Pleas Taken In Written Statement Are Irrelevant While Considering Application Under O7 R11 Of CPC: HP HC [Read Judgment]

A division bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court has reiterated that while considering an application under Order 7 Rule 11 of the CPC for rejection of plaint, the Court has to examine the averments in the plaint and that the pleas taken by the defendants in its written statement would be irrelevant. The order was passed by Chief Justice L. Narayana Swamy and Justice Jyotsna Rewal...

'Education To Girl Child Is Nation's Asset'; Madras HC Upholds Termination Of Principal For Indulging In Homo-Sexual Activities With Students [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court upheld the termination of the Principal of Dharmapuri District Co-operative Sugar Mills Polytechnic, who was accused of indulging in homo-sexual activities with the polytechnic students and making filthy remarks against teaching staff, apart from other administrative wrongdoings. "The petitioner, who was working as the Principal of the Polytechnic Institute,...

'CAA & NRC Force Democracy To Give Way To Majoritarianism': Law Teachers Across The Globe Express Solidarity With Student Protestors[Read Statement]

We, the undersigned teachers and researchers of law, strongly condemn the police brutality on the peaceful protest by the students at Jamia Milia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University and other universities. On 15 December 2019 police entered the Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University, and assaulted and detained the students. Students were dragged out of campus, and were...

People Have Right To Criticize Dispensation Running The Country, Being Legislature, Executive Or Judiciary: Calcutta HC [Read Order]

"It is not clear at all as to how the criticism of the State Government and its functionaries and a Member of Parliament could be deemed to be publication of a statement likely to cause fear or alarm to the public at all, let alone whereby such person may be induced to commit an offence against the State or against the public tranquility."

Karnataka HC Pulls up BBMP For Transferring An Employee On Orders Of CM [Read Order]

"Though this is a fit case for passing strictures against all the concerned, and for levy of exemplary costs, this Court with much reluctance, restrains itself from doing the same so that such illegal transfers shall not be repeated hereafter."

Section 142(2) Of Negotiable Instruments Amendment Act, 2015 Is Constitutionally Valid: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Reiterating that the Parliament/State Legislature can take away the basis of a judicial pronouncement by enacting legislation, the Madras High Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Section 142(2) of the Negotiable Instruments Amendment Act, 2015. The Petitioner-Company, Refex Energy Ltd. had asserted that the amendment is in violation of the Supreme Court ruling in...

CAA Protest: Court Orders To Provide Immediate Medical Treatment To Man, Who Was Arrested From Seelampur

Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Richa Parihar of Karkardooma court today directed jail authorities to provide immediate medical treatment to Moinuddin, one of the accused arrested in connection with alleged violence that took place during the anti-CAA protests which took place at Seelampur last week. An application was filed today at the Karkardooma district court for provision of...

'CAA Protests Attempt To Save Constitution': Bar Council Member Urges BCI To Express Solidarity With Protests [Read Letter]

In a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Bar Council of India, a Member of the Bar Council resisted its call for abating protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and urged the Council to express solidarity with the protests going on across the country. Coming out in support of the protestors, Advocate N Manoj Kumar said, "The protests against CAA and NRC are the...

Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Challenging Internet Shutdown In Delhi Over CAA Protests

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL challenging the DCP's order of shutting down mobile interent services in Delhi on 19/12/2019 in light of the Citizenship Amendment Act protests. While refusing to entertain the plea, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar declared that issuing writ is the prerogative of the court, and the Petitioners can make...

'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...