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[NEET-UG 2022] Unless Candidate Shows Answers Are Patently Wrong, Courts Cannot Enter Into Academic Field: Delhi High Court
Dismissing a plea challenging the final answer key for one of the sets of NEET(UG) Examination 2022, the Delhi High Court has observed that courts must exercise great restraint and should be reluctant in entertaining a plea challenging the correctness of an answer key.The exam was conducted on July 17 and the answer key was uploaded on the website of National Testing Agency (NTA) through a...
Kerala High Court Exalts Police Assistance In Tracing Out Woman Alleged To Have Been Illegally Detained
The Kerala High Court recently appreciated the "invaluable assistance" rendered to it by the State Police in disposing a habeas corpus writ petition.The Division Bench consisting of Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran exalted the assistance of various Police Personnel within State Police Department in tracing out the person, alleged to have been illegally detained, both...
Right To Privacy Is A Right In Personam, Not Inheritable By Mothers Or Legal Heirs Of Deceased: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the right to privacy is essentially a right in personam and therefore is not inheritable by the mothers or legal heirs of the deceased persons.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while refusing to grant interim relief in a suit filed against Bollywood Filmmaker Hansal Mehta and others for restraining the release of their film 'Faraaz'.The movie...
Meghalaya High Court Grants Bail To Man Who Allegedly Posted On FB That CM Should Be Killed By A Militant Organisation
The Meghalaya High Court on Thursday granted bail to a man booked under UAPA for allegedly posting on Facebook that the Chief Minister of the State, Conrad Kongkal Sangma should be killed by Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC).For the uninitiated, the HNLC is an insurgent group that operates in Meghalaya's Khasi and Jayantia hills region. It aims to develop Meghalaya as a...
High Court Orders SIT Probe Into Ekbalpore-Mominpur Communal Violence In Kolkata, Asks State To Compensate & Rehabilitate Victims
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, while hearing a writ petition relating to the Ekbalpore-Mominpur communal violence, ordered the formation of a Special Investigation Team ('SIT') comprising of experienced police officials to probe into the incident. The petitioners had approached the Court alleging that the State Police administration remained silent spectators to the...
Self-Immolation Over Denial Of Community Certificate: Madras High Court Directs Revenue Divisional Officer To Conduct Field Enquiry
The Madras High Court has directed the concerned Revenue Divisional Officer to conduct a field inquiry and determine the community status of Velmurugan, the man who set himself ablaze inside the court premises earlier this week over denial of community certificate to his son.The bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice D Krishnakumar was hearing the suo moto case registered after...
Bengaluru Consumer Forum Denies Claim Against Defence Ministry For Private Vehicle Destroyed During 2019 Air Show
A Consumer Commission in Bengaluru has dismissed a complaint filed by one Goutham B C seeking compensation from the Union Ministry of Defence, for purchase of a new vehicle after his old vehicle which was parked at the Air Force Station in Yelahanka during the 2019 Air show was burnt down and destroyed. The forum led by President K S Bilagi in its order dated October 3 held that...
Appellate Court May Remand A Case Back Only Where Trial Court Skips Finding On Certain Issue Or Decides Suit Only On Preliminary Issue: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has made it clear that an order of remanding case back can be passed by the Appellate Court only if the trial Court skips finding on certain issue or decides the suit only on preliminary issue by leaving open the vital issue in respect of the real controversy between the parties. Bench of Justice Sandipkumar C. More sitting at Aurangabad added that no remand can...
Delhi Cantt Case: NCPCR Says Allegation Against Rahul Gandhi For Posting Photo of Victim's Parents Survives Even After Withholding Of Tweet
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in a case seeking action against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday told Delhi High Court that the allegation, related to tweeting the picture of his meeting with the minor rape victim's parents, subsists, notwithstanding that his tweet has been withheld by Twitter."The content is only withheld in India. The offence still...
[Delhi Riots] 'Hatched Conspiracy To Kill Hindus, Harm Their Properties': Court Frames Charges Against Tahir Hussain And 5 Others
A Delhi Court has framed charges against former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain, his brother Shah Alam and four other men in a case of North East Delhi riots of 2020, observing that the mob hatched a conspiracy "to kill Hindus and harm (their) properties" and as part of that a gunshot injury was caused to one Ajay Jha. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala on Thursday...
BJP Leader Sangeet Som Fined ₹800 By UP Court For Violating Prohibitory Orders Post-Akhlaq Lynching In 2015
A court in Uttar Pradesh's Gautambuddha Nagar on Wednesday convicted BJP leader Sangeet Som under IPC Section 188 for violating CrPC Section 144 in the year 2015 in connection with the Dadri-Mohammad Akhlaq lynching case. The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (2) Pradeep Kumar Kushwaha imposed a penalty of ₹800 on him as punishment. Som had violated CrPC Section 144 restrictions put up...
Complainant's Presence Not Necessary While Recording Plea Of Accused: Karnataka High Court Restores Complaint U/S 138 NI Act
The Karnataka High Court has said that an acquittal order cannot be passed by the trial court under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, for non-appearance of the complainant while recording plea of accused. A single judge bench of Justice P N Desai sitting at Kalaburagi allowed the petition filed by Nagaraj and restored the prosecution before Additional Civil Judge. The...