3 Delhi High Court Judges Test Positive For Covid-19, DHCBA To Keep Office Closed

New Delhi, Apr 12: While 3 judges of the Delhi High Court have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), the Delhi High Court Bar Association has decided to close its office at the court premises in light of the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the national capital.The judges are isolating at their residences, according to sources at the court. The 3 judges, who are suffering...

Minister KT Jaleel Moves Kerala High Court Against Lokayukta Order Charging Him With Nepotism

K T Jaleel, Kerala's Minister for Higher Education and Minority Welfare has moved the Kerala High Court against the report of the Kerala Lok Ayukta charging him with nepotism, abuse of power and favouritism in giving government appointment to his second cousin by altering norms. Specifically under challenge is Paragraph 54 of the said Report, wherein the Lok Ayukta comprising Justices...

Allahabad High Court Resorts To Virtual Hearings; Modalities Notified

In view of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, the Allahabad High Court has decided to stop physical functioning with immediate effect and to resort to virtual hearing from today, i.e. April 12, 2021. Initially, only 25 Courts will be made functional for hearing through virtual mode. However, this number may be increased or decreased, as per existing work-load. The Committee for...

Red Fort Violence: Delhi Court Reserves Order In Deep Sidhu's Bail Plea For April 15

"The interviews show his intention for committing violence to blame our country, to disregard our national flag, to disregard our police personnel where several were injured." Submitted the State while denying the grant of bail to accused Deep Sidhu, alleged to be the primary conspirator in the Red Fort Violence case.

Uttarakhand Forest Fire: High Court Asks State To Fill All Vacancies In Forest Department Within 6 Months

"For, until and unless sufficient manpower and physical infrastructure are not provided to the Forest Department, it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the Forest Department, to carry out its functions," the Uttarakhand High Court has observed. It has asked the State Government to take steps for filling up vacancies in its Forest Department, preferably within...

Delhi Riots- Statement Of Witnesses Undated, No Plausible Explanation: Delhi Court Casts Serious Doubt On Credibility Of Witnesses, Grants Bail

"…Applicant cannot be made to incarcerate in jail for infinity merely on account of the fact that other persons who were part of the riotous mob have to be identified and arrested in the matter."- Delhi Court

[Bonacaud Kurishumala] No Religious Community Has An Unbridled Right To Conduct Pilgrimage Inside A Reserve Forest Land: Kerala High Court

"If any group of people forcibly enter any Reserve Forest Area and construct any structures unauthorisedly, such structures are liable to be removed by the Forest Authorities in accordance with law.”

DJ Selection- Subordinate Judicial Officer Cannot Claim The Stream Of Advocate Against Quota For Direct Recruitment From Bar: Patna High Court

“When law is very clear right from the beginning, the petitioner cannot be allowed to stake claim of being appointed as a District Judge from the stream of advocate and it has to be confined to those advocates who continue to be an advocate all through and also at the time of his appointment.” –Patna High Court

'"State Heading Towards Health Emergency": Gujarat HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of COVID Surge

The Gujarat High Court today took suo motu cognizance of the recent surge in the COVID Cases in the state and the matter shall be heard at C.J. Residence, tomorrow i.e., on 12.04.2021 at 11.00 a.m. The Bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Bhargav D. Karia had a dialogue with the Senior most State Law Officers, Advocate General and the Government Pleader expressing...

No Law Obliges Stating Of Religion While Seeking Sanction To Transfer Immovable Property: Gujarat HC Grants Pre Arrest Bail To Parsi Man

The Gujarat High Court last week granted Anticipatory Bail to a Parsi man named Feroze Falibhai Contractor, against whom an FIR had been lodged by a Hindu man as he allegedly hid his religion while selling his property under the Disturbed Areas Act. While granting him the bail, the Bench of Justice Umesh A. Trivedi specifically observed, "Prima facie, it appears that no law obliges...

Delhi Riots- Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Two Men After Doubting Eye Witness's Testimony In Murder, Conspiracy Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to two men namely Pradeep Rai and Aman Kashyap facing trial of murder and conspiracy in connection with a Delhi Riots case that broke out in Northeast Delhi last year after doubting the testimony of eye witness who alleged to have seen the incident happening at a place situated away from his house.A single judge bench comprising of Justice Suresh...

"Few Govts Being Run With A Single Person/Few Persons Exercising Real Authority Like In US": Madras High Court

The Madras High Court last week observed that though the form of government both at the Centre and in the States is fashioned after the Westminister style, in fact, some of them work with a single person or a few persons exercising real authority. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing the plea praying that more prominent...