Month: October 2020

Orissa HC quashes case against Minister Dibya Sankar Mishra

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday quashed the complaint case which the Court Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Junagarh had taken up against Minister of State for Home Dibya Sankar Mishra in 2014. The complaint was related to alleged suppression of information in the affidavit relating to movable and immovable properties while filing

‘Legality of acquisition proceedings cannot be challenged once possession has been taken’

Source:-https://indianexpress.com THE PUNJAB and Haryana High Court, while interpreting the provision of Section 101-A of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013, has held that “once the possession of land has been taken, the land has vested in the State and the land owner or whosoever has

Bihar ambulance service workers on strike, Patna High Court pulls up government

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): The Patna High Court has sought a reply from the state health department within two days over the alleged strike of ambulance employees attached to the 102 emergency service amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S Kumar was hearing a PIL filed by Gaurav

Gauhati High Court says foreigners detention centres cannot be part of jail premises

Source:-https://scroll.in On October 7, the Gauhati High Court declared foreigners detention centres had to be moved out of jail premises in Assam. The court was hearing a petition asking how detention centres, used to hold persons identified as “foreigners” and awaiting deportation/ repatriation or persons waiting for their citizenship claims to be settled, should be

For first time in 30 years, Lalu Prasad to miss Bihar polls

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com For the first time in three decades, an assembly election in Bihar will almost certainly be fought without Lalu Prasad, former chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief whose characteristic rustic campaigning style and charisma created a solid support base among rural and backward caste population.The mercurial former Union minister is currently in

SC directs Rajasthan EC to notify election program for civic polls within week

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court, while refusing to interfere with a plea to extend the dates for Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporation elections, on Thursday directed the Rajasthan Election Commission to notify the election program within one week.A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar asked the Rajasthan government to file an application for extending the

Orissa high court asks state to open temples in graded manner

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Orissa high court on Wednesday asked the state government to open the temples in a graded manner in accordance with the modalities after assessing the Covid-19 situation. The order of the high court came while disposing of two writ petitions that sought direction to extend financial relief to priests of registered temples for

US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney ​Barrett lived in house owned by co-founders of faith group

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com WASHINGTON: As a young law student, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett lived in a house owned by co-founders of People of Praise, a religious community that teaches that men are divinely ordained as the “heads” of both family and faith. Barrett has not publicly discussed her role with the secretive organization founded in