Madras HC Sets Aside Police Order Denying Permission For Anti-CAA Protest Meet [Read Order]

"The police should not choose the easy option of stifling the fundamental rights",

[Delhi Riots] HC Directs Govt To Conduct DNA Test On A Charred Body Of A Suspected Riot Victim Within 15 Days

The Delhi High Court has directed the Government of NCT of Delhi to expedite the process of DNA testing and to complete the same within a period of 15 days for the recognition and release of the charred body of a Delhi riot victim. The Order passed by Justice Navin Chawla further states that the Respondents must look into the urgency of each case and must carry out such testing without...

[Advocates' Welfare Fund] Delhi Govt To Invite Online Applications For Registration Of Beneficiaries From March 21 Till March 31 [Read Statement]

Pursuant to a meeting to discuss the modalities for implementation of the Chief Minister's Advocates Welfare Scheme, the Delhi Government has announced that it will set up a customized online application with OTP facility, for the advocates to avail benefits under the scheme. All the practicing advocates who are enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi and are also in the Voters' List...

[COVID 19] Kerala HC Suspends Breath Analyzer Tests In Airports [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has suspended the breath analyser test conducted as per the DGCA directions for the time being in the Airports in Kerala in view of the COVID-19 virus. The interim order was passed while admitting the writ petitions filed by employees of Airport Authority of India, Cochin, Calicut and Trivandrum International Airport who had challenged the DGCA order to undergo...

Political Activity Part Of Right To Life & Personal Liberty; Foreigner Can Claim Article 21 : Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

While quashing the "Leave India" notice issued to a Polish student for participating in an anti-CAA rally, the Calcutta High Court applied the principle that even a foreigner, who is in Indian soil, has the fundamental right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution of India."In the present case, the valuable rights in favour of the petitioner, accrued to him by virtue...

COVID-19: Allahabad HC Directs Govt Not To Initiate Any Recoveries/ Coercive Action Till April 6 [Read Order]

In a significant development in light of the Coronavirus outbreak, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the UP government not to take any coercive action against any individual that may force them to approach the Courts for legal remedies, for two weeks, i.e. till April 6. In the past few days, various circulars have been issued by the Central government as well as the...

COVID-19: Video Conferencing Facility Enabled In Court No. 19 Of Patna HC [Read Notice]

In light of various measures being taken to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Patna High Court has issued a notice informing advocates that Court no. 19 of the high court will function as "virtual court" with effect from tomorrow, i.e. March 19. With this initiative, the Advocates will be able to address the court through video conferencing. A similar facility is...

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi High Rejects Mukesh's Plea Seeking His Trial To Be Declared As Invalid [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has rejected the plea moved by one of the convicts Mukesh seeking the trial court order dated 10/09/2013, wherein he was convicted for the rape and murder of Nirbhaya, to be declared as invalid on the ground of concealment of vital documents. The Single Bench of Justice Brijesh Sethi has noted that there are no grounds to interfere with the reasoned order...

COVID-19- Precautionary Measures Must Be Enforced At Private Hospitals Too : Rajasthan HC [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday issued notices on a PIL, seeking precautionary and preventive measures to be observed by the state authorities to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.The Court also instructed that all precautionary measures should be enforced by the authorities at the private hospitals as well. After hearing the arguments advanced by Petitioner,...

Karnataka HC, District Courts And Tribunals Restrict Entry Of Litigants And Visitors From Tomorrow [Read Notice]

Entry of litigants and visitors to the High Court of Karnataka, and other trial courts and tribunals in Bengaluru and Kalaburagi city, is restricted from March 19. The directions are given in wake of the Novel Coronavirus, declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. The Chief Justice Abhay Oka had on March 15, issued directions that only urgent matters will be taken...

MP Political Crisis : No Interim Relief For Digvijaya Singh From Karnataka HC To Meet Rebel Congress MLAs [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday refused interim relief to Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Digvijay Singh, who wanted to meet the rebel Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh who are housed inside a resort at Bengaluru. In his writ petition filed in the High Court, Singh sought directions to the State Government, Director General of Police, Commissioner of Police, and...

COVID-19: Bombay HC Directs Union Of India To Issue Fresh Visa To 19-Yr-Old Girl Stranded At Dubai Airport Since 5 Days [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday came to the rescue of Nyla, a 19-year-old girl stranded at Dubai airport since March 13 after a consolidated travel advisory was issued by the Indian government restricting travel of foreigners into India in order to contain the spread of the pandemic of Covid-19 or Novel Coronavirus.A division bench of Justice SJ Kathawalla and Justice RI Chagla while hearing...