News Update Exhaust all available remedies before approaching the high court: Delhi HC 17 Aug 202017 Aug 2020 On 17th August, 2020, the Delhi High Court while hearing a petition filed by NGO Akhil Bhartiya Shanti Pratishtan on the lookout for directions to the CBI and ED to…
News Update Supreme Court declines bail to Unitech promoters Sanjay and Ajay Chandra 17 Aug 2020 The Supreme Court has declined to grant bail to Unitech promoters Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra, because they didn't deposit Rs 750 crore as had been directed by a three-judge…
News Update Karnataka HC directs mandatory disclosing requirements to obtain E-Pass from Seva Sindhu Portal: 17 Aug 2020 A petition had been filed in Karnataka High Court by a petitioner named Advocate M Indira Priyadharshini indicating that the guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare…
News Update Plea in SC Seeks Uniform Grounds for Divorce for all Citizens 16 Aug 2020 Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has filed a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre to take apposite steps to remove anomalies in the grounds of divorce &…
News Update Can Indian Courts grant Anti-Arbitration Injunctions against foreign seated Arbitration?: Discusses Calcutta HC 16 Aug 2020 On 12th August 2020, the High Court of Calcutta observed that the power to India civil courts to not grant anti-arbitration injunctions against a foreign seated arbitration should be used…
News Update German Citizen believed that he acquired Indian Citizenship by Naturalization; Kerala HC said Ignorance of Law had never been an excuse 16 Aug 2020 A German citizen by the name Roland Moesle is charged under Section 3 read with Section 14 (a) and (c) of Foreigners Act and Section 12(1) (c) of the Passport…
News Update Article 15(6) is Only an Enabling Provision: Kerala High Court 14 Aug 2020 A Kerala High Court bench comprising Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly dismissed a PIL seeking direction to earmark 10% quota for economically weaker section students, who…
News Update ‘All days auspicious’: Bombay HC tells devout Jains while rejecting plea to visit temple during ‘Paryushan’ 14 Aug 2020 Observing that spirituality comes from within and all days are auspicious, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to order the Maharashtra government to open Jain temples for 'Paryushan', a…
News Update Karnataka HC to hear a plea against conducting COMEDK On Aug 19 14 Aug 2020 A petition filed by Advocate Abdulla Mannan Khan in the Karnataka High Court challenges the decision to conduct COMEDK test by Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka…
News Update Judicial Independence is a foundation for the Rule of Law and guarantee of fair proceedings: Madras High Court 14 Aug 2020 Justice P. Pugalendhi while hearing the matter related to the acquittal of management officers of some granite firms accused of possessing and carrying business from illegal granite of worth of…
