[Communal Hashtags] 'Mere Removal Of Content Not Sufficient': Telangana HC Asks Twitter To Enter Appearance; File Counter Affidavit [Read Order]

The Telangana High Court on Friday asked Twitter to respond to the notices issued by a Chief Justice led bench in June 20202, asking it to show cause why it had not taken prompt action to remove "communal hashtags" from its website. The division bench comprised by Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy has asked the US based company to file...

Important Orders And Efforts Of The Jammu & Kashmir's Judiciary In Pandemic Times

The world has come to a complete halt because of the unprecedented pandemic, which continues to make a mess of human lives. COVID-19 has given rise to some serious challenges to the Justice Delivery System in our country. The Supreme Court of India, High Courts of our country, and Subordinate Courts are putting their best feet forward, in ensuring that access to justice remains...

Delhi HC Stays Anti Profiteering Penalty Proceedings Against Patanjali Ayurved [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has stayed the anti profiteering penalty proceedings against Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved Limited till further orders. The Division Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Sanjeev Narula has however directed Patanjali to deposit the principal profiteered amount i.e. Rs. 75,08,64,019/- in six equated monthly instalments commencing 15th August, 2020. The...

[Babri Demolition Case] "I am Innocent, Implicated In The Case Due To Political Influence and Ideological Inclination" LK Advani Tells Spl. Court

Veteran BJP leader L K Advani on Friday recorded his statement before a special CBI court in the 1992 Babri mosque demolition case and denied any involvement in the conspiracy to pull down the disputed structure. The statement of the 92-year-old former deputy prime minster was recorded through video conferencing in the court of special Judge S K Yadav with his counsels Vimal Kumar Srivastava,...

Delhi HC Directs Delhi University To Immediately Draw Up Mechanism For Issuing Digital Degree Certificates, Issues Notice To National Academic Depository [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi University to immediately draw up a mechanism or a protocol for issuing digital degree certificates along with digital signature and security features. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has further directed the University to identify the officers who would be in-charge of such a digital facility within the DU to whom students...

NCLAT Judgment Gives Respite To companies,Eases Way To Exit Insolvency Process [Read Order]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has paved the way for companies to exit ongoing corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) even when an interim resolution professional has been appointed and a moratorium period imposed. The Principal bench headed by Acting Chairperson Justice Bansi Lal Bhat, Justice Anant Bijay...

State Opposes GN Saibaba's Bail Before Bombay HC; Says Chances Of Contracting Covid-19 Are Less As He Is Kept In Anda Cell

The State government on Friday opposed the bail application filed by former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba before the Bombay High Court on Friday. It was submitted on behalf of the State that the wheelchair bound professor who has been kept in the Anda cell and is 90% disabled, is being given the necessary medical attention and because he is kept in a separate cell it reduces the...

Gauhati HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Rising COVID-19 Cases In Assam Prisons [Read Order]

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday (23 July) registered a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the issue of rising cases in Assam prisons. In its order, the Court has acknowledged the fact that in various jails (in the state of Assam), several Covid-19 positive cases have been detected.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Manish Choudhury ordered the...

Students Of Nirma University Write To Gujarat HC Seeking Reduction In College Fees

Students of the Nirma University, Ahmedabad have sent a letter petition to the Gujarat High Court urging it to stay the University's notification dated July 1, 2020, demanding full fees from all students. "To demand full fees as previously demanded, which obviously includes numerous charges NOT being utilized in the online teaching is sheer arbitrary. Therefore, the move...

Karnataka HC Issues Notice To Karnataka & Kerala Govts Over Blocking of Border Checkpost [Read Petition]

The Karnataka High Court on Friday issued notice to the Government of Karnataka and Government of Kerala on a petition filed seeking opening of the Saradka border check post in Adyanadaka village on the State Highway connecting Bantwal Taluk in Dakshina Kannada district and Manjewar taluk in Kasaragod district in Kerala. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice...

Orissa HC Mandates Subordinate Judges To Ensure Presence Of Informant/Victim At Bail Hearings In POCSO Cases [Read Order]

The Orissa High Court last week directed its Registrar (Judicial) to issue a 'practice direction' or 'notification' to all subordinate courts requiring them to ensure the presence of the informant/victim/complainant during the hearing of bail petitions of persons accused in cases of rape and gang-rape of girls younger than 12 years of age and gang-rape of women less than 16...

Allowing Bail To Rape Convict Ex-Priest To Marry Survivor Will Be A Mockery Of Justice: Activists' Plea In Kerala HC

Stating that allowing the plea of rape convict Robin Vadakkumcheriyil, ex-priest of Catholic Church, to suspend the sentence to marry the rape survivor will set a bad precedent, an activist and a Christian feminist organization have filed an application in the High Court of Kerala.The applicants, Goerge Pulikuthiyil, an advocate-activist and Brinelle D'souza, founding and core committee member...