Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On PIL To Make e-KYC Process Accessible For Acid Attack Survivors & Persons With Blindness/Low Vision

The Supreme Court on Tuesday(January 28) reserved judgment on the two writ petitions seeking directions or guidelines for persons with blindness/low vision and acid attack survivors, respectively, to conduct digital Know Your Customer (KYC)/e-KYC/video KYC.A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan heard the two petitions. It directed the parties to file written submissions that...

Bombay High Court Allows Representative Procession For Imam Hussain's Chelum In Maharashtra With 150 persons

The Bombay High Court on Monday allowed two Islamic organisations to take out only one procession in south Mumbai for the Chehlum of Imam Hussain, on the 40th day of his martyrdom, albeit with restrictions. "We have given our thoughtful and anxious consideration to the entire issue before us. While the rights and religious sentiments of the people are to be respected, but at the same...

Kerala High Court Further Extends Interim Orders Till 13th July Amidst Ongoing Covid Restrictions

The Kerala High Court on Monday extended interim orders of stay passed by the Court in custody matters which were due to expire during the ongoing Covid restrictions further till 13th July 2021. A full Bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar, Justice C T Ravikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly observed that considering the lockdown and the periodical government orders, it was...

Failure To Make Interim Pay-Outs To Needy Advocates, Clerks In Pandemic: Madras HC Asks BCI, BCTN & P To Disclose Complete Financials, Grants Received From State [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the BCI and Bar Council of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry to file their audited financial statements for the periods 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. The Division Bench of Justices M. Sathya Narayanan and Anitha Sumanth required that the financials so filed must be complete, containing details of (i) income and expenditure/profit and loss (ii) balance...

Bombay HC Refuses Relief To Vijay Mallya In His Plea Seeking Stay On Confiscation Of Properties u/FEO Act

The Bombay High Court on Thursday refused relief to Vijay Mallya, a declared fugitive economic offender under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 (FEO). Mallya had sought a stay on confiscation of properties owned by him until his petition challenging the FEO Act is decided. Division bench ofJustice Akhil Kureshi and Justice SJ Kathawalla dismissed Mallya's plea seeking a stay on...