Government Trying To Crush Any Opposition To CAA-NRC-NPR; Plea For NHRC's Intervention In Malicious Prosecution Of Women Activists [Read Letter]

More than a hundred citizens who are members of various women's movements, feminist activists, journalists, filmmakers etc have written to the National Human Rights Commission Chairman Justice (retd) HL Dattu seeking his intervention in stopping "political vendetta and malicious prosecution of women activists and human rights defenders" like Safoora Zargar, Devangana Kalita, Natasha...

Plea In Kerala HC Against Govt Order Mandating Covid Testing Prior To Travel To Kerala [Read Petition]

The United Nurses Association has moved the Kerala High Court against the "invisible travel ban" imposed upon the Indian citizens stranded abroad, due to conflicting orders passed by the Kerala Government and the Governments of foreign jurisdictions, on Covid testing. It is the case of the Petitioners that they had arranged a chartered flight from Riyadh, to bring back Indian...

'Highly Onerous For Parents To Pay For All Services Which Are Not Even Used By Their Wards': Plea In Allahabad HC For Relaxation Of Private School Fees During Lockdown

A PIL has been filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking a direction to all private schools in the State to charge only tuition fee and desist from levying other ancillary charges, until the lockdown prevails. The plea has been filed by two law students of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, stating that it has become very difficult for parents to pay their children's school fees, as...

Lathis Used Against Vehicles To Check For Coronavirus, Says Police; Telangana HC Expresses Surprise

The Telangana High Court expressed surprise at the police justification that lathis were used against vehicles to check for Coronavirus.The Court was hearing a writ petition filed by one Sheela Sara Mathews demanding action against widespread police brutalities against persons on allegations of violating lockdown.As regards the allegation that the police personnel of the named Police Station...

Non-Payment Of Subsistence Allowance Is Violative Of Article 21 Of Constitution: Uttarakhand HC [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday reiterated that payment of subsistence allowance to a Govt. employee placed under suspension is a matter of "right". "Every Government Employee, who is put under suspension, has a statutory right of subsistence allowance. Non- payment of subsistence allowance has been held to be violative of Article 21 of Constitution of India," the bench of...

Is Random Testing For Covid-19 Possible?, Allahabad HC Asks UP Govt [Read Order]

As the state records a sharp spike in the reported cases of Covid-19, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday sought information from the State Government of UP, whether random testing for the infection is possible. The direction was passed by the bench of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar while hearing the suo moto PIL titled "In-Re Inhuman Condition At Quarantine Centres And...

Madhya Pradesh HC Dismisses Plea For Postponement Of Rajya Sabha Elections As Non-Maintainable [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday dismissed the PIL for postponement of elections to the three vacancies of the state in the Rajya Sabha, on the ground of maintainability. Holding the petition to be non-maintainable in terms of Article 329(b) of the Constitution, the division bench of Chief Justice AK Mittal and Justice VK Shukla directed the Petitioner, Dr. Aman Sharma, to...

Delhi HC Grants Relief To Student Who Was Detained For Shortage Of Attendance Despite Being Allowed To Sit For Exams [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has granted relief to a student of GGSIP University who was detained for shortage of attendance despite being allowed to appear for the exams and attend classes for the next semester. While quashing the order of the University, the Single Bench of Justice Jayant Nath noted that the University completely failed to comply with the statutory requirement of announcing...

'Humane Attitude' Is Required By The Court While Deciding Remand Applications Of Accused : Reiterates Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Order]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday reiterated the significance of bail vis-à-vis right to personal liberty of an accused, in cases where custody is not required for investigation and/or where there is no apprehension of the accused fleeing from justice. The bench of Justice Sandeep Sharma granted bail to the accused in the present case, booked under the provisions of the...

Caste System Makes It Difficult For Young People To Decide Their Own Life Partner: Gujarat HC [Read Order]

While granting relief to a couple who had been separated by the wife's family on account of caste-based differences, the Gujarat High Court made significant remarks viz. the social impact of such incidents. The division bench comprised by Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice NV Anjaria observed, "…the caste system in the country is making it more and more difficult for the young people...

Fire Broke Out In Rohini Court Complex, No Casualties Reported

On Thursday morning, a major fire broke out on the third floor of Rohini District Court Complex. As per the media reports, the fire broke out at around 9:30 am in the record room from where it subsequently extended to other rooms. As per the fire officials, no casualties have been reported so far but many files have been destroyed in the fire. As the fire...

Delhi HC Directs DU To Reimburse Blind Students For Costs Incurred In Procuring Accessible Textbooks and Assistive Devices [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi University to reimburse, up to ₹ 2 lakh, the visually impaired students who go on to procure books in accessible forms and assistive devices to appear for sentence examinations. The Division Bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Justice Asha Menon has also directed the University to render all such assistance as required by the...