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'CAA Unconstitutional, Divisive' : Former Students Of NLSIU, NUALS Release Statements [Read Statements]
Terming the Citizenship Amendment Act "unconstitutional", and condemning the police violence on student protests against the law, 538 former students of National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore and 432 former students of National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) Kochi have released statements.The statement by NLSIU alumni said :" As professionals trained in the...
Calcutta HC Directs Govt. To Withdraw Anti CAA Publication From All Its Web Portals [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal Government to withdraw Anti Citizenship Amendment Act publications from all Government portals and Facebook sites of government institutions and departments for the time being.The Court passed this order in a writ petition which raised an issue whether State funds could have been spent to put across the view relating to the applicability...
Anti- CAA Protest: UP Court Denies Bail To Sadaf Zafar
The bail application of activist and Indian National Congress (INC) worker Sadaf Zafar was rejected by Special Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow, Sudesh Kumar. Zafar was arrested during anti-CAA protests taking place on 19 December in Lucknow. She was in the process of recording a Facebook Live video when the police picked her up. The video shows her asking the police about why she is...
NGT Refuses Relief To UP Jal Nigam, Directs To Pay Rs 1 Crore Compensation For Polluting River Ganga [Read Order]
National Green Tribunal refuse relief to UP Jal Nigam, it will have to deposit Rs 1 crore as Environmental Compensation with the Central Pollution Control Board for illegal permission granted by the Principal Secretary, Urban Development, for release of large quantity of untreated sludge and effluents directly into river Ganga on the ground of cleaning trunk sewer. A bench led by...
High Courts Weekly Round-Up
Allahabad High Court Took suo moto cognizance of the shocking incident where three men began to open fire inside a courtroom in the Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh.The preventive detention is an encroachment upon the personal liberty of an individual and cannot be said to be encroached in a casual manner as has been done in the instant case,'' said High Court bench, Justices...
Madras HC Directs Police To Videograph DMK's Anti-CAA Rally [Read Order]
The Madras High Court has directed videographing of DMK's proposed rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act on Monday if the party goes ahead with it despite denial of permission by the police. It gave the interim direction late Sunday night on PILs opposing the rally after the Tamil Nadu government counsel informed that police have denied permission for the protest as there was no...
PIL Seeking Action Against Media For Revealing Identity of Rape Victim: Home Ministry Files Reply Before the Delhi HC
Central Government has filed its reply before the Delhi High Court in a PIL seeking action against media portals that had published the identity of the Hyderabad rape victim and the accused persons. At the outset, Union Government has clarified that the direction sought in the said plea doesn't fall under the mandate of Ministry of Home Affairs. It says that as 'police' and 'public order'...
Delhi HC Asks Police Commissioner To Institute Inquiry Against Police Officers For Brandishing Firearms In a Public Street [Read Order]
Delhi High Court has directed Commissioner of Delhi Police to institute an inquiry against police officers who were allegedly brandishing a firearm in a public street. The Single Bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru also noted that the court finds it difficult to accept that a police official should be walking in a street brandishing a weapon in the manner as is reflected...
Preventive Detention Is An Encroachment Upon The Personal Liberty Of An Individual And It Cannot Be Done In A Casual manner ; Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
The preventive detention is an encroachment upon the personal liberty of an individual and cannot be said to be encroached in a casual manner as has been done in the instant case,'' said Allahabad High Court bench, Justices Shabihul Hasnain and Rekha Dikshit.The case was regarding a detention order passed by the State Government under the National Security Act, 1980 where the petitioner...
Delhi HC Stays Govt Order Transferring Chairperson, Members Of Child Welfare Committees [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has stayed till February 6 an office order issued by the Delhi government vide which 11 Chairpersons and Members of various Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) were transferred from one Committee to another. Justice Navin Chawla stayed the office order dated December 5, 2019 after the chairperson of a Committee (CWC-III) and six members of various other CWCs moved court...
In Relief To1.8 Million Investors Of Ponzi Scheme, SC Orders SMC To Proceed With Sale Of Properties
In a decision set to bring cheers to 1.8 million investors who lost their savings of Rs 8,500 crore in two "ponzi schemes" run by Royal Twinkle Star Club and Citrus Check Inns, the Supreme Court has directed the Sale cum Monitoring Committee (SMC) headed by Justice J P Deodhar (Retd) to proceed with the sale of 114 properties/investments identified by the Resolution Professional and endeavor...
Delhi CAA Protests : Karkardooma Magistrate Remands 11 Accused To 14 Days' Judicial Custody
A Metropolitan Magistrate at Karkardooma, Delhi on Saturday remanded 11 persons, who were arrested by Sememapuri Police on Friday night for allegedly indulging in violence during anti-CAA protests, to 14 days of judicial custody.The offences invoked in the FIR included Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 143/149 (unlawful assembly and common object), 147/148 (rioting, with deadly...