'Scale Of Drug Usage In Kerala Unacceptably High' : HC Issues Slew Of Directions To Check Drug Abuse In Schools, Colleges

Observing that the "scale of drug usage in Kerala is unacceptably high", the Kerala High Court has issued a slew of directions to control drug abuse among youngsters and students in educational institutions.Notable among the directions is the one given to the State Government to establish campus police units in all educational institutions to prevent drug abuses in campuses. The Court ordered...

Bombay High Court Allows Kangana Ranaut To Withdraw Her Suit Challenging BMC's Demolition Order, Grants Four Weeks To Apply For Regularization

The Bombay High Court has on Wednesday granted liberty to Actor Kangana Ranaut to withdraw her plea challenging BMC's demolition order regarding the alleged unauthorized amalgamation of her three flats in a plush Mumbai suburb from the Civil Court. The actor moved High Court after her plea for interim relief was rejected in December 2020 by a City Civil Court in Dindoshi observing that...

Delhi Riots- "An Innocent Person Was Brutally Murdered Just Because He Belonged To Other Community": Court Denies Bail To Accused In Suleman Murder Case

While observing that an innocent person was brutally murdered, just because of the fact that he belonged to other community, the Karkardooma Court (Delhi) on Monday (08th February) denied bail to the Murder Accused one Ashish Kumar. The Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav opined that the nature of allegations against the applicant are very serious and the possibility of...

'I'm Not A Cat' : US Lawyer Attends VC Hearing With Accidental Kitten Filter; Judge Responds With Grace

'These fun moments are a by-product of the legal profession's dedication to ensuring that the justice system continues to function in these tough times', the judge responded.

Elected Bar Association Office Bearers Cannot Contest Consecutively : Madras High Court Issues Directions To End Monopoly In Bar Elections

"There shall be a prohibition for the elected office bearers of the Bar/Advocate Associations in the State to contest in the following/next election and they can contest in the alternate elections only"

"If Display Of Affection Between LGBT Partners Isn't Indecent, It Can't Be Bogged Down By Majority Perception:" Allahabad High Court Reinstates LGBT Member In Service

The Allahabad High Court last week quashed the order of the cancellation of the appointment of the petitioner (one Pramod Kumar Sharma) on account of a viral video of the petitioner. The Bench of Justice Sunita Agarwal noted that in the Counter Affidavit (filed by the officer who had passed the order of cancellation) sexual orientation of the petitioner was stated to be...

UPSC Extra Chance For Last Attempt Candidates : Supreme Court Reserves Judgment [LIVE UPDATES]

The Supreme Court is hearing a petition seeking extra chance in UPSC exams for those civil service aspirants who exhausted their last attempt in October...

"No One Including Media Should Be Above Scrutiny":Newslaundry Responds to Times Group's Rs 100 Cr Defamation Suit

Reader funded News Laundry Media Private Limited has told the Bombay High Court that no one should be above scrutiny, especially the media, in its reply to a Rs 100 crore defamation suit filed against them by Bennett, Coleman and Company Ltd (BCCL), known as the 'Times Group.' "It is unfortunate that an organisation like BCCL, which has had a glorious history of standing up for the...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-51]

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Bail Application Of Gautam Navlakha In Bhima Koregaon Case- Read Order

The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected the bail application of senior journalist and activist - Gautam Navlakha - an accused in the Elgar Parishad – Maoist links case. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik passed the order on a criminal appeal filed by Navlakha against an order of the special court, which rejected his application for default bail in June, last year....

Covid-19: Students Of AKTU Move Supreme Court Against Decision To Conduct Semester End Examinations Via Offline Mode

Citing health risk amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, a group of students has moved the Supreme Court against the decision of the Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), UP, to conduct semester examinations in offline mode. The petition has been filed by the students of NIT, Noida; Apeejay Institute of Technology, Noida and Greater Noida Institute of Technology, seeking quashing of...

Neckbands & Broadbands : Of Lawyers Attending VC Hearings From Non-Office Spaces

The act of an advocate representing from a car or similar non-office space is mostly done out of compulsion than disrespect.