'Illegal Permanent Flag Masts Put Up By Political Parties, Unions Attract Nothing But A Blind Eye': Kerala HC Seeks State Response

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday asked the State to explain how and in what manner it planned to deal with the existing permanent flag masts on various roads and public spaces, mostly erected by vested interests. While seeking suggestions from competent authorities on how to regulate and remove such installations, Justice Devan Ramachandran criticised the political parties and unions...

[Custodial Death] Madras High Court Directs CB-CID To Charge Erring Police Officials For Murder, Awards ₹5 Lakh Interim Compensation To Family

Great responsibility on Police to ensure that citizen in its custody is not deprived of right to life.

S.41 CrPC | Arrest Should Not Be Made Merely Because It's Lawful, Police Officer Must Justify It Apart From His Power To Do So: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that no arrest should be made merely for the reason that that it is lawful, thereby adding that the police officer has to justify the arrest apart from his power to do so.Referring to the Supreme Court judgment in Satendar Kumar v. CBI which has discussed compliances of sec. 41 and 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1943, Justice Anu Malhotra was of the...

Fundamental Right To Trade Under Article 19 Not Unrestricted: High Court Upholds Ban On Firecracker Business In Congested Areas Of Bengaluru

Article 14 cannot be pressed into service, unmindful of enormous hazards possibly put to the public at large.

Take A Call On Muharram Procession Within 3 Days: High Court To J&K Admin

The Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court on Wednesday asked government to take a call on granting permission to take out Muharram procession in certain areas of Srinagar. The bench observed, It's the domain of the administration, security agencies and other stake holders to take a call on it. The petitioner body, a Trust of Shia community of Srinagar...

Parliament Passes Bill To Prevent Doping Activities In Sports

The Parliament on Wednesday passed the National Anti-Doping Bill 2021 to fulfil its international obligation of adopting a statutory framework to prevent doping in sports. It will also facilitate operation of the National Anti-Doping Agency, the National Dope Testing Laboratory and other allied bodies. Currently, anti-doping activities are implemented by the National...

Delhi High Court Suspends Sentence Of Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala Till Pendency Of Appeal In Disproportionate Assets Case

The Delhi High Court has suspended the sentence of Former Chief Minister of Haryana, Om Prakash Chautala till pendency of his appeal in connection with a disproportionate assets case.Chautala was convicted by city's Rouse Avenue Court on May 27 for the offence under Section 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. He was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.Justice Yogesh Khanna...

[Menstrual Hygiene PIL] Unclean & Unhygienic Toilets Affect The Right Of Every Girl Child To Live With Dignity: Bombay High Court

Unclean and unhygienic toilets affect the right of every girl child to live with dignity, the Bombay High Court said in its recent order directing surprise visits by members of District Legal Services Authority to government-aided schools. "We have no hesitation in observing that any failure on the part of the authorities/concerned schools to provide for such basic facilities to the...

[Matrimonial Dispute] Entire Family Cannot Be Implicated Based On Omnibus Allegations: Madras High Court

Criticising the trend of implicating family members in matrimonial cases, the Madras High Court bench of Justice N Satish Kumar observed that in such cases, mere omnibus allegation against the family members could not be the basis for initiating criminal proceedings. The court was hearing a plea for quashing criminal proceedings against a father and mother who were accused of committing...

Kerala High Court Directs District Collector To Monitor Upcoming Annual Festival At Sabarimala Amid Orange Alert

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the Pathanamthitta District Collector to monitor the upcoming Niraputhari festival scheduled to be held tomorrow at Sabarimala in the wake of the orange alert issued in the district amid heavy downpour. A Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar also ordered that in case of any exigencies, appropriate decisions shall...

Conduct Awareness Programme To Highlight Dangers Of Underage Marriage/ Cohabitation: Meghalaya HC 'Requests' State Govt

The Meghalaya High Court on Tuesday requested the Meghalaya State Government to conduct an extensive awareness program to highlight the aspects of the danger of underaged marriage or cohabitation to avoid unnecessary conflict with the relevant provisions of law.The bench of Justice W. Diengdoh ordered this while quashing a POCSO Case before the Court of Special Judge, (POCSO), Shillong as...

NCLAT Declines To Entertain Revised Resolution Plan As CIRP Had Already Crossed 559 Days, Timely Completion Of Resolution Necessary

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT"), New Delhi Bench, comprising of Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain (Judicial Member), Mr. Kanthi Narahari (Technical Member), Dr. Alok Srivastava (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal in Shrinathji Trading Company v Sanwaria Consumer Ltd., has dismissed an application filed by resolution applicant seeking consideration of...