Tag: Justices

Delhi High Court directs state govt to release funds for salaries in funded colleges

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): The Delhi High Court has directed the Kejriwal government to take appropriate steps to release money to pay salaries for the month of October, November and December the teachers and staff of the colleges funded by it. The court gave this direction after the government said that it has allocated funds

Delhi high court lambasts govt approach after rise in Covid-19 cases

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Delhi high court on Wednesday lambasted the state government for its alleged lackadaisical approach in handling the Covid-19 cases in the national capital while seeking to know the reason as to why a slew of businesses and activities has been reopened in the city, despite close to 8,000 cases being reported every day.

Arnab Goswami granted bail by the Supreme Court in 2018 abetment to suicide case

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to journalist Arnab Goswami in the 2018 abetment to suicide case. A vacation bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee also granted interim bail to two others — Nitish Sarda and Parveen Rajesh Singh — on personal bond of Rs 50,000 each. The bench

Manusmriti remarks: Madras HC refuses to hear plea against VCK leader Thirumavalavan

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: Asserting that everyone has freedom of expression and Manusmriti is not a statute book to be read only in a particular way, the Madras High Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking to disqualify Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader T Thirumavalavan as a Lok Sabha member. The bench dismissed the plea as

Delhi can soon become ‘corona capital’, AAP government going haywire on pandemic: High Court

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Expressing displeasure over the rising number of cases of coronavirus in the national capital, the Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that the city could soon become тАШcorona capital of the countryтАЩ. A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad came down on the Delhi government stating that the govt has

SC rules on spouse maintenance

Source:-https://www.telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that an estranged wife is entitled to maintenance from the day she files her application rather than from the date a court grants her maintenance. The bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and R. Subhash Reddy also made it mandatory for a spouse to reveal at any maintenance proceedings

Consider making death penalty a punishment for corruption, Madras HC tells Centre

Source:-https://theprint.in New Delhi: The Madras High Court has suggested death penalty as punishment for corrupt practices such as demanding bribes and asked the central government to consider amending the law to impose stringent penalties to check corruption. A division bench of justices N. Kirubakaran and B. Pugalendhi gave its order Monday, while hearing a public

SC asks trial courts to expedite hearing in cases against foreign Tablighi Jamaat members

Source:-https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday asked the trial courts to expedite hearing in the pending cases against foreign Tablighi Jamaat members for alleged visa violations.A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna listed the pleas filed against blacklisting of foreign members of Tablighi Jamaat for attending the Nizamuddin Markaz

In line with CAA, Bombay High Court asks Canadian woman to surrender overseas citizenship

Source:-https://www.freepressjournal.in Observing that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act casts a duty on the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to cancel the Indian citizenship granted to a foreigner, after s/he gets divorced, the Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered a Canadian woman to surrender her Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card. A bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar