Consensual Cohabitation Between Two Adults Of Same Sex Not Illegal; They Have A Right To Live Together Even Outside The Wedlock: Uttarakhand HC [Read Order]

"[It] is the strength provided by our constitution, which lies in its acceptance of plurality and diversity of the culture. Intimacy of marriage, including the choice of partner, which individual make, on whether or not to marry and whom to marry are the aspects which exclusively lies outside the control of the State or the Society." The Uttarakhand High Court recently made...

Karnataka HC Stays Further Steps On Decision To Divert Forest Land For Hubbali-Ankola Railway Line

Observing that "This is a classical case of how board is influenced," the Karnataka High Court on Thursday by way of interim relief directed that no further steps shall be taken on the decision taken by the State Board for Wildlife to allow diversion of 595.64 hectares of forest land for constructing railway line between Hubballi and Ankola. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka...

Why Are Appointments In District Consumer Foras Not Made In Time?, Allahabad HC Asks Govt [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a PIL seeking timely appointment of members to the District Consumer Foras. "Learned Standing Counsel may seek instructions and file a Counter Affidavit as to why appointments of members in the District Consumer Foras were not made in time, as to what is the status of the appointments as on date or the time frame within...

Telangana HC Issues Notice To Govt. On Plea Alleging Denial of Burial Of Dead Bodies Of Persons From Minority Community Amidst COVID Pandemic [Read Order]

Taking cognisance of the letter of a former Chairman of the State Minorities Commission, the Telangana High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the state on the plea that the dead bodies belonging to minority community are not being permitted to be buried, inter alia, on the ground that they are affected by COVID. "This is creating difficulties for the bereaved families. Therefore,...

Delhi HC Asks Delhi Govt To Advertise The Correct Way Of Using A Mask In Media And The Websites of All Municipal Authorities [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to advertise the correct way of using a face mask, as stipulated in the guidelines of the Union Health Ministry, in both the print and electronic media. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan further said that the said information shall also be displayed on the websites of all municipal authorities...

Delhi HC Denies Interim Protection To Chairman Of UP Bar Council Who Has Been Restrained From Performing Duties By Bar Council of India [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has denied interim protection to Mr Hari Shankar Singh, the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council, who has been restrained from performing his duties by the Bar Council of India pending the elections to the said State Bar Council. The Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla noted that as the elections for the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has been scheduled...

Allahabad HC Directs Govt To Submit A Blue Print For Mass Testing Of Individuals For Covid-19[Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to come up with a 'blue print' for conducting mass testing for Covid-19, in the city of Prayagraj. The division bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ajit Kumar has passed the above direction with hopes that if the proposal of mass testing in Prayagraj turns successful, then the same model may be implemented...

CM Advocates Welfare Scheme: Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Immediately Procure Insurance Policies For Advocates Verified By Bar Council Of Delhi [Read Order]

In a plea seeking implementation of the CM Advocates Welfare Scheme, the Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to to take all steps required for the immediate procurement of insurance policies for the 29,098 Advocates whose names have been verified by the Bar Council of Delhi. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh noted that the purpose of the Scheme would be...

UP Police Registers FIR Against 'The Scroll' Journalist Supriya Sharma for Report on Impact of Lockdown in PM's Constituency

A FIR has been lodged with the UP Police against Supriya Sharma, Executive Editor of Scroll.in, in connection to a report published by her on the debilitating state of affairs in the Prime Minister's constituency, Varanasi, during the lockdown. The FIR has been lodged at the Ramnagar Police Station by Mala Devi, a resident of Varanasi's Domari village, who has complained that...

Calcutta HC Quashes Customs' Summons To TMC MP's Wife [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday quashed summons to Rujira Naroola, wife of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, and her sister by the Customs authorities on the ground of procedural lapses. Naroola and her companion, Menka Gambhir had moved the high court seeking to cancel or rescind the summons and for an order prohibiting the Customs authorities for initiating enquiry...

Handover Feeding Tubes To Cancer Survivor Within 24 Hrs; Bombay HC Directs Customs [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Commissioner of Customs, Airport Special Cargo Commissionerate to handover within 24 hours feeding tubes imported from the United States to a cancer survivor who is unable to eat without these tubes due to a surgery he underwent. Division bench of Justice SJ Kathawalla and Justice NR Borkar were hearing the writ petition filed by Samir Patel...

Allahabad HC Seeks Status Report On Steps Taken By UP Govt To Prevent Rising Number Of Domestic Violence Cases During Lockdown [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the UP Government to file a status report regarding the steps taken by it with regard to attending the grievances of all victims of domestic violence during Covid-19 pandemic. The direction was passed by a division bench comprised by Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Yashwant Varma in a PIL filed by NGO Ala Hazrat Helping...