Shaheen Bagh Protests: Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Reopening Of Stretch Closed Due To Anti-CAA Stir

A plea has been moved before the Delhi High Court seeking withdrawal of closure of Kalindi Kunj - Shaheen Bagh stretch, which is currently barricaded due to the ongoing anti-CAA protests.The Kalindi Kunj - Shaheen Bagh stretch, along with the Okhla Underpass, was closed on January 15 due to the large crowds turning up for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. This particular...

JNU Violence: Delhi HC Issues Notices To Whatsapp, Apple And Google On Plea For Preservation Of Evidence

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to Google, WhatsApp and Apple, in a plea moved for preservation of data pertaining to the violent incident that took place in the campus on January 5. In today's hearing, Advocate Rahul Mehra, who appeared for Delhi Police, submitted before the court that letters have been written to University authorities for preservation and...

NLUD Alumni Support Student Protests Against Unlawful Termination Of Housekeeping Staff

The alumni of NLU Delhi have come out in support of the ongoing student protests against alleged unlawful termination of the housekeeping staff of the University. "It has come to our notice that the University unduly terminated the employment of the workers who have since the inception of the University taken care of the students and the campus. xxx We demand that the...

'Courts Can't Issue Mandamus To Government To Fill In Unfilled Vacancies': Allahabad HC Dismisses Pleas On Qualifying Marks For Asst Teachers' Exam 2018 [Read Judgment]

On Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court refused to lower the merit for selection in the Assistant Teacher Recruitment Examination-2018 and stated that merely because certain seats were vacant, the court could not issue a writ of mandamus, asking the government to adjust more candidates. "A feeble argument raised on behalf of the petitioners is that there are approximately 27713 posts...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court ● The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court posted the Habeas Corpus petition filed on behalf of Lucknow based senior lawyer and president of human rights group Rihai Manch, Mohammad Shoaib, for next week. The bench of Justices Shabihul Hasnain and Virendra Kumar-II, has granted a week's time to the State to file the counter affidavit. Advocate Shoaib...

Report On Sohrabuddin Case: Hyderabad Court Acquits Rajdeep Sardesai & Others After Their Unconditional Apology [Read Judgment]

A Hyderabad court has acquitted Rajdeep Sardesai and ten other reporters for alleged false reporting on Sohrabuddin's encounter killing case.During the time of incident he was working with CNN IBN. The order was passed by Addl. Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, D. Hemanth Kumar, on November 27 last year, after Sardesai and the other reporters tendered their...

In A Society Dominated By Patriarchy, Adopting Girl Child Despite Having One Biological Girl Child, Needs To Be Appreciated: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court last week while allowing the adoption of a 7-month-old girl child to a Mumbai-based couple who already have a 14-year-old daughter, observed- "It needs to be further appreciated that despite the fact they have a biological girl child, they decided to adopt another girl child. This is the approach that needs to be cultivated in a society which is mostly said to...

Tripura HC Stays Arrest Of Person Booked For FB Post Against BJP's Missed Call Campaign Supporting CAA[Read Order]

The Tripura High Court on Friday granted interim relief to a man, who was named as accused in an FIR which was registered on the basis of his Facebook post on the number advertised by the BJP for the missed-call campaign in support of Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.The accused had put up a Facebook post stating :"By mistake if you make a call in 8866288662, all of your data saved in the...

Road Pothole Accidents : SC Dismisses BBMP's Plea Against HC Order Directing It To Compensate Victims[Read Judgment]

"The right to life as guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India includes a right to live a meaningful and dignified life. After all, the footways or footpaths are provided so that the citizens can comfortably walk from one place to another. The streets are provided for the citizens so that they can travel comfortably by using vehicles. If there are potholes on the footpaths...

Plea For Audio Video Recording Of Court Proceeding: Karnataka HC issues Notice To Centre, State

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Union/State Government, Karnataka State Bar Council and High Court Registry, seeking their response on a petiton filed by an advocate seeking to implement Audio-Video recording in the courts of the State of Karnataka, which benefits the litigants, advocates and public in many ways. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and...

Adoption Under Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act Is Not Contrary To Juvenile Justice Act : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

In a case where both the Acts apply, it would be the choice of the person to opt for either of the Act.

Dilution Of Standards: P&H HC Directs AICTE To Re-Compute Result Of Validation Examination For Candidates Of Distance B. Tech. [Read Judgment]

Asking the All India Council for Technical Education to maintain bare minimum standards while conducting and declaring results for an examination, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed it to re-compute the results for a validation test conducted in respect of candidates who had obtained the B.Tech Degree between the years 2001 to 2005 by way of distance...