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Madras High Court dismisses a plea as withdrawn to let the Supreme Court decide on restrictions from wearing the dresses and accessories with religious significance to the schools

01 May 2022
The Division Bench of the Madras High Court, comprising Justices M Duraiswamy and T. V. Thamilselvi in the case of K.Gopinath v. The Director of School Education Department Government of Tamil Na...
 

Calcutta High Court permits 17 year old rape victim to undergo medical termination of pregnancy

01 May 2022
The Single Judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court, comprising Justice Rajashekhar Mantha in the case of Rupa Das vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors has permitted a 17 year old rape minor vict...
 

SC reiterates Doctors cannot be held liable for medical negligence merely because they could not save the Patient [Read Judgment]

01 May 2022
The Supreme Court recently comprising of a division bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka while upholding the NCDRC order of exonerating a team of expert doctors from allegations of negligen...
 

HC: SC/ST Act – Offence appears to be a misuse of law, the Court has the power to grant Anticipatory Bail [Read order]

01 May 2022
The Chhattisgarh High Court recently comprising of a single Judge bench of Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari ruled that when the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 app...
 

HC: FIR for Non-Compoundable Offences can be quashed in Matrimonial Disputes if Court satisfied that Parties settled Disputes Amicably [Read order]

30 Apr 2022
The Delhi High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh while disposing of a matter filed under Section 482 remarked, "Even in non- compoundable offences pertaining to...
 

HC: High time that Subordinate Courts come into grips with Fundamental Principles of CPC [Read Judgment]

30 Apr 2022
The Madras High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh while setting aside a decree passed by the lower Appellate Court with respect to schedule properties, on the ground o...
 

Tolerance, Respect for all communities essential to keep country united: HC dismisses PIL over meat sale ban in Mathura/Vrindavan [Read order]

30 Apr 2022
The Allahabad High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice Ashutosh Srivastava and Justice Pritinker Diwaker dismissed a Public Interest Litigation plea filed regarding permission for transpor...
 

CJI Ramana releases SCLSC's Vision Document- 'A Vision For The Future' at Joint Conference

30 Apr 2022
On Saturday, at the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices, the Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana released the Vision Document-  'A Vision For The Future' of Supreme...
 

HC: Media Can’t Make Suggestions Of Guilt Or Innocence Of A Person Or Credibility Of Witnesses [Read order]

30 Apr 2022
The Kerala High Court recently comprising of a single Judge bench of Justice Mohammed Nias C.P while addressing the matter with regard to the media trial observed that media trials influence public op...
 

[Lakhimpur Kheri case] Apex Court expounds no accused can be subjected to unending detention [Read order]

30 Apr 2022
The Supreme Court recently comprising of a three–judge Bench of Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli while remanding the bail application of Ashish Mishra i...
 

HC expounds Parents entitled to a family pension after remarriage of widowed wife [Read order]

30 Apr 2022
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi while allowing a petition for the grant of family pension observed that entitlement for the grant of f...
 

SC expounds HC should be slow to grant relief of quashing complaint u/s 138 NI Act at a Pre-trial stage [Read Judgment]

30 Apr 2022
The Supreme Court recently comprising of a bench of observed Justices K M Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy observed that High Courts should exercise caution when granting the relief of quashing a complaint u...
 

SC: Prosecution under UP Gangsters Act permissible even in case of a single FIR/Charge-sheet for Anti-Social Activities [Read Judgment]

30 Apr 2022
The Supreme Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice BV Nagarathna held that an accused can be prosecuted under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Preve...
 

HC wields 'sword of contempt' against a party for wilful disobedience of an order, breach of compromise [Read order]

30 Apr 2022
The Delhi High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad while holding a party guilty in a contempt case, said that courts should not hesitate in "wielding the sword of c...
 

Art.226 Petition not a remedy available against Administrative Tribunal Orders unless Jurisdiction is exceeded, Read HC Order

30 Apr 2022
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that petition under Article 226 against a Tribunal Order cannot succeed unless there is excess jurisdiction or patent perversity. The Division Bench...
 

Plea moved in High Court challenging construction of multilevel parking on School land

30 Apr 2022
A PIL has been moved before the High Court of Delhi against the construction, operation, & maintenance of upcoming commercial shops, retail space & food court & multi-level car parkin...
 

