Delhi HC Extends Interim Protection Granted to Delhi Minorities Commission Chief Zafarul Islam

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to submit its status report to the Delhi Minorities Commission Chief Zafarul Islam Khan in an FIR registered against him alleging posting of communal statements.While directing the state to serve a copy of the report to the Petitioner, the Single Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri further extended the interim protection of the Petitioner till...

Delhi HC Denies Relief In Plea Seeking Action Against Manufacturing of Faulty PPE Kits Under Drugs & Cosmetics Act

Delhi High Court has refused to provide relief in a plea seeking action against the manufacturers of faulty PPE kits. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan noted that there are enough guidelines in place to ensure quality maintenance of PPE kits. The court said: 'There are enough guidelines on the specifications for the PPE kits...

Bar Council Of Gujarat Resolves To Permit Needy Advocates To Do Alternative Jobs/ Business [Read Resolution]

The resolution will come into effect after receiving approval from the Bar Council of India.In a big relief to its member lawyers, the Bar Council of Gujarat has resolved that needy Advocates, who are facing difficulty in meeting ends due to the present lockdown situation, may take up alternative jobs/ businesses, until the end of this year. In a resolution passed by the State Bar...

AP HC Issues Notice On HC's Petition To Regulate Defamatory Social Media Posts Against Judiciary

The High Court of Andhra Pradesh has issued notice to Centre, AP Government, AP Police, Google, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp in a writ petition filed by the High Court itself seeking action against defamatory social media posts against judiciary.The petition filed through HC Registrar seeks directions to the police to take action on two FIRs, lodged on 16 April and 18...

Rajasthan HC Upholds Classification Of Prisoners For Release On Parole

The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday upheld the classification of convicts, for the purposes of granting parole, on the basis of the nature and gravity of offences committed by them. The division bench comprised by Justice Pankaj Bhandari and Justice Narendra Singh observed, "Special parole can be granted to certain category of prisoners and if benefit is not given to those who...

Gujarat HC Stays Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra Citing Covid Concerns [Read Order]

Two days after the Supreme Court stayed the Rath Yatra in the Lord Jagannath Temple, scheduled to be held on June 23, 2020, the Gujarat High Court has also passed a similar order, putting a stay on the Yatra or any other related activities. The order has been passed by a division bench comprised by Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice JB Pardiwala during an urgent hearing held on...

'Magic', 'Masala' Common Words In Indian Food Industry; No One Can Monopolise Them : Madras HC In Sunfeast -Maggi Dispute

The Madras High Court had dismissed a suit filed by ITC Limited seeking to restrain Nestle Indian Ltd from using phrases "Magic Masala", "Magical Masala" with respect to its noodles product 'Maggi'.ITC claimed that it had exclusive right to use 'Magic Masala' with respect to its noodles brand "Sunfeast Yippiee!' launched in 2010. It complained that the use of the expression...

High Courts Weekly Roundup

Week Commencing June 15 To June 21 Allahabad High Court 1) Allahabad HC Grants Wife Guardianship Of Husband In Comatose Condition; Calls Upon Central Government To Enact A Law [Uma Mittal & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.] The bench comprised by Justices Shashi Kant Gupta and Saurabh Shyam Shamshery allowed the plea of a wife, to be appointed as the guardian of her...

Delhi HC To Hear Plea Seeking Action Against Manufacturing of Faulty PPE Kits Under Drugs & Cosmetics Act

Delhi High Court will be hearing a plea seeking action against the manufacturers of faulty PPE kits. Filed by Advocate Amit Jain, the writ petition seeks a direction to be issued to the Health Ministry to initiate legal actions as envisaged under The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 against the manufacturers of faulty/substandard PPE kits under the guise of "COVID-19 kits. The...

Plea For CLAT Exam In Local Languages: Delhi HC Asks BCI To Consider Petition As Representation

The Delhi High Court has asked the Bar Council of India to consider as representation a plea seeking conducting of CLAT examination in local languages. The Single Bench of Justice Najmi Waziri asked the BCI to consider the present petition as a representation, take a decision within three weeks and convey the same to the Petitioner. Filed by Mr Pratham Kaushik, the petition sought...

Presence Of Accused For Framing Charges, Sec 313 CrPC Examination Can Be Via Video Conferencing : Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has held that during the Pandemic situation, trial courts can use video conferencing to record the plea of the accused with respect to framing of charge under Sections 228, 240 or 252 and examination of an accused under section 313 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) through video-conference. The facility can be used in case of accused who are in judicial custody...

Suppression Of Material Facts Is Not Advocacy: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

"Frivolous and groundless filings constitute a serious menace to the administration of justice."