High Courts Weekly Roundup

Week Commencing July 13, 2020 To July 19, 2020 Allahabad High Court 1) Mumbai Man Accused Of Threatening To 'Blow Up' UP CM Yogi Adityanath Moves Allahabad HC For Regular Bail [Kamran Ameen Khan v. State of UP] The single bench of Justice Alok Mathur asked the Additional Advocate General to seek instructions from the State on the bail application of a Mumbai resident who...

Advocates Write To MP HC Chief Justice Seeking Judicial Probe In Police Brutality Committed Against Farmer Couple In Guna [Read Letter]

Advocates at Madhya Pradesh High Court have written to Chief Justice 'beseeching' him to take cognizance of police brutality committed against a farmer couple as they tried to commit suicide by consuming pesticide after revenue department officials bulldozed their crops in an encroachment drive. The incident took place on July 14 as police officials claim that a 5.5 acre land in Guna...

[Jayaraj and Benniks Custodial Deaths ] Madras HC Closes PIL For Immediate Registration Of FIR For Police Excesses As HC Took Suo Motu Cognisance [Read Order]

The Madras High Court last week disposed off a plea seeking a direction to the state police to strictly adhere to the top court's mandate in its 2013 Lalitha Kumari decision and ensure immediate registration of FIR in cases of Police excesses relating to Jayaraj and Benniks custodial deaths. In the wake of the recent horrific custodial deaths of a father-son duo in the state, the...

Photographs Lifted From Instagram Posted On Porn Website: Delhi HC Orders Immediate Removal Of Content[Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to take immediate steps to take down the photographs of a woman which were posted on a pornographic website without her consent. The Single Bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani has also transferred the complaint to Cyber Prevention Awareness and Detection Unit (CyPAD) as the said entity is fully equipped to deal with cyber...

"Petitioner Falsely Claimed To Be Residing In USA In Anticipation Of Receiving Desired Attention": Telangana HC Imposes Cost [Read Order]

The Telangana High Court recently imposed costs of Rs. 5,000/- on a Petitioner for lodging ingenuine complaint against his ex-wife, with an intention to "bolster up" his fight in the matrimonial and pending civil disputes. "The entire endeavor of the petitioner appears, some how or the other, to have a case registered against his wife, to settle their inter se matrimonial /...

'Both My Parents Have Equally Contributed To My Education': Law Graduate Convinces Alma Mater To Issue Certificate Containing Both Her Parents' Names

Samrita Shankar, a BBA LLB student from the graduating batch of Jindal Global University, successfully overhauled the archaic practice of her alma mater, mentioning only the name of her father on her passing degree. After Shankar wrote an email to the Vice Chancellor of the University, highlighting that both her parents had "equally contributed" to her education and she was "upset" to...

'Not An Advocate As On Date Of Appointment' : Kerala HC Sets Aside Direct Recruitment Of District Judge

The Kerala High Court has set aside the appointment of a District and Sessions Judge (POCSO), who was selected via direct recruitment, on the ground that he was not an Advocate "as on the date of his appointment". The observation was made by a single-Judge bench of Justice PV Asha who followed the dictum laid down by the Supreme Court in Dheeraj Mor v. High Court of Delhi.Judicial...

Madras HC Take Suo Motu Cognizance on Drug Peddling and Abuse In The State

suo moto taken up the issue of drug peddling and abuse in the State,

Law Students Seek Cancellation Of Final Year Examinations; Bombay HC Seeks Reply From State, UGC, BCI

The Bombay High Court on Friday sought a reply from the State of Maharashtra, University Grants Commission and Bar Council of India in a PIL filed by a law student seeking cancellation of final year examinations during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19. A Division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai directed the State, BCI and UGC to file...

COVID-19 : Calcutta HC To Remain Closed On July 20-22 & On July 24 [Read Notification]

Having regard to the prevailing Covid19 situation in the State, the Calcutta High Court shall remain closed from July 20 (Monday) till July 22 (Wednesday) and on July 24 (Friday). Both judicial and administrative functioning of the High Court shall remain suspended during the aforesaid period and in case any extremely urgent matter is required to be taken up, the Advocate...

Transport And Slaughter Of Camels Illegal : Telangana HC [Read Order]

It is the duty of the State to ensure that camels are not being slaughtered in the name of "tradition", observed the Telangana High Court on Friday. A bench comprising Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy was told that there is a " tradition" of consuming camel meat in the State during the of Bakrid, which is around the corner. The bench on Friday...

Bihar Gang Rape Survivor Gets Bail After One Week

An alleged gangrape survivor in north Bihar, who was sent to jail last week following a ruckus before the magistrate during recording of her statement, was on Friday granted bail, according to the social organisation which has taken up her cause.Araria-based Jan Jagrati Shakti Sangathan, (JJSS), which had been looking after the 22-year-old woman ever since the sexual assault left her...