Delhi HC Asks Centre To Submit Its Policy On Social Media Ban In Army [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government to submit in a sealed cover its policy regarding the use of social media by members of armed forces. The order has come in a plea moved by Lieutenant Colonel PK Choudhary challenging an order of the Director General of Military Intelligence, requiring all personnel in the Indian Army to delete Facebook, Instagram and 87...

Lockdown Restrictions Applicable To Political Parties & Associations Also: Kerala HC [Read Order]

A Chief Justice led division bench of the Kerala High Court has clarified that the directives issued by the Centre and the State Governments restricting social gatherings in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, are equally applicable to political parties and associations. Therefore, it held that the political parties should not hold dharna, processions, demonstrations, etc. as such gatherings...

No Evidence To Indicate Role Of Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra & Parvesh Verma In Delhi Riots: Delhi Police Tells Delhi HC

The Delhi Police has submitted an affidavit before the Delhi High Court claiming that no evidence has surfaced so far to indicate any role played by BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma in either instigating or participating in the Delhi Riots.The affidavit sworn by Rajesh Deo, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Legal Cell(Police Head Quarters) also stated that if any...

[Breaking] Certificate Under Section 65B(4) Evidence Act Is A Condition Precedent To The Admissibility of Electronic Evidence: SC [Read Judgment]

Answering a reference, the 3-judge bench held that the dictum in "Anvar PV v PK Basheer" need not be revisited.

[FULL VIDEO][LiveLaw Practitioners Series] Law Of Evidence- 'Burden of Proof' By Justice (Rtd) Abraham Mathew

Justice Abraham Mathew (Former Judge, High Court of Kerala ) will deliver a lecture on "Law of Evidence - Burden of Proof" .Details of the Webinar are as follows:Date & Time: 14/2020, 5:00pmYouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybMJ_GBTZogFacebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/livelawindia/Zoom Meeting Link:...

Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Judicial Probe Into Alleged Encounter Of Kanpur Gangster Vikas Dubey As Infructuous [Read Order]

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking Judicial probe into the alleged encounter of Kanpur Gangster Vikas Dubey, noting that the UP Government has already taken steps in that direction. "Considering the fact that Special Investigating Team and Judicial Commission have already been constituted by the State of U.P. to enquire into the...

MHA Order Directing Employers To Pay Wages During Lockdown, Not Applicable To Workers Who Were Unemployed Or Unpaid Before The Lockdown: Bombay HC

In a significant order, the Bombay High Court has held that order passed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs under the Disaster management Act directing all states and union territories to ensure that all the employers shall make payment of wages to their workers without any deduction during the lockdown, is not applicable to those workers who remained unpaid and unemployed for a long...

Varavara Rao Challenges Spl Court Order Rejecting Bail On Medical Grounds Before Bombay HC

Varavara Rao, the 81-year-old poet and literary critic from Telangana, accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, challenged the order passed by a special court on June 26 rejecting temporary bail sought on medical grounds, before the Bombay High Court. Judge DE Kothalikar had for a second time, in an order dated June 26, rejected the interim bail pleas filed by Rao and co-accused...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Challenging The UGC Guidelines On Conferment Of Autonomous Status On Colleges

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea challenging the validity of the UGC (Conferment of Autonomous Status upon Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Autonomous Colleges) Regulations, 2018, for being ultra vires of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has issued notice to...

Army Personnel Moves Delhi HC Against 'Draconian' Policy Requiring All Members Of Armed Forces To Delete Their Social Media Accounts Including Facebook, Instagram

"The orders of banning use and deletion of Soldier's profiles and data from social networking websites is characteristic of authoritarian regimes and is against the democratic and constitutional foundation of India. It is submitted that no other professional army serving in a constitutional democracy has put such unreasonable and mindless restrictions on its Soldiers." A petition has...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-22]

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[Breaking] Delhi HC Extends Operation Of Subsisting Interim Orders Till Aug 31 Amid COVID-19 Situation

In light of the continuing pandemic in Delhi, the Delhi High Court has extended the operation of all the subsisting interim orders till August 31. While taking the suo moto cognizance of the issues, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel, Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh have ordered that all such interim orders shall stand automatically extended till 31/08/20 or...