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'Reasonable Restriction' : Bombay HC Upholds COVID Test Mandate For Employees Refusing Vaccination
The Bombay High Court has upheld a circular issued by the Mumbai Port Trust (MPT) mandating RT-PCR tests every 10 days for unvaccinated employees. The Court held the test mandate was a reasonable restriction on their fundamental rights. The court observed that those avoiding the covid jab are placing themselves at a higher risk of contracting and transmitting the virus. "While...
'Vulgarity During Court Proceedings': Madras HC Initiates Contempt Action Against Lawyer
In the aftermath of video clippings of one of the lawyers logged in the virtual court engaging in eroticism with a woman went viral, Madras High Court has registered a suo motu criminal contempt proceedings. About the incident that occurred in the court of Justice G.K Ilanthiraiyan, a Division bench of Justice P.N. Prakash and Justice R. Hemalatha noted: "This Court cannot afford...
'BR Ambedkar Must Be Turning In His Grave Seeing How Judicial Independence Is being Trampled With': MP John Brittas In Rajya Sabha
"The key framer of the Constitution and the first law minister- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar- would be turning in his grave, seeing how judicial appointments are being made and how the independence of the judiciary is tampered with," Kerala MP John Brittas has said in the Parliament."It is true that Ambedkar was not in favour of prohibiting Supreme Court and High Court judges from taking up office...
'Had Sought Default Bail Like Sudha Bharadwaj' : 8 Bhima-Koregaon Accused Approach Bombay HC Claiming 'Factual Error' In Judgment
Eight accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case denied default bail have re-approached the Bombay High Court claiming to have exercised their right to default bail well within the stipulated period.It may be recalled that the High Court had granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj, an accused in the case, on the ground that the Pune Sessions Court was not competent...
How Supreme Court Protected Press Freedom In 2021
2021 was a year where India retained its low ranking of 142 out of 180 countries, as in the year before. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a French NGO which prepared the Global Press Freedom Index said, "India is one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists trying to do their job properly".2021 was also a year where one saw the Supreme Court making crucial and timely interventions to protect journalists who were facing threats and criminal law process for doing their...
Explained: How Centre's Bill Seeks To Raise Age Of Marriage For Women As 21 Years Uniformly Across All Religions
The Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani introduced in the Lok Sabha today the" Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021", which seeks to increase the age of marriage for women to 21 years across all religions. The Minister said that the bill will amend the provisions of the Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872, the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936,...
"Alleged Detention Has Expired Long Back With A Passage Of Time" Supreme Court Dismisses Jharkhand Gobvt's Plea Assailing HC Order Quashing Detention Orders
Observing that the order of detention in terms of the provisions of the Bihar Control of Crimes Act, 1981 ("Act") had expired long back, the Supreme Court recently dismissed a special leave petition assailing Jharkhand High Court's order of declaring continuous detention after expiry of first three months of the detention as bad in the eyes of law.The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and AS Oka...
BREAKING : Parliament Passes Election Laws Amendment Bill To Allow Aadhaar-Voter ID Linkage
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which seeks to link Voter Identity Card and Aadhaar. The house passed the bill in a voice vote at around 3.15 PM, after a discussion that started at 2 PM.The Lok Sabha had passed the Bill yesterday. The Bill seeks to amend provisions of the Representation of People's Act, 1950 and Representation of People's Act, 1951...
BREAKING : Centre Introduces Bill To Raise Age Of Marriage For Women As 21 Years In Lok Sabha
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani introduced in the Lok Sabha today the "Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021", which seeks to increase the age of marriage for women to 21 years across all religions.The Minister said that the bill will amend the provisions of the Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872, the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936, Muslim...
'When Will A High & Mighty State Owned Insurance Company Realise Its Social Conscience?': SC Criticizes Challenge Against Compensation For Worker's Death
In a case where "a poor farming family is lost in a long drawn out battle to secure a paltry compensation of Rs 2,64,895 awarded by the Commissioner of Labour for the death of their son for an accident", the Supreme Court has criticised the State-owned New India Assurance Co. Ltd. for raising a challenge to the award./"When will a high and mighty state-owned insurance company realise its...
Section 438 CrPC : Supreme Court Deprecates Practice Of Filing Second Application For Pre-Arrest Bail After Rejection Of First
While considering a special leave petition assailing Jharkhand High Court's order, the Supreme Court recently deprecated the practice of filing a second application u/s 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure after the rejection of the first one. The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and AS Oka noted that the High Court on November 10, 2020 had rejected petitioner's first application u/s 438, CrPC....