Vertical Reservation For OBC And EWS Categories Has Been Restored, NLU Delhi Informs Delhi HC

The National Law University, Delhi, has told the Delhi High Court that it has restored the vertical reservation for OBC and EWS categories in its B.A. LL.B and LL.M programmes by making a correction in its revised admission notification.The information about the said restoration was given through an affidavit before the Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad. The...

Physical Presence Of Parties Not Needed For Compromise Petition, Mutual Consent Divorce & Acceptance Of Sureties : Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has held that it is perfectly lawful for the Courts to record the compromise on the basis of the compromise petitions duly signed by the parties and tendered by their respective Advocates before the Court, even without procuring the personal presence of the parties. Apart from this it was also held that conduct of the proceedings of the petitions filed...

Elghar Parishad Case: Mumbai Special Court Rejects Gautam Navlakha's Plea For Default Bail

In a Sunday hearing, a special court in Mumbai denied default bail to activist Gautam Navlakha who is currently lodged at Taloja jail. Court also allowed NIA's application seeking custody of Navlakha for ten days in order to question him in the Bhima Koregaon case.Judge DE Kothalikar was hearing Navlakha's application seeking default bail under Section 167 of CrPC, as he has been in custody...

IBC Ordinance Suspending Insolvency Process Applicable To Pending Applications With Respect To Defaults Arising On Or After March 25: NCLT [Read Order]

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Chennai Bench has ruled that Section 10A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), which bars the initiation of insolvency proceedings against a defaulter, will be applicable to pending applications with respect to defaults arising on or after March 25. NCLT also observed that it was 'untenable' to suggest that Sec. 10A would be...

Honour Killing: Bombay HC Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Killing Own Daughter For Marrying Against His Wishes [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to a man accused of killing his own daughter for marrying against his wishes noting that it was undisputedly a case based on circumstantial evidence. Justice Prakash Deo Naik was hearing via video conferencing a bail application filed by Rajkumar Chaurasiya, a man accused of committing offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC. After...

"No Prosecution Qua The Offence Of Unlawful Possession Of Arms Without Previous Sanction From DM : Delhi CBI Court Acquits Former Chief Secretary Of Nagaland [Read Judgment]

On Friday, conviction of former IAS Officer and former Chief Secretary of the State of Nagaland S.S. Ahluwalia under Section 417 IPC read with Section 415 IPC, Section 471 IPC read with 467 IPC and under Section 25 of the Arms Act was set aside by Sh. Harish Kumar, Special Judge, CBI, Rouse Avenue Courts. The Appellant had been convicted for having knowingly and dishonestly...

High Courts Weekly Roundup

Week Commencing From July 6, 2020 To July 12, 2020 Allahabad High Court 1) UP Police Continues To Register FIR Under 'Unconstitutional' Section 66A IT Act ; Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash It [Rohit Singhal v. State Of UP & Ors.] Despite striking off of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act by the Supreme Court in the case of Shreya Singhal v. Union of India, a...

Chhattisgarh Organizes India's First E-Lok Adalat; Settles 2270 Cases Via Video Conferencing

The Chhattisgarh High Court and the State Legal Services Authority organized country's first ever e-Lok Adalat on Saturday, amid the restricted judicial functioning owing to Covid-19 outbreak.The session was inaugurated by Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice P R Ramachandra Menon. The e-Lok Adalat is cited as the first such attempt in the country.About 195 benches were...

Satisfying The Rigors Of Section 37 NDPS Act Is Like Candling Infertile Eggs: HP HC [Read Judgment]

Satisfying the rigors of Section 37 of the NDPS Act is candling the infertile eggs, remarked the Himachal Pradesh High Court while dismissing an anticipatory bail application. Justice Anoop Chitkara also summarized the law relating to rigors of Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, while he dismissed a bail application filed by a person accused of...

Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act Provisions Are Not Applicable Against In-Laws: MP HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that the provisions of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 are applicable only against the husband and not against in-laws. Section 3 of the Act declares that any pronouncement of talaq by a Muslim husband upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in any other manner whatsoever, shall be...

P&H HC Seeks RGNUL Response To Students' Plea Against Demand For Full Semester Fee Amid COVID-19

A plea has been filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court by students of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala (RGNUL) challenging the demand made for fee for the semester of August to December in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Challenging an Order dated June 20 wherein it was decided that the relief to students would merely include waiver of the annual increase in the...

Under What Law Is 'Unilateral' Notice Issued?: Allahabad Asks UP Govt In Ex-IPS Darapuri's Plea For Quashing Notice To Recover Public Loss From Anti-CAA Protest [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Friday asked the UP Government to explain under what law it had issued a "unilateral" notice to former IPS officer SR Darapuri, seeking to recover damage caused to public and private property during anti-CAA protests last year. The single bench of Justice Rajan Roy has asked the Yogi-Adityanath led Government in the state to "satisfy" the court as to...