News Update Karnataka High court orders police officer to clean road for failing in registering the FIR. 24 Dec 202024 Dec 2020 In Tarabai v. State of Karnataka, the High Court of Karnataka orders the house officer of the police station to clean roads near the station for a week as a…
News Update J&K HC asserts that its residents can freely approach NHRC if rights violated 23 Dec 2020 The J&K HC has rightfully asserted that residents of the UT facing any sort of grievance regarding violation of their human and basic fundamental rights, may have to approach the…
News Update We can’t prevent the Legislature from considering a Bill: Karnataka High Court refuses to stay Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2020 23 Dec 2020 On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court denied the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2020 [Amendment Bill] to stay. An interlocutory application was heard by the Court seeking to prohibit the…
News Update Orissa High Court: Filing of fabricated evidence amounts to contempt of court 22 Dec 2020 In Chandramani Kanhar v. State of Odisha, the High Court of Orissa held that any forged document filed before the court amounts to criminal contempt under 2(c) of contempt of…
News Update Orissa High Court held that right to progeny and termination of pregnancy is a fundamental right 20 Dec 2020 A rape victim approached the high court after the 20 weeks of gestation period of her pregnancy. The High Court held that the right progeny and termination of pregnancy is…
News Update Allahabad HC refuses to stay love jihad ordinance, issues notice to state govt 18 Dec 2020 On Friday, the Allahabad High Court issued notices on a batch of PILs challenging the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 issued in November by the…
News Update Madras HC answers whether voluntary contributions by private discretionary trust are taxable income 17 Dec 2020 In the case of Commissioner of Income Tax v. Shriram Ownership Trust, the Court also emphasised that when the assessee does not challenge a tribunal ruling in appeal, he is…
News Update Karnataka High Court says denying a job on compassionate grounds to a married daughter violates right to equality 16 Dec 2020 This observation was made on Tuesday by the single-judge Karnataka High Court bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna while considering a petition brought by Bhuvaneshwari V. Puranik challenging the denial of…
News Update Delhi High Court seeks Centre’s stand in PIL to ban gambling, betting websites 14 Dec 2020 In a petition seeking a direction to ban and prohibit all gambling, betting, wagering websites, the Delhi High Court today issued a notice. In public interest litigation, a Division Bench…
News Update Honourable Supreme Court issues Notice on SLPs against Kerala High Court Judgement on Minimum Wage Rules 11 Dec 2020 The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices on two special leave petitions filed against a judgment of the Kerala High Court dealing with amendments brought to the Kerala Minimum Wages…
