Varavara Rao Challenges Spl Court Order Rejecting Bail On Medical Grounds Before Bombay HC

Varavara Rao, the 81-year-old poet and literary critic from Telangana, accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, challenged the order passed by a special court on June 26 rejecting temporary bail sought on medical grounds, before the Bombay High Court. Judge DE Kothalikar had for a second time, in an order dated June 26, rejected the interim bail pleas filed by Rao and co-accused...

P & H HC Requests State For Accreditation Of Immigration Agents After Youth Languishes In American Prison For Crossing US-Mexico Border [Read Order]

In what it described as "a sordid tale on how unscrupulous immigration agents deceive gullible Indians who are aspirants of overseas jobs", the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently recommended prior accreditation of agents to allow for a background check. Justice Arun Monga, who was hearing an anticipatory bail plea in a cheating and criminal breach of trust case, said that "a bare...

[Covid-19] Gujarat HC To Hear Only Urgent Matters Between July 15 & July 17 [Read Circular]

In view of rising number of Covid cases within its Registry, the Gujarat High Court has decided to take up only urgent matters from July 15 till July 17, 2020. Emphasizing on the need to "balance" the functionality of the Court with safety of members of the Registry, it has been intimated: Fresh matters of urgent nature of Temporary Bail, Regular Bail, Anticipatory Bail,...

Functioning Of Rajasthan HC Suspended Till July 15; Interim Orders Extended [Read Notifications]

The functioning of both the benches of the Rajasthan High Court has been suspended till July 15, 2020, as a court staff was found Covid-19 positive. Earlier, functioning of the principal bench at Jodhpur was suspended for July 9 and July 10 (Friday). The period of suspension has now been extended as the infected person came in contact with a number of other court staff, and the process...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Challenging The UGC Guidelines On Conferment Of Autonomous Status On Colleges

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea challenging the validity of the UGC (Conferment of Autonomous Status upon Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Autonomous Colleges) Regulations, 2018, for being ultra vires of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has issued notice to...

Delhi HC Issues Notice To ECI On Plea Seeking De-registration Of YSR Congress Party

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice in a plea moved by Anna YSR Congress Party seeking de-registration of Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy's political party called YSR Congress for the alleged unlawful appropriation of the name 'YSR'. The Single Bench of Justice Jayant Nath has issued notices to the Election Commission of India and to the YSR...

COVID-19 : Functioning Of Calcutta HC Suspended Till July 19 [Read Notification]

The period of suspension of judicial and administrative functioning of the Calcutta High Court has been extended till July 19, 2020, on account of new phase of lock down in the city. Through a notification issued by the Registrar General, the Chief Justice has directed that the High Court will remain closed until July 19 as considerable parts of the city have been declared as...

[TN Custodial Deaths] Madras HC Directs IO To File Status Report In Sealed Cover; Urges Media To Not Conduct "Media Trial" [Read Order]

Hearing its suo motu cognisance in the recent horrific custodial deaths of a father-son duo in the state, the Madras High Court has appealed to the members of Print, Visual and Social Media not to "misinterpret the proceedings (or) observations" made during the course of hearing. Justices M. Sathyanarayana and P. Rajamanickam further urged that a "media trial" not be conducted as it may...

Army Personnel Moves Delhi HC Against 'Draconian' Policy Requiring All Members Of Armed Forces To Delete Their Social Media Accounts Including Facebook, Instagram

"The orders of banning use and deletion of Soldier's profiles and data from social networking websites is characteristic of authoritarian regimes and is against the democratic and constitutional foundation of India. It is submitted that no other professional army serving in a constitutional democracy has put such unreasonable and mindless restrictions on its Soldiers." A petition has...

Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Response On Plea To Disclose Names Of Persons Arrested By Delhi Police In Riots Cases

The Delhi Police has violated section 41C of the Criminal Procedure Code by not revealing the names of the persons arrested in connection with the Delhi riots, submitted the counsel for CPI(M) leader Brind Karat before the Delhi High Court on Monday. The counsel further submitted before a division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan that instead of submitting these...

Jamia Violence: Delhi HC Directs Centre To File Replies Within 2 Days To Petitions Seeking Independent Probe

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Central Government to file its reply to all the petitions concerning Jamia violence within 2 days. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan further directed the Centre to stick to the said timeline otherwise the court will pass a strict order. In addition to this, the court has directed the Petitioners to file...

[Breaking] Delhi HC Extends Operation Of Subsisting Interim Orders Till Aug 31 Amid COVID-19 Situation

In light of the continuing pandemic in Delhi, the Delhi High Court has extended the operation of all the subsisting interim orders till August 31. While taking the suo moto cognizance of the issues, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel, Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh have ordered that all such interim orders shall stand automatically extended till 31/08/20 or...