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Class 10 & 12 Exams : Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea To Cancel Physical Exams Of State Boards, CBSE & ICSE
Update on February 22 : Supreme Court agrees to list the petition tomorrow (February 23)The Chief Justice of India on Monday accepted a request made for the urgent listing of a writ petition which seeks the cancellation of physical exams for Class 10 and 12 to be conducted by all State Boards, CBSE, ICSE and NIOS.Advocate-on-Record Prashant Padmanabhan mentioned the petition for urgent...
Wife Making Frequent Discreet Phone Calls To Another Man At Odd Hours Despite Husband's Warning Is Matrimonial Cruelty: Kerala High Court
While granting a decree of divorce to a couple, the Kerala High Court recently ruled that a wife making secret phone calls to a man ignoring her husband's warning against the same amounts to matrimonial cruelty.Justice Kauser Edappagth in his judgment also observed that mere compromise would not amount to condonation of cruelty unless and until the matrimonial life was restored."Making...
Breaking | "Sponsored Litigation To Affect Communal Harmony During Polls": Allahabad HC Dismisses Contempt Plea Over Loudspeakers In Temple-Mosque
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a contempt plea filed regarding the usage of loudspeakers in the Temple as well as Mosque and observed that the same is a sponsored litigation so as to affect the communal harmony of the State keeping in mind the State Elections.Essentially, the Bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal was hearing a contempt plea filed by one Islamuddin against Rabindra...
'You Have To Follow Due Process Of Law' : Supreme Court Rejects UP Govt's Objections To Refund Of Crores Recovered From Anti-CAA Protesters Before 2020 Act
After the Supreme Court last week pulled up the UP government for acting on 274 recovery notices issued to alleged anti-CAA protestors in December, 2019, the state on Friday informed the Court that the notices and the consequent proceedings have been duly withdrawn.The Supreme Court had reprimanded the state government for affecting recoveries in violation of its judgments in Kodungallur...
Magistrate Shall Not Entertain Application U/s 156(3) CrPC If It Is Not Supported By Complainant's Affidavit: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a Magistrate cannot entertain an application under Section 156 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, when the complaint was not supported by an affidavit.With such a requirement, the persons would be deterred from causally invoking authority of the Magistrate, under Section 156 (3) of the Cr.P.C. In as much as if the affidavit is found to be false, the...
Hijab Not Essential Practice Of Islam, Karnataka AG Says; What Was Necessity Of Saying This In GO, Asks High Court?
A Full Bench of the Karnataka High Court today heard Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi on behalf of the State, in the petitions filed by Muslim girl students, who have challenged the action of a government college in denying their entry for wearing a hijab (headscarf).Navadgi told the Bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi that he...
Hijab Ban- Karnataka High Court Full Bench Hearing(Day 6)- LIVE UPDATES
Karnataka High Court Full Bench will continue hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the hijab ban in educational institutions.The matter is before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi will hear the petitions today at 2.30 PM.On Friday the Court requested the State to re-open the educational institutions at the earliest and...
2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blast Case: 38 Convicts Sentenced To Death
A special court on Friday sentenced 38 people to death in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast case.As many as 56 people were killed in the blasts that rocked Gujarat's capital on July 26, 2008.The court sentenced 38 of the 49 convicts to death under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The 11 others were sentenced to life in jail...
Low Conviction Rates In ED Cases Not A Ground To Decide Validity Of PMLA Provisions, Says Supreme Court During Hearing
The Supreme Court on Thursday remarked that the constitutional validity of the provisions of the PMLA Act cannot be judged on the basis of the performance of the Executive or the police or the inability to take the prosecution to its logical end or the low rate of conviction or the low rate of appeals against acquittal.On Wednesday, Senior Advocate Maneka Guruswamy, for one of the...
Kerala High Court Lawyers Stage Protest Against Proposal To Amend Civil Rules Of Practice, Limit Advocates' Fees
In a major setback for the legal fraternity in Kerala, the Additional Chief Secretary to Government has recently addressed a letter to the Chairman of Bar Council of Kerala with a proposal to amend the Rules regarding fees payable to Advocates in the State. Appendix VII of the Kerala Civil Rules of Practice, 1971 promulgated by the High Court provides for several rules, regarding fees payable...