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...

UP Govt. Appoints SIT Headed By IAS Sanjay Bhoosreddy To Probe Police's 'Connivance' with Vikas Dubey

The Uttar Pradesh Government has constituted a Special Investigation Team, lead by Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Bhoosreddy, to investigate the criminal activities carried out by gangster Vikas Dubey and the steps taken by the authorities to bring him to books in accordance with law. The SIT, also comprised by Additional Director General of Police, Hariram Sharma and DIG...

SC Expunges Personal Remarks Made Against Tax Officer In A Karnataka HC Order [Read Order]

The Supreme Court recently expunged some personal remarks made against a Commercial Tax Assessing Officer by the Karnataka High Court. The single judge of Karnataka High court had made personal observations against Sujatha KC, who was Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, while disposing of a writ petition challenging an order of reassessment passed by her. Apart from that, the judge...

'Sheer Violation Of Students' Fundamental Rights': MP Law Students Writes To CJI Against MHA Order Permitting Conduct Of University Exams [Read Letter]

A letter petition has been sent to the CJI, stating that the Government order directing Universities to compulsorily conduct examination of final year students is in "sheer violation" of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution of India, as it fails to consider the principles of health, safety, fair and equal opportunity for the students. The representation has been made...

'Accused Didn't Know Identity Of Victim, No Prima Facie Case Under SC/ST Act': Gujarat HC Grants Anticipatory Bail In A Case Of Abetment Of Suicide [Read Order]

The Gujarat high court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to a person accused under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, observing that since the accused did not know the identity of the victim, the bar placed on pre-arrest bail in the special law will not apply. The bench of Justice Bhargav D. Karia was hearing an appeal under Section 14A of the ...

Allahabad HC Orders UP Govt To Conduct Covid Mass Testing In 5 Districts Of The State [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the UP Government to conduct mass testing in the entire state, particularly in high-risk cities of Gautambudh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Agra, Bareilly, Kanpur Nagar, Lucknow and Varanasi. A bench of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar has ordered that the "combing exercise" which was being carried out by the authorities in the city...

Plea Seeking Common COVID19 Response Plan For The Entire NCR Region, Delhi HC Asks Centre To Consider Plea As A Representation [Read ORder]

Delhi High Court has asked the Central Government to consider as representation a plea seeking appointment of a nodal agency to implement disaster management operations in the National Capital Region areas having powers under the Disaster Management Act. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has further requested the concerned authorities to consider...

Disburse Crop Loan To Farmers Immediately Without Insisting On Payment Of Interest; Bombay HC Directs District Central Co-operative Bank [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Aurangabad District Central Co-operative Bank to disburse crop loans to farmers immediately without insisting on payment of interest which has been waived off by the government. Division bench of Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice RG Avachat of the Aurangabad bench was hearing a public interest litigation filed by RTI activist Kishor...