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Patna High Court Holds OBC/EBC Quota In Bihar Municipal Body Polls Illegal, Directs SEC To Renotify OBC/EBC Seats As General Category
In a significant decision, the Patna High Court on Tuesday held that the reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Extremely Backward Classes in urban local body elections were illegal. The Court categorically held that providing for the quotas in question had "failed two out of three tests" set by the Supreme Court in the case of Vikas Kishanrao Gawali v. State...
Palakkad Bus Accident : Kerala High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance, Asks About Fitness Certificate Of Bus
The Kerala High Court on Thursday initiated suo motu proceedings on the Vadakkancherry bus accident. In the early hours of Thursday, nine people, including five students were killed, and more than 50 others were injured when a tourist bus carrying school children rammed into a KSRTC bus at Vadakkenchery in Palakkad District.A Division Bench consisting of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice...
BCI Stays Elections Of Rajasthan High Court Bar Association(Jaipur) On Plea To Enforce "One Bar One Vote" Policy
The Bar Council of India has in a plea seeking implementation of the principle of "One Bar One Vote" in the State of Rajasthan and upcoming elections of the Rajasthan High Court Bar Association at Jaipur, issued notice to the Secretary, Bar Council of Rajasthan and Secretary, Rajasthan High Court Bar Association.The Bar Council also directed a stay on the upcoming elections of the High Court...
The Confusions Around Same Day Sentencing Law In Death Penalty Cases
On September 19th, 2022, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court referred certain issues of death penalty sentencing to a larger constitutional bench. One of these issues relates to the amount of time required to collect and present mitigation evidence at the stage of sentencing. This issue is particularly important because, as evidenced by Project 39A's study, sentencing persons to death...
Supreme Court's Verdict On MTP Act Might Pave Way For Criminalization Of Marital Rape In India
India is one of the few countries in the world that is yet to criminalise martial rape. The issue has been the subject of much debate of late in a country whose courts have increasingly been delineating the right to individual autonomy as a right that is to be cherished and protected. Recently, the Delhi High Court attempted to provide clarity over the said controversy but the...
Supreme Court Doubts 2015 Judgment Which Directed RBI To Disclose Defaulters List; Says It Might Affect Customers' Privacy
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed prima facie doubts about its 2015 judgment in the case Reserve Bank of India v Jayantilal N. Mistry which had held that the Reserve Bank of India was obliged to disclose defaulters list, inspection reports, annual statements etc., related to banks under the Right to Information Act.A two-judge bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and CT Ravikumar prima...
Right To Be Forgotten Can't Be Used As Tool To 'Erase History': Google Tells Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court this week continued hearing a batch of petitions seeking enforcement of 'Right to be Forgotten' and consequent removal of identifiable information from judgments or orders published in various online portals and the High Court Website.A Division Bench consisting of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen heard the case of a dentist who is aggrieved by...
Advocates Act Confers No Right To Park Vehicle Inside Court Premises: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that Section 30 of the Advocates' Act only confers the right on the Advocates to practice and it does not confer any right on any advocate to park his/her vehicle inside Court premises. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty dismissed a public interest litigation filed by advocate N.S.Vijayanth Babu,...
Delhi Court Grants Bail To Sharjeel Imam In 2019 Sedition Case
A Delhi Court on Friday granted bail to former JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case which accuses him of delivering a "provocative speech" that allegedly led to violence in the Jamia Nagar area in 2019. However, Imam will continue to remain in custody as he is yet to get bail in other cases pending against him.Additional Sessions Judge Anuj Agrawal granted bail to Sharjeel in FIR...
Teenage Pregnancies -Doctor Need Not Disclose Identity Of Minor Girl Seeking Abortion In Information Given To Police : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday read down the mandatory police reporting requirement under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to hold that a doctor need not disclose the name and identity of the minor girl in the the information given to police.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, AS Bopanna and JB Pardiwala called for a harmonious reading of the Medical...
BREAKING| Kerala High Court Directs PFI To Deposit Over Rs 5 Crores Towards Hartal Damages, Says Citizens' Lives Can't Be Put In Peril
The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the Popular Front of India (PFI) to deposit an amount of Rs. 5.20 crores with the Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, towards the damages estimated by the State Government as well as the KSRTC on account of its 'flash hartal'.A Division Bench consisting of Justice A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias C.P. observed that PFI...