Madhya Pradesh HC Directs State To Pay 5L To Man Detained Illegally; Initiates Contempt Proceedings Against Police Authorities [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday came down heavily upon the state government for detaining an innocent man, in the pretext of detaining a convict, and subsequently trying to defend its illegal actions. "In the present case, a person, who has not been convicted in any criminal case nor is in under trial, has been sent to jail by the police. He was caught from his village...

Centre Extends Term Of Justice Protik Banerjee As Additional Judge Of Calcutta HC [Read Notification]

On Tuesday, the Central Government extended the term of Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee, Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court, for one year w.e.f. March 21, 2020. The same was recommended by the SC Collegium vide its resolution dated January 15, 2020. Justice Protik was first appointed as an Additional Judge of the Calcutta HC on September 21,...

Private Member Bill Introduced In Rajya Sabha For Population Control Measures [Read Bill]

A private member bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on February 7 seeking to introduce a Directive Principle in the Constitution with respect to population control measures.The Bill seeks to amend the Constitution with a view to make a provision by the State to discourage the people from increasing their family and encourage them to keep their family limited to two children onlyThe...

[Bidar] Plea In Karnataka HC Seeks Action Against Police For Interrogating Minor Students Over Anti-CAA Play

A plea has been filed in the Karnataka High Court, seeking action against the Police authorities for illegally interrogating minor students of the Shaheen Education Society, Bidar, in connection to a play concerning the Citizenship Amendment Act. The plea filed Lawyer, Nayana Jyothi Jhawar and South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring states that about 85 children,...

Instructors in Delhi University Are Not 'Teachers' For The Purpose of Superannuation Benefits: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has held that persons appointed as 'instructors' cannot be treated as 'teachers', for the purposes of superannuation, in the Delhi University. The Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sanjeev Narula has noted that since it's the government which has to meet the budget requirements for enhancing the age of superannuation, the court will consider the word 'teacher'...

After A Five Year Gap, Bombay HC Designates 22 Lawyers As Senior Advocates [Read Notification]

The Appellate Side of the Bombay High Court issued a notification on February 10, 2020 designating 22 advocates as senior advocates of the High Court. Last time the High Court designated seniors was five years ago in 2015 when seven advocates were designated.Previously Court had received 57 applications from lawyers seeking to be designated as Seniors. High Court published a notice making...

Allahabad HC Bar Association Election: HC Prohibits Raising of Banners And Posters in Court Premises

Keeping in mind the security of court premises, the Allahabad High Court has prohibited raising of banners and posters in the court premises, during elections to the High Court Bar Association. The issue was brought to the attention of the court by the Registrar (Protocol), in suo moto proceedings relating to security and protection in all court campuses in the state. The report...

Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea To Quash Notices To Recover Public Loss From Anti-CAA Protesters [Read Order]

Citing pendency of similar case in SC, the HC dismissed the petition

Muzaffarpur Shelter Home: Delhi Court Imposes Life Sentence On Brahesh Thakur and 10 Others

ASJ Saurabh Kulshreshtha at Saket Court has sentenced Brajesh Thakur to life imprisonment till remainder of his life for sexual and physical assault of minor girls at Muzaffarpur Shelter Home in Bihar. In addition to life imprisonment, the court has also imposed a fine of ₹32 lacs against Thakur. The court has also awarded life imprisonment to other 10 convicts,...

Sedition Case : Bombay HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To TISS Student Booked For Slogans Supporting Sharjeel Imam

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to Urvashi Chudawala, a 22-year-old Masters student of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, who was booked for sedition for allegedly raising slogans in support of Sharjeel Imam during a rally held for the LGBTQ community in South Mumbai.The order was passed by a single bench of Justice S K Shinde. In the event of...

Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Stand On Plea By Injured Student Seeking SIT Probe In Jamia Violence

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking a court-monitored probe by a committee or an SIT into the police crackdown at Jamia Millia Islamia University on December 15 last year.A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Centre, Delhi government and police seeking their stand on the petition filed by a Jamia student...

Sanjay Hegde v. Twitter: Delhi HC Allows Twitter To File Written Note On Maintainability

Delhi High Court has allowed Twitter to file a short reply on the issue of maintainability of the plea moved by Sanjay Hegde seeking guidelines on social media censorship. Justice Navin Chawla has granted a period of 2 weeks for Twitter to file the said reply. In today's hearing, Senior Counsel Sajan Poovayya, who was appearing for Twitter, had sought court's permission...