Dress Code for AIPMET-2016 challenged in Kerala High Court [Read Petition]

A Writ Petition [W.P No:6813/2016] has been filed by One M/s Amnah Bint Basheer a candidate for All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test 2016 scheduled on 01.05.2016 (AIPMET-2016) along with her father/ guardian in the party array Mr A.P Mohammed Basheer seeking to impugn the dress code prescribed for the candidates by the respondents (CBSE) in the bulletin relating to conduct of AIPMET...

SC asks state to identify suitable site to accommodate shopkeepers facing eviction in Shirdi [Read Judgment]

In a relief to small scale shop keepers of Shirdi, who were facing eviction from Shirdi, the Supreme Court has asked the State to identify a suitable site to accommodate them. The court also said that if the alternate site cannot be identified, they need to be compensated with an amount of Rs. 20 lakhs and Rs. 15 lakhs each respectively for the bigger and smaller shops/stalls.The court...

Lawyers protest against violence in Patiala House Courts

Dispelling the bad  impression created against the lawyers in the wake of Patiala House incidents, today, a large number of lawyers took out a procession from Supreme Court of India to the office of the Bar Council of India(BCI) holding placards condemning ‘hooliganism in courts’.Lawyers practicing in various courts of Delhi marched peacefully under the banner ‘Lawyers for Democracy’...

People destroying Public property during Agitations must be made to pay: SC [UPDATED]

The Supreme Court today expressed concern at the increasing number of agitations in the country in which public property is destroyed and observed that the protesters must be made to pay damages for the loss of nation’s assets. The court said it will lay down rules in this regard if the government did not do so.A bench headed by Justice J S Khehar which was hearing petitions filed by...

Delhi HC adjourns Hearing on Kanhaiya Kumar's bail Plea to 29th February.[with latest Updates]

Delhi High Court Today adjourned the hearing of bail application filed by JNU Students Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar to 29th of this month. The decision came after Delhi Police has  informed the Court that they will file fresh remand application since two more Accused in the Case have been arrested. Police submitted that Kanhaiya Kumar's remand is required to confront him with other accused in...

#JNU Sedition Case; Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya surrender to Delhi Police

JNU students who are allegedly involved in the Sedition Case are reportedly surrendered before the Delhi Police at midnight. Times of India has reported that “Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya left the university campus and entered a JNU security van. Cops were waiting for them inside the van, which then drove around Vasant Kunj and RK Puram in a bid to dodge the media”.Yesterday...

JNU Row: Delhi HC asks Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya to surrender, will continue hearing plea on security tomorrow

Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant interim protection from arrest to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, asking them to surrender and follow the due process of law.“You can't use your whim and fancy. You have to follow the procedure, surrender or arrest. You have to be produced before a magistrate and he will decide whether you go into police custody or jail,”...

Former CJI H.L. Dattu to be appointed as new NHRC Chairman

Former Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu has reportedly been appointed as the new Chairman of National Human Rights Commission. The NHRC post had been lying vacant since May 11 last year, when Mr. K.G. Balakrishnan demitted office after his five-year term. Justice Cyriac Joseph had been functioning as the acting chairperson since then.Justice H.L. Dattu had retired as the CJI on December 2,...

GI Tag for Basmati: Madras HC directs APEDA to not take any precipitative action in respect of produce from MP [Read Orders]

A Division bench of Madras High Court has directed the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) to refrain from taking any precipitative action on its Basmati GI, in respect of the produce from the existing areas in the state of Madhya Pradesh where such rice is alleged to have been grown. The Bench comprised of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and...

Intelligence Agencies cannot be made Accountable to CAG: SC

The Supreme Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation which sought making intelligence agencies like the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) accountable to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.Refusing to agree to the PIL filed by lawyer Prashant Bhushan, a bench headed by justice Dipak...

SC issues Notice on Prashant Bhushan’s Challenge against Limited Validity Passport [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court has today issued notice to Central Government on a petition filed on behalf of Mr. Prashant Bhushan regarding non-issue of full-validity passport to him. (Prashant Bhushan v Union of India & Anr). The Supreme Court has asked the government to file its reply within 3 weeks.The petition challenges Section 6(2)(f) of the Passports' Act 1967 read with Notification 570(E) of...

Court cannot issue a direction in breach of law however noble it may seem to appear; Madras HC declined to issue a blanket order to release Juveniles on same day of surrender

Madras High Court recently ruled that it cannot direct the Juvenile Justice Board to release the Juveniles on bail on the same day of their surrender. Dismissing a batch of petitions filed on behalf of the juveniles, Justice P.N. Prakash observed,“Whether in a given case, the juvenile in conflict with law will be exposed to “moral, physical or psychological danger” is a fact that can...