State Government Approves Annual Budget Of Rs.50,000 To Cover Cost Of Spectacles For Each Bombay HC Judge & Their Spouses [Read Resolution]

In a surprising move, the Government of Maharashtra has approved and sanctioned an allowance of Rs.50,000 per annum for judges of the Bombay High Court and their families to buy spectacles. A government resolution dated July 10 was issued by the Law and Judiciary Department, signed by Legal Advisor and Joint Secretary Yogesh Ameta stating that the amount was determined for covering cost...

How Many Prisoners In Last 3 Years Were Not Released Within 24 Hours Of Being Granted Bail, Delhi HC Directs DG (Prisons) To Conduct Inquiry And Submit Report [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Director General (Prisons) to conduct an inquiry as to on how many occasions were the prisoner not released within 24 hours of being granted bail by a competent court, for reasons not attributable to that prisoner. The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad has directed the DG (Prisons) to submit a status report indicating...

Hindus Professing 'Sanatana Dharma' Not A Religious Denomination As Such For The Purposes Of Article 26 : Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

"Hindus as such are not a denomination/section/sect; nor as Hindus, professing and having faith in Sanatana Dharma, one such."

Varavara Rao Taking Undue Advantage Of COVID-19 To Seek Bail : NIA Tells Bombay HC

The National Investigation Agency, which took over the probe in the Bhima Koregaon violence from Pune police in January this year, has reiterated that Varavara Rao, the octogenarian Telugu poet who tested positive for Covid-19 last week, is trying to take undue benefit under the garb of Covid-19 and his old age in seeking bail on medical grounds. Vikram Khalate, SP, Head Office Branch,...

Madras HC Denies Interim Relief To Cooperative Banks Against 2020 Ordinance Subjecting Them To RBI Supervision [Read Order]

The Madras high court on Monday refused immediate interim relief to cooperative banks which have challenged the Centre's ordinance bringing them under the purview of the RBI.The two petitioners before Chief Justice A. P. Shah and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy are "some of the pioneers in Cooperative Banking in this country and their activities date back almost to a century". They have...

Delhi HC Adjourns Riots Cases Hearing Till July 27; Says, No Further Time For Reply

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a batch of petitions seeking proper investigation into the Delhi Riots, after directing the parties to complete the supply of documents on each other. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a division bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan that a common reply has been filed in all the petitions seeking registration of...

[Covid 19]: P&H HC Stays Karnal Administration's Blanket Order Prohibiting Circulation of News Via Social Media, News On Covid-19 Shall Be From Govt.Sources [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday stayed a "blanket bar" imposed by the Karnal administration on circulation of news via social media platforms, qua the writ petitioner. The single bench of Justice Sudip Ahluwalia ordered that the impugned order, so far as it pertains to the Petitioner- Samachar Express Broadcasting News Private Ltd, "is modified to the extent that...

Inclusion Of Biological Mother's Name In The Passport Instead Of Step Mother's Would Not Cause Any 'Prejudice': P&H HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana recently directed the Regional Passport Office to allow an applicant's request for inclusion of her biological mother's name in her passport, instead of her step-mother's name. The bench of Justice BS Walia allowed the writ petition filed by one Divya Nagpal, on noting that "no prejudice would be caused to either of the parties in the eventuality...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Direction To PMC Bank To Allow Its Depositors To Withdraw Upto ₹5 Lacs In Light of COVID19

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking a direction to be issued to the Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC Bank) to allow its depositors to withdraw upto ₹5 lacs in light of medical emergencies caused by COVID19The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has issued notices to the PMC Bank, Reserve Bank of India, and the Central Government....

'Minor Girl Sold To A Family In Rajasthan': Tripura HC Closes Suo Moto PIL Based On 'Positive Stands' Taken By The Authorities [Read Order]

The Tripura High Court on Friday closed the suo-moto PIL registered against the plight of a minor girl aged about 14 years, native of North Tripura, who was sold to a family in Rajasthan due to abject poverty of her family. The division comprised of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice S Talapatra has disposed of the PIL after it was informed that the 14-yr-old was brought back...

Uttarakhand HC Upholds Constitutional Validity Of Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act [Read Judgment]

High Court reads down Section 22 of the Act.

Varavara Rao, Speaker Of Truth To Power; Eminent Scholars From All Over The World Seek Release Of Varvara Rao And All Other Bhima Koregaon Accused [Read Statement]

A total of one hundred and forty five eminent scholars and academicians from around the world have appealed for the immediate release of 81-year-old Telugu poet, literary critic Varavara Rao, who tested positive for Covid-19 and has been accused of inciting caste-based violence at Bhima Koregaon which took place on January 1, 2018 along with 10 other activists and...