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Bring Scheme To Ensure Institutions Don't Suffer While BPL Students Are Allowed To Continue Education : Kerala High Court To Govt
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday extended the interim order temporarily refraining self-financing colleges from taking any form of detrimental action against students belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category merely for not paying the college fee till 1st September. The students in the BPL category were recently stripped of the scholarship scheme that was previously available...
Bilkis Bano Case: Stigma Attached To Even Petty Offences, How Can We Stand Convicts Of Such A Barbaric Offence? – Justice Abhay Thipsay
Retired Bombay High Court Judge Abhay Thipsay on Tuesday discussed the concept of remission and criticized the Gujarat government's decision to release 11 men convicted for the murder of 7 persons and gang rape of Bilkis Bano in Dahod district of Gujarat in 2002. "There's so much stigma to offenders for even petty offences. How can we stand a person when he's convicted of such a...
Prophet Remark Row: Telangana Court Orders Release Of Suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh, Returns Police Remand Application
A Court in Hyderabad today rejected the remand report filed by Hyderabad police against BJP MLA Raja Singh in connection with a case registered against him for his alleged remarks made against Prophet Mohmmad.Speaking to Live Law, Raja's counsel Karuna Sagar said that he argued before the Court that the Police had failed to comply with provisions of section 41A CrPC as contemplated by the...
Lack Of Basic Amenities Like Water, Electricity Violates Fundamental Rights Of Tribal Villagers In Gadchiroli: Bombay HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance
The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the "non-existence" of even basic amenities like water and electricity for tribals of certain villages in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district.Based on a letter by the villagers, it noted that the government failed to provide even a boat and boatman for the tribals during the five months of the monsoon even as their surroundings get...
[Same Sex Marriage] Arguments May Involve "Sharp Ideological Schisms", Live Streaming Likely To Evoke Untoward Incidents: Centre To Delhi High Court
The Central government has once again opposed live streaming of proceedings in the case concerning recognition and registration of same-sex marriages in the country before Delhi High Court.The second affidavit is filed by the Ministry of Law and Justice after the High Court expressed displeasure at the "objectionable comments" made in its previous affidavit.The Ministry has argued that in...
Slain Gangster Vikas Dubey's Wife Granted Anticipatory Bail By Allahabad High Court In Cheating Case
The Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail to the wife of slain gangster Vikas Dubey (of Bikru, Kanpur) in a case registered against her under Sections 419 and 420 of IPC for allegedly using her servant's SIM card without his will.The bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Gupta granted her grant anticipatory bail to the applicant till the conclusion of trial on furnishing a personal bond...
Article 227 Not Mercy Jurisdiction, Litigants Casually Prosecuting Proceedings Before Lower Courts Can't Expect Sanctuary From High Court: Delhi HC
Litigants cannot be casual about prosecuting the proceedings before the Court below and expect sanctuary from the High Court under Article 227, the Delhi High Court has observed. Justice C Hari Shankar added that the jurisdiction vested in High Court by Article 227 is not expected to be used as an avenue for a party "to tide over the negligence exhibited by it before the Court below.""Nor...
Grounds Of Detention Mentioned In An Order That Was Quashed By Court Can't Be Considered To Pass Fresh Detention Order: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that once an order of preventive detention is quashed, the grounds of detention mentioned in such order cannot be considered, either as a whole or in part, for the purpose of passing fresh deletion orders. A bench of Justice Sindhu Sharma observed: "If a detention order is quashed, the grounds of the order so quashed cannot...
Dilution Of Admission Criteria Adversely Impacts Academic Standards: Delhi High Court Upholds IP University's LLB Admissions Through CLAT
The Delhi High Court has observed that uniformity in the admission process must be endeavoured and that any dilution of admission criteria could impact the academic standards adversely. Justice Sanjeev Narula made the observation while dismissing the plea filed by an association of institutions affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, aggrieved by the adoption of Common...
Karnataka Authorities Act On Plea Filed By 9-Yr-Old To Curb Stray Dog Menace In NIMHANS
The Karnataka High Court recently disposed of a petition filed by a nine year old girl after the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Director of NIMHANS assured the court that measures have been taken to curb the stray dog menace in the institute's campus and in its residential quarters. The petitioner had approached the court seeking a direction upon the authorities to...
"Prima Facie Allegations Not True": Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Siddique Kappan's Co-Accused In Hathras Conspiracy Case
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to Siddique Kappan's Co-Accused, Mohammad Alam, a Cab Driver, in connection with the 'Hathras Conspiracy Case'. The Court observed that no incriminating article was recovered from his possession. UAPA Accused Alam, who was arrested on October 5, 2020, while on his way to Hathras, has been granted bail by the Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and...
[Delhi Riots] Shaheen Bagh Not An Independent Movement, Protest Sites Planned In Close Proximity To Masjids: Prosecution Tells High Court
Opposing the bail plea of Student Activist Umar Khalid in Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, the prosecution on Tuesday told Delhi High Court that the 24x7 sit in protest sites were planned and organised and were situated in close proximity to masjids."I will demonstrate from their own chats that how they are saying that bring in more Hindus so that it looks like secularism," Special...