Kerala HC Grants Bail To Activist Rehna Fathima Who Attempted To Enter Sabarimala

The Kerala High Court today granted bail to activist Rehna Fathima, who was arrested on November 27 on allegation that her social media posts on Sabarimala issue outraged religious sentiments.The grant of bail is conditional on Rehna Fathima refraining from making social media posts/comments outraging religious sentiments. The bail order passed by Justice Sunil Thomas has also restrained her...

SC Once Again Reminds Courts To Send All Original Records Translated Into English

Having reiterated it thrice over, the Supreme Court has once again issued directions that all original record of matters placed before it shall be translated in the English language.In a circular issued on Wednesday, the Supreme Court once again reiterated that “The branches on the judicial side while requisitioning the record shall communicate to the court appealed from and/or courts below...

Sessions Court Cannot Exercise Revisional Jurisdiction In Cases Under Juvenile Justice Law: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Wednesday, ruled that a Sessions Court cannot exercise revisional jurisdiction under the Juvenile Justice Act and that such power only lies with the high court.Justice RK Gauba held, “…in cases involving juveniles in conflict with law, the orders passed by the competent authorities under the special legislation are subject to revisional scrutiny only by the...

Kerala HC Asks TDB To Reinstate Employee Suspended For ‘Insulting’ Facebook Post Against Kerala CM And Devaswom Minister [Read Judgment]

“Going by the nature of allegations against the petitioner it need not be necessary to keep him outside anymore.”The Kerala High Court has directed the Travancore Devaswom Board to reinstate a temple employee, who was kept under suspension for his Facebook posts allegedly insulting Chief Minister and the Devaswom Minister.Justice PV Asha, in a brief order, disposed of a plea by Vishnu RC,...

Dr Shashi Tharoor Urges Govt To Bring Law Against Torture

Dr.Shashi Tharoor has given a notice under Rule 377 of the Lok Sabha Rules, urging the Centre to set out an immediate timeline to urgently facilitate the introduction of legislation prohibiting torture.In the notice, the Congress MP representing Thiruvananthapuram constituency states :"Torture is a moral affront to the conscience of every Indian and a complete violation of our...

Employers Should Be Considerate Towards Pregnant Women & Mothers : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Women should be honoured and treated with dignity at workplace, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday, while asserting that employers should be sympathetic towards pregnant women and mothers.Justice Suresh Kumar Kait observed, “Women who constitute almost half of the segment of our society have to be given due weightage and honoured and treated with dignity at places where they work to...

HC Seeks Status Report From Delhi Govt Of Steps Taken To Ensure Impartial Decision On Pre-Mature Release Of Lifers [Read Petition]

Observing that it was a serious issue requiring effective measures, the Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to AAP government on a petition seeking transparency and fairness in working of the Sentence Review Board (SRB), which considers cases of pre-mature release of lifers.A bench headed by Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao asked the Delhi government to file a...

Delhi HC Grants LIC Premium Waiver Benefit For Policy Revived After Death Of Proposer [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that LIC Premium Waiver Benefit is applicable to a policy which is revived after the death of the proposer. The judgment was delivered by Justice Vibhu Bakru.FactsThe writ petition was filed by a minor, aggreived by the refusal of LIC to waive the premium payable on account of the death of the proposer, the petitioner‟s late father. The petitioner sought...

Restrain Online Sale Of Medicines By E-Pharmacies: Delhi HC Directs Centre & Delhi Govt [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central government and Delhi government to restrain e-pharmacies from selling medicines online.The order was issued by a bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice VK Rao, on a petition filed by Delhi-based dermatologist Zaheer Ahmed.Mr. Ahmed has submitted that easy availability of drugs online, without any checks on such e-pharmacies,...

Times Now’s Rahul Shivshankar And Anand Narasimhan Move Kerala HC To Quash Defamation Case

Editor-in-Chief of Times Now, Rahul Sivashankar and Senior Editor of the news channel, Anand Narasimhan (now with another channel) have approached the Kerala High Court, demanding quashing of proceedings pending against them before a Judicial Magistrate Court, Malappuram based on a Complaint filed by Ms. A.S. Sainaba, President, National Women’s Front (NWF).At the heart of this complaint is...

Bar On Legal Representation In Proceedings Under Anti-Sexual Harassment Act Challenged In Kerala HC

A writ petition filed in the High Court of Kerala challenges Rule 7 (6) of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013 (Rules), which bars legal representation in proceedings under the Act.The Rule says : “The parties shall not be allowed to bring in any legal practitioner to represent them in their case at any stage of the...

“What Is Section 377?” Most Searched “What Is” Question On Google In India This Year

Every year, Google gets billions of searches across different platforms and genres from millions of users from around the globe. It then releases a list of most searched queries under different topics at the end of every year.Interestingly, Google’s “Year in Search 2018” reveals that “what is section 377” searches topped the “what is…” search category.Section 377...