HC shocked: It's DB's Order not complied for Twenty Years, Read Order

30 Apr 2022
The Allahabad High Court has expressed utter shock on the state of affairs of the State after finding that a direction issued by a Division Bench nearly 20 years ago, has not yet been complied wi...
 

Money Laundering Case: Enforcement Directorate attaches over Rs 7 crore worth assets of Jacqueline Fernandez

30 Apr 2022
The ED has attached assets worth Rs 7.27 crore of Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez in a money laundering case that involved jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, acc...
 

This Court conferes 'Senior Designation' on eight Advocates

30 Apr 2022
The Orissa High Court has conferred 'Senior Designation' on eight Advocates. The Notification has came superseding the previous notification dated 19th August 2019 via which...
 

Hanuman Chalisa Row a big plot to collapse law and order, dissolve present MVA Govt: Police tells Court

30 Apr 2022
Opposing the bail petition of independent MP from Amravati Navneet Rana & her MLA husband Ravi Rana, on Friday, the Mumbai Police said that the plan to read Hanuman Chalisa at Matos...
 

Govt willing to take over debt-ridden School: Delhi Govt tells High Court

30 Apr 2022
In what may come as a relief to parents and students of Raisina Bengali School in south Delhi’s Chittaranjan Park, the Delhi Govt plans to take...
 

HC to Petitioner: We have already issued a Writ to Police to stop automatic Arrests in Sec.498A IPC Cases, no need to do it again, Read Order

30 Apr 2022
The Allahabad High Court has imposed cost of ₹20 k on petitioner who sought reiteration of a general mandamus already issued by it. The Division Bench of Justice Anjani Kumar Mishra and J...
 

Call for Papers: Dublin Law & Politics Review, (General theme of law or politics), Dublin: Submit by May 6

30 Apr 2022
About DLPR DLPR is formed by a group of researchers who want to encourage cooperation in the field of Law and Politics. Law is a product of the political process and a change or fault in law often...
 

Enforcement Directorate says Cops forged Court order, Police files FIR

30 Apr 2022
In a move that could further escalate tension between the Centre and Govt of West Bengal, the Delhi Police, which reports to the Home Ministry, is learnt to have filed an FIR on a compl...
 

Call for Blogs on Human Rights Issue by Rights Blog, Europe: No Fees, Rolling Submissions

30 Apr 2022
About Rights Blog Rights! was initiated in 2015 by a small group of graduates from the European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA). In the spirit of the&nbsp...
 

CJI NV Ramana's address at Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices: Vacancies of Judges, misuse of PILs and 'Lakshman Rekha'

30 Apr 2022
On Saturday, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana addressed the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts. In one interesting remark during this, he said the Cons...
 

Man booked for making lewd gestures & clicking photos of Woman on Court premises

30 Apr 2022
A man was booked for allegedly making lewd gestures & clicking photos of a 45-year-old married woman inside the District Court premises in MP Nagar locality on March 5. The case was regi...
 

High Court defers hearing on bail petition of Umar Khalid till May 6

30 Apr 2022
In view of the upcoming hearing before the Apex Court on the constitutional validity of the sedition law, the High Court of Delhi on Friday deferred the hearing on Umar Khalid’s plea for ba...
 

HC to Police: You can't Extern a Man involved in a single case, it's for Habitual Offenders, Read Judgment

30 Apr 2022
The Allahabad High Court while setting aside an order of externment, reiterated that one cannot be treated to be a habitual offender unless and until there is a recurrence of the offenc...
 

HC rejects petition to stop Raj Thackeray event, imposes cost of Rs 1 lakh on petitioner

30 Apr 2022
On Friday, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court imposed a Rs 1 lakh cost on a petitioner while rejecting a Public Interest Litigation that sought the Court's direction to stop M...
 

Call for Papers: Sharda Law Journal [Vol. 2 Issue 1]: Submit by May 30

30 Apr 2022
About the Journal The Sharda Law Review is Bi-Annual Double peer-reviewed Law journal published by the School of Law – Sharda University, Greater Noida. The Inaugural Edition of the J...
 

Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices: PM Narendra Modi addresses gathering after inaugration

30 Apr 2022
Following 39th Conference of Chief Justices of High Courts, PM Narendra Modi inaugrated Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. CJI NV Ramana chaire...
 
 

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