No Foreign National Related To Tablighi Jamaat Event Has Been Arrested, Notices To Join Investigation Have Been Issued: Delhi Police Informs Delhi HC [Read Report]

The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has informed the Delhi High Court that not a single foreign national related to the Tablighi Jamaat incident has been arrested so far or has been taken into custody by the Delhi Police. The said information was given in the Criminal Writ Petition filed by Mohammad Jamal, seeking the release of foreign nationals related to the Markaz event from...

Kerala HC Launches Paperless Certified Copy Service

On Friday, the Kerala High Court launched its digitized "paperless certified copy service" to provide online certified copies of orders/ judgments to advocates and litigants. To avail this facility, Advocates will have to register on the E-courts portal and login to it. They may select the desired order, be it an interim order or a final judgment, after entering the relevant case...

'Executive Entitled To Elbow Room And Free Play In Its Joints To Protect Citizens In These Times Of Global Pandemic': Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

"In their endeavour to protect the life and health of its citizens / inhabitants, the executive is entitled to some elbow room and a free play in its joints", remarked the Uttarakhand High Court last week. This was in context of the Division Bench's observation that "in these times of a global pandemic of the Covid-19 disease, stringent measures have been taken, and severe restrictions...

Personal Responsibility Of All Admins On Whatsapp To Report Any Malicious, Incorrect Or Derogatory Content: Mumbai Police [Read Order]

The Mumbai Police on Saturday reissued a prohibitory order under Section 144 of CrPC against dissemination of malicious, derogatory or incorrect information through social media platforms like Whatsapp, Twitter, Facebook, Tik Tok, Instagram etc in order to protect people from fake news or incorrect information about Covid-19.The said order issued by DCP (Operations) Pranaya Ashok states-"There...

Rape And Attempt To Murder Of Lady Lawyer: BCI Chairman Writes To LG, Police For Speedy Investigation

The Chairman of Bar Council of India (BCI), MK Mishra, has written to the Lieutenant Governor and Police Commissioner of Delhi with an urgent request to probe the rape and attempt to murder of a female advocate in Jangpura Extension. Providing information regarding this heinous and brutal crime which took place on May 19, Mishra has sought quick action in apprehending and arresting...

Evolve A Scheme For The Benefit Of The Advocates Clerks: Karnataka HC Tells Bar Council [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the Advocates' Association of Bengaluru and Karnataka State Bar Council to evolve a scheme for the benefit of the registered Advocates' Clerks, who are suffering due to closure of courts during the lockdown. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice M Nagaprasanna noted that the Advocates' Clerks "play an important role...

As Three Remand Prisoners Turn Covid Positive, Kerala HC Mandates Production of Accused Before Magistrate Via Electronic Means Only [Read Memo]

The Kerala High Court has instructed that production of an accused before the Magistrates and Special Judges in the state will be done via electronic means only, to prevent the spread of Covid infection in the court premises. The direction comes after the High Court noted that on several instances, the accused person produced in the court physically later turned out to be Covid...

"Such An Award Shocks The Conscience Of The Court"; Bombay HC Sets Aside Sole Arbitrator's Award Against Jackie Shroff [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court last week set aside an award passed by a sole arbitrator against actor Jackie Shroff and noted that conclusions arrived at by the arbitrator are not just wrong, but "exhibit an unmitigated perversity and is shocking to the conscience of the court."Justice SC Gupte heard an arbitration petition filed by Shroff challenging the said award in a matter between him and...

Paatal Lok : Complaint Filed Before Punjab Police Alleging That Series Hurt Sentiments Of Sikh Community

A complaint has been filed before Punjab police against OTT platform Amazon Prime Video and the Producers of the web series 'Paatal Lok' for allegedly hurting religious feelings and sentiments of the Sikh community. G.S. Dhillion, an advocate practicing in the Punjab & Haryana High Court has written to the Police Station at S.A.S Nagar District in Punjab alleging that episode 3 of...

Patna HC Directs Govts. To Ensure That Transgender Persons Not Possessing Ration Cards Also Benefit Under Social Security Schemes [Read Order]

The Patna High Court on Wednesday directed the Government to ensure that the persons belonging to the Transgender community are not deprived of food grains distributed under the social security schemes, solely for not possessing a ration card. "All policies framed and instructions issued by the Government, be it Central or State, shall be implemented in letter and spirit and no member...

SCBA Announce Covid-19 Financial Assistance Scheme To Members[Read Guidelines]

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has announced the introduction of a new financial assistance scheme for the benefit of lawyers who are distressed and in need of aid due to the prevailing lockdown on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. The "COVID-19 Financial Assistance and Grant Scheme" intends to provide a one-time ex gratia amount of up to Rs. 20,000 to advocates facing...

Kerala HC Gets Its First Woman Registrar General [Read Notification]

Sophy Thomas, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur on Monday became the first woman to be appointed as a Registrar General at the Kerala High Court. As per a notification issued in this behalf by the Kerala High Court, Thomas has been asked to hand over the office of District Judge to the ADJ and to proceed to take up the new appointment.She will succeed Karunakaran Nair...