[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...

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...