Cancelling Mining Lease: HC Cautions Authorities To Adopt Fairplay & Adhere To Prescribed Procedure [Read Judgment]

Granting a big relief to a sand miner, the Allahabad High Court quashed an order of the District Magistrate of Prayagraj, canceling the mining lease and blacklisting the Petitioner sand miner, which was passed without granting an opportunity of hearing. Background The petition was filed by one Sunil Rajak, represented by Senior Advocate Anoop Trivedi with Advocate Abhinav...

PIL In Karnataka HC To Restraint Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation From Collecting Money From Public For 'Cauvery Calling' Project

Public interest litigation filed by in the Karnataka High Court seeks directions to Isha Foundation, headed by Guruji Jaggi Vasudev, not to collect any funds from the public for the 'Cauvery calling project', in the interest of equity and justice. The petition filed by advocate A V Amarnathan is likely to be heard in Tuesday. As per the petition, the foundation is planning to plant...

Centre Constitutes Committee Of Experts To Suggest Data Governance Framework [Read Notification]

The Central Govt. has decided to constitute a Committee of Experts under the Chairmanship of Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder of Infosys, to deliberate upon Data Governance Framework. An Office Memorandum in this behalf was released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Friday. The Committee shall study various issues relating to Non-Personal Data and shall...

Calcutta HC Judge Recuses From Case In Which His Facebook Friend Lawyer Appeared

Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee recently recused from a case after a party in person urged that if a Judge has a friend on Facebook who is a member of the Bar that is a reason for him to rescue from the case.If that is the view of the petitioner it will not be proper for me to take up this matter, said Justice Banerjee after releasing the case on personal grounds.. The judge was hearing a...

Use Of Automatic Facial Recognition Technology By Police Is Lawful : UK Court[Read Judgment]

The High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Cardiff (United Kingdom) has held that use of Automated Facial Recognition Technology (AFRT) in the form of a pilot project known as "AFR Locate" by the South Wales Police (SWP) in Cardiff was lawful, although it involved invasion on the right to privacy.This is the first instance where any court in the world had considered the use of AFRT...

Sex-Dolls That Are Child-Like Violate Penal Provision Banning Child Abuse: Norwegian Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court of Norway has passed a judgment interpreting the position of law on sex dolls. The highest court of the country has held that sex dolls that represent child-like qualities amount to violation of the penal code as they amount to sexualisation of children. Section 311 of the Norwegian Penal Code lays down the law banning sexualisation of children. It says that...

NGT Directs Jharkhand Govt. To Take Action Against Operation Of Illegal Mines And Stone Crushers

The NGT has directed the state authorities of Jharkhand to take action against the damage being caused to the hills of Raj Mahal (Sahebganj Dist.), Jharkhand by illegal mining and operation of stone crushers. The NGT, Eastern Zone Bench (EZ) initiated proceedings in the matter, based on a letter sent by one Ramchandra Chaurasia....

Aadhaar Is A National Asset; Sharing Information May Affect Security Interests: CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission has held that Aadhaar is a national asset and sharing information pertaining to it can affect the security interest of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and may lead to incitement of an offence. The Complainant, one Anupam Saraph, had sought the following information from the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the UIDAI by filing an...

HC Cannot Scuttle Investigation At The Stage Of Sec.156(3) CrPC When FIR Is Yet To Be Registered : Patna HC [Read Judgment]

In an unique order passed by the Patna High Court on Wednesday, the Division bench of Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad recalled an earlier order passed by a division of the high court on July 23, 2018. The Petitioner, Rahul Kumar Pandey through Advocate, Prashant Kumar had sought the review and recall of the said order whereby the division bench lead...

Is Hindu Succession Act Gender Discriminatory? : P&H HC Issues Notice On Law Student's Plea

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice to the Union Government on a petition filed by a law student challenging the constitutionality of the Hindu Succession Act 1956.The petition filed by Daksh Kadian, a student of National Law School of India University, challenges the Act as gender discriminatory.It is contended in the petition that the scheme of intestate succession as per...

National Lok Adalat: Punjab State Legal Services Authority Resolve 22,040 Cases In A Day

The Punjab State Legal Services Authorities organized a National Lok Adalat throughout the State of Punjab today, with a view to settle disputes at pre-litigation stage as well as cases pending in courts. A total of 271 benches were constituted across the state, which were personally monitored by Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman of...

Government Must Ensure Portable Drinking Water To People Affected From Contaminated Ground Water : NGT [Read Order]

The principal bench of National Green Tribunal has urged Central Government to take lead in ensuring potable drinking water to people who are affected due to ground water being contaminated in different states. As per estimates over 1 crore people in different states are affected due to the presence of high level of Arsenic in ground water. It has asked the Central government to rework...