News Update Maternity Benefits Must be Extended to Contractual Workers: Himachal Pradesh High Court 17 Jul 2020 A bench comprising Justice Sureshwar Thakur of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, while hearing a plea filed by a medical officer, held that the benefit of maternity leaves is available…
News Update Names of COVID19 Patients Cannot be Revealed, Involves Right to Privacy: Bombay High Court 10 Jul 2020 A PIL has been filed by Adv. Vinod Sangvikar on behalf of Vaishnavi Gholave, a final year law student and Mahesh Gadekar, an agriculturist from Solapur. The petitionseeks directions to…
News Update Parties amicably settle dispute over Tug Vessel Varahi, arrest order by Madras HC withdrawn 10 Jul 2020 On June 13, Justice M. Sundar of the Madras High court hearing an urgent plea filed on June 12 by Angre Port Private Limited, had passed an ex-parte order preventing…
News Update Ban on Online Classes Violative of Right to Education under Art. 21A: Karnataka HC 8 Jul 20208 Jul 2020 A division bench of Karnataka High Court, comprising of Chief Justice Abhay Srinivas Oka and Justice Nataraj Rangaswamy, passed an interim direction staying the Karnataka Government’s order on banning online…
News Update THE PROPENSITY OF SETTLING DISPUTES IN STREETS IS NOT IN CONSONANCE WITH THE “RULE OF LAW” SAYS HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT 8 Jul 202014 Jul 2020 Justice Vivek Singh Thakur of the Himachal Pradesh High Court refused the plea of Anticipatory bail of the accused who were allegedly involved in a street fight that caused major…
News Update Delhi High Court: Touching thighs and pulling down leggings of a child victim is sexual assault under section 7 POCSO 7 Jul 20207 Jul 2020 Rajender@raju v State on July 3, 2020CRL.A. 276/2020.& Crl. M. (Bail) 438/20205506/2020 & Crl. M. 6383/2020Pulling down the leggings of a child victim and touching of the thighs is clearly…
News Update 100 Rupees fine only for listing matter on biased and discriminating. 7 Jul 2020 The petitioner Adv. Reepak Kansal filed writ under Article 32 of Constitution of India innature of Mandamus against various officer of the Registry of the Court and the Union ofIndia.…
News Update No Sovereign Immunity in Cases of Fundamental Rights Violations: MP HC 6 Jul 2020 A single bench comprising of Justice GS Ahluwalia of the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court held that the State Government cannot seek sovereign immunity as a defence in…
News Update SURRENDERING TO A SEXUAL ACT IS VIOLATIVE OF THE RIGHTS OF THE VICTIM, AND CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AS CONSENSUAL- KERALA HC 6 Jul 2020 Facts-In the month of February 2009, on various days, the accused committed rape on a Scheduled Caste girl, who was 14 years. As a result of which she got pregnant.…
News Update MP High Court directs Central Government to finalize and implement National Policy for rare diseases within 6 months 28 Jun 2020 A writ petition was filed before the MP high Court by the father of a 4 year old child who was unable to pay for the child's treatment. It was…
