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...

Preparation Of NRC A Necessary Exercise; Has Responsibility To Identify Illegal Migrants: Centre Tells SC

"The identification of illegal migrants in the country, as a principle of governance, is a sovereign, statutory and moral responsibility of the government."

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...

Posters of Anti-CAA Protesters: Allahabad HC Extends The Date for Compliance of Order to Apr 10

In the wake of the pendency of the case in the Supreme Court, the Allahabad HC on Tuesday pushed the date for the compliance of its order for the immediate removal of anti-CAA protesters' posters to April 10.The order was passed by the High Court Bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Ramesh Sinha on an application moved by the Lucknow district magistrate. The Uttar...

Committee Led By Chief Secretary Monitoring Efforts To Contain COVID-19; State Tells Bombay HC

In the PIL filed by 42-year-old Mumbai resident Sagar Jondhale, the State government filed its reply listing out various steps being taken to curb the spread of Covid-19 or Novel Coronavirus. Maharashtra has the highest number of positive cases in India.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice NR Borkar heard the PIL on Monday and asked the State to file a reply...

COVID-19: BCI Advises All State Bar Councils To Close Their Offices Till March 31 [Read Circular]

The Bar Council of India on Tuesday issued an advisory circular asking all the State Bar Councils to close their offices till March 31, as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Stating that isolation of persons suffering/ suspected to be suffering from the Coronavirus is crucial to prevent the disease from spreading, the Council...