Decongestion Of Prisons- Release All Convicts, Undertrial Prisoners Re-admitted In Prions On Interim Bail: Andhra Pradesh HC

In view of the recommendations made by the High Powered Committee dated May 12, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has recently directed that all convicts and Undertrial prisoners to be released on interim bail of 90 days who were readmitted to prisons after their release on interim bails last year, unless disqualified. A division bench comprising of Justice C Praveen Kumar and Justice...

Section 313 CrPC Examination Not A Mere Procedural Formality; Trial Court Has To Question Accused Fairly With Care And Caution: Supreme Court

"Examination of an accused under Section 313, CrPC cannot be treated as a mere procedural formality"

'Only 3 Women Judges From Bar In Kerala HC In 64 Years; Many Competent Women Lawyers Available' : Outgoing Judge Justice PV Asha

Outgoing judge of the Kerala High Court, Justice PV Asha, in her farewell speech underscored the need for more women representation in judiciary.Justice Asha noted that only 3 women have been appointed as judges of the Kerala High Court from the bar in its history of 64 years. She was the second woman judge to be appointed from the bar, after Justice KK Usha. There was a gap of 23 years...

BREAKING : Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Bail To 4 Trinamool Leaders In Narada Case

A 5-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted interim bail to four Trinamool Congress leaders- Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra, Subrata Mukherjee and Sovan Chatterjee- who have been under judicial custody since their arrest by the CBI in the Narada case on May 17. They were placed under house arrest on May 19, following a split in the division bench on the question of interim bail,...

Can't Subject A Citizen Not Wearing Mask/Following Lockdown Norms To Corporal Punishment: MP High Court Orders Action Against Policemen

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (May 27) reiterated its earlier direction that no citizen who is found not wearing mask or not following social distancing norms or not following lockdown conditions should be subjected to corporal punishment or beating. The Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Atul Sreedharan observed thus while directing the Superintendent of...

Uniform RTPCR, RAT Rates; ICU Control Rooms; Guidelines On Mucormycosis: Punjab and Haryana High Court Issues Directions

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday issued slew of directions on the aspects concerning uniformity in rates of RAT and RTPCR in States including Punjab, Haryana and UT of Chandigarh, ICU Control Rooms, over charging of private hospitals and the need for States to examine Centre's guidelines for screening and diagnosis of Mucormycosis or black fungus.A division bench comprising...

Probe How Celebrities, Politicians Got COVID Drugs : Bombay High Court Tells State

The Bombay High Court on Thursday urged the State not to drop the ball on its inquiry into the private distribution of Remdesivir injections by politicians and celebrities after noting discrepancies in the responses received by the Drug Inspector. The bench said that while manufacturers seem to have told the Union of India that they have provided Remdesivir only to the Government,...

Can Judicial Order Be Set Aside On Public Perception?Calcutta High Court Asks CBI In Narada Case

Unless it is shown that the mob protest influenced the CBI judge, how can the order be cancelled, the High Court asked.

Traceability Rule Will Break End-To-End Encryption; Can Put Privacy Of Journalists, Activists, Politicians At Risk : WhatsApp Tells Delhi High Court

In its plea to challenge the traceability clause as mentioned under Rule 4(2) of the Information Technology Rules, 2021, WhatsApp has contended that the aforesaid requirement will "force it to build the ability to identify the first originator for every message sent in India on its platform upon request by the government forever." Relying heavily on the judgment of KS Puttuswamy v. Union...

Photos Showed Her To Be Cheerful, Not Traumatized, No 'Rape-Victim' Behaviour : Goa Court In Tarun Tejpal Case

Seen at late-night parties, smiling in pictures on subsequent days are some of the observations made by the fast-track court in Goa about the victim, to hold that she did not "demonstrate" a rape victim behaviour. "The photos show the prosecutrix to be absolutely cheerful and with a smile on her face and not disturbed, reserved, terrified or traumatised in any manner," special...

Expulsion From Knanaya Catholic Church For Marrying Outside Community Unconstitutional, Against Jesus's Teachings : Kerala Court

A civil court in Kerala has ruled that the practice of expelling a member from Knanaya Catholic Church for marrying outside the community is unconstitutional for being violative of right to marry under Article 21 and right to religion under Article 25 of the Constitution of India.The Additional Sub Court at Kottayam held that the practice of compulsive endogamy in the church is in violation...

Reconsider Vaccination Policy's Efficacy, Consider Procuring Vaccine Doses From Outside India Rather Than Asking States To Do So: MP High Court To Centre

Noting that Madhya Pradesh has not received even half of the promised quantity of the vaccination doses for the month of May 2021, the Madhya Pradesh High Court asked the Central Government: "To take upon itself the responsibility of providing required number of vaccination doses to the State by setting up more and more units in all the States with required licence from the...