Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Challenging New Regulations On Packaging And Labelling Under The Insecticide Rules of 2020

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea challenging the latest amendment to the Insecticide Rules of 2020 which lays down regulations for packaging and labeling of insecticides. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has issued notice to the Central Government. Filed by Crop Life India (CLI), the petition seeks to challenge the...

COVID-19 : Karnataka HC Seeks Details From Govt, BBMP On Immediate Medical Assistance To Patients

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to submit details of procedures to be followed by patients tested positive for coronavirus to secure immediate medical help."A writ court cannot interfere in what manner you do this. But the writ court can surely ensure that there is a system in place and that system is implemented",...

Delhi Riots: Delhi Court Denies Bail To AAP Leader Tahir Hussain In Ankit Sharma Murder Case [Read Order]

Delhi court has refused to grant bail to Aam Aadmi Party leader Tahir Hussain in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau Officer Ankit Sharma who was killed during the Delhi riots. While denying bail, Additional Sessions Judge noted that: 'At this stage there is enough material on record to presume that the applicant was very well present at the spot of crime and was...

Mumbai Man Accused Of Threatening To 'Blow Up' UP CM Yogi Adityanath Moves Allahabad HC For Regular Bail [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has sought the UP Government's response in the bail application of a Mumbai resident who was arrested last month on the allegation of threatening to "blow up" UP CM Yogi Adityanath. The single bench of Justice Alok Mathur on Friday asked the Additional Advocate General, appearing for the State, to seek instructions in the matter by July 15. The...

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...