Students Shall Neither Be Barred From Accessing Online Classes Nor Prohibited From Participating In Online Examinations Till August 15 :Calcutta HC [Read Order]

A writ petition was filed in the Calcutta High Court, demanding no student enrolled with the private, unaided schools should neither be barred from accessing online classes nor prohibited from participating in online examinations. On Tuesday, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya, issued the...

SC Issues Notice In Anti-Sikh Riots Convict Sajjan Kumar's Interim Bail Plea

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in in the interim bail plea of Ex-congress MP Sajjan Kumar, convicted and serving a life sentence in a 1984 anti-sikh riots case. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Subramanian took up the matter of co-convict Balwan Khokhar along-with Kumar's plea as well.In May, the Supreme Court had refused to grant interim bail...

Clarify Your Stand On The Requirement Of Doctor's Prescription For COVID Testing: Delhi HC Directs ICMR [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Indian Council Of Medical Research to file an affidavit stating its stand on the requirement of a doctor's prescription for testing of COVID19. The said direction has been issued by the Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla in a plea challenging the mandatory requirement of a doctor's prescription to undergo a COVID19 test. Filed by Mr...

In An Interim Measure, Bombay HC Directs State To Prefer Govt Officials Over Private Individuals As Administrators Of Gram Panchayats [Read Petition]

As elections in 14,000 gram panchayats across the State of Maharashtra have been deferred due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bombay High Court while hearing a batch of petitions filed on behalf of gram panchayats across the State, in an interim measure, directed the state government on Wednesday to prefer government officials over private individuals while appointing administrators for...

Google Pay Is A Third Party App Which Operates Within the Regime Set Up By National Payments Corporation of India: Google Informs Delhi HC

Google India has informed the Delhi High Court that Google Pay is a third party application for providing United Payments Interface service to various banks and it works within the regime and as per the guidelines of National Payments Corporation of India. The information was provided to the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan in a plea seeking a ban...

Kerala HC Stays Munsiff-Magistrate Notification On Prima Facie Finding That It Excluded EWS Reservation [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed a HC notification dated June 20, 2020 inviting applications for appointment to the post of Munsiff Magistrate, on the prima facie finding that the it excluded Economically Weaker Section (EWS) from the category of reservation. After going through the grounds taken by the writ petitioner and since no instructions were forthcoming from...

Plea In AP HC Seeks Declaration Of HC Premises As Containment Zone; Central Inquiry Into Death Of Registrar General [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking a direction upon the State Government to declare the High Court premises as a "Red Zone/Containment Zone", in order to prevent Covid-19 pandemic from spreading among the staff and other stakeholders. The petition has been filed by BC, SC, ST Minority Student Federation after 30 members of the court staff from the high...

"Legitimacy Of Relationships Is Of No Consequence Viz-a-viz Their Right To Life And Liberty": P & H HC Grants Police Protection To Same-Sex Live-in Couple [Read Order]

"Social ethos, outlook and the philosophy appear to be evolving amongst gay couples so as to gather courage and openly come out of their closets", observed the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday. Justice Arun Monga noted that "even though gay marriage is not yet legitimate as per the applicable marriage laws in the country", and therefore, "live-in relationships" are...

Karnataka HC Asks Govt To Explain If Cauvery Calling Project Was Approved By State

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to file a proper supplementary statement in two weeks explaining whether it had approved the 'Cauvery Calling' project proposed by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation. Additional Advocate General Subramanya R, orally told the court that "What we (State government) have approved is only the proposal of the...

Delhi HC Extends Deadline For Submitting Thesis For Students Of Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS) Till September 30

The Delhi High Court has extended the deadline for the submission of thesis for students of Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS) till September 30, subject to payment of late fee in tune of ₹5,000. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has, however, clarified that those students who are capable of submitting their thesis by 31st July, 2020 would be permitted...

In Democracy, If Atrocity Committed By Police Against An Advocate, What Would Be Fate Of General Citizen: Asks AP HC [Read Order]

"In a democratic state, if such an atrocity is committed by a government functionary against an advocate, who is an officer of the court, it is difficult to perceive the fate of the general citizen", observed the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday. The bench of Justices Rakesh Kumar and K Suresh Reddy was hearing a habeas corpus plea against the illegal detention of an advocate by...

[Kerala Gold Smuggling] Kerala HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Investigation Against Kerala CM & His Former Secretary[Read Order]

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking CBI/ NIA investigation in the Kerala Gold Smuggling scam, Sprinklr Deal, BevQ App. scam and e-Mobility Consultancy scam, allegedly involving Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former Principal Secretary M. Shivashankaran. Noting that the Petitioner had failed to produce an iota of evidence to support the allegations, the...