You don’t have a right to walk in here as and when you please: SC to Govt seeking condonation of 1697 days’ delay
Supreme Court: In a case where, for the enormous delay of 1697 days in filing, the Government said that there was a
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#BlackLivesMatter | Del HC | Commissioner of Police to decide: Whether peace protest and demonstration can be held outside Uttar Pradesh Bhawan for “Black Lives Matter”
Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla, J., held that Police Commissioner to decide whether peace protest and demonstration under the banner of IPOB and
Continue readingUtt HC | “All we ask is a report”: Court asks Govt. to bring on record information regarding testing facilities and quarantine centres for COVID infected patients
Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ravindra Maithani, JJ., directed the State Government to file a report regarding COVID-19
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Bom | “Nothing prevents financially distressed parents to approach Govt. seeking reduction in schools fees”: PIL seeking fee reduction dismissed
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and K.K. Tated, J., dismissed a PIL filed seeking direction to schools not
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Bom HC | Plea filed to allow COVID-19 testing without production of medical practitioner’s prescription; Court says “rational use of testing kits warranted”
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and K.K. Tated, J. addressed a matter wherein non-production of prescription for COVID-19
Continue readingMP HC | Plea for postponement of Rajya Sabha elections held non-maintainable; Court dismisses petition
Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Ajay Kumar Mittal, CJ and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J., dismissed the Public Interest Litigation
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COVID-19| SC’s March 23 order on extension of limitation not applicable to the period of filing charge sheet under Section 167(2) CrPC
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah, JJ has held that it’s order dated 23.03.2020, wherein
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SC refuses to direct Govt to use Indian Community Welfare Fund for repatriation of the economically weaker Indian expatriates
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah, JJ has dismissed the plea seeking a direction to
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COVID-19| Prescribe uniform reasonable rates for treatment; Install CCTV cameras in Hospitals: SC issues elaborate directions
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah, JJ has issued detailed directions in the matter relating
Continue readingTelangana HC | Action sought against people refusing to bury dead bodies of people from minority community during COVID-19; Notice issued to State
Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and Vijaysen Reddy, J. addressed matter wherein the concern with regard to
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CAA Protests| Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh get more time to file response in Sharjeel Imam’s consolidation of FIRs’ plea
Supreme Court: In JNU student Sharjeel Imam’s plea to club all FIRs filed against him for his speech during the anti-CAA protests
Continue readingDel HC | Pictorial representation of “when and how to wear a mask” during COVID-19 times to be publicised through print and electronic media
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J., addressed a petition wherein the issue was with regard
Continue reading[COVID-19] All HC | Uttar Pradesh Government to file status report on measures taken to address domestic violence victims grievances
Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal and Yashwant Varma, JJ., addressed a Public Interest Litigation wherein the issue pertained to
Continue readingUtt HC | Individuals of same sex, living together are not competent to enter the wedlock, still they have the right to live together outside the wedlock; Live-in relationship recognised by legislature
Uttaranchal High Court: Sharad Kumar Sharma, J., while addressing a habeas corpus petition observed that, The intimacy of marriage, including the choice of
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SCOTUS | US Government’s decision to rescind DACA is capricious & arbitrary and therefore can be judicially reviewed
Supreme Court of The United States: In a landmark decision affecting the immigrants in the United States of America, the 9 Judge
Continue readingDel HC | Seismic Structural Stability of Buildings in Delhi | “What is in the interest of public, is the execution of directions and not high-sounding words of notifications”
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J., while addressing a matter in regard to the frequent
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COVID-19| No Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra this year: SC
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and Dinesh Maheshwari and AS Bopanna, JJ has directed that there shall be
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Can Family Court convert petition for maintenance under Section 125 CrPC to one under Muslim Women’s Protection Act? Split verdict by SC
Supreme Court: The bench of R Banumathi and Indira Banerjee, JJ has given a split verdict on the issue whether a Family
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AGR Case| DoT withdraws 96% of AGR dues of PSUs; SC asks telecos to prove bonafides by paying reasonable amount
Supreme Court: In a major turnaround in the AGR case, with respect to Public Sector Undertakings, the Department of Telecommunication has decided
Continue readingTelangana HC hears petition against police brutality during lockdown; “surprised” by explanation, seeks full report from police
Telangana High Court: The Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and B. Vijaysen Reddy, J., took cognizance of the petition against alleged
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