Delhi HC Directs DU To File Affidavit in Plea Seeking Stay on DU Exams For Not Making Online Study Material Accessible To Specially Abled Students [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi University to file a counter affidavit in a plea seeking a direction to the Central Government to set up adequate and effective mechanism for providing educational and teaching material for the visually impaired and specially abled individuals. While expressing disappointment with the lackadaisical approach of the University, the Division...

'Not The Way Our Women React When They Are Ravished': Karnataka HC On Rape Victim Claiming To Have Slept After Offence [Read Order]

Noting the "unbecoming" conduct of an alleged rape victim who slept after being "ravished", the Karnataka High Court on Monday allowed the pre-arrest bail application of the accused in the case. "The explanation offered by the complainant that after the perpetration of the act she was tired and fell asleep, is unbecoming of an Indian woman; that is not the way our women react when...

Kerala HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Denial Of Refund For Flight Tickets Booked Before Lockdown

The High Court of Kerala on Wednesday issued notice on a plea filed by two law students Sivadath. M.Menon and Aravind Chandran K.P of Government Law College, Kozhikode, who are primarily aggrieved by the notification dated 16.04.2020 of the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for denying full refund to tickets booked before lockdown for travel during the period for which lockdown...

Will Work Out Methodology For Competing Pending ICSE & ISC Exams After SC's Decision Tomorrow; ICSE Board Tells Bombay HC [Read Order]

During the hearing of PIL filed by an Advocate seeking directions for cancellation of the remaining ICSE board exams scheduled to be held all over the State, CISCE (Council For Indian School Certificate Examinations) or the ICSE Board informed the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that a methodology for completing the pending exams will be developed depending upon the Supreme Court's decision on...

Delhi HC Directs NLU-D Chancellor To Consider Representations Against Selection Procedure Of Vice Chancellor Within 3 Days [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Registrar of the National Law University, Delhi to place representations challenging the procedure adopted by the selection committee for making appointment the post of Vice Chancellor, for consideration before the University Chancellor. The order has been passed by a single-Judge bench of Justice Jyoti Singh in a petition filed by...

P & H HC Directs Immediate Arrest, Civil Imprisonment Of Members Of Govt. Hospital Employee Union In Event Of Strike/Hunger Strike [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed that in the event the Employees' Union of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh proceeds on strike/hunger strike, they may be immediately arrested and sent in civil imprisonment. The respondent Union is an association of the contract workers working with the PGI, the grievance of the members being...

Union Cabinet Approves Ordinance To Bring Urban & Multi-State Cooperative Banks Under RBI Supervision

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an Ordinance to bring urban cooperative banks and multi-state cooperative banks under the supervision of Reserve Bank of India.This was announced by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar in a media briefing about the cabinet decisions."It will give an assurance to 8.6 crore depositors in these banks that their money will stay safe", the Minister...

Patanjali COVID-19 Cure : Complaint In Bihar Court Alleges Cheating By Baba Ramdev & Acharya Balkrishna

After the government asked Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved to stop advertising about Ayurvedic medicines that allegedly cure Covid-19, until the Ayush Ministry examines the medicines, a complaint has been filed against the Company owners before a court in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The complaint has been filed by social activist Tamanna Hashmi under Sections 420 (Cheating), 120B (Criminal...

'These Migrant Workers Are More The Victims, Certainly Not The Criminals', Gujarat HC Grants Bail To 33 Migrant Workers [Read Order]

While granting bail to 33 applicants (migrant labourers working in Ahmedabad) on Tuesday (23 June), the Gujarat High Court termed them as the "victims" and "not criminals", and said that they need to be set free immediately. The applicants were in jail since 18.05.2020, the day when the alleged untoward incident took place.Justice Paresh Upadhyay was hearing an application filed by Ravi &...

Karnataka HC Directs Govt To Compensate/Rehabilitate Migrant Workers Whose Huts Were Burnt Down By Miscreants During Lockdown

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to compensate and rehabilitate migrant workers whose huts were burnt down by miscreants, near the Sunday Bazar area in Bengaluru East in March, during the lockdown period after ascertaining their present whereabouts. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Nataraj Rangaswamy said "Prima facie it appears to...

Can Political Executive Appoint Advocate On Rolls Of Different Bar Council As Law Officer In Another State? AP HC To Consider [Read Order]

The Andhra Pradesh High Court last week issued notice on a plea challenging the May 20 action of the Union Law Ministry in appointing N. Harinath as Assistant Solicitor General in respect of the High Court. It is contended that the appointment order is in contravention of sections 6(d) and 49(1)(ah) of Advocates Act, 1961 and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of Constitution of India, in...

Steps Taken By RBI Are For The Benefit Of Depositors; Bombay HC Refuses To Stay RBI's Decision To Cancel CKP Co-Operative Bank's License [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court last week refused to stay the decision of the Reserve Bank of India to cancel the license of CKP Co-operative bank and observed that the steps taken by the central bank are in the interest of depositors. Division bench of Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice SP Tavade were hearing two writ petitions filed by Vishwas Utagi and Arun Dhumale challenging RBI's decision...