Doctrine Of Impossibility Applicable To Court Orders; Possibility Of Implementation Should Be Considered : Supreme Court

"Doctrine of impossibility is applicable to Court orders as well", said the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the directions issued by Allahabad High Court on May 17 for upgradation of medical facilities in the State of Uttar Pradesh on a war-scale footing. Stating that High Courts should avoid passing orders that are not capable of being implemented, a Bench of Justices Vineet Saran and...

Hacking, Data Theft Attract Offences Under IPC Also, Not Just Information Technology Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked that in a case of hacking and data theft, in addition to penal provisions of the IT Act, offences under the IPC would also be attracted and that the IT Act would not exclude the applicability of the IPC.The vacation bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose was considering an SLP against the March order of the High Court of Punjab and...

E-Courts Mobile App Crosses 57Lakh Downloads, Supreme Court E- Committee Releases App Manual In 14 Languages

The Supreme Court e-Committee has released a manual for its free e-Courts services mobile application. The application has crossed 57 lakh downloads and the manual has been released in 14 languages— i.e. English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Khasi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, for better reach. The mobile app and its manuals in...

[Discharge Of Untreated Sewage In River Yamuna From Vrindavan And Kosi] NGT Directs UP's Chief Secretary To Review Remedial Action,

The National Green Tribunal has directed Uttar Pradesh's Chief Secretary, to look into the issue discharge of untreated sewage and waste water/effluents from Vrindavan and Kosi towns in river Yamuna and Kosi drain near Sunrakh, and review the remedial action.A five-member Bench of the National Green Tribunal, headed by the Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel issued the direction on...

Corpses Floating In Ganga- PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Directions For Framing Policy To Protect Rights Of The Dead, Control On Overcharging Of Cremations & Ambulance Services

In the wake of tragic news of bodies floating in the river Ganga, a PIL has been filed before Supreme Court seeking directions for framing of a policy to protect the rights of the dead and controlling the overcharging for cremations, burials of those who died of Covid-19 and ambulance services.The plea by Distress Management Collective, NGO Trust based in Delhi-NCR, has stressed on the dire...

Due To Delhi Health Infrastructure's Unpreparedness, Many Citizens Compelled To Seek Medical Attention In Neighboring States: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 21) observed that due to the unpreparedness of the health infrastructure in Delhi, many desperate citizens of the NCT of Delhi, had to seek admission/medical attention at hospitals in the neighbouring states. The Bench of Justice Rekha Palli was dealing with a plea by the petitioner, whose father is suffering from COVID-19 and he sought a direction...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks 'SC Digital Venues' To Enable Technologically Deprived Advocates/ Litigants To Appear Before Top Court

A PIL has been moved before the Supreme Court seeking establishment of 'Supreme Court Digital Venues' across the country to enable such Advocates and litigants to appear before the Top Court, who do not have access to technological infrastructure. The development assumes significance in view of prevalent debate surrounding establishment of Regional Benches of the Supreme Court...

Calculated Acts Of One Parent To Alienate Child From Other Parent Amount To "Mental Cruelty" : Kerala High Court

"A child has the right to the love and affection of both parents. Similarly, the parents have the right to receive the love and affection of the child. Any act on the part of the one parent calculated to deny the love and affection of the child to the other parent by alienating the child from him/her amounts to mental cruelty."

Andhra Pradesh High Court Quashes Local Body Elections As SEC Did Not Give 4 Weeks Model Code of Conduct

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside the elections held to Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTC) and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies(ZPTC) on April 8 on the ground that there was no mandatory gap of four weeks of Model Code of Conduct between the election notifications and the date of elections.The High Court dubbed the decision of the State Election Commission...

Plea In SC Seeks Adequate Medical Treatment For All Non-COVID Patients, At Par With COVID Patients, At All Times Including Lockdown

The Supreme Court has been moved in a PIL seeking directions to the Central and state governments to ensure that adequate medical treatment and facilities are provided to all non-Covid patients, alike as Covid patients, in all government and private hospitals and at all times including the lock down period.Urging that the court ensure that even the non-Covid patients' fundamental rights to...

'Arguments Of Additional Advocate General Prima Facie Contemptuous' : AP High Court Says In Case Related To Krishnam Raju's Arrest

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has expressed surprise over the "brazenness" and "arrogance" that the Additional Advocate General, representing the Andhra Pradesh Government, displayed while putting forth his arguments in the matter pertaining to YSRCP MP Krishnam Raju's arrest in a Sedition case. "A Lawyer has to be a gentleman first", the Division Bench of Justices Lalitha Kannengati and...

BREAKING : Delhi Court Rejects Police's Plea Seeking Police Custody Of Navneet Kalra In Oxygen Concentrators Hoarding Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday refused to send accused businessman Navneet Kalra to 5 days police custody remand in connection with the recovery and seizure of Oxygen Concentrators by the Delhi Police recently from the 'Khan Chacha' cafe under his ownership recently.Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Vasundhara Azad turned down Delhi Police's application seeking 5 days police custody remand for Kalra...