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Nirbhaya Case: Delhi High Court Reserves Order on Mukesh's Plea Seeking His Trial To Be Declared As Invalid
Delhi High Court has reserved order in a plea moved by one of the convicts Mukesh seeking the trial court order dated 10/09/2013, wherein he was convicted for the rape and murder of Nirbhaya, to be declared as invalid on the ground of concealment of vital documents. The Single Bench of Justice Brijesh Sethi has reserved the order after providing adequate hearing to convict's...
Corona Pandemic: Delhi HC Expresses Satisfaction on Steps Taken By Centre For Evacuating Stranded Students From Iran
Delhi High Court has expressed satisfaction over the steps taken by the central government in getting in touch with and bringing back most of the Indian students stuck in Iranian Universities due to the Coronavirus outbreak While taking the status report filed by Centre on record, the Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla observed that the court is satisfied by the steps taken...
Justice BP Dharmadhikari Appointed As Chief Justice Of Bombay HC [Read Notification]
The Central government has notified the appointment of Justice Bhushan Pradyumna Dharmadhikari, Judge of the Bombay High Court, as the Chief Justice of that High Court. He is due to retire on April 27. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended his elevation vide resolution dated February 24. Presently, Justice Dharmadhikari is serving as the Acting Chief Justice of the high...
Plea Seeking Appearance of Advocates Through Video-Conferencing: Delhi HC Agrees To Consider The Issue
In a plea highlighting the suffering of litigants due to the restricting of court functioning in light of the coronavirus outbreak, the Delhi High Court has agreed to consider the option of allowing advocates to appear through video-conferencing. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar will next take up the matter on April 21. Moved by an 82...
'Satirical Comments About The President Are Uncalled For': PCI Issues Show Cause Notice To Telegraph Editor [Read Press Release]
The Press Council of India on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of a front-page headline in the Telegraph newspaper, in its March 17 issue, projecting the President of India in a "satirical" and "denigrating" manner. The chairman of the Council has issued a show cause notice to the Editor of the Telegraph, for violation of Norms of Journalistic Conduct, as issued in the year...
COVID-19: Functioning Of Madras HC Restricted To Hear Urgent Matters For Three Weeks; Advisory Issued For Subordinate Courts [Read Circulars]
The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on Tuesday issued certain administrative directions for the High Court at the Principal seat at Madras as well as its bench in Madurai, for allowing 'minimum of compulsory functioning' of courts, in light of the prevalent COVID-19 pandemic. The high court has suspended the final hearing cause list for three weeks and has decided to take up...
False Molestation Case : Punjab & Haryana HC Says Police Can Proceed Against Prosecutrix [Read Order]
The High Court of Punjab and Haryana held that the police authorities are at liberty to proceed against the complainant for lodging a false case of molestation, in accordance with the law. The single bench of Justice Hari Pal Verma said, "This Court cannot ignore the fact that the number of times, such like false cases are registered. Had there been no fair...
Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Increase Upper Limit For Legal Abortions[Read Bill]
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, in light of the need and demand for increased gestational limit and to ensure safety and well-being of women. The Bill is a legislative response to various petitions moved before the Supreme Court and High Courts, seeking permission for aborting pregnancies at gestational age beyond the...
Gugurgram Administration Advices All Corporate Offices To Allow Their Emplyees To Work From Home [Read Advisory]
Amidst the scare of COVID-9 pandemic, the District Magistrate of Gurugram on Tuesday issued an advisory asking all the Industries, MNCs, IT Firms, BPOs and other Corporate Offices in the city to allow their officers/ employees to work from their homes till March 31, 2020. The advisory has been issued in compliance with the HaryanaEpidemic Disease, COVID-19 Regulations, 2020, issued by...
"Advocates Must Explain To Client What Is and Isn't Permissible"; Bombay HC Imposes 15 K Cost On Litigant For Failing To Adhere To COVID-19 Notice [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court on Monday imposed a cost of Rs.15,000 on a litigant for seeking ad-interim relief and getting their matter listed in a regular contempt motion without any urgency. High Court has imposed several restrictions on functioning and working hours of all benches as a precautionary measure in order to contain the pandemic of COVID-19 or Novel Coronavirus.Justice GS Patel noted...
'Every One Has Right To Fair Trial; Kangaroo Courts Not Permitted' : Karnataka HC On Hubli Bar Resolution Against Kashmiri Students
The Hubli Bar Association on Tuesday submitted to the Karnataka High Court that it has withdrawn its resolution, passed on February 15, by which it had decided that none of its members would appear for the three Kashmiri students booked for sedition over alleged pro-Pakistan slogans.In response to that , a division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi said: "The...