The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday took the State Government to task for allowing the Congress party to continue with its 10-day long padayatra to demand a new dam over the river Cauvery even as the Covid-19 cases are multiplying by the day. The Court was equally displeased with the Congress party’s actions in going … Read more
Alleging that AAP government is trying to run a parallel distribution scheme, the Centre has moved the Supreme Court against a Delhi High Court order directing the city government not to stop or curtail the supply of food grains or flour, to fair price shop owners. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, B R … Read more
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Friday said the state government will move the Supreme Court against the High Court’s last week order staying certain sections of the contentious law against religious conversion, including its “core” provision. Among other sections, which mainly deal with religious conversion through marriage, the Gujarat High Court had also … Read more
The Bar Council of India on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it has convened a meeting of state bar councils and proposes to formulate rules for curtailing strikes by lawyers and initiating action against advocates who participate or instigate others for abstaining from work and strikes on social media. A bench of Justices D … Read more
In a relief to Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday restrained Ghaziabad police, which has summoned him in connection with a probe related to the assault of an elderly Muslim man there, from initiating coercive action against him. The single bench of Justice G Narender said the police can examine … Read more
The Delhi High Court Monday directed North Municipal Corporation of Delhi (North MCD) to disclose its list of assets and bank balance to examine the issue of non-payment of salaries to the employees and pensions for those retired. The high court warned it will now start attaching the civic body’s properties as the employees and … Read more
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a plea of women lawyers’ body seeking consideration of “meritorious” lot among them for appointment as judges in high courts. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde will hear an application of the Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA), filed through lawyer Sneha Kalita, which … Read more
The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that the existing legal provisions, including the 2010 Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons Act, are enough to deal with rising incidents of violence against doctors and medical staff. In an affidavit filed in the court on Monday, the state government submitted that the above Act and provisions … Read more
NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High has quashed an FIR against a finance company employee, charged with abetment to suicide for demanding loan repayment from a borrower, saying it was a part of the employee’s duty and cannot be said to have instigated the borrower to end life. A bench of Justices Vinay Deshpande … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court which sought to examine whether there was ‘breakdown of constitutional machinery’ in the state. Chie Justice of India SA Bobde expressed disquiet with HC order while staying it on Friday. “As the apex court, we find it very disturbing. Have … Read more