[Joshimath Crisis] ‘Resettled Many People, Deployed Disaster Response Forces’: Uttarakhand Govt Informs Delhi High Court

The Uttarakhand Government on Thursday informed Delhi High Court that National and State Disaster Response Forces have been deployed in the State to deal with Joshimath crisis and that many people have been resettled and relocated.Deputy Advocate General for the State of Uttarakhand JK Sethi informed a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad that...

No Dance Form Should Be Identified Using A Caste/Tribal Community's Name To Insult Such Community Members: Madras High Court

While disposing of a petition seeking to take action against cultural programmes denigrating the Kuravar community, the Madras High Court directed the state to ensure that no dance performances are identified with a community, so as to denigrate the members of the community...ensure that no dance performance is identified using a caste/ tribal community's name so as to insult or degrade...

If Child Works Voluntarily Then Sections 75 & 79 Of Juvenile Justice Act Do Not Apply: Telangana High Court

In a recent order, Justice K. Surender of Telangana High Court held that where a juvenile who works voluntarily, Sections 75 and 79 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 do not apply. Section 75 provides for punishment, if any person having control of child, assaults, abandons, abuses or willfully neglects the child. Section 79 deals with punishment...

Can’t Monitor Murder Probe Forever: Bombay High Court To Rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s Kin

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday sought to know CBI’s stand on the court continuing to monitor the probe into rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s murder, even as it observed that it cannot do so forever. A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and P D Naik was hearing a 2015 petition filed by Dabholkar's daughter Mukta Dabholkar seeking that the court continue to...

Rajasthan High Court Issues Notice To State Govt On Plea Seeking Voting Rights For Women In Shri Jain Shwetamber Nakoda Parshwanath Tirth Trust

The Rajasthan High Court has issued notice to the state government on a petition challenging the denial of voting rights to women in the election for membership in Shri Jain Shwetamber Nakoda Parshwanath Tirth Trust.Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur has listed the matter for hearing on January 19. "Issue notice of stay application also," said the court."The respondents have withheld the rights of...

Kannur University Case| Priya Varghese Appeals Against Decision Of Single Judge

Priya Varghese, the wife of K.K. Ragesh, private secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, has moved the Kerala High Court challenging the Single Bench decision which directed the competent authority of the University to reconsider her credential, and decide whether she ought to continue in the rank list for appointment. The Single Judge Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran had passed...

Never Arrested Or Interrogated Nambi Narayanan In ISRO Espionage Case : RB Sreekumar Tells Kerala High Court

The Kerala HC on Wednesday heard the anticipatory bail pleas of former Intelligence Bureau officers who have been accused of conspiring to frame former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO Espionage case.The matter was heard by a bench of Justice K. Babu. It may be recalled that the Supreme Court had in December 2022 set aside the previous orders of the High Court granting...

'Kill Modi' Remark| 'Public Leader Should Be Vigilant In Using Words In Speech': MP High Court Denies Bail To Congress Leader

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday denied bail to State Congress leader Raja Pateria in a case over his alleged remark asking people to be prepared to 'Kill' Prime Minister Narendra Modi to save the Constitution and the future of minorities and Dalits.The Court observed that it is not expected from the public leader to use foul language disparaging the image of leaders of a high-up...

Delhi Police Commissioner Personally Monitoring Registration Of FIRs Regarding Misbehaviour And Harassment Of Women, High Court Told

The Delhi Government has informed the High Court that the Police Commissioner is personally monitoring the registration of FIRs regarding misbehaviour and harassment of women in the national capital. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was also informed by the government that whenever any instance of misbehaviour on woman is brought to the...

Bombay High Court Orders Stay On Transfer of Adoption Cases To District Magistrates, Asks Single Judge To Continue Hearing Matters

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted interim stay on transfer of pending adoption matters to the District Magistrates and directed the courts to continue with adjudication in such cases.The division bench of Justice G. S. Patel and Justice S. G. Dige also issued notice to the Attorney General for India in a writ petition challenging the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of...

Court Has No Jurisdiction To Review Order Passed Under Section 11 of A&C Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that orders passed in an application filed under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C) cannot be reviewed since there is no provision of review contained in the A&C Act. The bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, while dismissing a review petition filed against the arbitral reference made under Section 11, held that...

‘Act Utterly Disgusting, Sufficient To Outrage Modesty Of Any Woman’: Delhi Court Denies Bail To Shankar Mishra In Air India Case

A Delhi Court on Wednesday denied bail to Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on an elderly woman on a New York-Delhi Air India flight in November last year. Metropolitan Magistrate Komal Garg observed that the alleged act of the accused of relieving himself upon the complainant is “utterly disgusting and repulsive” and is sufficient to outrage the modesty of any woman.“Egregious...