Bar Against Grant Of Anticipatory Bail In SC-ST Act Does Not Disentitle Accused From Seeking Regular Bail After He Surrenders/Gets Arrested: Kerala HC [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has observed that the bar against granting anticipatory bail in the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, does not disentitle the person accused of an offence under the Act from seeking regular bail, when he is arrested and produced before the court or when he surrenders or appears before the court. Justice Narayana Pisharadi...

NEET Exam Postponed To September 13 & JEE To September 27

"Keeping in mind the safety of students and to ensure quality education," Union Cabinet Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Friday announced that the Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) and the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) have been postponed till September. The Medical entrance examination that was initially scheduled to be held in May 2020 has been...

Kerala HC Dismisses PIL Against Bimonthly Billing System Adopted By Electricity Board [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed challenging bimonthly billing system adopted by the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEB) with regard to the bills issued to the domestic consumers. One Vinay Kumar MC had approached the High Court contending that, due to that billing formula adopted by the KSEB the consumers are forced to pay more amounts...

Delhi HC Allows Pinjra Tod Member Devangana Kalita's Plea For Headphone During VC Meetings With Counsel, Books Etc

The Delhi High Court has allowed Pinjra Tod member Devangana Kalita's plea seeking various facilities such as video conferencing meetings with her counsel and access to non academic books. The Single Bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru allowed the demands raised by Kalita after taking into consideration the status report filed by the Tihar authorities wherein it was mentioned that...

Bombay HC Quashes Order Passed By AAI's Appellate Committee Adopting New Criteria For Maximum Height Clearance For Projects Around Mumbai Airport [Read Order]

In a huge relief to developers of plots around Mumbai International Airport, the Bombay High Court on Friday quashed and set aside a decision taken by Appellate Committee of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to adopt the criterion laid out in the Civil Aviation Ministry's Draft Rules, 2018 for clearing projects for maximum permissible height. As per the decision dated April 23, 2019,...

Karnataka HC Extends All Interim Orders Till August 7 [Read Notice]

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday extended the operation of all the interim orders passed by it or the Subordinate Courts and Tribunals, that are due to expire within a span of one month, till August 7. A division bench of led by Chief Justice Abhay Oka noted, "Though the court resumed partial functioning with effect from June 1, considering the prevailing situation where number...

Plea Seeking Mandatory Donation of Plasma By Recovered Patients of COVID19: Delhi HC Asks The Petitioner To Make Representation Before the Appropriate Authority

Delhi High Court has asked the Petitioner to make a representation before the appropriate authority in a plea seeking mandatory donation of plasma by the recovered patients of COVID19. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan while disposing of the petition granted liberty to the Petitioner to make a representation before the...

Ban On Online Classes Violates Right To Education Under Article 21A, Petitioners Tell Karnataka HC

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday heard the writ petitions challenging the ban imposed by Karnataka government on online classes.The petitioners argued that the absolute ban was violative of right to education under Article 21A of the Constitution of India.The State government informed the Karnataka High Court that the expert committee constituted to recommend scientific ways of...

'While Fighting Pandemic, Ignorance Invites Calamity' : Telangana HC Expresses Dissatisfaction With Govt Publication Of COVID-19 Data

"Although the Government may claim that it is doing all that it can do to contain the spread of COVID-19, but the data supplied by the Government, and the information available in the Media Bulletin, and in the press, reveal a disturbing picture", observed the Telangana High Court on Wednesday.The Court pulled up the state, saying that for the last two months, repeatedly the court has...

Allahabad HC Quashes Non-Bailable Warrant Issued Against Former MP Jaya Prada For Allegedly Making False Statement During Elections [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court recently quashed the non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against former MP Jaya Prada by Additional District & Sessions Judge, Rampur in connection to a NCR registered against her for making derogatory remarks against her political opponents during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Noting that the offences registered against her were non-cognizable, the single...

'Immediately Test Inmates Who Show Signs Of Discomfort' : Bombay HC Disposes Of PILs After State Accepts Suggestions For Improving Prison Facilities

The Bombay High Court on Thursday disposed of a batch of PILs raising concerns regarding lack of facilities for proper treatment of prisoners lodged in various correctional homes during the current pandemic of Covid-19 after concluding that most of the suggestions proposed by the petitioners have been accepted by the State. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and...

Chhattisgarh HC Denies Interim Relief To Bureaucrat In Money Laundering Case [Read Order]

The Chhattisgarh High Court on Tuesday refused to grant interim relief to lok Shukla, former IAS and Principal Secretary to the Department of Parliamentary Affairs, Chhattisgarh, in the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) registered against him for money laundering. The division bench of Chief Justice PR Ramachandra Menon and Justice Parth Prateem Sahu granted two weeks time to...