Prayagraj (1 Min Read): The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure strict monitoring, and compulsorily implement the rule of wearing face masks in the six districts most affected by the coronavirus infection in the state. The High Court on Tuesday said that the crowded areas should be monitored in these districts […]
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‘High Court encroaching on powers’: Rajasthan Speaker moves Supreme Court
New Delhi: Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C.P. Joshi has moved the Supreme Court, challenging the state High Court’s July 24 order staying proceedings on disqualification petitions against 19 rebel MLAs, including dropped Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot. “It is submitted that the impugned order interdicts the petitioner/Speaker from acting under the Tenth Schedule at the stage […]
Pilot’s plea against Speaker’s notice goes to HC’s division bench
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday permitted former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, along with 18 other rebel Congress MLAs, to file an amended plea against the Speaker’s notice on their disqualification, and referred the matter to a division bench. Pilot and his 18 MLAs challenged the constitutional validity of the Assembly Speaker’s notice […]
Delhi riots: Safoora moves HC for bail; hearing on Thursday
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will on Thursday hear the bail application of former Jamia Coordination Committee member Safoora Zargar in a case against her in north-east Delhi riots that broke out in February this year. The plea filed by Safoora challenging the trial court order denying bail to the student-activist, is listed for […]
COVID-19: Delhi govt to amend prison rules to give special parole
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday informed the High Court that it would amend its prison rules immediately to provide for special parole and furlough to eligible prisoners so as to help decongest jails in the national capital. The High Court subsequently directed the Aam Aadmi Party government to implement its proposal to decongest […]
UP BJP MLA’s daughter claims threat to life from father, files petition in HC
Bareilly: Days after a shocking revelation by a Uttar Pradesh BJP legislator’s daughter that her father was after her life for marrying a Dalit boy, the woman on Thursday filed a petition in high court in this regard even as Bareily MLA Rajesh Misra denied her claims. Misra’s daughter Sakshi had released a video along […]
PNB’s $45 million fraud claim dismissed by English court
London : The High Court, England, on Thursday dismissed a $45 million fraud claim by the UK subsidiary of Punjab National Bank (PNB) against seven individuals and two companies based in India and the US. Zaiwalla & Co, the London-based international law firm representing eight of the defendants, argued that the bank had not made […]
High Court to hear Herald House plea on Thursday
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that it will hear on Thursday a plea filed by the Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) challenging the Centre’s order asking it to vacate the Herald House here. Justice Sunil Gaur deferred the hearing saying that the file had still not reached the court and he […]
HC seeks Centre’s response on plea seeking hiring of women in IAF
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Central government to file response on a plea seeking recruitment of women as “Airmen” in the Indian Air Force (IAF). A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and V. Kameswar Rao asked the Ministry of Defence and the IAF to file response on the […]