Mumbai-based company, who had appeared before it against disqualification order passed against them, only to reap benefits of a precedent set by the High Court, without there being territorial jurisdiction. The single-Judge bench of Justice Alka Sarin noted that neither the Petitioners...

Plea Seeking Regulations For Prohibiting Sale of Uncertified Products Claiming To Be COVID19 Compliant: Delhi HC Directs Centre To Consider Plea As Representation

Delhi High Court has directed the Union of India as well as the Indian Council Of Medical Research to consider as representation a plea seeking formulation of rules and regulations to prohibit sale of unlicensed and uncertified products claiming to be COVID19 compliant. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has directed the various Ministries of...

BCI Extends Deadline To Furnish Details Of Advocates Registered With All The District Bar Associations In The Country Till Sept 30 [Read Letter]

The Bar Council of India has extended the deadline for submission of details of all practising Advocates registered with the concerned District and Taluka Bar Associations across the country, till September 30, 2020. On July 24, 2020, the Presidents and Secretaries of all the Bar Associations in the country were asked to submit details of Advocates registered with them as per the...

Writ Petition Maintainable Against Pvt. Educational Institutions As They Perform Public Function & Are Subject To State Education Rules: Jammu And Kashmir HC [Read Order]

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court last week reiterated that writ petitions against even purely private, unaided educational institutions are maintainable, considering they are performing public functions. Justice Javed Iqbal Wani was considering the writ plea against his termination by a teacher appointed in an unaided private school on a probation basis. The Petitioner urged that...

Undertrials Accused of Economic Offences Not Eligible For Interim Bail As Per High Powered Committee's Criteria: Delhi HC[Read Order]

Delhi High Court has refused to quash the Minutes of Meeting held on March 28 by the High Powered Committee constituted to decongest the prisons whereby undertrial prisoners accused of economic offences or against whom enquiry is being conducted by the Enforcement Directorate have been excluded from the purview of interim bail. The Single Bench of Justice Anu Malhotra went on to...

Journalism Is Not For Propagating Hearsay News, Says Kerala HC While Granting Anticipatory Bail To Sreekantan Nair [Read Order]

"Journalists should not go behind gossips, hearsay news etc.. Once a news is published in a print media or a visual media, you cannot take it back. "

PETA Moves Delhi HC Seeking Immediate Prohibition On Practising Inhumane Animal Husbandry Procedures & Cruel Methods Of Euthanising Animals

The People for Ethical Treatment Of All (PETA) have filed a writ petition before the Delhi High Court seeking an immediate prohibition on practising inhumane animal husbandry procedures and cruel methods adopted for euthanaisia of animals in India. Petitioners also sought enactment of Rules under the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals Act to improve the 'prescribed manner' for the said...