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PIL filed in Delhi High Court for removal of Protestors by deploying paramilitary forces

A public interest litigation (PIL) for the eviction of people sitting on roads "under the robes of Kisaan Protest" was moved before the Delhi High Court. The petitioner, Dhananjai Jain,…

Uttarakhand HC advises the state government to finish all Mahakumbh work by February 22,

15 Jan 202115 Jan 2021

The Uttarakhand High Court, disappointed with the arrangements for the Haridwar Maha Kumbh, asked the government to complete all the unfinished work by February 22. Government officials told the court…

Condition for bail should not be strict but reasonable – Chhattisgarh High Court

In the present petition, the petitioner is an accused u/s 420/34 of IPC. The petitioner has made the application for the bail which was granted by the learned magistrate on…

Supreme Court to hear plea seeking permanent commission for Navy women officers next month

30 Dec 20201 Feb 2021

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea filed regarding the Permanent Commission for women officers in the Navy who are scheduled to retire on 31 December 2020.…

SC upheld Bombay HC order which denied student admission to medical course as it was against reservation policy of college

The petitioner was a medical aspirant in the present case and had pursued her studies in Class VIII to X in a school in Sarigram, Gujarat, which is at a…

Chhattisgarh HC questions jurisdiction of NCW order to register case against journalist

The teacher, Anuradha Dubey, filed a written complaint against the editor of newspaper, Bastar Sharma who published a report to reveal how she acquired the government post despite being "underqualified." Sharma…

Allahabad HC refuses to stay love jihad ordinance, issues notice to state govt

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…

Karnataka High Court says denying a job on compassionate grounds to a married daughter violates right to equality

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…

Karnataka HC directs state government to look into overcharging by private hospitals

The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State government to ensure that private hospitals, treating COVID-19 patients, display the rates fixed by the State government in June 2020. The…

Delhi High Court seeks Centre’s stand in PIL to ban gambling, betting websites

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…