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In Mother's Habaes Plea, Meghalaya HC Directs Production Of Infant Taken To Kashmir By Father
The Meghalaya High Court on Thursday issued notices in a habeas corpus petition, filed on behalf of a 5 months old, breast feeding infant.The petition was moved by the mother of the infant, Tahera Haq, who alleged that her husband and father of the child, Arif Hussain Mir, had taken away the child to Jammu & Kashmir and she sought restoration of the child's custody.Tahera, represented...
Madras HC Allows Installation Of Banners For Meet Of PM Modi And Chinese President Xi Jinping
The Madras High Court on Thursday allowed the Tamil Nadu and Central governments to erect banners to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping for their informal meet here next week. The court said it has no objection to installation of banners to welcome the two dignitaries. The court had earlier banned erection of hoardings on roadsides and recently pulled...
237 Advocates Applied for Delhi HC Senior Designation [Read Notification]
As per the notice issued by the Secretariat of the Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates, Delhi High Court, a total of 237 Advocates have applied for the senior designation. The applications were sent in response to three earlier notices issued by the Secretariat on 26.04.2019, 20.5.2019 and 14.08.2019, respectively. The notice mentions that at per the terms of Rule 8 of The...
Allahabad HC Issues Show Cause Notice To An Advocate For Threatening Court Staff
Taking notice of the complaint by a court staff that an advocate had issued threats and used derogatory language against him, the Allahabad High Court has asked the advocate to show cause why he must not be debarred from entering the court premises, pending disposal of notice.Justice Suneet Kumar said,"It is informed by my staff that Sri Akash Mani Tripathi, Advocate, appearing for...
Kerala HC Orders CBI Probe Into Twin Murders Of Youth Congress Workers [Read Judgment]
The High Court of Kerala has handed over the investigation of murders of two Youth Congress workers - Kripesh (19) and Sharat Lal (24) - to the Central Bureau of Investigation from the state police. The single bench of Justice B Sudheendra Kumar ordered the CBI probe allowing the petition filed by the parents of the slain youth, who were killed at Periya in Kasargod district on the night...
Allahabad HC Holds Special Sitting On Gandhi Jayanti For Habeas Plea On A Missing Soldier
A division bench of Allahabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Vivek Varma assembled today, despite the national holiday on account of Gandhi Jayanti, to hear a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of a missing soldier.Treating a letter addressed to Chief Justice Mathur as a habeas corpus petition, the bench sought appearance Command Officer, Military Police,...
DJS 2019 : Here Are The 9 Questions Corrected By Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday passed a judgment wherein 9 out of the 15 corrections pointed out in the answer-key of the Delhi Judicial Services Exam have been accepted by the court. The Division of Bench Justice Muralidhar and Justice Talwant Singh also went on to order the High Court to reevaluate the marks on the basis of the corrected answer-key and release the...
'Legal Education Cannot Be Allowed To Be Regulated By Outsiders': BCI Opposes Higher Education Commission Of India Bill
In a press release issued today, the Bar Council of India has expressed its disapproval on the Higher Education Commission of India (Repeal of University Grants Commission) Bill, 2019, which is set to be placed before the cabinet in its winter session. The BCI has alleged that the Bill is aimed at abrogating the powers of the Bar, conferred upon it by the Advocates Act, 1961. Under...
Gujarat Govt. Delays Judges Appointments: GHAA President Writes To CJI
In a letter addressed to CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Senior Advocate Yatin N. Oza, who is also the President of the Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association, has urged to expedite the process of appointment of judges to the Gujarat High Court, without waiting for the State's response. The letter is against the Gujarat State Government's alleged "intentional and purposeful" delay in...
Karnataka HC Issues Notice To Centre, HAL On A Plea Seeking Probe In To Fire Incident At The Yelahanka Airbase
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Union Government, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Commissioner of Police, and Director General and IGP Home Guards and Fire and Emergency Services, while hearing public interest litigation, seeking a one-man judicial commission probe into the fire Incident that Destroyed About 300 Cars At The Yelahanka Airbase, during...
Sentence Of Former IAS Officer, Convicted By CBI Court In Arms Case, Suspended [Read Order]
SS Ahluwalia, a 1968 batch IAS officer and former chief secretary of Nagaland, was booked by the CBI in 1987 in a case of recovery of arms and ammunition from his possession and was sentenced to five years of imprisonment on 02.09.2019, and had been in custody since then. He has been convicted and sentenced u/s 417 r/w section 415 and also section 471 r/w section 467 of the IPC and section 25...
Land Case: Karnataka HC Grants Exemption From Personal Appearance To H D Kumaraswamy
In a temporary relief to former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday granted him exemption from personally appearing before a special court for four weeks in relation to an alleged land denotification case, done for peculiar gains. Kumaraswamy had moved the court challenging the summons issued to him directing him to appear on October 4, before the special...