UP Police Continues To Register FIR Under 'Unconstitutional' Section 66A IT Act ; Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash It [Read Orders]

The Supreme Court had struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act in its entirety in a judgment delivered in 2015 (Shreya Singhal vs. Union of India). Last year, the Apex Court had expressed its concern and displeasure about the continued use of this 'unconstitutional' Section 66A of the IT Act. Recently, a person named Rohit Singhal approached the High Court seeking to quash...

State Wants To Ensure That No Student Is Left Out Of Online Classes, Karnataka Govt Tells HC

The State Government on Monday ,replying to the petitions filed challenging the decision to ban online classes, submitted before the High Court of Karnataka that the decision was an 'interim measure' and was not violative of fundamental right to education. Advocate General Prabhuling K Navadgi said that the ban was an interim measure only, till the final decision is taken by the...

Delhi HC Directs Jail Superintendent To Provide Necessary Gadgets To A Prisoner Who Wishes To Appear For Online B.A. Exams [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the concerned Jail Superintendent to provide necessary gadgets and an instructor to operate the computer, if required, to a prisoner who wishes to appear for the mock as well as main B.A examination. The Single Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait directed for the necessary arrangements to be made in the prison itself instead of granting interim bail...

Writ Jurisdiction Against 'Wilful Defaulter' Declaration By Identification Committee Attracted Only In Case Of Patent/Gross Illegality: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that Courts, in exercise of their writ jurisdiction, can intervene on a declaration of Wilful Defaulter in the first instance only where the limited grounds of patent malafide, arbitrariness, bias or abuse of the process of law by the Identification Committee are established."The fast-track scheme of the relevant legislation and RBI guidelines operating in...

Delhi HC Denies Interim Suspension of Sentence To Murder Convict Who Wished To Remarry 'To Fill Colours In His Lonely Life' [Read Order]

Delhi High Court denied relief to a murder convict who sought interim suspension of sentence for 3 months to get find a partner for himself and get married. While denying relief, the Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar observed that: 'Since the appellant is undergoing life sentence, his desire to get married cannot be a reason to grant...

Madhya Pradesh HC Turns Down Request For Presence Of Lawyer During Search & Seizure By GST Officers [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking presence of an Advocate during search and seizure under Section 67 of the GST Act, of the Petitioner's sweet betel nut manufacturing unit. The bench of Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Vandana Kasrekar held that the Petitioner had "failed to point out any statutory provision or any such legal right"...

Whether Students Who Might Face Problems With Open Book Exams Will Be Given Another Opportunity To Appear For Regular Exams Later? Delhi HC Asks DU

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi University to submit an affidavit stating as to whether the students who might face problems with the Open Book Examination (OBE), scheduled to be conducted on July 10, will be given another opportunity to appear for regular examinations later. The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad directed the University to further...

Murder Convicts Sentenced To Life Without Remission Not Entitled To Furlough : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Friday held that a convict who has been awarded sentence for a particular period or for life with the stipulation that no remission will be granted to him in that period is not entitled to furlough during the said period while undergoing the sentence. The petioners before the Single Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta were a rape and murder convict (namely Sanjay...

Plea Seeking Adequate Protection and Compensation For Nurses Working In Private Clinics, Delhi HC Directs Centre And Delhi Govt To File Replies

Delhi High Court has directed the Centre as well as the Delhi Government to file detailed replies in a plea seeking adequate protection for nurses and healthcare staff working in private nursing homes. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan asked the counsels appearing for both the governments to positively address the demands raised by the...

Woman Who Solemnizes 'Kareva' Marriage After Death Of Her Husband Is Not Entitled To Receive Widow Pension: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has clarified that a woman who solemnizes 'Kareva' marriage after death of her husband, is not entitled to receive widow pension as she is no longer a "destitute". "It is apparent that the said scheme has been floated to take care of a situation where a woman is rendered destitute with no source of income consequent to the death of her husband,"...

[Covid and Courts] Telangana High Court

LiveLaw has taken an initiative to analyse the functioning of High Courts across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have taken various parameters such as the volume of cases filed, the number of cases disposed, the proactive steps taken by the High Courts, guidance to the subordinate judiciary etc. This data compilation will be an ongoing work and periodically revised with...

Orissa HC Orders State Government To Expedite Establishment Of Real Estate Appellate Tribunal [Read Order]

The Orissa High Court last week pulled up the State Government for inordinate delay in making the Real Estate Appellate Tribunal functional in the state. Taking stock of the "immense difficulties" being faced by the litigants due to non-functioning of the appellate forum for resolution of real estate disputes, the bench of Dr. Justice BR Sarangi said, "the apathetic attitude of...